A history of beer in New York City

Miss Rheingold beauties, 1955
Rheingold Beer, New York's famous beer company, hosts a Miss Rheingold pageant in 1955. Which of these girls has the prettiest beer mug?

Prohibition booze cruise, 1931
Cheers! Con Dover (left) and Marty Dillon order 10 cent beers for themselves and friends during a Columbus Day cruise on the S.S. Belgenland.

Prohibition beer raid, 1931
Tears may have mingled with the beer in Newark as Prohibition agents destroyed unlawful barrels seized in a Hoboken raid in 1931.

New York City water shortage, 1949
We'll give him points for creativity. A Daily News reporter shaves with four ounces of beer during New York City's water shortage in 1949.

Newark brewery, 1955
Chris Buffardi toasts his pals at a Newark brewery. We'll cheers to that!

Jake Ruppert's brewery, 1933
Bottoms up! R. F. Kaufman of Jake Ruppert's Brewery can't help but smile as he takes a swig from his glass.

Jack Dempsey drinking beer, 1933
New York Giants founder Tim Mara watches boxer Jack Dempsey drain a bottle of ice cold 3.2 beer at Yankee Stadium in 1933. That's why he's a champ!

History of beer in New York City
Bottoms up! That wonderful celebration of beer known as Oktoberfest is officially upon us. That got us dipping into our own Daily News Archive for shots showing our city's love affair with beer -- even through the dark years of Prohibition. Drink up!

Hamptons beer party, 1964
Gang's all here at a 1964 Hamptons beach party!

Frank Sinatra and Faye Emerson, 1950
Frank Sinatra and Faye Emerson are crowned King and Queen of the Bock Beer Festival in 1950. Sinatra arrived 45 minutes late and Emerson refused to pose with him.

Daily News announces end of Prohibition, 1933
Now THERE'S a reason to celebrate! Headlines in the March 23, 1933 edition of the Daily News announce the much anticipated end of Prohibition.

Consumers Brewing Company, 1931
New Yorkers love beer so much, they even brew it themselves! An aerial shot shows the old Consumers Brewing Company at 54th Street and Sutton Place in Manhattan.

Brooklyn Brewery raid, 1931
No barrel goes unchecked as a police officer conducts a raid at the Brooklyn Brewery in 1931.

Brewers convention at the Waldorf-Astoria, 1934
Brewmasters lift their empty steins during a brewers convention at the Waldorf-Astoria. Steins were empty since beer couldn't be bought on Sundays in 1934.

Bowery philosopher drinking beer, 1949
Bowery philosopher Billy Casey comments during the city's 1949 water shortage: "I haven't noticed any water shortage."

Blatz Brewery beer steins, 1932
Braumeister John W. Russert of the Blatz Brewery surveys part of his collection of beer steins gathered from all over the world in 1932.

Beer truck, 1943
John Battaglia, a truck driver, puts wood in the boiler which will generate the gas which will run his beer truck. The truck is owned by Liebman Breweries, a brewer of Rheingold beer.

Beer parade, 1932
A large beer keg makes its way down the street during Mayor Jimmie Walker's Beer Parade in 1932. New Yorkers turned out by the thousands to support the legalization of beer in the United States.

Beer parade, 1932
This festive float speaks for itself! More than 100,000 New Yorkers showed up to Mayor Jimmie Walker's "We Want Beer" parade in 1932, urging Congress to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment.

Beer in New York City, 1967
Talk about some heavy lifting! Parks Commissioner August Heckscher II hoists a tall stein in Central Park.

Beer in New York City, 1953
Ah, gotta love those lazy Sundays. A man throws back a cold one on the roof of a building in New York City while trying to cool off during one scorching hot day in 1953.

Beer and bullets mix, 1931
Charlie Sattler, a beer runner and one-time henchman of the late Little Augie, was put on the spot at Cannon and Stanton Streets by three men who leaped from an automobile and gave him the works. Detectives are shown grouped around his body.