Photos | Beer history on display at Clarke Historical Museum – Times-Standard

Bottles of Humboldt Beer dating from the early 1900s to the late 1930s are lined up as part of the Beer History of the Food and Drink of Humboldt County exhibit at the Clarke Historical Museum. Some of the colorful history and artifacts of brewing in our region will be on display through the summer. (Jose Quezada, HUMEDIA/For the Times-Standard)

A vintage photograph of a truck hauling pallets of locally brewed Humboldt Beer is stopped beneath the bluff at the foot of Harris Street, Eureka across from the Humboldt Malt and Brewing Company brewery. (Jose Quezada, HUMEDIA/For the Times-Standard)

The label used by the Humboldt Malt and Brewing Company for its various beers and malt liquors remained consistent from the early 1900s through the 1930s. (Jose Quezada, HUMEDIA/For the Times-Standard)

An undated photograph shows the Bridge Tavern near the town of Mad River. Many photographs and historical narratives are frame the Beer History section of the Clarke Historical Museum exhibit Food and Drink of Humboldt County, running through Aug. 2024. (Jose Quezada, HUMEDIA/For the Times-Standard)

A round beer tray from 1911 features a young person with roses sipping on a beer. The piece is titled "The Invitation" and on display at the Clarke Historical Museum in Old Town Eureka. (Jose Quezada, HUMEDIA/For the Times-Standard)

Bottles of Humboldt Beer dating from the early 1900s to the late 1930s are lined up as part of the Beer History of the Food and Drink of Humboldt County exhibit at the Clarke Historical Museum. Some of the colorful history and artifacts of brewing in our region will be on display through the summer. (Jose Quezada, HUMEDIA/For the Times-Standard)

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