Indianapolis Brewing Company photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P033
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a loose photograph album of the Indianapolis Brewing Company, C.F. Schmidt Brewing Plant from Indianapolis, Indiana circa 1910-1920s. The album contains 64 photographs, 1 index, and 1 map. Photographs comprise the brewing plant facilities and equipment.
Dates
- circa 1910-circa 1920
Creator
- Indianapolis Brewing Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Administrative History
Founded in 1889, the Indianapolis Brewing Company, owned by an "English syndicate," was the merger of three local businesses, the P. Lieber Brewing Company City Brewery, the Casper Maus Brewery, and the C.F. Schmidt Brewing Company. They won medals for their Dusseldorfer beer at the Paris Exposition of 1900, the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, and at Liege, Belgium in 1906. The company reincorporated under the name of Indiana Breweries, Inc., but switched back to Indianapolis Brewing Company in 1935.
According to the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis (1994), it closed its doors in 1948 when the president, Lawrence Barden, went to jail for short-filling bottles, leaving the company bankrupt. Products included Tafel, Circle City, Crown Select, De Luxe Bock, Dusseldorfer, Lieber’s Gold Metal Beer, Tonica, Burgomaster, Derby, Pilsner Club, Indiana Club, October Ale, Derbey, and Progress Beer.
Source:
"Brewing Industry." In The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, edited by David J.Bodenhamer, Robert G. Barrows, and David Gordon Vanderstel, 349-50. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994.
According to the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis (1994), it closed its doors in 1948 when the president, Lawrence Barden, went to jail for short-filling bottles, leaving the company bankrupt. Products included Tafel, Circle City, Crown Select, De Luxe Bock, Dusseldorfer, Lieber’s Gold Metal Beer, Tonica, Burgomaster, Derby, Pilsner Club, Indiana Club, October Ale, Derbey, and Progress Beer.
Source:
"Brewing Industry." In The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, edited by David J.Bodenhamer, Robert G. Barrows, and David Gordon Vanderstel, 349-50. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged numerically in original order.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of the Indianapolis Brewing Company photograph collection are available electronically in the Indiana State Library Digital Collections (http://digitalcollections.library.in.gov). Access the collection here: https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll13/search/searchterm/%22indianapolis+brewing+company%22/field/all/mode/all/conn/and/order/title/ad/asc.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed March 2010 by Rusti L. Keen. EAD finding aid created 2017/09/21 by Bethany Fiechter. EAD finding aid revised 2018/06/06 by Brittany Kropf. Collection reprocessed and EAD finding aid revised 2021/06/25 by Brittany Kropf.
Creator
- Indianapolis Brewing Company (Organization)
- Title
- Indianapolis Brewing Company photograph collection
- Status
- In Process
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
