Anheuser-Busch


Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, 1st and Va Ave SW (1888-1905)
  Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, Va Ave c E street SW (1906-1910)
  Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, Del Ave & E street SW (1911-1917)
  Anheuser-Busch Inc, 58 E SW (1923-1936)

Notes:
 Anheuser Busch was based in St Louis Missouri, but they had a branch in Washington DC. A 1910 Washington Star newspaper ad listed their Faust beer for 10 cents a bottle, phone 3250, August Brill Mgr. Another of their ads lists Budweiser beer.


Bottles:

anbusch_01 (enlarge) This is a 9" aqua blob top bottle marked:
front: TRADE MARK / (eagle inside letter 'A') / ANHEUSER BUSCH BREW ASN / WASHINGTON, D.C.
back: JOHNS BROS F W VA
anbusch_02 (enlarge) These 3 bottles are BIM crown top bottles. The left is 9.25" SCA, the center is 9" clear, and the right is 9.25" aqua. They are marked:
front: TRADE MARK / (eagle inside letter 'A') / ANHEUSER BUSCH BREWING ASN / WASHINGTON, D.C.
back: REGISTERED
The left has a "3" on the bottom, the center has "SB&G Co" on the bottom, and the right has nothing on the bottom.
anbusch_03 (enlarge) These are BIM crown top bottles. The left is 9.25" aqua and the right is 9.5" amber. They are both marked:
front: TRADE MARK / (eagle inside letter 'A') / ANHEUSER BUSCH BREWING ASN / WASHINGTON, D.C.
back: REGISTERED
bottom: SB&G Co
These differ from the bottles above in that their logo is higher on the shoulder.
anbusch_04 (enlarge) These are 9.75" BIM crown top bottles. The left amber and the right is aqua. They are both marked:
front: TRADE MARK / (eagle inside letter 'A') / ANHEUSER BUSCH BREWING ASN / WASHINGTON, D.C.
back: REGISTERED
bottom: OB CO / 1088 / 2
These differ from the bottles above in that their logo is larger and much lower.

Other Items:
an_busch_1887 (enlarge) This is an advertisement from the 1887 book "Washington Hisorical sketches of the Capital City of our Country", by John P. Coffin. The book says Anheuser-Busch of St Louis was the largest brewery in the world and employed more than 1200 hands. It goes on to say that the ofice & depot in DC was under the management of Mr. Frank Schwarz, and stocked "Pale Lager", "Faust Beer", "Original Budweiser", "Erlanger" and "Standard".2


1 Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia (various years)
2 Washington Historical sketches of the City of our Country by John P. Coffin




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