Object Details
- Description
- This sidewalk sign announced to passersby in 1983 that Buffalo Bill’s Brewery—a new “brewpub”—was open for business. Buffalo Bill's, in Hayward, California, was one of the nation's first post-Prohibition brewpubs. Inside, the brewpub's menu reflected a shift in American beer culture, displaying beers that were imported, locally made, and brewed on-site. At a time when the nation's beer industry was highly consolidated, with a small number of very large breweries generating most of the nation's beer, the arrival of microbreweries and brewpubs gave American consumers a new choice among styles and flavors.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of Buffalo Bill’s Brewery
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- yellow; brown (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 44 in x 24 in x 24 in; 111.76 cm x 60.96 cm x 60.96 cm
- Object Name
- sign
