And now a beer meter. Washington, D.C., May 1, Historic Print

Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts And now a beer meter. Washington, D.C., May 1. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of American and international historical prints in the world.

Library of Congress record: Created 1937 April 1 Part of caption cut off. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at And now a beer meter. Washington, D.C., May 1. To aid Uncle Same in collecting the tax on the millions of barrels of beer brewed in this country every year, the National Bureau of Standards has designed a master beer meter for use of the alcohol unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Treasury. Government inspectors employ this master meter in checking the accuracy of the brewery beer meter to determine the volume of beer brewed. In the photograph the large tank receives the liquid [after passing] thru the meter where it is weighed to get [the] true volume..

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