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This is a certificate which signifies ownership of a one dollar share in the Becker Products Company. This stock certificate was owned by Thekla B. Becker. Thekla Becker was the wife of Gustav L. Becker. The certificate indicates that the Becker…
This document celebrates fifty years of continuous operation for the Becker Brewing and Malting Company. The booklet outlines the history of the company, from 1890 to 1940. The booklet also pays tribute to prominent Becker employees and the quality…
This binder contains several documents concerning the finances of the Becker Products Company in 1960. The balance sheets show revenue loss from 1959, an indication of the slow decline of the Company. A letter of condolence was inserted in the binder…
These artifacts are two empty glass bottles from the Becker Products Company. The phrase "Becker Products Co. Ogden, Utah" is printed across the top of the bottles in raised glass. Along the bottom edge are the words, "contents 7 fluid ounces." The…
This is a group photograph of the artifacts in the Becker Brewing and Malting Company Records. It features two bottles and a bottle opener. The two empty glass bottles are from the Becker Products Company. The phrase "Becker Products Co. Ogen, Utah"…
This artifact is an empty Becker Products Company bottle. The phrase "Becker Products Co. Ogen, Utah" is printed across the top of the bottle in raised glass. Along the bottom edge are the words, "contents 7 fluid ounces." The word "Becker's"is…
This artifact is an empty Becker Products Company bottle. The phrase "Becker Products Co. Ogen, Utah" is printed across the top of the bottle in raised glass. Along the bottom edge are the words, "contents 7 fluid ounces." The word "Becker's"is…
An advertisement for Becker's Best from the Ogden Examiner featuring an elk and the slogan "better by test than all the rest."
This advertisement for Becker's American Pilsner features an illustration of a cowboy playing a guitar in the mountains and the lyrics, "when it's summer in the Rockies... it's time for Becker's Beer."
This advertisement features an image of a postman and includes a poem which praises his service and suggests that consumers of Becker's American Pilsner salute his service.
This advertisement for Becker's American Pilsner features an illustration of a man cleaning dishes in his kitchen with a glass of Becker's American Pilsner on the counter. The text of the advertisement describes Becker's Beer as being a good…
This document is a contract between the major beer distributors of Ogden, Utah. Fred J. Kiesel, George Landsberg, J. F. McCarron and the Becker Brewing and Malting Company agreed to not sell Eastern beer for less than ten dollars a barrel, or eleven…
This scrapbook page has two photographs of the original Becker Brewing and Malting Company. The top photo features the employees of the brewery posing for a picture. Gustav Becker is on the far right side of the photograph. All the other employees…
This scrapbook page includes several newspaper articles. Three of the articles describe shooting competitions in which Gustav Becker participated. The last article, in the bottom left corner, describes how businessmen from Los Angeles appreciated…
This scrapbook page features several newspaper articles. Two of the articles discuss Gustav Becker's performance at trap shooting competitions. The article on the far right is a transcript of a speech on Abraham Lincoln by Rev. R. J. Burdette. The…
This scrapbook page has several newspaper articles regarding brewing. The article in the top left describes a recent legal case which determined one cannot trademark colors for a brand. The small article in the bottom left describes a few steps for a…
This scrapbook page has several newspaper articles pasted to it. The two large articles are reports of Gustav Becker offering his plant to the U.S. government for use during World War I. The article on the far left contains a copy of Mr. Becker's…
This file features selected documents from Gustav L. Becker's large scrapbook. The scrapbook has many photographs, news clippings and letters. The highlights featured here include: photographs of Gustav Becker's trophies, an article about Becco at…
In 1939, Gustav L. Becker was elected to the president of the United States Brewers' Association. At the time, this was the largest brewer advocacy group in the country. This scrapbook contains mostly newspaper articles, photographs, speeches and…
This advertisement describes beer as a healthful beverage with national consumption on the rise. It also makes a reference towards the prohibition movement in the United States by referring to recent prohibitory legislation as "fanatical."
This holiday season advertisement markets Becker's Best beer as a Christmas tradition.
This advertisement features an image of a Utah barley grower and a description of why his barley is the superior ingredient in Becker's Best beer.
This is an advertising print for Becker's Best featuring a colored illustration of a family camping while the father places a few bottles of Becker's Best in the river to cool. It also features the slogan, "For the day's outing, Becker's Best of…
This is an advertising print for Becker's Best featuring an illustration of a family camping trip along a river. The advertisement also features a short statement explaining why Becker's beer is essential for a good time while camping.
