Kalamazoo Brewing explains Beaver Island beer-label map, 1989

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Event

Date: 1989-02
Kind: Publication
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: commercegeographycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Kalamazoo Brewing explained that its Third Coast Beer label used a Beaver Island map as one of six visually distinctive Michigan coastline maps.

Evidence limits

This is a company explanation published by the newspaper, not a packaging archive, trademark file, or sales study.

Sources

“Beaver Island on a Bottle of Beer,” Beaver Beacon, February 1989.
Publishes Larry Bell’s explanation that the Beaver Island map was one of six Michigan coastline maps selected for visual interest and regional identity. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1989, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Kalamazoo Brewing explains Beaver Island beer-label map, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-third-coast-beer-label-explanation-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Beaver Island on a Bottle of Beer,” Beaver Beacon, February 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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