What's new! 

On this page, you can check out the latest updates made to the site.

August 12, 2006: (Photos) Added a rare photo from the family album.

August 12, 2006: (Bottles) Added a photo of a 1920's, low alcohol beverage.

July 6, 2007: (Miscellaneous) Added a picture of a coaster from the 1930's.

March 30, 2007: (Miscellaneous) John found an unusual item... a pre-pro razor blade holder. Check out the pictures of it.

January 3, 2007: (Labels) Added a label we haven't seen before, a Bock label I think may date from the early to mid 1940's.

December29, 2006: (Photos) Updated the current photo of the brewery.

December 11: (Advertising, links and photos) Added a new ad from 1897, a new link and a photo of DBC's beer truck.

December 3: (Advertising) Added 4 Oldbru ads from 1933.

October 21: (Advertising) Added an Oldbru ad from 1935.

August 28: (Paper Items) Added another postcard, this one has an Easter theme.

August 25: (Photos) Added a picture found on the online showing the office of the Detroit Brewing Company as it appeared in 1939.

August 25: (Miscellaneous) Added 2 Stag Beer items. Photos courtesy of John Liedel.

June 11, 2005: (Miscellaneous and Labels) Added 3 views of a 1913 dated ledger and a label for a quart size bottle of Oldbru.

June 4: (Crates)  Added 3 views of a cardboard Oldbru beer case.

June 4: We had to remove the movies so we could free up space in our site for more photos, soon to be updated!

February 28: Added another tip tray that John just picked up.

January 15, 2005: (Miscellaneous) Added 2 different older versions of bottle openers.

December 29: (Paper Items) Added another postcard, this one from St. Patrick's Day.

May 18: (Paper Items) Added a variation of another George Washington postcard.

April 1: (Miscellaneous) Added 2 bottle caps.

March 6: (Movies) Added a movie page with a QuickTime movie showing the buildings as they look now. Also a few movies of John and I trying a 64 year old bottle of Oldbru beer!

March 4: Changed the look of the photo galleries to make for easier viewing.

March 3, 2004: Sorry for a lack of updates. My computer crashed and it took a bit to get things fixed! I'll be updating several pages in the next few days!

December 10: (Bottles) Added a picture of a pre-pro bottle with label. 

October 19: (Miscellaneous) Added new scans from fellow breweriana collector John Liedel.

September 6: (Labels) Added a new scan of a 1940 "Stag" label.

August 13: (Blueprints) Added a new blueprint showing the brewery as it appeared in 1950, shortly after closing.

August 10: (Advertising) Added a new scan of an ad from 1878 for the Martz Brothers brewery.

July 10: (Take A Tour) Updated many of the photos with higher quality scans.

July 8: (About Us) Added a new page talking a bit about us and our interests.

June 28: (Miscellaneous) Added two new scans of a postcard from Alvin Rank.

June 21: (Labels) Added two new scans of pre-prohibition labels.

June 16: (Advertising) Added a better scan of an ad from the 1911 Detroit City directory.

June 14, 2003: (Bottles) Replaced the pictures of the Martz bottle and the Oldbru Gold Top bottle with two new ones; these bottles are still full of beer!

Last modified: August 12, 2007