Hi Robbin:

I'm not sure if it will be of any help, but in the "Dictionary of the
History of the American Brewing and Distilling Industries", reference is
made to the Dubuque Star Brewing Company.  The company was establisjed in
1898 and was eventually purchsed by Pickett, Joseph S., & Sons Inc. in 1971
(Downard 1980:146).

Downard, William L.
     1980     Dictionary of the History of the American Brewing
              and Distilling Industries.  Greenwood Press, West Port
              Connecticut.

In "One Hundred Years of Brewing", four companies are referenced for the
State of Iowa in 1903 (1974:579,599-600), but no mention is made of the of
the Dubuque Malting Company.

Arno Press
     1974     One Hundred Years of Brewing, A Supplement to the Western
              Brewer, 1903.  Arno Press, New York (originally published by
              H.S. Rich and Company, New York, 1903).

Mike Will
Graduate Studies Program
Department of Archaeology
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia




On Thu, 02 May 2002 14:42:23 -0800 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> HISTARCH,
>
> I have a bottle base with the following base mark:
>
> DUBUQUE MALTING CO.   DUBUQUE, IA.
>
> The complete name for this company is the Dubuque Brewing and Malting
> Company, whose company buildings in Dubuque were added to the National
> Register of Historical Places in 1978. Register information online only
> gives bracketing dates for the "period of significance" in 25-year blocks,

> and for these buildings give 1875-1899 and 1900-1924. I have looked in the

> familiar bottle base mark reference material which include liquor bottles
> (e.g., Toulouse; Wilson & Wilson), but have found nothing regarding this
> bottle or company.
>
> Does anybody know more-exact dates for this bottle base mark or company?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robin Mills
> Archaeologist
> BLM-NFO
> Fairbanks, AK