Gunther Beer and Orioles Photo

This photo is really interesting because it was taken in 1959 the year the Theodore Hamm bought the Gunther Brewery. If you look behind the team you can see Gunther Beer being advertised on the score board. The advertisment probably didn't stay up there for very long because Hamm eliminated the production of Gunther Beer shortly after he took over and started selling his own brew instead. This photo also represents how influential Gunther Beer was to Baltimore and to the Orioles. I am sure during this time fans were drinking Gunther while watching the Orioles play in Memorial Stadium oppossed to todays beer of choice Bud or Miller Light.
Photo Courtesy of Enoch Pratt Library, State Library Resource Center Baltimore, Maryland

Gunther Brewing Company. “1959 Baltimore Orioles baseball team at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore.” Digital reproduction of 1 black-and-white photograph, 21 x 26 cm. Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Library, Date Original 1959, Date Digital 2003-05-19. From Enoch Pratt Library, Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage, 1951-1960, http://collections.mdch.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/mdaa&CISOPTR=114&CISOBOX=1&REC=14 (accessed December 10, 2009)