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Photograph of promotional paper bag with Hamm's bear

Hamm's Beer promotional paper bag

Hamm’s Beer promotional paper bag featuring the bear playing baseball, mid-to-late 1960s.

Hamm's Beer promotional sign

“Hamm’s Good Cheer” holiday promotional sign featuring the Hamm’s bear, little bear, and squirrel, mid-to-late 1950s.

Photograph of Hamm’s Brewing Company salt and pepper shakers

Hamm's Beer salt and pepper shakers

A pair of salt and pepper shakers modeled after the Hamm's bear, ca. 1970s.

Hamm’s bear and little bear

Still image of a Hamm's TV commercial showing the Hamm's bear and little bear, early 1950s.

Hamm’s bear bank

Hamm’s bear bank made by Red Wing Pottery, Red Wing, Minnesota, late 1950s.

Hamm’s Beer float in St. Paul Winter Carnival Parade

Hamm’s Beer float with Hamm's bear and dogsled in the St. Paul Winter Carnival Parade, 1959.

Hamm’s Beer miniature totem pole

A souvenir totem pole, created ca. 1970, with a depiction of the Hamm’s bear. This piece is a good example of Hamm’s Brewing Company’s use of generic and often inaccurate Indigenous iconography in its advertising. Although this object was made by an Ojibwe family, totem-pole carving is not an Anishinaabe tradition; the art form is practiced by Indigenous groups on the West Coast of the United States and Canada, including the Haida, the Tlingit, and the Nuxalk.