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Brewery Collectibles Club of Mac Meda

Jon Sarrett and Jack standing in front of Jacks beer collection - Photo by Dave Osborn

Dave Osborn comment on the Brown Derby post was correct. Jack Macpherson was one of the first people to start collecting beer cans. Frankly I believe he idolized his favorite organization, the Brewery Collectibles Club of America (BCCA).

With the early 1935 introduction of the first U.S. beer can by the Krueger Brewing Co., that was generally available to the public, there were a number of persons who had fun collecting the “new” beer cans with often colorful labels printed on the metal container rather than having an attached paper label.  Read more... (287 words, 2 images, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)