Reading Brewing Company - 1918-22 dated Pennsylvania Check - Through First National Bank of Reading

Check for the Reading Brewing Company of Reading, Pennsylvania. The Reading Brewing Company was an American brewery established by Philip Bessinger in 1886. Headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania, it ceased operations in 1976. On August 9, 1886, "stockholders of the Reading Brewing Company met ... at Bissinger's Cafe, for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization." Henry S. Eckert, Garrett B. Stevens, and Lewis Kemp were then elected as presidemt, secretary, and treasurer, respectively, while Philip Bissinger and George Pohlig were appointed as general manager and superintendent. The board's Committee on Subscription reported that "over three-fourths of the capital stock" of the company was already "subscribed," and the paperwork for the company's application for a charter was completed in anticipation of its submission to state government officials the next day. The president and general manager were then authorized to "proceed at once in making preparations for the erection of [the company's new brewery] buildings." Construction began the next morning at 9th and Laurel streets in Reading at 7 a.m. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Brewing_Company