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IC-Daily-Republican.1884-08-14.Riots.jpg

A collection of eyewitness accounts concerning the Iowa City Beer Riots, which began during the trial of local brewers Conrad Graf and John Dostal for having violated the state's new Prohibition law by selling beer on July 4, 1884, the day the law…
DM-Staatsanzeiger.1879-02-07.Magnus-Ad.jpg

This ad for the Eagle Brewery of Christian Magnus in Cedar Rapids bears testimony to the state-wide readership of the Iowa Staats-Anzeiger. The ad notes that the Eagle Brewery won first prize at the Iowa State Fair in 1877.
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Clarence and John M. Englert relax c. 1920 in the office of the Englert Ice Co., located in the former Englert Brewery. On the wall hangs the portrait of their father John J. Englert, who together with his brother-in-law Frank Rittenmeyer assumed…
IC-Post.1881-04-15.Englert-Brewery.Crop.jpg

translation of ad: "The City Brewery of Englert & Rittenmeyer is confident that it will once again solidly maintain its long-standing distinguished reputation by virtue of the excellent quality of its product. Its beer is commonly recommended by…
IowaBrewingCo2005_10.jpg

Iowa Brewing Company on the north side of Market Street between Linn Street and Gilbert Street in Iowa City, c. 1909. Founded as the Great Western Brewery in 1857, it was bought in 1873 by John Dostal and later run by his sons as the Dostal Brothers…
IC-Volksfreund.1874-12-18.Dostal-Great-Western.jpg

translation of ad: "J.P. Dostal, Great Western Brewery, maker of the finest beer in Iowa City and the whole region. I warmly recommend my brewery to the public. All orders from in and out of town will be processed promptly. J.P. Dostal"
5.3.Magnus Brewery Wagon.jpg

Delivery Wagon for Magnus Brewery Beer, Cedar Rapids, c. 1900. The saloon in the background displays the tongue-in-cheek name "The Cedar Rabbits."
Report on Francis Murphy Temperance Preacher Visit_29Sept1899.pdf

Largely-neutral report of Francis Murphy's speech to saloon keepers in context of his prohibitionism.
Der Raub in Iowa_23May1884.pdf

Article borrowed from Illinois Staatszeitung commenting upon proposed prohibition in Iowa.
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