Wm Younger & Co's Ale & Stout Advertising Material

Category

Library Item

Item no

20620

Title

Wm Younger & Co's Ale & Stout advertising material

Description

A 1920s-1930s advertisement for Wm Younger & Co's Ale and Stout. The image features a man with a pith helmet or safari hat on climbing to the top of a pyramid. Balanced on the top of the pyramid is a bottle of ale. In the background two other pyramids can be seen.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1930

Size

13.5 x 14.2 cm

Type

Promotional material

The business of William Younger is said to date back to 1749 when William Younger I set up a brewery in Kirkgate, Leith. However it was his wife Grizel who ran her deceased second husband's brewery and along with her sons, developed the firm of William Younger & Co. The business expanded to acquire many other premises over the years and in 1931 the company merged with William McEwan & Co Ltd. The Holyrood Brewery Complex was closed in 1986.

Find out more about brewers, William Younger & Co Ltd from the Jisc Archives Hub.

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Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

Architecture > Monuments > Pyramids

Business > Advertising > Advertisements

Clothing and dress > Accessories > Hats

Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing facilities > Breweries

People > Adults > Men

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Activities > Eating and drinking

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