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Advertising Poster Valentin Blatz Brewing Co Milwaukee Wisconsin USA - Original advertising poster for the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company of Milwaukee Wisconsin - featuring a bird’s-eye panoramic view of the city with a sweeping northeast perspective across the urban grid, showcasing early street developments, bustling shipping traffic on Lake Michigan and winding rivers. The lower left corner includes detailed inset illustrations of the Brewery itself, a view of Milwaukie 50 years before the publication of the poster, and Solomon Juneau's Log House in 1820. Solomon Juneau (1793-1856) was a French Canadian fur trader, land speculator, and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Valentin Blatz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It produced Blatz Beer from 1851 until 1959, when the label was sold to the Pabst Brewing Company. Blatz beer is currently produced by the Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, under contract for Pabst Brewing Company. Published by American Publishing Co for South Water & Ferry. Horizontal. Fair condition, folds, creasing, tears, paper losses, staining. Country of issue: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 72x112, year of printing: 1885.