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4th February 1847
4th February 1847
Adolph Coors, founder of the Adolph Coors Brewing Co. of Golden Colorado, was born Barmen in the Rheinland area of Prussia
Adolph Coors, founder of the Adolph Coors Brewing Co. of Golden Colorado, was born Barmen in the Rheinland area of Prussia
1873 FoundedJacob Schueler & Adolph Coors, Golden Brewery*
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Golden Lager Beer
1873-1880
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12th December 1873
12th December 1873
J. Scheuler and A. Coors purchase property previously owned by tanners C.C. Welch and John Pipe, with the intention of making a brewery in Golden Colorado.
J. Scheuler and A. Coors purchase property previously owned by tanners C.C. Welch and John Pipe, with the intention of making a brewery in Golden Colorado.
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Circa: 1875
Circa: 1875
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From "History of Boulder & Clear Creek Valleys" Chicago, 1880.
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Circa: 1880
Circa: 1880
Adolph Coors, Golden Brewery
1880 Adolph Coors, Golden Brewery*
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Coors Export Beer
1880-1913
Coors Golden Beer
1900-1913
Coors Golden Bock Beer
1900-1913
Coors Golden Porter
1893-1893
Coors Hof Brau Beer
1910-1913
Coors Malted Milk
1880-1900
Coors Pure Mannah
1910-1913
Golden Extract of Malt
1900-1913
Golden Lager Beer
1880-1913
Golden Malt Extract
1910-1913
Golden Select Beer
1910-1913
Pilsener Lager Bier
1880-1900
Pure Lager Beer
1880-1900
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Circa: 1880
Circa: 1880
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An 1890s painting of the brewery with Table Mountain, Castle Rock and retention ponds.
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Circa: 1883
Circa: 1883
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The modest beginnings of the Adolph Coors brewery plant in 1883.
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12th January 1884
12th January 1884
Adolph Herman Joseph Coors, Jr. was born in Rhein, Prussia. He was the eldest son of Adolph Coors and heir to the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado. The elder Coors admitted his son as partner in 1909. He died on the 5th day of June, 1929.
Adolph Herman Joseph Coors, Jr. was born in Rhein, Prussia. He was the eldest son of Adolph Coors and heir to the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado. The elder Coors admitted his son as partner in 1... View More
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1885
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1886
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1888
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Circa: 1890
Circa: 1890
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Walsh's Sample Room in Georgetown Colorado, A Coors Tied House circa 1895.
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Circa: 1890
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Circa: 1891
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Circa: 1895
Circa: 1895
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The Paul Jones Tavern features two Coors show cards at its entrance.
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Circa: 1895
Circa: 1895
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Coors brewery workers pose outside the factory with tools of the trade and various advertising.
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Circa: 1895
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Begin: 1900 End 1940
1900 - 1940
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Begin: 1900 End 1940
1900 - 1940
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Circa: 1900
Circa: 1900
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An early view of the brewery before the built the stone wall. Circa 1900. Detail of a photo by Louis Charles McClure.
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Circa: 1900
Circa: 1900
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Tha Adolph Coors Brewery and Residence as they existed in about 1900.
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Circa: 1900
Circa: 1900
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The Coors brewery as it existed at the turn of the last century.
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Circa: 1903
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Circa: 1905
Circa: 1905
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Rocky Mountain Fuel Company workers play cards and drink Coors Beer in a Coors tied house. (Pair of Aces beat a busted straignt!)
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Circa: 1907
1909 Adolph Coors Co., (Aka of Adolph Coors, Golden Brewery)*
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Pilsener Lager Beer
1909-1913
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Circa: 1909
Circa: 1909
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Coors workers in 1909. Lennard Vogel sits on a wooden barrel keg on the left, Alphonse Thuet stands in the back right.
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Circa: 1910
Circa: 1910
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Two Golden, Colorado landmarks> Castle Rock and the Coors Factory, in a hand-tinted photograph from around 1910.
