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This image is neither titled, dated or identified by stock number.   It is sometimes referred to as “Young Bertha,” as the young lady resembles the the image represented on Meek & Co’s stock #99, titled “Bertha.” 

There are a number of minor variations based on what is on the tray she is carrying, ranging from two glass and two bottles (e.g., Akron Brewing), one glass and one bottle (e.g., Detroit Brewing), or just two glasses (e.g., Fredericksburg Brewery).  The latter, with just the two glasses, seems to be basic stock design showing up on a number of different
examples, including a “salesman’s sample”—i.e., a tray without any advertising text.

She occurs most frequently as a 12” round tray but also as a inverted pie.  Rims range from solid gold/tan, to black, to green, to red with a leaf design usually with gold lettering. The date range provided accounts for a possible early date based on the fancier inverted pie designs to later dates that coincide with the copyright dates of Meek’s Bertha and the 12” round shape. Prices for good condition versions of this stock image tend to be pretty strong given its relative commonness.
Date:   1902 - 1910
Size:   12" x 1.25"
Type:  SS Dish
Scarcity:  Fairly Common
Value:  $$$ to $$$$
Condition & Brewer Dependent
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Fan Taz Soda
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The Real Bertha!
Confirmed Brewer used Stock Trays
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The HD Beach Co.:    'Young Bertha'