Featured is a great vitrolite glass advertising corner sign from the Fauerbach Brewery which was located for many years in Madison, Wisconsin. This particular vitrolite sign is encased in a brass or cooper like metal casing, with a lined design, a very commonly used design for these outdoor advertising signs from the pre-prohibition era. At…
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This impressive Reverse on Glass Painted sign is from The Schmidt Brothers Brewery which was also called the Crown Brewery, located at 138 W. McMicken Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. This lager beer sign indicates the company was both selling bottled beer along with their usual draft beer. ROG signs like this in their original frame…
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The C. Person’s and Sons Distillery and Importer Company out of Buffalo, N.Y. sign illustrates a symbol of strength, while also giving a nod to their own cities namesake. What better symbol of pure strength is there besides a buffalo? The Buffalo Club brand was their main brand, however, the Riverside Rye brand was also…
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This very early reverse on glass sign from the pre-prohibition era is one I really like as it utilizes a play on word by incorporating a free standing safe image into the Horting’s Old Safe Whiskey brand sign! I love the old style safe, a style which has not been made for years, but which…
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The Olean New York Brewing Company certainly understood the value of advertising when the put out this square Rheingold Beer on their original metal tray. It is well known with most marketers that animals, babies and you kids sell the best, as they get peoples attention oftentimes. Who can resist not looking up when a…
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Featured is a beautiful glass chipped sign from the A. Bauer & Company Distillery Agency, formerly located in Chicago, IL. This reverse on glass designed advertisement advertises the companies Sedgwick Rye brand. The sign could have been made by the Rawson and Evans Sign Company, , the P. Pause Company, Atlas Sign, or the…
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Featured is a beautiful paper lithograph from the Grand Rapids Brush Co., based in Grand Rapids, MI about the time this print was made in 1900. Featured cleverly in the patriotic design are hand held brushes of all sorts. In the center of the brushes is what I call Lady Liberty, the woman who was…
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How often do you buy evaporated milk in today’s fresh from the market economy? Probably not often at all, unless you want some unusual recipe which calls for the product. But 100 years ago evaporated milk was all the rage, as it could be stored differently in a world where cooling refrigerators were a dream…
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The A.M. Hellman Company was one of the most prolific whiskey distillers in the United States prior to the turn of prohibition in 1933. The company was known for their Old Crow brand of whiskey, but as this shot glass shows, they also advertised often for their Gold Seal brand of rye whiskey. The company…
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Featured is an early metal charger sign from the Berriman Brothers Cigar Company which was based in Tampa, FL in the early 1900’s. Their flagship brand based on the advertising I can find was the Jose Vila brand. This particular charger shows Jose in his Spanish garb, or uniform, dressed to the nines. Of…
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