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Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, June 1916, Vol. 15, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, June 1915, Vol. 14, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, June 1914, Vol. 13, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, June 1913, Vol. 12, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, June 1912, Vol. 11, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, August 1908, Vol. 7, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, July 1906, Vol. 5, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, July 1907, Vol. 6, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, June 1911, Vol. 10, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, June 1909, Vol. 8, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, June 1910, Vol. 9, No. 1
Brigham Young College quarterly bulletin, March 1914, Vol. 12, No. 4
These images are selected from Gustav Becker's "Becker Camp" scrapbook. They show Gustav Becker and his friends on a hunting trip during the summer of 1913. The Beckers, being wealthy, planned extravagant recreational outings and usually brought an…
These images are selections from Gustav Becker's family scrapbook. It contains various family pictures, as well as, photographs of the Becker's home and recreation activities. The images featured here are family photographs. The first photo is of…
These images are a selection form the "Gusthekla, 1915 Season" scrapbook. This page features images of Gustav Becker, his wife Thekla, and several of their friends riding horses across the Indian Trail in Ogden Canyon. Gustav and Thekla are both in…
These images are selections from Gustav Becker's "Gusthekla Season 1915" Scrapbook. The images feature Gustav Becker (third in from the right) and several of his friends enjoying a camping trip. The Becker's, being a wealthy family, often brought…
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 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…
This is the obituary of John S. Becker, father of Gustav and Albert Becker. John Becker passed away on April 22, 1918 from natural causes. John Becker was born in Baden, Germany in 1829. He left Germany when he was 16 years old, citing a dislike of…
This article outlines the reasons behind the liquidation of the Becker Manufacturing Company. The Becker Manufacturing Company of Ogden was formed after the Becker Brewing and Malting Company of Ogden was dissolved in 1917. Upon the dissolution of…
This series of letters sent to Mr. J. Clark Jr., captain of the 1920 U.S. olympic team, recommend Gustav Becker for the United States trap shooting team. Mr. Becker was an alternate for the 1920 summer games in Antwerp, Belgium. After much…
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 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…
This article, printed in the Ogden Examiner, details Gustav Becker's trip to California. Mr. Becker's article is full of praises for Californian industry and agriculture. Two columns of the article are dedicated to Gustav's analysis of the proposed…
This program was printed for a banquet in celebration of Utah's third governor, William Spry. Many businessmen in Utah, especially the Beckers, supported William Spry because he vetoed two state prohibition bills. Governor Spry vetoed the first…
This image shows the original Becker brew plant which was built along the Ogden River in 1890. The plant was originally called the Schellhas Brewing Company, but became known as the Becker Brewing and Malting Company when Gustav Becker purchased…
This is a photograph of the renovations of the Becker Brewing and Malting Factory. The original factory was made of wood and local stone. However, in the early 1900s the Becker's invested in building a new factory made of brick. This image shows the…
This is a photograph of Gustav Becker taking aim and sighting down his rifle. Mr. Becker was widely praised for his ability as a marksman. Here he is wearing his shooting vest adorned with various awards and medals. This photograph was taken in the…
This is a photograph of Gustav Becker taking aim at an olive on a toothpick. The toothpick is held in the mouth of an unknown man. Gustav Becker was recognized nationally for his skill as a marksman. He won a lot of local fame by performing various…
This image shows Gustav Becker firing his rifle at the custom made gun chimes. John M. Browning invented the chimes for Gustav in the 1920s. This device was used to make music by rapidly firing bullets at the different white boxes. Mr. Becker used…
This image features Gustav Becker shooting a clay pigeon in the air above an unknown man's head. Gustav Becker was known for being an excellent marksman and often performed many stunt shots. These included shooting traps from a moving vehicle and a…
This photograph is of the Becker Brewing and Malting Company plant in Evanston, Wyoming. The plant was located along Front Street and Becker Circle. This plant operated from 1917 to 1919 and from 1933 to 1964.
This contract outlines the legal processes for liquidating the Becker Brewing and Malting Company of Evanston, Wyoming. A vote was taken by the shareholders on January 15, 1919 to liquidate the company. The decision was made in response to increasing…
This bound book contains the corporate records of the Becker Brewing and Malting Company of Evanston, Wyoming. The Evanston factory was reincorporated upon the repeal of prohibition in 1933. This series of documents contains the company's charter and…
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 series of letters contains information regarding the enactment of Utah's 1917 prohibition laws. The Becker Brewing and Malting Company wrote to the Attorney General of Utah asking if they could produce beer in Utah for resale in other states.…
This series of correspondence between Mark Johnson and the Becker Brewing and Malting Company concerns credit on returned bottles in exchange for a discount on a barrel of beer. Mark Johnson was an employee of the Utah Agricultural College. The…
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…
In 2007 the Salt Lake Tribune featured a story on Stan Sanders' collection of historical Utah brewing paraphernalia. The article also highlights several of the major historical breweries in Utah including the Becker Brewing and Malting Company,…
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 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 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 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 artifact is a bottle opener engraved with "Becker's Mellow Beer," on both sides. The bottle opener was made by a company called EKCO based out of Chicago. One end of the bottle opener is used to remove crowns from glass bottles. The end with a…
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…
This contract is an agreement between the Becker Brewing and Malting Company and G. F. Thompson regarding the establishment of an Ogden tied-house. A tied-house was established when the proprietor of a bar or saloon agreed to exclusively serve the…
This contract outlines an agreement between Gustav L. Becker and Isaac Treger about the establishment of a tied-house. A tied-house was a saloon or bar where a brewery supplied capital and funds to open the establishment. In exchange for the loan,…
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 series of documents comes from a folder of material regarding the liquidation of the Becker Products Company in the 1970s. The folder belonged to Marjorie Seeger. These documents include financial notes, company minute meetings from 1959 and…