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This image shows an unknown employee with an oil can inside the ice manufacturing room at the Becker Brewing and Malting Company plant. In addition to beer, the Beckers also manufactured malt and ice. Income from selling ice helped to supplement the…
This photograph shows Albert E. Becker, the vice president of the Becker Products Company, inspecting the beer from the brew kettle. The Becker's took quality very seriously and paid meticulous attention to ever detail of the brewing process.
This photograph shows two Becker Products Company employees packaging bottles of Becker's American Pilsener Beer. Both employees are unknown.
This photograph shows an unknown chemist working at the Becker Brewing and Malting Factory.
This is the obituary of John S. Becker, father of Gustav and Albert Becker. John Becker passed away on April 22, 1918 from natural causes. John Becker was born in Baden, Germany in 1829. He left Germany when he was 16 years old, citing a dislike of…
This article outlines the reasons behind the liquidation of the Becker Manufacturing Company. The Becker Manufacturing Company of Ogden was formed after the Becker Brewing and Malting Company of Ogden was dissolved in 1917. Upon the dissolution of…
This is a photograph of Gustav Becker and his wife, Thekla, at their home in Ogden, Utah. They are posed with their two dogs, a horse and buggy, and with an unknown individual. The Becker's moved to a larger home several years later.
The two photographs and the article on this page are about a pioneer day parade in Ogden, Utah. Gustav Becker dressed up as Wild Bill Cody and performed feats of marksmanship for the on looking crowd. The article on the right describes a series of…
This photograph shows the front of the original Becker Brewing and Malting Company brew plant. The original brew plant was constructed mostly of wood and stone. This picture also illustrates the rudimentary conditions of the early brewery. The…
This image shows the original Becker brew plant which was built along the Ogden River in 1890. The plant was originally called the Schellhas Brewing Company, but became known as the Becker Brewing and Malting Company when Gustav Becker purchased…
This photograph features an unknown employee of the Becker Products Company inspecting beer for any foreign contaminates. This photograph was taken inside the Becker Products Company brew plant in Ogden. The employee on the right is also unknown.
This photograph shows two Becker employees inside the Becker Products Company factory canning beer. After prohibition canned beverages became all the rage for American consumers. In order to meet this new demand the Becker's invested in new canning…
This is a photograph of Gustav Becker taking aim at an olive on a toothpick. The toothpick is held in the mouth of an unknown man. Gustav Becker was recognized nationally for his skill as a marksman. He won a lot of local fame by performing various…
This image features Gustav Becker shooting a clay pigeon in the air above an unknown man's head. Gustav Becker was known for being an excellent marksman and often performed many stunt shots. These included shooting traps from a moving vehicle and a…
This photograph is of Gustav Becker and his trap shooting vest. The vest is adorned by the various patches and medals earned by Gustav over the course of his life. Gustav's ability as a trap shooter earned him wide recognition. He won many local and…
This photograph is an aerial view of the Becker Products Company's Ogden brew plant. The brew plant was known as the Becker Brewing and Malting Company until 1917. It was reincorporated as the Becker Products Company in 1919 in response to…
This photograph is of Gustav L. Becker's funeral in January 1947. Mr. Becker was born on April 7, 1868 in Winona, Minnesota. He moved to Ogden, Utah in 1891 and lived there until his death on January 12, 1947. He was 78 years old when he passed on…
This photograph features an unknown Becker Brewing and Malting Company employee inspecting the beer.
This is a wallet made from black leather is engraved with the phrase "Compliments of Becker Brewing & Malting Co. Ogden, Utah."
This is the wallet of Albert E. Becker. It is made from russet colored leather. The interior is engraved with his initials in gold print. The inside is lined with purple silk.
This advertisement proof and accompanying invoice were created for the Becker Brewing and Malting Company by the Western Hotel Supply Company of Seattle, Washington. The ad was used to furnish the menu covers of a cafe in Ely, Nevada.
The Articles and Certificate of Incorporation and the Agreement of Consolidation for the establishment of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company as established on December 27, 1918. These articles describe the leadership of the new company, its…
This advertising template features a list of suggested short paragraphs for publication in local newspapers.
This advertisement markets how drinking beer makes one's life more enjoyable.
This advertising template describes the quality of ingredients used by whichever brewery runs the advertisement.
This advertisement template features two different articles which market the health benefits of beer.
