11. Burke’s Ale and Stout Bottle
Photo by Chrysalis Archeological Consultants
E. and J. Burke, consisting of the brothers Edward Frederick Burke and John Burke, were Irish brewers, bottlers, distillers and importers who had locations in both Manhattan and Long Island City. For a period of time, they were the exclusive bottlers for stout brewed by Arthur Guinness, Son & Co.
Products produced under their own label had a cat as their mascot, seen at the bottom of the bottles (shown above). In 1943, Guinness bought the Burke brewery, the second brewery the company operated outside of Ireland and its first in the Americas.