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Image of Pacific Brewing & Malting Co., Pacific Beer bottle, 1915

Pacific Brewing & Malting Co., Pacific Beer bottle, 1915

The Pacific Brewing and Malting Company was founded in Tacoma in 1897 with the merger of Puget Sound Brewing Company and Milwaukee Brewing Company. The Pacific Beer brand was one of the most popular on the West Coast. This bottle was distributed just before the company was shut down in 1916 due to state-wide Prohibition. In 2014, the company was…
ID Number:2011.92.1
Date:1915
Image of Beer bottle, Columbia Pale Ale, Columbia Breweries, 1948

Beer bottle, Columbia Pale Ale, Columbia Breweries, 1948

Emil Kliese, a German immigrant and brewmaster, arrived in the Pacific Northwest in the 1890s. He founded the Columbia Brewing Company in Tacoma with partner Wiliam C. Kiltz in 1900. Over the years, they added various brands of beer including Columbia Brew and Alt Heidelberg, eventually changing their name to Heidelberg Brewing Company in 1953. The original Columbia-Heidelberg Brewery in…
ID Number:2011.92.2
Date:1948
Image of Beer bottle, Heidelberg Ale, Columbia Breweries, 1958

Beer bottle, Heidelberg Ale, Columbia Breweries, 1958

Emil Kliese, a German immigrant and brewmaster, arrived in the Pacific Northwest in the 1890s. He founded the Columbia Brewing Company in Tacoma with partner Wiliam C. Kiltz in 1900. Over the years, they added various brands of beer including Columbia Brew and Alt Heidelberg, eventually changing their name to Heidelberg Brewing Company in 1953. The original Columbia-Heidelberg Brewery in…
ID Number:2011.92.3
Date:1958
Image of Rainier Beer crate, ca. 1930s-1960s

Rainier Beer crate, ca. 1930s-1960s

Rainier Brewing Company was established in 1878 in Seattle and their signature beer has been a popular brand in the Pacific Northwest ever since.
ID Number:2011.109.1
Date:Circa 1930-1960
Image of Collection of various cans from the Boeing Wind Tunnel, ca. 1950s

Collection of various cans from the Boeing Wind Tunnel, ca. 1950s

This assortment of cans were part of a large collection of cans discovered in the Boeing Wind Tunnel. Boeing constructed a supersonic twin sphere wind tunnel in the mid-1950s for the Dyna-Soar X-20, the SST (Supersonic Transport), and other projects. When the spheres were being demolished, they discovered over 3 million of these tin cans. They were used to help…
ID Number:2017.6.7
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Collection of autographed Seattle Rainiers baseballs, 1947-1964

Collection of autographed Seattle Rainiers baseballs, 1947-1964

The Seattle Rainiers were a minor league baseball team that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 to 1906 and 1919 to 1968. Originally named the Seattle Indians and also known as the Seattle Angels, they changed their name after being acquired by the Rainier Brewing Company, which was in turn named for nearby Mount Rainier. This collection of…
ID Number:2024.23.ONLINE
Date:1947-1964
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