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Griesedieck Bros. Brewing Company, St. Louis, c. 1911

Anheuser-Busch's biggest local rival — and it still lost.

What

A brewery advertising print for the Griesedieck Bros. Brewing Company of St. Louis, a leading local rival to Anheuser-Busch in the pre-Prohibition era.

Why

Weakened by Anheuser-Busch's post-Repeal budget brands, Griesedieck Bros. sold to Falstaff Brewing in 1957; the brand was discontinued around 1960 and the plant closed in 1977.

Notice

A house big enough to fight the giant in its own city — the scale of what St. Louis brewing once was.

“It outlived Prohibition and still lost, slowly, to the brewery across town.”

Format

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Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Country: United States
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Griesedieck Bros. Brewing Company, St. Louis, U.S.A. — advertising print, 1911
Source: Missouri History Museum

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Scan: Missouri History Museum, open access, hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18. Date c. 1911; well within the PD-pre1931 window regardless of exact year. Credit line 'Missouri History Museum' per source; no known copyright restrictions.

Griesedieck Bros. Brewing Company was gone from the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.