Beautifully engraved issued certificate from the Cleveland and Sandusky Brewing Company issued ino later than 1902. This historic document was printed by the International Bank Note Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an allegorical woman leaning against a stone wall with a field in the background. This item is hand signed by the Company's President ( Ernst Mueller ) and Secretary and is over 123 years old.
Certificate Vignette
Early in 1898, nine breweries in Cleveland and two in Sandusky, Ohio combined to form the Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Company. Jacob and August Kuebeler established the original J. Kuebeler and Company Brewery at the west end of Tiffin Avenue in 1867. The Stang Brewing Company, established by Frank Stang in 1880 on King Street, was completely destroyed in an 1891 fire. The Kuebeler Company was nearly destroyed by fire in the following year. Kuebeler incorporated what remained of its original building into a new structure. During Stang's rebuilding, the Kuebeler Brewery filled Stang's orders. In 1869, the Stang Company consolidated with Kuebeler, adopting the name Kuebeler-Stang Brewing & Malting Company. The two plants operated as part of the Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Company until Prohibition (1920 to 1933); only the Stang plant operated afterwards.
MUELLER, ERNST W. (13 Oct. 1851-15 Jan. 1931) was a prominent local German-American civic leader and one of Cleveland's leading brewers.
Mueller was born in Alsenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. His father, Peter, took the family to America in 1856, settling in Cleveland where 3 of Peter's brothers (including JACOB MUELLER) already lived.
In 1887 Mueller established the Cleveland Brewing Company which produced what became recognized as "the best Cleveland beer." In 1897 his firm merged with 10 other breweries to form the CLEVELAND-SANDUSKY BREWING CORP. Ernst became president of this "syndicate" in 1898. After leading this company on to success, he left in 1907 to found the CLEVELAND HOME BREWING COMPANY.
Mueller was a founder and leader of the Turnverein Vorwaerts, a German-American cultural and gymnastic group. He was captain of the prize Turnverein gymnastic team at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876.
Mueller married Agathe Leick in 1879. He was survived by 3 sons, OMAR, Curt, and Lynn. Mueller is buried in LAKE VIEW CEMETERY.
