George Ehret Ruppert and Ernst Muhlhauser, at the loading of last wooden beer barrel, Jacob Ruppert Brewery, Old Yorkville, Manhattan, New York, 1940

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Manhattan
1940-07-05
safety film
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 5, 1940. Image of Mr. George Ehret Ruppert (center) shaking the hand of Mr. Ernst Muhlhauser, the brewmeister of the Jacob Ruppert Brewery, while a workman man rolls the last wooden beer barrel along a ramp in a storage area with brick floors. The new lightweight metal barrels are stacked to the right. Typed on original negative sleeve: “55830 7/5/40 / 2585-21 / The Ruppert Brewery-219 E 92nd St, City / Mr. James Duffy, Advtg Mngr / loading of beer barrels“. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.55830

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection