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[[Image:epeaslee.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]]PEASLEE, BREDE COMPANY. | [[Image:epeaslee.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]]PEASLEE, BREDE COMPANY. Formed in 1902, the company was an extension of [[PEASLEE & COMPANY]] founded in 1866 by [[PEASLEE, Amos H.|Amos H. PEASLEE]] and a Mr. Conygham. From 1880 to 1896 Edward C. Peaslee, the son of Amos Peaslee, managed the brewery and added the sale of fine cigars. | ||
The company moved to 272 East 4th Street in 1897 and 4th and Iowa around | The company moved to 272 East 4th Street in 1897 and 4th and Iowa around 1902. In this year, Peaslee took in Mr. Brede as a partner. Peaslee, Brede Company included the operation of the brewery, a brewing agency, a saloon, and a wholesale cigar trade. | ||
In 1907 E. C. Peaslee sold his share of the company and bought an interest in the New Vienna Brewing Company in New Vienna, Iowa. The Dubuque company returned to the name Peaslee & Company but declining sales of sale led the firm to close the same year. | |||
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Burggraaf, Mike and Southard, Tom. ''The Antique Bottles of Iowa''. Northfield, OH: Ohio Wholesale Copy Service, 1998 | Burggraaf, Mike and Southard, Tom. ''The Antique Bottles of Iowa''. Northfield, OH: Ohio Wholesale Copy Service, 1998 | ||
Carlson, Randy. The Breweries of Iowa. Arrow Printing: Bemidji, Minnesota, p. 33 | |||
Revision as of 03:56, 8 May 2013
PEASLEE, BREDE COMPANY. Formed in 1902, the company was an extension of PEASLEE & COMPANY founded in 1866 by Amos H. PEASLEE and a Mr. Conygham. From 1880 to 1896 Edward C. Peaslee, the son of Amos Peaslee, managed the brewery and added the sale of fine cigars.
The company moved to 272 East 4th Street in 1897 and 4th and Iowa around 1902. In this year, Peaslee took in Mr. Brede as a partner. Peaslee, Brede Company included the operation of the brewery, a brewing agency, a saloon, and a wholesale cigar trade.
In 1907 E. C. Peaslee sold his share of the company and bought an interest in the New Vienna Brewing Company in New Vienna, Iowa. The Dubuque company returned to the name Peaslee & Company but declining sales of sale led the firm to close the same year.
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Burggraaf, Mike and Southard, Tom. The Antique Bottles of Iowa. Northfield, OH: Ohio Wholesale Copy Service, 1998
Carlson, Randy. The Breweries of Iowa. Arrow Printing: Bemidji, Minnesota, p. 33