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Circa: 1910
Circa: 1910
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Theo. Koch delivers the beer in this Frayermuller Delivery Truck.
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Circa: 1910
Circa: 1910
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The brewery as it appeared on a clear day during the first decade of the 20th Century..
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Circa: 1910
1913 Adolph Coors Brewing and Malting Company*
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Coor's Golden
1920-1933
Coor's Golden Pale Quality Brew
1920-1933
Coor's Golden Quality Brew
1920-1933
Coors Cereal Beverage
1920-1930
Hopale 1%
1920-1933
Lamm's Exello
1920-1933
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Begin: 1st January 1913 End 1940
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1st January 1913 - 1940
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Circa: 1914
Circa: 1914
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The Coors factory as seen from the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road on Lookout Mountain, circa 1914. Detail of a photo by Louis Charles McClure.
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Circa: 1914
Circa: 1914
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A beautiful storefront featuring dozens of bottles of Coors beer as well as some nice signage.
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16th April 1918
16th April 1918
Jacob Schuler, co-founder of the Coors Brewery in Golden Colorado, died at Colorado Springs.
Jacob Schuler, co-founder of the Coors Brewery in Golden Colorado, died at Colorado Springs.
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1920
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Circa: 1926
Circa: 1926
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Len Vogel stands in front of his delivery truck. There's probably Malted Milk in those casks.
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Circa: 1926
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5th June 1929
5th June 1929
Adolph Coors died at 82 years of age.
Adolph Coors died at 82 years of age.
1933 Adolph Coors Company*
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Colorado Chiller
1983-1988
Coor's Double Aged Export Lager
1933-1950
Coor's Golden Beer Special Lager
1933-1936
Coor's Golden Export Lager Beer
1933-1950
Coor's Golden Pilsener Beer
1933-1950
Coor's Light Beer
1933-1950
Coors Banquet Beer
1945-1988
Coors Bock Beer
1933-1949
Coors Export Lager Beer
1933-1948
Coors Golden Beer
1933-1936
Coors Light Beer
1942-1945
Coors Pilsener Beer
1940-1945
Coors Winterfest Beer
1985-1989
George Killian's Irish Red
1982-1989
Herman Joseph's 1868 Beer
1985-1989
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1934
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1935
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1936
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Circa: 1937
Circa: 1937
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A Colorado Saloonkeeper's submission to the American Can Co's contest for the best display of "Keglined" beer cans. All Coors with TOCs and ROG signs too!
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Circa: 1937
Circa: 1937
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A line of delivery trucks ready to go at A. W. Otterstein's Coors Distributorship in Pueblo, Colorado.
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Circa: 1937
Circa: 1937
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A Coors display for the Elks Club Convention in Denver.
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Circa: 1937
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Circa: 1938
1939Capacity 150000 Barrels
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Circa: 1939
Circa: 1939
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The new 1939 Ford Cab-Over-Engine Coors delivery truck.
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Circa: 1940
Circa: 1940
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A Well-dressed man fills a glass from an early steel Coors Beer keg at an outdoor party.
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Circa: 1941
Circa: 1941
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An elaborate three-dimensional Billboard sits atop Boggio's Parisienne Rotisserie in Denver.
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Circa: 1955
Circa: 1955
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3 Army buddies enjoy some Coors beer.
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Circa: 1958
Circa: 1958
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Driving while drinking Coors Beer.
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Circa: 1958
Circa: 1958
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Car crash with Coors beer..
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Circa: 1960
Circa: 1960
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The Adolph Coors Brewing Company.
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Circa: 1960
Circa: 1960
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World's worst Easter Bonne with Coors Beer Can.
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Circa: 1960
Circa: 1960
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Sunbathing with a can of Coors Beer.
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Circa: 1963
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Circa: 1970
Circa: 1970
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The Coors Brewery in the snow.
1983 Masters Brewing Co. (Aka of Adolph Coors Co.)*
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Circa: 1986
1989 Unibev Ltd. (Aka of Coors)*
Still Operating