Delivery of Milk By Wagon In the Late 1800’s Perhaps you’ve found a relic glass milk bottle in an older home or have collected a few from a town where you grew up. Antique milk bottle collecting has always been very popular and is a reminder of the early days when milkmen delivered milk directly…
Smoking Tobacco Lunch Box Tins One of the most surprising advertising relics I have is the lunch box tin that featured smoking tobacco brands. Around the 1880’s through the early 1900’s, it was common to see children march off to school hauling their lunch pails made out of colorful tin tobacco boxes that had convenient wire…
Soda Fountains in Drug Stores In the early 1900’s, the neighborhood drug store with a soda fountain and lunch counter was an important part of small-town America. It was common for hard working folks to take a break and sit around soda fountain counters to socialize and enjoy a drink. It was also a great…
The Lemp Brewery Some of my favorite beer collectibles come from a brewery whose owners went from a life of wealth and fame to a series of tragedies. The Lemp Brewery was ahead of its time in the mid-1800’s when the company established itself in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the first brewery to use refrigerated…
Adolphus Busch and Anthony Faust Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser and Faust Beer advertisements in the form of felt pennant signs are some favorites in my personal collection. These ads reveal an interesting history about two long-time friends. Adolphus Busch, the German co-founder of Anheuser-Busch Brewery in 1861, was a very close friend with Anthony (Tony) Faust who…