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The Leisy Brewing Company was based in Cleveland, Ohio. It began as Isaac Leisy & Co. in 1873. Once Cleveland's largest independent
brewery, it had branch agencies in Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and Indiana, and gained a reputation for its Premium Lager
and Budweiser beers, before that became a brand name. Production in 1890 was over 90,000 barrels, and rose to 355,000 barrels
by 1917. When the company closed in 1959, (Ohio instituted a $.36-a-case tax) it was the oldest brewery in Cleveland and one
of the longest surviving family-operated breweries in America. The collection consists of incorporation papers, patent
and trademark papers, clippings, a company history prepared by Bruce R. Leisy, papers relating to Otto Leisy's early life,
scrapbooks, bottle labels, advertising posters, pamphlets, and a monthly sales record book.
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