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Adam Schumacher

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Head and shoulders portrait of Adam Schumacher (1859-1942). His family operated the Potosi Brewery until it closed in 1972.

Date Created:
circa 1900

Publication Information

Date Created circa 1900

Physical Description

Format Image
Extent 1 photograph
Dimensions 11 x 13 cm

Collection Information

Call Number PH 4297

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Unique ID
W013CMB

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Adam Schumacher Brewery Employees, 1900

Adam Schumacher Brewery Employees, 1900

1900

Adam Schumacher Brewery employees, many of them from the Schumacher family, posing with barrels outside the brewery. The Schumacher Brewery became the Potosi Brewing Company in 1905.

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Potosi Brewery Bottling Works

Potosi Brewery Bottling Works

circa 1910s

Exterior view of the bottling works of the Adam Schumacher Brewery, built in 1902. The brewery changed its name to the Potosi Brewing Company a few years later. A group of men stand near the front ...

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Potosi Brewery, 1886

Potosi Brewery, 1886

1886

Exterior view of what became the Potosi Brewery at about the time Adam Schumacher took over the operation in 1886. The road is busy with wagons and carriages in front of the brewery. A saloon is ...

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The Schumachers of the Potosi Brewing Company

The Schumachers of the Potosi Brewing Company

circa 1950s

Five men, most of them Schumachers, stand at a tavern in Potosi, raising glasses of beer in a toast to the Schumacher cousins who operated the Potosi Brewery. Most of the back bar advertisements a...

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Potosi Brewery Workers

Potosi Brewery Workers

1920

A group of nine Potosi Brewing Company employees posing inside the brewery. An array of different sized pipes clings to the wall behind them.

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Potosi Brewery Stables

Potosi Brewery Stables

circa 1910

Group portrait of men and boys pictured with eight horses outside a large barn with a lean-to shed attached on the left. The stables served the Adam Schumacher Brewery (later the Potosi Brewing Com...

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