This advertisement template features two adds. The first advertisement announces that the season for beer has come. The second advertisement markets beer as a thirst quenching beverage.
This advertising template from Tenney's Advertising Service features a quote from an unnamed famous athlete about the health benefits of beer.
This pamphlet describes the history, the founders, and the conditions in which Becker's Becco is made. It provides photographs of the Becker Products Company factory, the original Becker plant, John Becker and his sons, photos of the factory…
This is an advertisement for Becker's Best Beer. The ad ties Becker's beer to the iconic images of the West, such as prospectors, Native Americans, fur trappers, cowboys, stage coaches and bison. The art work on the poster was created by Paul Clowes,…
The Thrifton is the bulletin of the Ogden State Bank thrift society. This issue features a life sketch of Gustav Lorenz Becker on page four. Gustav Becker was a director of the Ogden State Bank for over thirty years in addition to being president of…
This scrap book page has newspaper clippings from two articles. Both articles focus on the Young Prohibition Bill, which made Utah a dry state in 1917. In the longer article, Gustav Becker presents his arguments for a more lenient bill. He asks that…
This newspaper section has several articles regarding the Becker Brewing and Malting Company. The article at the top of the page, entitled "Historic Brewery's saga ending" describes the demise of the Becker Brewing and Malting Company and the…
This copy of the Ogden Standard-Examiner features several stories about Gustav Becker. The copy was split in two halves, page one is the top half and the second page is the bottom half. The articles praise Gustav Becker's contribution to the western…
This document is an early Ogden City liquor license that has been modified into a brewers license. This license allowed the Becker Brewing and Malting Company to brew beer legally for a period of three months.
This contract signs over several tracts of land to the Becker Brewing and Malting Company. Henry H. Rolapp and Martha H. Rolapp sold several lots to the Becker Brewing and Malting Company for six hundred and thrity-five dollars.
This deed records the lots purchased by William Schellhas of the Schellhas Brewing Company from Matthew S. Browning and M. A. Browning in 1891. William Schellhas was a business partner of the Becker family when they resided in Winona, Minnesota.…
This deed records the lots purchased by William Schellhas of the Schellhas Brewing Company from Matthew S. Browning and M. A. Browning in 1890. William Schellhas was a business partner of the Becker family when they resided in Winona, Minnesota.…
This document is an early Ogden City liquor license that has been modified into a brewers license. This license allowed the Becker Brewing and Malting Company to brew beer legally for a period of three months.
This is an advertising print for Becker's Best featuring an illustration of two boys fishing. The boy on the left has a case of Becker's Best and the boy on the right displays the fish he has caught. The advertisement claims that "plenty of Becker's…
This is a holiday season advertisement print featuring an illustration of Santa Claus and a case of Becker's Best. The advertisement claims that Santa Claus recommends Becker's Best as a true pure food beverage.
This is an advertising print for Becker's Best featuring an illustration of a family camping trip along a river. The advertisement also features a short statement explaining why Becker's beer is essential for a good time while camping.
This is an advertising print for Becker's Best featuring a colored illustration of a family camping while the father places a few bottles of Becker's Best in the river to cool. It also features the slogan, "For the day's outing, Becker's Best of…
This advertisement features an image of a Utah barley grower and a description of why his barley is the superior ingredient in Becker's Best beer.
This holiday season advertisement markets Becker's Best beer as a Christmas tradition.
This advertisement describes beer as a healthful beverage with national consumption on the rise. It also makes a reference towards the prohibition movement in the United States by referring to recent prohibitory legislation as "fanatical."
In 1939, Gustav L. Becker was elected to the president of the United States Brewers' Association. At the time, this was the largest brewer advocacy group in the country. This scrapbook contains mostly newspaper articles, photographs, speeches and…
This file features selected documents from Gustav L. Becker's large scrapbook. The scrapbook has many photographs, news clippings and letters. The highlights featured here include: photographs of Gustav Becker's trophies, an article about Becco at…
This scrapbook page has several newspaper articles pasted to it. The two large articles are reports of Gustav Becker offering his plant to the U.S. government for use during World War I. The article on the far left contains a copy of Mr. Becker's…
This scrapbook page has several newspaper articles regarding brewing. The article in the top left describes a recent legal case which determined one cannot trademark colors for a brand. The small article in the bottom left describes a few steps for a…