This is a holiday season advertisement print featuring an illustration of Santa Claus and a case of Becker's Best. The advertisement claims that Santa Claus recommends Becker's Best as a true pure food beverage.
This is an advertising print for Becker's Best featuring an illustration of two boys fishing. The boy on the left has a case of Becker's Best and the boy on the right displays the fish he has caught. The advertisement claims that "plenty of Becker's…
This document is an early Ogden City liquor license that has been modified into a brewers license. This license allowed the Becker Brewing and Malting Company to brew beer legally for a period of three months.
This deed records the lots purchased by William Schellhas of the Schellhas Brewing Company from Matthew S. Browning and M. A. Browning in 1890. William Schellhas was a business partner of the Becker family when they resided in Winona, Minnesota.…
This deed records the lots purchased by William Schellhas of the Schellhas Brewing Company from Matthew S. Browning and M. A. Browning in 1891. William Schellhas was a business partner of the Becker family when they resided in Winona, Minnesota.…
This contract signs over several tracts of land to the Becker Brewing and Malting Company. Henry H. Rolapp and Martha H. Rolapp sold several lots to the Becker Brewing and Malting Company for six hundred and thrity-five dollars.
This document is an early Ogden City liquor license that has been modified into a brewers license. This license allowed the Becker Brewing and Malting Company to brew beer legally for a period of three months.
This copy of the Ogden Standard-Examiner features several stories about Gustav Becker. The copy was split in two halves, page one is the top half and the second page is the bottom half. The articles praise Gustav Becker's contribution to the western…
This newspaper section has several articles regarding the Becker Brewing and Malting Company. The article at the top of the page, entitled "Historic Brewery's saga ending" describes the demise of the Becker Brewing and Malting Company and the…
This scrap book page has newspaper clippings from two articles. Both articles focus on the Young Prohibition Bill, which made Utah a dry state in 1917. In the longer article, Gustav Becker presents his arguments for a more lenient bill. He asks that…
The Thrifton is the bulletin of the Ogden State Bank thrift society. This issue features a life sketch of Gustav Lorenz Becker on page four. Gustav Becker was a director of the Ogden State Bank for over thirty years in addition to being president of…
This is an advertisement for Becker's Best Beer. The ad ties Becker's beer to the iconic images of the West, such as prospectors, Native Americans, fur trappers, cowboys, stage coaches and bison. The art work on the poster was created by Paul Clowes,…
This pamphlet describes the history, the founders, and the conditions in which Becker's Becco is made. It provides photographs of the Becker Products Company factory, the original Becker plant, John Becker and his sons, photos of the factory…
This advertising template from Tenney's Advertising Service features a quote from an unnamed famous athlete about the health benefits of beer.
This advertisement template features two adds. The first advertisement announces that the season for beer has come. The second advertisement markets beer as a thirst quenching beverage.
This advertisement template features two different articles which market the health benefits of beer.
This advertising template describes the quality of ingredients used by whichever brewery runs the advertisement.
This advertisement markets how drinking beer makes one's life more enjoyable.
This advertising template features a list of suggested short paragraphs for publication in local newspapers.
The Articles and Certificate of Incorporation and the Agreement of Consolidation for the establishment of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company as established on December 27, 1918. These articles describe the leadership of the new company, its…
This advertisement proof and accompanying invoice were created for the Becker Brewing and Malting Company by the Western Hotel Supply Company of Seattle, Washington. The ad was used to furnish the menu covers of a cafe in Ely, Nevada.
This is the wallet of Albert E. Becker. It is made from russet colored leather. The interior is engraved with his initials in gold print. The inside is lined with purple silk.
This is a wallet made from black leather is engraved with the phrase "Compliments of Becker Brewing & Malting Co. Ogden, Utah."
This photograph features an unknown Becker Brewing and Malting Company employee inspecting the beer.
This photograph is of Gustav L. Becker's funeral in January 1947. Mr. Becker was born on April 7, 1868 in Winona, Minnesota. He moved to Ogden, Utah in 1891 and lived there until his death on January 12, 1947. He was 78 years old when he passed on…
This photograph is an aerial view of the Becker Products Company's Ogden brew plant. The brew plant was known as the Becker Brewing and Malting Company until 1917. It was reincorporated as the Becker Products Company in 1919 in response to…