Pogensee & Beck
Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Beck, Henry, Mineral water company, Alexandria VA (circa 1864) 1
  Pogensee, Christian, Brewery, Alexandria VA (circa 1865-1875) 2
  Pogensee & Beck, Alexandria VA
Notes:
An Alexandria Archeological report 2 says that Christian Pogensee
teamed with George Steuernagel and opened a restaurant & brewery in Alexandria VA
shortly after the civil war ended, and that the brewery was no longer in operation
by the mid 1870s.
An article in the Alexandria Gazette from Feb 19, 1864 said that the local bottlers
were going to have to raise the price of their mineral water & cider to 50 cents
per dozen (14) bottles, and it was signed by "FOGERTY & COLEMAN" and "HENRY BECK".
I presume that those were 2 separate bottling companies, and that the "HENRY BECK"
is the same "BECK" on the bottle below. I have no idea why it said "14" in parenthesis
after the word dozen - was 14 really considered a dozen back then?
Anyway, I never found any city directory entries or newspaper articles that listed both
Pogensee & Beck. The style of the bottle indicates it's pre-1880s, so I'm guessing
that they were together in the mid to late 1870s.
Bottles:
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This is an aqua 6.8" blob-top bottle marked: front: POGENSEE & BECK / ALEXANDRIA / VA bottle: BOTTLE / NOT SOLD |