Leopold Schmidt began brewing beer in 1896 at the foot of Tumwater Falls. By 1906 he had built the large complex seen in this advertising poster. The Old Brewhouse building, still in existence, takes center stage; beyond it we can see the Schmidt Mansion on the hillside, but most other structures in the image were obliterated when I-5 came through in the 1960s.
Advertising poster, early 1900s, State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C2018.0.46
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2020