Here's a brief history of addressee on those covers, the Brand Brewing Company of Chicago:
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The Brand Brewing company began operation in 1899, and was out of business by 1935, Forgotten Chicago reported.
WBEZ architecture blogger Lee Bey wrote in September that the brewery once produced 250,000 barrels of beer per year, and its founder, German-born industrialist Virgil Michael Brand, also happened to be the owner of what was likely the world's largest coin collection.
The 45,000 square-foot brewery complex was listed for sale earlier in 2011 for $5.85 million. It includes capped underground artesian wells, the listing says.
The buildings that once housed that brewery were only recently razed in order to make way for a parking lot.
Posted 10/27/2012 7:27 pm
