Chief Oshkosh wood beer crate from 1894 ?

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This crate has been in the family for many many years. I work in Oshkosh WI. I do not know the exact date this crate was manufactured.The following was found on WikipediaThe Gambrinus Brewing Co. was a brewery located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin . It is no longer in production.It was founded by Lorenz Kuenzl, a native of Bohemia in the Austrian Empire , and operated by Kuenzl, his wife Barbara Walters, and his brother-in-law. It was named after Gambrinus , an unofficial patron saint of brewing. The brewery was located in Oshkosh on Harney street, w the original homestead still stands. Rivals starting popping up everyw The Bavarian immigrant August Horn and the German -born Lenhardt Schwalm teamed up in 1866 to form the Brooklyn Brewery, named after the part of Oshkosh in which it was located. The families lived above the brewery in a two-story frame structure and took in boarders to help pay the bills. A devastating fire in 1879 left the partners undaunted, and they rebuilt the business on the same site. Competition eventually forced its owners to merge with two other brewers, Union Brewing Co., operated by John Glatz, and Gambrinus Brewing Co. Each merging member of the new brewery gave each other one dollar to seal the deal. When the three breweries combined, the Gambrinus Brewery continued to do the bottling for the new brewery on the read more

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