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Membership renewal is from January to March 1st. You need not live in Thornton to become a member so please encourage your friends to join. Choose a one-time life membership to avoid yearly renewal, or an individual membership. Please visit the How to become a Member page to fill out a membership form. Or you can visit the museum on the first or third Saturdays from now until May. Individual Membership: $15. Lifetime Membership: $150.
Brewery Photos
Bielfeldt Brewery & First Bridge
Late 1890s Bielfeldt Brewery, ice house and bridge
1895 Bielfeldt Brewery
1900s Brewery Boys
1902 Thorn Creek flood looking east
1904 tornado damage
1910 Bielfeldt Delivery Truck
Brewery barn with Polarine oil sign
1919 Second owner Carl Ebner
1920 Blank Family's Answer to Prohibition
Bootlegger Joe Soltis
Thornton Brewing 1930s Joe Soltis
Illinois Brewing Pilsner Conetop
Frederick's Truck with Driver
1948 McAvoy Brewery Photo
White Bear Brewery 1950s
1970s Brewery light industry
1997 Widow McCleary's restaurant/bar
2015 Frederick's-For Health ghost sign
2017 Soltis Family Spirits
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