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Jacob Ruppert, Jr. - CLICK PHOTO FOR LINK TO WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ON RUPPERT
I found this photo on Waymarking.com posted by HaLiJuSaPa. Below is their description:
The ad is for Ruppert Beer, a major New York area brewery during the first half of the 20th century. Founded by Jacob Ruppert, Sr and later owned by his son Col. Jacob Jr., who was also owner of the New York Yankees during their 1920’s dynasty and is the person who bought Babe Ruth in 1919 from Harry Frazee’s Boston Red Sox and began “the curse of the Bambino.” Ruppert, Jr. (seen below) was also a NY Representative to Congress and president of the Astoria Silk Works.
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WOW!! OK, I remember Knickerbocker Beer! I admit it. It might have been the first beer I ever tasted, when as a wee lad, I tasted my Dad’s beer while he was munching on pizza – this may have been in 1960.