Hamm's Beer Can
notes: label: Description
content: In 1856, Theodore Hamm, an immigrant from Germany, moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and opened a small brewery called the Theodore Hamm Brewing Company. After World War II, the president of the company, William C. Figge, initiated nationwide expansion and purchased breweries in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. In the 1950s, Hamm’s Brewing Company hired Campbell Mithun Advertising Agency who designed the company’s new cartoon bear mascot and organized the brewery’s advertising campaign.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Walter and Josephine Landor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0393.027
label: accession number
content: 1993.0393
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0393.027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Beer Can
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.2 cm x 6.5 cm; 4 13/16 in x 2 9/16 in