Archived Digital Text

Middletown: A Photographic History

by Peter Laskaris


Switch to HTML page view

The computer-generated transcript of this page:

MUNCHNER & PILSENER BEERS
SPARKLING & CREAM ALES AND PORTER
AND PORTER THE KING OF ALL BEERS
THE PLACE WHERE GOOD BEER IS MADE
Orange County Brewery
Middletown, N. Y.
ABOVE: 1910 advertisement for the Orange County Brewery. The building still stands at the end of Lake Avenue in Davidge Park. Built 1897, the business died during prohibition.
AT LEFT: Before mechanical refrigeration, blocks of ice were needed for cooling. The c1910 photo shows the Middletown Ice Co, which "harvested" ice from the pond which is now in Davidge Park.