M&G Piels

Lila Piel, daughter of Michael Piel & Barbara Woodward Piel, Michael Piel Farm, Abbott Village, Maine.

Lake Parlin Farm, dining room, postcard

Lake Parlin Farm, living room, (postcard; mailed, 7 June 1932)

Liza Kemp as nurse, ca. 1980. [MLPK: Liza wears cap of Eastern Maine School of Nursing.]

Maria Piel Kemp ("Ria"), daughter of Marie Luise Kemp, residing in Deep River, Ontario. H.S. Graduation Photo (Guilford, ME. High School)

Henry Piel, portrait, young man.

Marie M. Piel & Marie-Luise Piel, ca. 1914.

Sara-Jane Kemp Boss’s daughter, Emily Boss, at age one wearing same dress as Marie-Luise Piel Kemp in Photo # 241. ca. 1980. [MPLK: the dress was hand-sewn by Luisa Vicking Muessen, mother of Marie Muessen Piel.]

Henry Piel, Andover, Mass (photo by: J.E. Purdy & Co., Boston) [Henry Piel's graduation photo, Phillips Academy, Andover.]

Marie Muessen Piel (photo by: Bachrach, NY) [MPLK: taken at same sitting as #246 of Marie-Luise at Bachrach studios, New York City.]

Marie-Luise Piel, high school photo, Lawrence H.S. Lawrence, L.I. (N.B.: MLPK attended Packer Collegiate Institute until junior year; but dropped out for financial reasons) (photo by: Jud Lefer Studios, 621 Broadway, NY.)

Marie-Luise Piel, after return from Europe, aged 24. (photo by: Bachrach, NY)

Henry G. Piel, Dusseldorf (MLPK: with mustachios and stick pin made from gold nugget found by Michael Piel's guide, George McClintock.)

Marie M. Piel, portrait, ca. 1917-20.

Marie Luise Piel, aged 4 (photo by: Apeda, NY)

Henry Piel in Dusseldorf

Marie Muessen (photo by: Bachrach & Bro., Baltimore, MD)

Michael Piel (H. Michael Piel) at Princeton University (photo by: Oren Jack Turner, Princeton, NJ)

Luisa Viking (orig.: Wicking) Muessen, mother of Marie Muessen Piel & Henry Muessen, future president of Piel’s Beer (photo by: Bachrach, NY)

Josef Muessen, oldest brother of Marie M. Piel, who worked as a salesman at Piel’s; died in 1936 on the road for Piel in a hotel.

(L): Josephine Viking Muessen [married to Tom Ancrum], and (R) Anton Sylvester Muessen, siblings of Marie Muessen Piel (photo by: Wayne & Daughter, Brookville, IN)

Kids in wagon (L-R) Marie Luise Piel, unid., Mary Piel, Bill Piel, Lake Parlin, Maine.

St, Joseph’s Manor, Meadowbrook, PA (L-R): (back row): William, Sr., Maria Piel, Thomas (Christopher) Piel, Maria M. Piel, William Piel, Jr., (lower row): Michael Loomis Piel, Henry Piel, Anthony Piel, 27 August 1949

Maria Piel, Lake Parlin, “On Mothers’ 91st Birthday” (sgd) Osie [Oswald Piel]. St. Joseph's Convent, Meadowbrook, PA.

(L-R): Elmar Piel, William Muessen [father of Marie Muessen Piel], and H. Michael Piel .

Joe Muessen, Jr. 1925-26 (MLPK: Joe Jr. died meningitis, ca. 1925-26; Joe, Sr. was later a Piel Beer salesman in 1930s)

Marie Luise Piel, aged one year, , New York. [MPLK: photo taken for Christmas 1914 and MLPK was born February so she was 10-11 months. Photo was a series of 5 or 6 portraits taken same day.] (photo by: Ye Colonial Studio, NY)

Lila Piel (daughter of Michael Piel) and Olga Piel (daughter of Elmar Piel) taken when they were 10-12. Their birthdays were one day apart and they remained close cousins. ca. 1971-73

Henry & Marie Piel, at their home "Crows' Nest," Butler Street, Guilford, ME, ca. 1969.

Marie M. & Henry Piel; taken on Butler Street, Guilford, ME

Josef Muessen, uncle of Marie Muessen Piel, who purchased farm as security against his brother’s wild spending, for his sister-in-law, Luisa Vicking Muessen in Hamilton, MD, outside Baltimore (photo by:__UNDT, Atelier fur moderne photographie, Kruezstrasse 42, Muenster. Goldene Medaille, 1896). Photo ca. 1910.

Henry Piel, portrait, ca. 1970, about 9 years before his death in 1979.

Marie M. Piel, portrait, taken in Sangerville, Maine, ca. 1969.

Card: Carl Henry, Olga, Nina, Bia, children of Elmar & Kerstin Piel, Christmas, 1963.

Marie M. Piel & Marie Luise. Caption by Louise G. Piel Lange: “The new Little cart which Marie took down to the country with her and which was very light to take through the woods and over the fields. The baby has brought some dogwood from her ‘cross-country run.”

Locust Valley House, Henry Piel

245 W. 72nd St., New York City; home of Michael & Maria Piel, 1904-1915.

The Help, Parlin, in front of greenhouse, ca. 1915.

Lake Parlin, main House: “the den” or "the end room", originally the bar when the Inn was a stage-coach stop w/ a chute to send liquor into cellar; ground floor, north end. Painting on the left wall is "stag at bay" by J.C. Kroner, artist of the Dusseldorf school. [Painting is in possession of A.W. McCoy.]

“Our house in Great Neck, L.I., NY. Elmar was born here Mar. 10, 1917” (caption by Marie M. Piel) [MPLK: Henry & Marie Piel lived here for 3 years.]

Stobie Piel, Piel Farm, Abbot, ME, riding ring, on New Forest pony introduced from England.

Michael Piel, Marie M. Piel, Stobie Piel in Abbot ME, riding in carriage with fox hounds.

Uncle Sam whispering about the end of Prohibition to Henry Piel. (Henry Piel had this drawn by a political cartoonist who was not Al Frueh).

Marie-Luise Piel (2nd row, 2nd from left), at Grumman Aircraft Co., Bethpage, L.I., NY.

Elmar & Marie-Luise, Maine 1918 [NB: caption by Marie M. Piel; children w/ dog.]

(L-R) "Sept. ‘17--Poosey, Mary, Rita" [(L-R) Marie Luise Piel, whose nickname was Poosey, daughters of William Piel Sr.; in canoe.]

Marie-Luise, Henry, Maria M. Piel in garden of Marta Piel, wife of Wilhelm Heinrich Piel, Dusseldorf, Grafreckerstrasse 59 (either 59 or 95, probably 59), ca. 1928.

Dusseldorf, Grafreckerstr. 59, Marta Piel Garden, 1929: (standing, L-R) Carl Veit (husband of Erika Piel), Tante Marta Piel, Henry G. Piel, Erika Piel, Marie-Luise Piel; (seated, L-R) Sophie Piel (sister of Michael Piel), Marie Muessen Piel [MPLK: House was next to Nazi Headquarters in Dusseldorf]

"Michael Piel 1910" (handwritten by Marie M. Piel.)

(seated, L-R): Sophie Piel, Henry P., Marta P., Maria M. Piel (rear, L-R): Maria-Luise P, Erika Piel Veit, Carl Veit (first husband of Erika, later divorced) with Pomeranian dogs., 1929, Dusseldorf Garden of Marta Piel at Dusseldorf, Grafreckerstr. 59.

“The Columbia Interclass Championship Relay Team-Jan 25, 1906.” (L-R): B. Sanders, H. F. Hayes, B. Hutchinson, A. Zink, T.C. Morgan, H.G. Piel (photo by: White, 1261 Broadway, 105 4th Ave, NY)

“The Columbia Interclass Championship Relay Team-Jan 25, 1906.” (L-R): B. Sanders, H. F. Hayes, B. Hutchinson, A. Zink, T.C. Morgan, H.G. Piel (photo by: White, 1261 Broadway, 105 4th Ave, NY)

Grandmother Maria Piel, chef (“nutty”) and Oswald, Parlin, Maine.

The chef, Parlin, Maine.

Maria H. Piel in Germany [probably with Weber or Bush family]

Crew, 4-man shell, probably, Princeton. #2 oar probably Poland Piel who was 6’6” tall)

unid., Roland Piel, unid., unid., Oswald Piel.

Under Pinnacle of Mt. Broadwood (L) Gergen, (R) Roland Piel, 11 July 1925 [Roland was on a US Geodetic Survey expedition to Montana and the West] (photo by: Roland Piel)

Near “Montana Cabin” (photo by: Roland Piel)

Dusseldorf, 1926, Wedding of Marga Piel and Lutz Mueller (front row). Piel Garden, Dusseldorf, Sophie Piel (4th from L), Maria Piel (6th from L) Erika Piel (10th from L), Carl Veit (far R).

Brewery yard, and rear of Michael Piel residence; house later became the Piel Bros. beer garden, East New York. Michael Piel lived here before moving to Lefferts Place, Brooklyn [Piel Bros. Brewery, Brooklyn]

(L-R) "Nellie [St. George, sister of Dr. Armin St. George], Edna [“Timmy” Tompkins], Louise [Piel], Marie [Muessen], Parlin, 1911" [MLPK: Maria H. Piel paid for Dr. St. George’s medical schooling; he repaid in faithful service to the family.]

Josephine Muessen (younger sister of Marie Muessen), Agnes Piel, Otto Piel, 1911. [MPLK: Moxie rail station, Maine; trains were met with carriages and later automobiles.]

Bert Schwarz [Muessen Friend from Baltimore] and Josephine Muessen at Parlin.

Oswald Piel & Emilio Correa [friend of Oswald’s] acrobatics, on the lawn, Lake Parlin, ME.

The old Muessen home in Paderborn, Germany, ca. 1900.

Peonies. Parlin Farm [peonies were raised by Peter Herbst, Botanist, Waterville, ME.]

Hay Wagon, Parlin.

Carriages, Big House, Parlin with Clara Wittemin in the rear seat.

Maria H. Piel, age about 20 (photo by: Atelier Oehme, Rauxel [near Castrop, Westphalia]).

"Lorretto, Bill Jr. and Mary Piel, 1915." (handwritten by Marie M. Piel)

H. Michael Piel, U.S. Army Uniform, World War II, ca. 1942

Michael Piel Portrait

Maria H. Piel & George McClintock, canoe, probably Lake Parlin., Maine.

Michael Piel, ca. late 1880s (photo by: Fred Bock, 418-420 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY)

“For Sale, The Palatial Residence" (From: New York Evening Post, ca. 1916) 

Maria Piel (photo by: F. Lindau, 2734 Atlantic, Brooklyn, NY)

Sophie Piel, sister of Hubert Michael, n.d.

Liza (Eliza) Franklin, daughter Marie-Luise Piel Kemp, baptized in 1960. Stobie Piel and Nina Piel, daughters of Michael and Elmar Piel, baptized at the same time. (MPLK: Cup was from Muessen Family; MLPK gave it to Eliza).

Kerstin Bengston, wife of Elmar Piel, from Malmo, Sweden (postcard sent from Weisbaden, Germany, 30 February 1955)

(L): Stobie Piel and (R) Nina Cutts, Abbot, ME at Piel Farm, ca. 1965-66.

Maria & Michael Piel, with spaniels, Lake Parlin, ca. 1914.

Lake Parlin, camp dock.

Rita Piel (sister of Gerard) and Marie-Luise Piel, Lake Parlin; probably at Graham's Cove across lake from Piel Farm.

Grace Pond, near Lake Parlin, Maine, ca. 1915-20.

William Piel and Maria Piel, 20 Aug. 1950

Maria Piel and Marie M. Piel, Marie-Luise Piel; children (L-R) Louise, Sara Jane, Tommy. Grandmother’s birthday, 20 Aug. 1950.

Maria Piel, w/ nuns, St. Joseph’s, 20 Aug. 1950 [Meadowbrook, PA]

59 Grafeckestr., Dusseldorf, home of Marta Piel, 1928. (Clockwise): Erika Piel Veit (at 12:00), Marta Piel, Marie M. Piel, Carl Veit, Marga Muller Piel, Lutz Mueller, Marie Luise Piel, Henry Piel. Dusseldorf, 1928.

Henry, Marga, Martha Piel, Carl & Erika Veit, Marie M. Piel, Marie Luise Piel, Lutz Muller, Dusseldorf, 1928.

(Rear): Elmar Piel, standing; (seated, L-R): Josephine Muessen Ancrum, Louise Hess, Marie M. Piel, Al Hess; (seated): Weeza Ancrum, Jacqueline Hess, son of Al Hess. Home of Henry Piel, "Birch Hill," Ludlum Lane, Locust Valley, NY, ca. 1946.

Elmar Piel (2nd from right), graduation procession prob. Norwich University.

Heermann Hof, Castrop, ca. 1926. "Home of Maria Piel nee Heermann." (handwritten by Marie M. Piel)

Rear view, home of Henry Piel, “Birch Hill," Ludlum Lane, Locust Valley, NY, ca. 1950.

“SS 'Bremen,’ 1936, to Bremerhaven, (3rd from left) Marie M. Piel, Henry Piel" ( NB: caption by Marie M. Piel) [MLPK: HP & MM Piel were traveling to Brussels to purchase malt source]

SS “Bremen”, 1936, Marie and Henry Piel (NB: caption by Marie M. Piel)

Agnes Piel: “To Rudolf w/ Love from Agnes, ‘x-mas ‘12” (photo by: El Rose Studio, Broadway and 72nd St., NY)

"Henry G. Piel, Andover, 1903" (far right) (NB: caption handwritten by Marie M. Piel)

Gerard Piel, age three, ca. 1918 (photo by : Harrison, Far Rockaway, L.I.)

(Top, L-R): Kristen, Elmar Piel; (Bottom, L-R): Nina, Carl-Henry, Olga, Bia, 1962 Christmas

(L-R): Gerard, William Sr., unid. woman, Bill, Mary, unid. man behind Mary, Rita, unid., unid., John, David in front of Mary in stripped Jacket.

Henry Piel, entrance to Brewhouse, near doors to cobbled brewery yard, East New York, Brooklyn, NY [Piel Bros. Brewery]

(L-R): William, Henry, Gottfried, Jr., Sophia Piel at Pine Hill, Catskills, NY, 1896 [NB: caption by Marie Muessen Piel]

Maria Piel [wearing the sable muff now owned by Marie-Luise Piel Kemp], ca. 1908-10.

Wiliam Piel (“Sonny”), William Piel, Jr., aged 3 years, ca. 1910 (photo by: M. A. Harrison, NY)

Marie & Henry Piel, Locust Valley, NY, ca. 1959.

Michael Piel & Maria Piel (from J. William Brown, Union Square Studio, Pine Hill, NY). [NB: Photograph w/ printed sleeve; tintype]

Sophie Piel (from Dusseldorf), Gottfried Piel, Sr., Maria Heermann Piel (L-R), 1929, Beer Stube, Piel Bros. Brewery, East New York, Brooklyn.

(L-R): William, Otto, Maria Piel, Henry, Luise, Paul Piel. (NB: Maria is pregnant. probably Delaware Water Gap, Michael Piel's vacation spot in the 1890s)

"Michael & Maria Piel," New York, circa 1894. (NB: caption by Marie Muessen Piel) (Rear L-R) Maria, Rudolf, William, Michael, Henry, Otto. (Seated L-R) Paul, Louise. “Photograph taken 1895 in Brooklyn. Mother Maria Piel aged 38 years, Baby Rudolf Alfred aged 1 year, William F.J. Piel aged 12, Father Michael Hubert Piel 46 years, Henry Gottfried Piel 10 years, in front of father: Paul M. Piel 6 years, Louise Gertrud Piel aged 4 years, Otto Andrew Piel, aged 9 years.” (caption written in pencil on the back in the hand of Paul Piel.)

Michael & Maria Piel family, Brooklyn, summer 1900. (Top, L-R): William, Michael, Henry; (bottom, L-R): Rudolf, Louise, Maria, Otto, Paul; (front, L-R): Oswald, Agnes. [MLPK: This is probably Lefferts Place, Brooklyn where Oswald was born and the family had a grape arbor in the garden. NB: Oswald as born, April 1900 and is about 3-6 months old here]

“Boyer, Price, M. Braden, West, Field, Page, 10 June 1925” [probably the survey crew]

“Little Chu & Frost’s one Store, Flagstone, B.C., 20, June 1925.”

“The Store Keeper’s home, Flagstone, B.C. 19 June ’25”

“Near the top of Tuckuk, June 25” [1925]

“GN CPR, auto road & Elk River” [GN, Canadian Pacific Railway], probably July 1925

“Scarpe Mountain, male and female Ptarmigans, Broadwood, July 11, 1925”

Piels’ on Draught. 

Bock Beer [with goat drawing]. 

Elves with keg. 

Maria M. Piel with son and daughter.

Cup awarded to Marie M. Piel by Women’s Repeal League, ca. 1933.

Baptismal dress sewn by Sophie Piel of Dusseldorf, Hubert Michael Piel’s sister.

Plate with fruit design from 245 W. 72nd Street, NYC. 

“Duetsehes Kommerbuch” [NB: Photograph cover showing metal studs to raise from beer stains] 

Sable muff worn in album photo of Maria Piel, Henry G. Piel, and Lorretto Scott at front of 245 W. 72nd Street, NYC 

Otto Piel’s pocket watch, given by Michael Piel as he gave a watch to each of his sons.

William Gispé’s glasses

Sewn sampler cloth, by Agnes Holz Heermann, with additional stitching by her daughter, Maria Heermann Piel.

Round, gold-colored bas relief of Maria Heermann Piel by her son sculptor Paul Piel, who cast the medallion in 1931 and distributed copies to each of her childen.

Malt paddles used by Piel Bros. brewmeister, Henry G. Piel.

Malt paddles used by Piel Bros. brewmeister, Henry G. Piel.

Malt paddles used by Piel Bros. brewmeister, Henry G. Piel.

Hamburg-Amerika Linie, First Class, Seat No. 23. [NB: probably Maria Piel ticket to Germany]

[L-R] Mary, Gerard, Lorretto Scott Piel (wife of William Piel, Sr.), John (baby in Lorretto’s lap), William, Rita, ca. 1918.

“Mother’s 90th Birthday at Parlin. Facing mother from left to right--Lorretto Piel, Paul Piel, Bina Lange. Aug 20, 1947.” [MLPKemp: handwriting is Louise Lange’s; (L-R) unid., MLPKemp, Lorretto, Paul, Bina Lange] (photo by: Howard N. Weston, Skowhegan, Maine)

“Maria Heermann Piel, about 1948, the ‘West Wing’ at Parlin” [MLPKemp: handwriting is Louise Lange’s] (photo by: Howard N. Weston, Skowhegan, Maine)

“Wm. Piel with his mother Maria Heermann Piel on her 90th birthday at Parlin Aug. 20-1947.”[MLPKemp: handwriting is Louise Lange’s] (photo by: Howard N. Weston, Skowhegan, Maine)

Hubert Michael Piel [in cap and coat.]

Dining Room, home of Michael and Maria Piel, 245 W. 72nd Street, New York, ca. 1915. (photo by: H. Shobbrook Collins, Photographer, Telephone 5159 Chelsea, 134 W. 23rd St., New York.) [MLPKemp: (1) Gerard Piel and Marie-Luise Piel Kemp both have pairs of candlesticks; (2) table is with Maria “Rita” Kemp Horn, Deep River, Ontario, 56” diameter; (3) plate on top shelf, rear, with scalloped edge is at Thomas Kemp’s farm, Dover-Foxcroft, ME; (4) chairs were Spanish carved leather; (4) painting over fireplace is Rudolf Piel feeding deer at Grace Pond near Lake Parlin, now with Margarita McCoy, La Habra Heights, CA]

Entry hall, home of Michael and Maria Piel, 245 W. 72nd Street, New York, ca. 1915. (photo by: H. Shobbrook Collins, Photographer, Telephone 5159 Chelsea, 134 W. 23rd St., New York.)[MLPKemp: (1) teak stand used to be a Lange Camp in Parlin in front of fireplace; (2) bronze figure near fireplace for calling cards is now on porch at Parlin.]

Sitting room, home of Michael and Maria Piel, 245 W. 72nd Street, New York. "1909. 245 West 72nd St., NYC. Home of Michael Piel. Statues of Birth of Venus, Aurora of Carare marble. Statue of Dancing Fawn-bronze. Brought from Italy in 1908 by M.P." [pencil caption in the hand of Paul Piel] (photo by: H. Shobbrook Collins, Photographer, Telephone 5159 Chelsea, 134 W. 23rd St., New York.) [Gerard Piel: marble sculptures (foreground and rear) are now at his penthouse apartment, 1115 Fifth Ave., NY; when Piels’ Brewery was sold in 1962, Gerard removed them from the storeroom.]

Rudolf A. Piel, portrait, n.d.

“Peggy Piel age 4 1/2 years”

Camp, Lake Parlin, Maine. Postcard from Maria Piel to “Mr. Roland Piel, 221 Henry Hall, Princeton, N.J., 25 September 1924."

Three people at garden table, Germany. [?]. Postcard to “Frau Maria Piel, P.O. Box #560, Woodmere, L.I., New York, UUT.

Attean Pond from Owl’s Head, P.O. Jackman Station, Maine. Postcard from Maria Piel to Mr. Rol. P. Piel, Deer Park Hotel, Deer Park, Md., 17 July 1924.

Zwei Millioen Mark note, used by Henry Piel during trip to Germany, 1923.

“The same to you! Henry G. Piel.” Shows Uncle Sam whispering in ear of Henry Piel about the end of Prohibition.

Hotel Lafayette, Havana, Cuba, Letterhead. Letter from Henry G. Piel to Marie M. Piel, 26 October 1921.

Malzfabriken J. Eisenberg, Erfurt u. Hofgeismar, 1 April 1909. Henry Piel’s certificate of course completion.

Wedding photo, William Piel and Lorretto Scott Piel, n.d.

Heerman Hof from road, Herne, Germany.

Field across from Hof - some of the original acreage Herne, Germany.

Heerman Hof - barn end

Over the bar entrance with prayer carved into barn

Heerman Hof - Front and side barn door

Back of Heerman Hof

Back of Heerman Hof today, restored, half lumber (light beams)

Front door

Restored (paint removed) front door

Heerman Hof out building, said to have been built originally in 1960 by the Sudes

Heerman Hof got building completely restored, originally built in 1860

Heerman Hof side view

Heerman Hof front and side, note restored timber

Barn wash house now converted into a cloak room for the house guests, Heerman Hof

Cow barn, small window upper left corner (very faint) to master bedroom so owner could check on animals at night, Heerman Hof.

Converted cow barn, now used for large dinner parties, Heerman Hof, Heerman Hof

Loft over cow barn, completely restored, Heerman Hof

Main stairs to the upper floor, Heerman Hof

New staircase, Heerman Hof

Window to Maria Heerman’s bedroom. As a girl, she could see Michael Piel haying in his Uncle Gispes’ field, next farm, , Heerman Hof.

Grandmother Piel’s window as it is today, Heerman Hof

Entrance room, Heerman Hof

Entrance room, Heerman Hof

Dining room, Heerman Hof

Dining room restored, Heerman Hof

Entrance to kitchen, Heerman Hof, Rollo Lange and Marie-Luise Piel Kemp (2^nd and 3^rd from left).

Kitchen restored and modernized, Heerman Hof

Low land below Hof, Heerman Hof, Herne, Germany

Back of Hof completely converted, Heerman Hof, Herne, Germany

Castle of the Frecheer von Rouberg to whom the Heermans owed fealty before Prussian land reform of the 1850s.

Castle Bladenhorst

Castle Bladenhorst

Castle Bladenhorst