A. Gettelman Brewing Company Scrapbooks, 1860-1987

Biography/History

The A. Gettelman Brewing Company, which was located in Milwaukee, and was founded in 1854. Tom Gettelman, joined the family business in 1936, and served as its last president, from 1954 until the brewery was sold to its neighbor the Miller Brewing Company in 1961. For a detailed history see: Nancy Moore Gettelman, The A. Gettelman Brewing Company: One-Hundred and Seven Years of a Family Brewery in Milwaukee (Milwaukee: Procrustes Press, 1995).