Olympia Brewery letterhead, June 16, 1909

• Main Author: Olympia Brewing Co.
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1909
• Subjects: Brewing industry > Washington(State) > Seattle Correspondence Olympia Brewing Company; Dougherty; Kenney; Pacific; Yukon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/11596

Olympia Brewing was founded in 1896 by German immigrant Leopold F. Schmidt (1846-1914) as the Capital Brewing Company in Tumwater, Washington. In 1902, the firm's secretary, Frank Kenney, came up with the long-used slogan "It's the Water" to promote their beer brewed with water f...