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A National Brewing Company Advertisement From 1944

The National Brewing Company ran this lengthy advertisement in the Baltimore Sun on August 1, 1944.

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Who doesn’t love Natty Boh in Baltimore? Check out this old (and verbose) advertisement from the Baltimore Sun, printed on Tuesday, August 1st, 1944. And, for some historical context, D-Day was just seven weeks prior.

For the story of another Baltimore brewery, see the Wiessner Brewery on Gay Street, later known as the American Brewery.

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