associated with
American Pale Ale
Artifact is a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale label; this association does not make the label a style definition.
Material-culture artifact · label
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Label, 1981
Museum-preserved 1981 label for Sierra Nevada Pale Ale; the Smithsonian describes illustrations of hops, barley, and the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Artifact facts
What this record represents
- Artifact kind
- label
- Identity class
- graphic design
- Date
- 1981
- Creators
- None asserted for this identity.
- Brand/brewery context
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- Place context
- Chico
- Package format
- None asserted for this identity.
- Glassware form
- None asserted for this identity.
- Design context
- Breweriana point-of-sale objects
- Marks referenced
- None asserted for this identity.
Rights ledger
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- Recorded uses
- reference · derived facts
- Constraints
- copyright · trademark · trade dress · museum archive terms · photography or scan rights
- Trademark reference
- descriptive reference only
- Review
- Item/use-specific review required
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Material record
Physical/material notes
- paper
- printing ink
BEU analysis
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- Illustrated ingredient imagery and landscape identity share the same small-format label surface.
- The artifact is useful for studying early U.S. craft-era label language without reproducing the artwork.
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Documented relationships
Design context, creators, brands, places, formats, marks, and media remain separate nodes.
belongs to
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Museum object identifies the label as Sierra Nevada Pale Ale material; BEU links it to the company identity without treating company and artifact as identical.
documented by
Smithsonian digital reproduction — Sierra Nevada Pale Ale label
Documentary media is a separate node with its own rights state.
originated in
Chico
Smithsonian object record identifies Chico, California as place made.
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place
Chico
Navigation heuristic: 39. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
originated_in · forward
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Label, 1981 — originated in → Chico.
Origin scope is only as precise as the cited evidence and place identity. Smithsonian object record identifies Chico, California as place made.
Evidence: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale label, 1981
media asset
Smithsonian digital reproduction — Sierra Nevada Pale Ale label
Museum-hosted digital representation. The media file has its own reuse conditions separate from the 1981 label artifact and Sierra Nevada marks.
Navigation heuristic: 39. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
documented_by · forward
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Label, 1981 — documented by → Smithsonian digital reproduction — Sierra Nevada Pale Ale label.
Artifact is documented by a distinct photograph, scan, IIIF reproduction, or other media asset; media rights do not automatically equal artifact rights. Documentary media is a separate node with its own rights state.
Evidence: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale label, 1981
organization
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
U.S. brewing company founded by Ken Grossman in 1980, represented separately from its Chico and Mills River production facilities.
Navigation heuristic: 33. semantic 10 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
belongs_to · forward
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Label, 1981 — belongs to → Sierra Nevada Brewing Co..
Artifact/product belongs to or is issued by target in the stated context. Museum object identifies the label as Sierra Nevada Pale Ale material; BEU links it to the company identity without treating company and artifact as identical.
Evidence: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale label, 1981
beer style concept
American Pale Ale
A pale American ale concept with clearly hop-forward aroma and bitterness while retaining enough malt structure to read as balanced rather than IPA-level intensity.
Navigation heuristic: 29. semantic 6 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
associated_with · forward
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Label, 1981 — associated with → American Pale Ale.
Broad association used only when a more precise relation is unsuitable. Artifact is a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale label; this association does not make the label a style definition.
Evidence: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale label, 1981
Provenance
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archive museum
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale label, 1981
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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