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Show any Beer/Alcohol Related Baseball items
I've always believed from books I've read on him and the movies, and stories online etc the Babe drank ALOT! Didn't you?
.......but Prohibition ran from 1920 1933. So were was he doing all his drinking? Did the police of the time just look the other way and they allowed those establishments to serve it up? Also, never really thought about it, but if you went to a baseball game from 1920 -1933 (guessing no one left on this board.....but had you gone there was no beer. That had to be rough. Especially with nothing but day games. Show any vintage beer or alcohol baseball items you have? Curious to see anything. |
Here's a few I've had over the years
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Old Fenway Beer Bottle Opener
Babe Ruth Father's Tavern Beer Bottle - although this seems to have since been proven that it more then likely is not related to Ruth Sr., but another George Ruths according to Census records. |
Pretty cool piece I found at a flee market. Unfortunately the bat was cracked but hey. Circa 1960s I believe. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6d619af8c4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...bf799357d9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2768f1e5ec.jpg
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Late 1940's Altes Harry Heilmann ad that I bought off of the Net54 B/S/T
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My only alcohol-related piece
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First is a late 1940s? Pabst magazine advertisement with Tommy Henrich. Second isn't baseball, but it's one of my favorite pieces; a magazine ad for miller high life with a bowler, 1950s.Attachment 510071Attachment 510072
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My personal favorite beer item in my “stuff” -
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Croft's Ale with a Hartland Gold Minor Leaguer
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1955
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1951 St. Louis Browns
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Ballantine: Campy
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Ballantine Campy Poster
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Definitely one of the more unique items in my Antonelli player collection.
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A bit of a stretch, but you can see the Budweiser sign on the undamaged outfield wall after the Russwood Park stands burned spectacularly down the night before. Rocky Colavito hit the last ever home run, in the last ever game, White Sox vs Indians, April 16th, 1960. Everybody who was anybody in baseball played at Russwood at one time or another before it burned down, including Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, DiMaggio, Ted Williams, etc. As you can see, the field was undamaged. In fact, the Chicks practiced on it before moving to a modified football field for their last season of 1960. Then the Southern Association itself folded the next year. Russwood was uniquely shaped field, due to property boundaries, and yes, the Memphis Steam Laundry water tank was in play, complete with a "Hit The Smokestack Win $1000" sign. Supposedly no one ever did (425 feet from home plate) but Atlanta Cracker Eddie Matthews came closet, missing it by 10 feet.
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1939 Piel's Beet & 1941 Ballantine Coasters
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Sold this guy at Love of the Game Auctions a few years ago
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c.1950s Frankie Frisch Krueger Beer New York Giants Advertising Scoreboard Display
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Wes Covington Ballantine Beer
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Wes Covington Ballantine Beer
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Phillies Announcers including Richie Ashburn
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Phillies Announcers including Richie Ashburn
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That's a pretty good trio of announcers.
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I'm seeing lots of coasters. Here's a couple that I got from my dad. Attachment 510186Attachment 510187
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Alchohol
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A few of mine
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One of the scarcest sets of baseball postcards, pre-War or post-War, is the PC797 set of Washington Senators players issued in 1948 by Gunther (or Gunther's) Beer. The Gunther Brewing Co. was located in Baltimore, MD. Each card depicts two Senators' players. This card is my only example. If anyone has any others, I'd love to see them.
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I don't have many baseball items that are not cards, but I happen to have this (likely) early 1930's Blue Ribbon Malt cartoon ad featuring Charlie Grimm of the Chicago Cubs by noted cartoonist Herbert Block. I have information indicating that these may have been mailed with the Blue Ribbon Malt Ribbon premiums, but haven't seen any verification of this, so who knows.
Malt Extract was something that could be legally manufactured and stocked on grocery shelves (and was used by folks brewing their own home brew) during Prohibition, so it is likely to be an ad from before the Prohibition's end in December of 1933. Brian |
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Didn't feel like taking the Blatz out of case. Had the Pabst one also but gave it to my son-in-law.
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Here's my Duke Beer sign that hug in Forbes Field
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Re: beer/alcohol
This thread is right next to the Dan McKee birthday thread. Coincidence? I think not.
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1935 Gunther's Beer Map of Sports Records with Ruth, Cobb, Mack, etc.
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I used to own one of these, but I foolishly sold it some years back. :mad:
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Beer Tap Pull Handle
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I have seen these infrequently, but finally found one for sale on eBay. Most say that it is a likeness of Ty Cobb, which was probably not intentional.
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Bourbon
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Not the best picture.
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Little thirsty and alot thirsty
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3 of those Batter Up bottles......very nice Michael!!!!!
is the year on the bottom of each of those? all from the same year? |
every time I go to sell this
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I can't because it's interesting. Someone had to service thirsty fans.....
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Michael,
Paper label, so those are probably 1930's as well, right? Love em' Did I sell you that 3 Bagger Bottle? My memory is shot, but recall having one of those. Love that one too! I'll post another one this weekend. Have not gotten around to taken pix, but it's one I'm guessing no one on here has seen before. |
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If you're familiar with this sign you probably know the surface is textured like felt or velvet. Really cool effect on the sign. Subtle but adds alot of character to the baseball theme.
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Paper labels and I would say early to mid 1930s although I havent been able to date the Batter Up brand. I bought the Three Bagger bottle from you on ebay probably a year ago. Not sure if I ever posted it in the pickup thread when I received it. Would definitely like to see the other bottle you have. I'm not necessarily a bottle collector but they are good display material. Thanks again! Michael |
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The Batter Up seems to be more common but I love your examples, especially the larger ones for display pieces. Hard to find info on those as the alcohol bottle folks don't seem to gravitate to the nonalcoholic mixers as collectibles and as they are not alcoholic they would never have a tax stamp to date them. My theory would be that the smaller one is the oldest and would date to prohibition based on the hospital and medical description on the label. Most drinking was done under the guise of a prescription during that time and the labeling reflects that. The larger examples are clear that they are a carbonated flavoring for bourbon on the label and that would seemingly dictate post prohibition and 33-40 timeframe. They could also be pre-prohibition as well, but to have a pre20s carbonated soda would be impressive. The small narrow necking of the bottle is likely to help keep in the “sparkling” when sealed. I would guess it would possibly be an early 7up type product but would love to see better advertising matter to know what it could have tasted like! |
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