Tacoma Pale Beer Cone Top Can

Tacoma Pale Beer Cone Top Can

Following Washington State's early adoption of statewide Prohibition in 1916, Pacific Northwest brewing interests relocated operations to California. In San Francisco, facilities operating on Treat Avenue and Bryant Street eventually became integrated under the Rainier Brewing Company umbrella. During the post-Repeal era of the 1930s, Rainier packaged and marketed regional legacy labels under dedicated trade entity names, including the Tacoma Brewing Co. name seen along the lower yellow rim of this container.

Manufactured as a low-profile cone top by the Continental Can Company, the front panel prominently showcases a circular pictorial vignette depicting Mount Rainier (historically known in the region as Mount Tacoma) framed against a yellow sky, surrounded by pine trees and water. The central lettering features stylized white script for "Tacoma" and "Beer" sandwiching the sans-serif block lettering of "PALE".

This specific release carries an Internal Revenue Tax Paid statement alongside a statutory alcohol declaration specifying contents not exceeding four percent alcohol ("N.O. 4%"). Other variations from the period altered background palettes and mandatory brewery text placements.