About the Event
Join the Kingston Historical Preservation Society Museum to meet Jim Draeger whose co-authored book Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars and Breweries (Places Along the Way) (Wisconsin Historical Society Press) showcases the architecture and history of 70 Wisconsin breweries and bars. Jim will be presenting information from his book, and the audience will get to explores the rise of breweries, the effects of temperance and Prohibition, and attitudes about gender, ethnicity, and morality. It traces the development of the megabreweries, dominance of the giants, and the emergence of microbreweries. Contemporary photographs of unusual and distinctive bars of all eras, historic photos, postcards, advertisements, and breweriana help tell the story of how Wisconsin came to dominate brewing—and the place that bars and taverns hold in our social and cultural history.
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Jim Draeger is an architectural historian recently retired from the Wisconsin Historical Society after more than 30 years of historic preservation experience. From roadside architecture to North Woods resorts, Jim celebrates the importance of ordinary buildings to our daily lives through his research, writing, and lectures.
The Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau offers an exciting opportunity for our historians, curators, and authors to visit your community and share the stories of our great state.
