1898 – A colorful trade card featuring Mephistopheles advertising a special beer originally brewed by Adolphus Busch specifically for serving in a friend’s restaurant which at the time was the finest in St. Louis.
St. Louis. Missouri. 1898. Unbound. This colorful card measures approximately 3¼” x 5½”. The front features Mephistopheles from Goethe’s classic tale of the Faust legend in a medieval tavern announcing, “Well say, what your desire to relish I’ll give every man his choice. Very well. If I should..... More






