I love this piece of advertising, as admittedly, many people would question just how much of a heart and soul Uncle Sam really has, or how he was used in conjunction with a newspaper claiming to have both “heart and soul”. Back when this sign was produced, apparently the Denver Post Newspaper felt Uncle Sam…
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Antique advertising collectors have many categories of advertising items which they tend to prefer over other types of items. This Schmidt’s Beer lighted bullet style sign is one of those categories where modern collectors try to find any design they can. These early lights were very popular with companies in the mid to late 1930’s,…
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Being an dog lover, I have always liked signs with animals illustrated on the signs. Sometimes a company incorporated an animal into the theme for no apparent reason, or at least a reason I cannot determine the rationale today. The Old Honesty tobacco brand certainly used the image of a Saint Bernard simply to tie…
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I have always loved the E. Tosetti Brewery’s use of an eagle image hovering over a wooden beer barrel. This classic image can be found on many early stoneware drinking steins or lidded mugs from the iconic Chicago brewery. The Tosetti Breweries Steins can be found in several shapes and sizes. Each one is easily…
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Featured here is an awesome tin sign featuring an early pair of woman’s shoes from the Star Brand Shoe label. This brand was sold by the Roberts Johnson Rand Shoe Company in St. Louis, MO. The Star Brand of shoes was prolific in their usage of small town advertising general stores to help sell…
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The Beach-Nut Tobacco brand was certainly a household name for many years, becoming one of the biggest selling tobacco brands in the plug tobacco category. In the 1930’s when this bin was made it would be hard to walk into a general store or any smaller merchant and not find Beach-Nut Tobacco on the shelf. …
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49th Annual Antique Bottle Show, St. Louis, MO, Sunday, March 17, 9am – 2pm Stop by the 49th Annual Antique Bottle and Jar Show this Sunday to see thousands of colorful antique glass and stoneware bottles. There will be over 115 tables worth of merchandise for sale at this show. Over the past 20 years, I…
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The 7 Up Brand certainly did well with their advertising slogan, “It Likes You”, considering collectors today can find many variations of advertising products with this well known and steadfast slogan the brand incorporated. This particular signs also used another commonly used slogan from 7Up on the top, where the sign says “Fresh Up With…
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Everyone has heard the old adage, “they fight like cats and dogs” in their lives more than once. The Honest Scrap Tobacco brand made a worldwide brand famous by using that very image, a cat and dog getting ready to rumble, or, preparing for “An Honest Scrap” as their slogan stated. However, in the case…
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One of my favorite pre-prohibition era advertising pieces is the beautiful Bohemian Beer charger from the Buffalo Brewing Company in Sacramento, CA. This metal charger incorporates an unusual greenish blue two-tone color combination which was not often used in early advertising promotional items. The tray is pretty devoid of an advertising slogan, other than to…
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