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ARTIFACT COLLECTION

Schlitz Export

M2010.020.292
Date Unknown

Schlitz Export Label with red background and white and black text. Schlitz trademark can be found on left side. Product and manufacturers info is in black text.

In 1902 the Schlitz Brewery produced one million barrels, becoming the world’s largest brewer of beer, surpasing local Milwaukee rival, the Pabst Brewery. Schlitz beer was not only consumed in the United States, but exported around the world, giving certain legitmacy to the advertising slogan, “The beer that made Milwaukee famous”.