The Hamm’s bear made his first appearance in a 1953 television commercial. These commercials often featured the klutzy animated bear in the woods or playing a sport with other woodland creatures.

White paper placemat with scalloped edges advertising Hamm's Beer, ca. 1950s. If you were a child in Minnesota during the 1950s and 1960s, one of your early memories may be watching a black-and ...

The Hamm's Beer "ghost sign" joins others like it in Sioux City, visions of commercial activity from days gone by: Just up the road on West Seventh Street, on the side of an old brick building, is ...

Local animator Dan McHale talks about his Hamm's Brewery Sign project at the original Hamm's Brewery building in San Francisco, Calif., where some of his work is displayed on Thursday, March 29, 2012.

On St. Paul’s East Side, the five-acre, city-owned portion of the storied Hamm’s Brewery complex will soon be in the hands of a St. Paul-based developer who intends to build a mix of ...