SIOUX INDIANS EXECUTION - STANDARD BREWING - BEER SIGN

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EXTREMELY RARE - STANDARD BREWING CO., MANKATO , MINN. TIN BEER SIGN on a wooden frame, circa 1900, 18"x26". Depicts the public execution of 38 Sioux Indians at Mankato , Minnesota , on December 26, 1862, as a result of the Dakota War of 1862. Lithograph, by the Meek & Beach Co., Coshocton , Ohio , depicts three Civil War era soldiers at a table drinking beer and smoking cigars. Beer bottles are scattered on the wooden porch, and a sign hanging on the side of the building reads, "Drink Standard Brewing Co. Fine Beers, Mankato ". Cases and kegs of beer are on the grass. Off to the left the execution scene is being played out with 38 Sioux Indians hanging from the upper pole of the scaffold platform, surrounded by hundreds of infantrymen, cavalrymen, soldiers with wagons, and the general public. Printed at bottom is "THE EXECUTION OF 38 SIOUX INDIANS AT MANKATO , DEC. 26 TH 1862. FOR HISTORY SEE OTHER SIDE." Apparently t had been some printed information regarding the history of the execution attached to the back when the sign was first produced, but it must have gotten separated from the sign over the years and lost. We are, however, also enclosing some information from the Minnesota Historical Society and Blue Earth County Historical Society in Mankato - typewritten copies of old newspaper articles including pictures and some ads read more

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