If you were a child in Minnesota during the 1950s and 1960s, one of your early memories may be watching a black-and-white cartoon bear in the Hamm’s Beer television commercials.

Miner remembers watching and listening to baseball games, and enjoying Hamm’s commercials with the "Hamm’s Bear" on his grandparents' front porch in St. Paul.

The Hamm’s Beer Bear So we end up with Sparky Schulz’s neurotic ankle-biters everywhere. Yet, somehow, it is a different statue that feels somehow truly Minnesotan.

Two decades ago, the Hamm’s Bear was banished. Although the bear never drank a beer in a commercial, a controversy developed about the use of cartoons to sell adult products to kids.

In 1865, a German immigrant named Theodore Hamm purchased the Excelsior Brewery near St. Paul. In 1952, the Hamm's Beer bear was created by Patrick DesJarlait for an advertising campaign created ...

A historic painted Hamm's Beer advertisement has emerged from hiding on the wall of a west side bar.

A Minnesota man with a love for Hamm's Beer claims he has the country's largest collection of cans and advertising memorabilia from the brand.

Two decades ago, the Hamm’s Bear was banished. Although the bear never drank a beer in a commercial, a controversy developed about the use of cartoons to sell adult products to kids.