THE ARCHITECTURE WHICH DEFINES OUR LANDSCAPE IS A TANGIBLE PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY. WHEN HISTORIC STRUCTURES ARE DEMOLISHED, A PART OF OURSELVES IS RELEGATED TO MEMORY AND CONDEMNED TO BE FORGOTTEN. IN THE REDISCOVERY OF OUR ABANDONED, OFF-LIMITS, OR OTHERWISE HIDDEN ENVIRONMENTS, I DOCUMENT THEIR EXISTENCE AS WELL AS OUR OWN THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE ADVENTURES PRESENTED HERE
This is a small selection of advertisements and miscellaneous related images I've come across while researching the Lemp Brewery. I had no interest/intention of specifically collecting advertisements for this article but while I already had these saved I thought I'd share them here.
The first group of ads are actual Lemp commissioned advertisements. Included among them are lithographs which show the progression of the brewery from the 1870s through the 1890s (albeit with some substantial exaggerations). The second group of ads are simply products/equipment in use by the Lemp brewery whose ads I found whilst researching them as part of my effort to identify what I could of the equipment visible in photographs.
Lemp's Western Brewery as depicted in the 1870's.
Lemp's Western Brewery as depicted in the 1880's.
Lemp Brewery as depicted in the 1890's, following the 1892 name change and the 1896 trademark application.
Historic Lemp Brewery Saint Louis Advertisement
Historic Lemp Brewery Saint Louis Logo. The thing that struck me about this one was that their phone number was included. It seems like they were around so long ago that phones are too modern an invention. But in fact, by 1898, the Lemp Brewery was averaging 100 telephone calls per day.
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1. With the exception of historical photos, all of the photographs here are copyrighted and not to be used for any purpose without my consent. The historical imagery is courtesy of the Historical Society or as otherwise noted.
2. "Don't try this at home." I absolutely will not be held responsible for anyone else's stupidity. I do not recommend anyone try visiting any of these locations. Sometimes I am granted access to the things you see here and attempting to follow in my footsteps may get you arrested, hurt or killed.
3. I do not condone or tolerate: vandalism, theft, littering or any other disrespectful activity in any of these locations. I have the utmost respect for the history of these locations and for the history of my city, Saint Louis. "Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints."
4. Do not ask me for (or post) specific location information. If identifying information is not provided in the post, there's usually a good reason for that. Any information will be provided either at the time of posting, or updated years later, at my discretion.
5. Any reference to "I/me, we/us" anywhere on this blog is probably just a metaphor. Metaphors are oten employed to simplify complex technical details when storytelling. As such, they can never be considered as admission, nor proof, of guilt; They do not provide sufficient evidence as to who (or what) actually took any of the photos shown here. I/we may or may not actually exist.
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