Braun ad sepia w shadow-1

Well into the 20th Century when the reproduction of photographs in publications left much to be desired, it was typical for businesses of size to use litho depictions of their homes and plants. This one of Braun’s brewery is peculiar. I includes structures that are not in the photo at the top but almost surely would have been include had they be build by the time of its recording. Also the litho puts Mount Rainier – if that is what it is – to the northwest of the brewery when it was the opposite. But then (and now) who is checking?

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