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Lighted Souvenir Beer Advertisement Display

  Lot # 024
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9 1/4" x 8 3/4" x 7"
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2nd Bedroom
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Lot # 024
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Lighted Glass Souvenir Beer Counter Advertisement Display for Geo J. Renner Brewing Company. Shows minor wear due to age and use as can be seen in photographs. 

The longest-running Akron brewery was founded at what is now 247-275 N. Forge Street around 1848 by two German immigrants, George Hartmann and John Brodt. The location was perfect: A spring flowing from the ravine provided pure water and storage caves could be dug into the hillside. Best of all, the brewery was by the Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal and the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, making shipping and receiving easy. The brewery changed hands several times, always operated by Germans. It was originally a wood-frame building, but after a fire destroyed the entire complex in 1873, the owner rebuilt it with brick. After a few more owners and another fire, the brewery ended up with George J. Renner in 1888. Under Renner’s direction, the plant experienced its greatest expansion and success. Renner added a boiler house and bottling department for local beer sales across the street. He also built a three-story office building, decorated with murals showing nostalgic views of Germany. The building still stands today and houses Russell Products, an industrial coating company.