Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Henry Carsten promotional photo] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Bear, George |
Date |
ca. 1890 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on a gray cardboard mount. Promotional photograph for Henry Carsten, bottler for the Rubsam & Horrmann Brewing Company of Stapleton, Staten Island. Two men stand in an interior; the man at left pours from a beer bottle into a glass held by the man at right. They stand behind stacked wooden crates filled with bottles; a number of bottles stand or lie on the floor and on top of the crates. Inscription at the top and bottom of the image: "This Beer Brewed By / RUBSAM & HORRMANN." Inscription on most of the wooden crates: "HENRY CARSTEN / BEER BOTTLER / STAPLETON / STATEN ISLAND." There is a small sign placed among the crates: "Robsam [sic] & Horrmann Brewing Co. / BOTTLED BEER." Inscription in the lower right corner of the image: "BEAR / S.I." A handwritten inscription on the reverse of the mount identifies the men as Henry Carsten and his son William. (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
14 x 11.250 |
Acquisition |
Collection of the Staten Island Historical Society |
Ownership and History |
As late as 1850, most breweries only sold directly to taverns or inns in hardwood kegs and barrels. Individuals who wanted to drink beer at home or elsewhere had to bring their pots or buckets to a saloon. The first bottles for beer, produced and marketed in the 1850s and 1860s, closely resembled soda and mineral water containers. By 1870, however, a distinctive beer bottle shape -- a tall, long neck "blob-top" form - had been established and was in widespread use. These mold-blown bottles often bear the embossed name of a brewery, an independent bottler, or a hotel or tavern. |
Earliest Date |
1885 |
Latest Date |
1895 |
Subjects |
Brewing industry Beer |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.0330 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, September 2019. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |