Vintage (\'97) Hamm\'s Beer \"Character Bear\" (Blue) 12\" Light-Up Glass Sign (USED) For Sale

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USEDVintage (1997) Hamm\'s Beer \"Character Bear\" (Blue) 12\" Light-Up Glass Sign

• Packaging Condition: GOOD - Comes in original Styrofoam (w/inscription in red), but NO other packaging OR literature (will be secure)
• TESTED and works (see pic)
• Made in 1997
• 110 V Cord and plug is 35\" long
• Overall Dimensions: 11.75\" (W) x 1\" (D) x 8.75\" (H)
• Featuring Hamm\'s character bear with \"Hamm\'s\" lettering underneath (6.625\" x 5.5\") etched in clear glass, and lit up as blue/purple light when top unit plugged in (no switch)
• Includes metal chain for hanging
• The Theodore Hamm\'s Brewing Company was an American brewing company established in 1865 by German immigrant Theodore Hamm (1825-1903) in Saint Paul, Minnesota; becoming the fifth largest brewery in the United States. Hamm\'s expanded with additional breweries that were acquired in other cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, and Baltimore. Hamm inherited the Excelsior Brewery from his friend and business associate, A. F. Keller, who had perished in California seeking his fortune in the gold fields. Upon Keller\'s death, Hamm inherited the small brewery and flour mill in the east side wilderness of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Keller had constructed his brewery in 1860 over artesian wells in a section of the Phalen Creek valley in Saint Paul then known as Swede Hollow. The Hamm\'s Beer bear (or the Hamm\'s Bear) was a cartoon mascot used in television production and print advertisements for the beer. The animated character was the first of its kind in the beer industry, and most agree that the character was born in 1952 at Freddie\'s restaurant in Minneapolis at a meeting with Cleo Hovel, creative director for Campbell-Mithun, and Howard Swift, an animator who worked for the California TV production company Swift-Chaplin. The Hamm\'s Bear was featured on an endless array of signs, glassware, and promotional merchandise. Commercials featuring the klutzy cartoon bear with a bewildered but cheerful grin—often pictured in television ads tripping over canoes, logs, or its own feet—were considered an overwhelming success.
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• Shipment(s) sent out of Lemon Grove, California, USA
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