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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."
This holiday season advertisement markets Becker's Best beer as a Christmas tradition.
This is a magazine advertisement for Becker's Best beer featuring the slogan "Better by Test than All the Rest"
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 advertisement was run in the morning edition of the Salt Lake Tribune and features a couple looking at an advertisement for Becker's Best in a paper.
This is an advertisement for the soda and soft drink beverages manufactured by the Becker Products Company during prohibition. In addition to the manufacturing of Becco, the Becker's also made a variety of sodas to help them supplement their income…
This is an advertisement for Becker's Uinta Club Beer. Uinta Club was the beverage manufactured by the Becker Brewing and Malting Company of Evanston, Wyoming after the repeal of prohibition in 1933. This advertisement features an illustration of a…
This is an advertisement for Becker's Uinta Club beer, which was manufactured in Evanston, Wyoming after the repeal of prohibition in 1933. This particular advertisement features the image of a cowboy on a bucking bronco and the slogan, "Always on…
This advertisement for Becker's Uinta Club Beer depicts the image of a cowboy roping a steer. The ad features the advertising phrase, "you know that life is robust when you rope a runnin' steer; Makes you think of all the gusto in a glass of Becker's…
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 shows Albert E. Becker shaking hands with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Both Gehrig and Ruth played baseball for the New York Yankees during the 1920s and 30s. It is unknown why Albert Becker met with these two baseball legends.
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.
Alta City, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Photographer Unknown
This letter, from the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association to the Becker Brewing and Malting Company, outlines the agreed upon terms of business between the two companies. In 1895 the Becker Brewing and Malting Company acquired the rights to be the…
Architectural model of the Merrill Library before the construction began.
Atrium of the Merrill Library, 1968. Punch card check out system has been moved behind the loan desk and a search station installed at turnstiles. Size of photograph: 5 x 7 in.
Auxillary Library, featuring the book storage in the basement of the Student Union building where it was moved to from the Plant Industry building in 1958. Library photo taken to illustrate the need for a new library building, 1950s. Size of…
The Auxilliary Library, located in the basement of the Student Union building, 1960s. The Auxilliary Library was one of the branch libraries eliminated on campus in 1963. All university library books were consolidated in the finished 2 floors of…
This bound book contains the corporate records of the Becker Brewing and Malting Company of Evanston, Wyoming. The Evanston factory was reincorporated upon the repeal of prohibition in 1933. This series of documents contains the company's charter and…
This series of letters contains information regarding the enactment of Utah's 1917 prohibition laws. The Becker Brewing and Malting Company wrote to the Attorney General of Utah asking if they could produce beer in Utah for resale in other states.…
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."
In 1895 the Becker Brewing and Malting Company received the rights to be a Utah distributor for Anheuser-Busch products. This brochure outlines a brief history of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association and then describes why their beer products are…
These images are selected from Gustav Becker's "Becker Camp" scrapbook. They show Gustav Becker and his friends on a hunting trip during the summer of 1913. The Beckers, being wealthy, planned extravagant recreational outings and usually brought an…
This image shows Gustav Becker and several of his friends relaxing around a camp ground with several porters attending the group.
This photograph depicts various members of the Becker Family enjoying a picnic together.
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 image shows Gustav Becker (third in from the right) hunting with several of his friends. Two porters accompany the group.
This is a group photograph of the artifacts in the Becker Brewing and Malting Company Records. It features two bottles and a bottle opener. The two empty glass bottles are from the Becker Products Company. The phrase "Becker Products Co. Ogen, Utah"…
This artifact is an empty Becker Products Company bottle. The phrase "Becker Products Co. Ogen, Utah" is printed across the top of the bottle in raised glass. Along the bottom edge are the words, "contents 7 fluid ounces." The word "Becker's"is…
This artifact is an empty Becker Products Company bottle. The phrase "Becker Products Co. Ogen, Utah" is printed across the top of the bottle in raised glass. Along the bottom edge are the words, "contents 7 fluid ounces." The word "Becker's"is…
This artifact is a bottle opener engraved with "Becker's Mellow Beer," on both sides. The bottle opener was made by a company called EKCO based out of Chicago. One end of the bottle opener is used to remove crowns from glass bottles. The end with a…
These artifacts are two empty glass bottles from the Becker Products Company. The phrase "Becker Products Co. Ogden, Utah" is printed across the top of the bottles in raised glass. Along the bottom edge are the words, "contents 7 fluid ounces." The…
This binder contains several documents concerning the finances of the Becker Products Company in 1960. The balance sheets show revenue loss from 1959, an indication of the slow decline of the Company. A letter of condolence was inserted in the binder…
This is a rare bottle label for a beverage produced at the Becker Brewing and Malting Company plant located in Evanston, Wyoming. The Wyoming factory only produced beer with this label from 1917 to 1919.
This document celebrates fifty years of continuous operation for the Becker Brewing and Malting Company. The booklet outlines the history of the company, from 1890 to 1940. The booklet also pays tribute to prominent Becker employees and the quality…
This document is a calendar for the dates and locations of football games between the Rocky Mountain Conference universities and colleges. The calendar served as an advertisement for Becker's Unita Club Beer. The Rocky Mountain Conference schools…
Black Rock, Salt Lake. Carter's View Emporium, East Temple St., Salt Lake City. Photographed by C. W. Carter
A blank page of checks from the Becker Brewing and Malting Company for the years 1900 to 1909.
This is a blueprint for a mechanical compression system designed to be used in a brewery. This machine was manufactured by Willard J. Woodcock Refrigerating Machinery in New York City, New York. In an effort to be as modern as possible, the Becker…
This is a blueprint for a counter-pressure racking apparatus designed to be used in a brewery. This machine was manufactured by H. Torchiani in New York City, New York. A counter-pressure racking apparatus was used to assist in the filling of kegs…
This is a bottle label for The Becker Brewing and Malting Company's brand of seasonal Bock Beer.
This bulletin from the United States Brewers' Association, the largest amalgamation of brewers interests at the time, announces several bills regarding prohibition circulating in the United States House of Representatives. Two of the bills prohibited…
California Series. No. 25 Starr King and Glacier Point. The Pacific Coast West from Omaha. Photographer, Andrew Joseph Russell
No. 56. Salt Lake City. The Pacific Coast West from Omaha. California Series. View of Salt Lake City. Photographer, Andrew Joseph Russell
Check out stand and loan desk in the Merrill Library, spring 1964. Punch card check out system installed between turnstiles. Size of photograph: 2.25 x 3.25 in.