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Frederick Wacker & Jacob Birk Brewing Company of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dates Trade Name Historic Address
1850 - 1857 Blattner & Seidenschwanz Hinsdale Street Between Rush & Pine Streets
1850 - 1857 Blattner & Co. (Aka of Blattner & Sei... Hinsdale Street Between Rush & Pine Streets
1857 - 1858 Seidenschwanz & Wacker Hinsdale Street Between Rush & Pine Streets
1858 - 1865 Wacker & Seidenschwanz N. Franklin Street near Green Bay, Asylum Place, Dyer & Sophia
1865 - 1867 Frederick Wacker 848 N Franklin Street
1867 - 1882 F. Wacker 848 N Franklin Street
1882 - 1889 (Frederick) Wacker & (Jacob) Birk Brewing... 171 North Des Plaines & Indian Streets
1889 - 1918 Wacker & Birk Brewing and Malting Company... 171 North Des Plaines & Indian Streets
1918 - 1920 Wacker & Birk Co. 171 North Des Plaines & Indian Streets
  • The Fate of the Brewery building is unknown

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1850     FoundedBlattner & Co. (Aka of Blattner & Seidenschwanz)Hinsdale Street Between Rush & Pine Streets

1857     Seidenschwanz & WackerHinsdale Street Between Rush & Pine Streets

1858     Wacker & SeidenschwanzN. Franklin Street near Green Bay, Asylum Place, Dyer & Sophia

1865     Frederick Wacker848 N Franklin Street

1867     F. Wacker848 N Franklin Street

1882     (Frederick) Wacker & (Jacob) Birk Brewing and Malting Company (Chicago Breweries, Ltd.)ago Breweries, Ltd.)171 North Des Plaines & Indian Streets

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1889    

1889     Wacker & Birk Brewing and Malting Company (Chicago Breweries, Ltd.)171 North Des Plaines & Indian Streets

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1892-1902
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19th June 1917    

Albert Schmidt, brewmaster of the Wacker & Birk Brewing & Malting Co. died of heart failure in Chicago at age fifty years.

1918     Wacker & Birk Co.171 North Des Plaines & Indian Streets

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Begin: 1918     End 1920

1918 - 1920

1920 ClosedWacker & Birk Co.