The Best of the Aristocracy

 

November 23, 1931, Menasha Record

Keeping with our Thanksgiving theme, again from 1931, comes this ad for Beck's Meat Market.  There were many butchers and meat markets in Menasha but Beck's was likely the most well-known, if only for its prime location on Main Street, now housing the Weathervane restaurant.  Founded around 1873, the market lasted until 1960 and was noted for the steer's head at the top of the building.  That steer is long gone, but it certainly made for interesting architecture downtown for many years.