I have always enjoyed a good advertising item from a smaller regional player such as a liquor wholesaler. For a company to produce a piece like this C.A. Feisst Wholesale Liquor Dealer serving tray, they had to have a significant business. Typically you see advertising items like this from the actual manufacturer, and a distributor…
I love this particular brewery tray from The Lembeck and Betz Eagle Brewing Company because of the trays patriotic look. The bold illustration of an eagle and the claim calling themselves “The National Beverage” along with naming their beer “American Club Beer” simply exudes patriotism at its finest. I believe in a time of civil…
One of the more impressive pieces of early Americana is this Skinner’s Satin’s self-framed tin sign, circa 1900. The Skinner Satin brand of dyed yarn was well known for their early use of a cat image playing with a thread spool. In fact, this image was one of the more recognizable images in the 1900…