Photograph
Beer Barons
![Six prominent German American brewers pose outdoors, seated around a table, for a portrait labeled "The Poterhouse [sic] Club." Well-dressed in suits and hats, the men are identified by last name. They include, from left, Philip Bartholomae, president of Bartholomae and Leicht Brewing Co. of Chicago; Christian Magnus, owner of Eagle Brewery and Bottling Works of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; one of the three Ernst brothers (C. Emil, Leo or Otto) of the Ernst Brothers Brewery of Chicago; Conrad Seipp, founder and president of Conrad Seipp Brewing Co. of Chicago; Joseph Theurer, owner of Schoenhofen Brewing Co. of Chicago, and Michael Brand of Michael Brand Brewing Co., Chicago. Seipp wears a top hat; the others wear fedoras. There is a large cast iron urn behind Seipp.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700014140002/1414000028-l.jpg "Beer Barons")
| Six prominent German American brewers pose outdoors, seated around a table, for a portrait labeled "The Poterhouse [sic] Club." Well-dressed in suits and hats, the men are identified by last name. They include, from left, Philip Bartholomae, president of Bartholomae and Leicht Brewing Co. of Chicago; Christian Magnus, owner of Eagle Brewery and Bottling Works of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; one of the three Ernst brothers (C. Emil, Leo or Otto) of the Ernst Brothers Brewery of Chicago; Conrad Seipp, founder and president of Conrad Seipp Brewing Co. of Chicago; Joseph Theurer, owner of Schoenhofen Brewing Co. of Chicago, and Michael Brand of Michael Brand Brewing Co., Chicago. Seipp wears a top hat; the others wear fedoras. There is a large cast iron urn behind Seipp. |
| Image ID: | 113296 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1885 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Chicago |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Black Point Estate and Seipp Family Papers |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | Black Point Estate.21.20 |
| Original Dimensions: | 7 x 5 inches |
| Conrad Seipp owned a mansion in Chicago and built his summer home, Black Point, on Lake Geneva in 1887. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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