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Sunshine Beer Cardboard Barrel
$300.00
Condition: Very Good
Era: 1960’s
Brewery: Sunshine Brewing Company
Location: Reading, PA
Note: I’m told that barrels like this one were used as trash bins used at the Reading Fairgrounds.
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