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

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1940-07-05
USA, NY, Manhattan
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) helping to steady a beer keg and, to the right, Mr. Ernst Muhlhauser, the brewmeister, at 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. The Jacob Ruppert Brewery was located at Old Yorkville, Manhattan, New York from 1867 to 1965. Typed on original negative sleeve: “55831 7/5/40 / 2585-22 / Ruppert Brewery-219 E 92nd St, City / Mr. James Duffy / Loading of beer barrels“. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.55831

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection