THE BEGINNINGS
- Of Bavarian Brewery
THE BEGINNINGS
- Of Bavarian Brewery
ADS - From Newspapers
ADS
The Advertising Periods For Bavarian
The advertisements obtained for Bavarian presented herein were mostly print ads in newspapers, and to a much lesser extent in some directories and programs. However, some outdoor /billboard and radio advertisements were also procured. The presentation of these ads are divided into the following four periods:
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1) 1880s - 1919: Pre-Prohibition.
2) 1935 - 1945: After Prohibition and before WWII.
3) 1946 - 1956: After WWII through the mid 1950's.
4) 1957 - 1966: After the Bavarian's modified their name - until the brewery closed.
Please select a date range to view ads from that period.
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A total of over 150 print ads were obtained for Bavarian Brewing Co. and from its merger with International Breweries Inc. (IBI) in 1959 until 1966. Because of the number of print ads and their character of providing a public notice to promote and sell a beer via mass media distribution, these ads treated separately from the memorabilia and promotional items contained in the Breweriana sections.
Bavarian also sponsored various radio and television shows beginning in the late 1930s and TV shows starting around 1950. Please see Bavarian's (Radio / TV) Shows. Often Bavarian's print ads would feature these shows. There were well known local celebrities who would be featured on these shows, or host them and promote brewer's beer. These shows and the TV talents are discussed in the link above. In addition a few radio jingles are contained in this section, as well as a few of the notable Cincinnati television stars in the 1950s, which had shows that lasted two, three or more decades. In connection with Monday Night Fights, which Bavarian's sponsored on television, a series of Pugilists / Fighters were published for promotional advertising from several Currier & Ives prints.
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Bavarian('s) Beer Advertising Slogans
It has been common for businesses to have slogans or sayings to promote their products or services for over a century. Companies periodically change their slogans from time to time, and Bavarian was no exception. Primarily through newspaper ads, but also from advertising memorabilia, it was possible to assemble a list of slogans for Bavarian / Bavarian's Beer for several decades. A list of these sayings can be found under Bavarian's Ad Slogans.
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The First Beer Ad
The date of the very first ad for beer is unknown. However, there were likely were notices of beer and ale in America in newspapers in the late 1700's. In the Cincinnati area where the Bavarian Brewery was located, notices of ale and beer were in local papers as the city was being establishment in the early 1880's. The first ad discovered thus far for Bavarian was in Covington, KY, city directory in the 1870's. There were also several print ads found in different publication before Prohibition (Please see Ads Before 1919.)
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ADS, or ADVERTISEMENTS
Simply defined, an advertisement is a public notice - promoting a product, service, event or idea. The first ads were sales messages made on papyrus in ancient Greek and Rome, and also in Egypt. In ancient China, ads were made of inked papers and calligraphy signboards between 1100 and 700 BC. It wasn't until the invention of the printing press in 1440 that ads could be printed. Still, it required advances in printing and about 300 years before the first newspaper ads appeared during the 1700's in English newspapers. However, the first paid advertisements did not occur until around the early 1800's. Essentially, advertisements were at first largely limited to printed matter including newspapers, pamphlets, directories, direct mail/catalogs, programs, posters and magazines.
However, the use of ads have expanded with the invention of other mass medium communications including; radio (1920's), television (late 1940's) cable TV (1980's) and the Internet, particularly using social media platforms (early 2000's). Interestingly, the use of social media platforms have become so profound that it has reduced the use of most forms of paper advertisements and has drastically reduced the number of newspapers and magazines beginning in around the millennium in 2000.
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