page_title: National Capital Brewing Company
section_title: Packaging and Delivery
hierarchical_section_title: National Capital Brewing Company / Packaging and Delivery
caption_attribution_description: English: Diamond Beer Label - National Capital Brewing Company
context_page_description: The National Capital Brewing Company was founded in 1890 by Albert Carry and Robert Portner, two successful Washington, D.C. area brewers. The brewery could produce 100,000 barrels of beer a year and was considered state-of-the-art for the time. It replaced a previous brewery which operated on the site since at least 1877.
context_section_description: Originally, most of its beer was consumed in saloons and the brewery did not bottle its own beer, using third-party bottlers instead. However, on February 24, 1897, the Brewery filed a description of its bottles, name and marks with the clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in compliance with sections 1188 and 1189 of the revised statues of the District of Columbia.
  Two bottles were described:
  Green glass bottle: Blown on the side National Capital Brewing Co., Washington, D.C. with the United States Capitol building inside the inscription with Trade Mark above and below the said building.
  Amber glass bottle: Blown on the side National Capital Brewing Co., Washington, D.C. with the United States Capitol building inside the inscription with Trade Mark above and below the said building.
  Of course, both bottles were exclusively to be used for the packaging of the beers made by the National Capital Brewing Company and no other entity was allowed to use these.
  To deliver its beer, National Capital initially used horse-drawn wagons. In 1903 it bought an electric truck for this purpose, the first Washington-based brewer to do so.
caption: Diamond Beer  Label
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