Description
Original Crane Co. trade fold-out promoting early draft-beer hardware, dated August 1933 (copyright on back) and marked Circular No. 640-C, Chicago address. Issued just months after legal beer returned in 1933, it documents the first post-Prohibition wave of COâ‚‚ (“carbonic gas”) draft systems used in American taverns.
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Panels cover Carbonic Gas & Air Equipment (regulators, gauges, checks, hose), Draught & Tapping Equipment (shanks, couplers, draught tubes and cocks), Tap Switches & Brackets (including block-tin flaring kit), Picnic Pumps, and motorized Beer Pumps with vertical and horizontal tanks, plus Bar Equipment (block-tin pipe, cooler-box coils, bar drainers)
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Center schematic: “Typical Installation-Two barrels to one faucet,” with 26A-series part numbers
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Cross-collectible for breweriana and industrial/plumbing ephemera; scarce early trade piece from the 1933 reopening of the beer business
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Condition: fold creases, edge/corner wear, and surface soil from handling; colors and graphics remain strong. Please view all photos to assess condition and contents
A historically important snapshot of how bars were equipped at the dawn of legal draft beer in 1933, with clear dating and model references that make it ideal for collectors or reference use.
