Unbound
1898 · St. Louis. Missouri
St. Louis. Missouri, 1898. Unbound. Very good. This colorful card measures approximately 3¼” x 5½”. The front features Mephistopheles from Goethe’s classic tale of the Faust legend in a medieval tavern announcing,
“Well say, what your desire to relish I’ll give every man his choice. Very well. If I should choose give me a glass of Tony Faust Beer.”
The reverse features the famous Anheuser-Bush logo and a bird’s eye view of the huge brewery complex in St. Louis. . Anthony Edward Faust, a young German immigrant who worked as a plasterer, was accidentally shot in the leg by a volunteer militia man as he watched a parade in St. Louis (truncated)
“Well say, what your desire to relish I’ll give every man his choice. Very well. If I should choose give me a glass of Tony Faust Beer.”
The reverse features the famous Anheuser-Bush logo and a bird’s eye view of the huge brewery complex in St. Louis. . Anthony Edward Faust, a young German immigrant who worked as a plasterer, was accidentally shot in the leg by a volunteer militia man as he watched a parade in St. Louis (truncated)