Prima Company photograph collection, [ca. 1920-1930]
- Collection ID 2008.0095.1-9
- Creator Names Prima Company (Chicago, Ill.)
- Title Prima Company photograph collection [graphic].
- Dates [ca. 1920-1930]
- Physical description 9 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. and smaller.
- Collection summary Primarily photographs related to Prima Company, located at 825 West Blackhawk Street in Chicago, Illinois. Images show the building on Blackhawk Street (the plant closed on Oct. 1, 1941); Prima Brewing barrels; company interiors; and Prima company president and staff.
- Biographical or Historical Note Prior to the Volstead Act, Prima Company (also known as Primalt Products Company) was Chicago's largest brewery, and it was one of seven authorized breweries in Chicago during Prohibition, when it made "near beer." In 1941, Bismarck Brewing Company purchased Prima Company and changed the name to Prima-Bismarck Brewing Company.
- Acquisition information Gift of George Halper (2008.0095.1-9).
- Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Donor deeded all rights owned by the donor to this material, including copyright, to Chicago Historical Society.
- Names
- Prima Company (Chicago, Ill.) Employees.
- Prima Company (Chicago, Ill.) Buildings.
- Primalt Products Company (Chicago, Ill.)
- 825 West Blackhawk Street (Chicago, Ill.)
- Subjects
- Beverage processing plants Illinois Chicago 1920-1929.
- Breweries Illinois Chicago 1920-1929.
- Brewery workers Illinois Chicago 1920-1929.
- Brewing industry Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
- Industrial facilities Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
- Beer Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
- Prohibition Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
- Geographic coverage
- Chicago (Ill.) Commerce 1920-1929.
- Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
- Genre
- Exterior views. aat
- Interior views. aat
- Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
- Group portraits. gmgpc
- Photographic prints. gmgpc
- Portrait photographs. gmgpc
- Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.