Description
Full color 9 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ ad for what they called America’s largest selling Ale. The ad has a drawing of wooden figures in their home. The man is carving wooden shoes while the wife and their cat stand watching the chips fall into the three circles of Ballantine. The text rhymes out the story as “He lets the scraps fall where they may; But strangely, by the end of the day, They’ve settled in the three-ring sign, And his good wife brings the Ballantine“. The ad also explains what the three circles mean (purity, body and flavor) and reminds us that Peter Ballantine has been making ale since 1840.
Source: May 12, 1947 Life magazine.
