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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The Sidney Dillon brand of cigars produced an amazing self-framed tin sign, shown here, to commemorate the famous horse’s record accomplishment. Apparently Sidney Dillon sired the first trotter horse who was able to break the then track record of finishing in less than two minutes. The J.B. Moos Cigar Manufacturing Company based in Cincinnati, Ohio…
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The C.H. Wittenberg Distilling Company once was one of the largest whiskey distilleries in the Midwest, and was certainly amongst the largest selling distillers in the Saint Louis, MO marketplace. Featured here is a large lithograph from their marque Blue Wing Whiskey brand. This particular litho is about 18 inches wide and 24 inches tall…
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Featured is a gorgeous reverse on glass advertising sign from the Schmidt Brothers Brewery in Cincinnati, Ohio. This ROG style sign was made around 1900. Lager beer was a commonly made and also a huge selling beer in many cities, especially where the German immigrants had settled. Cincinnati was one of those cities, known as…
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This unique reverse on glass sign from the Niles and Moser Cigar Manufacturing Company proudly proclaims their brand Chancellor was the brand “Buffalo Bill Smoked”! However, at 2 for 25 cents, I highly doubt Buffalo Bill paid those prices back in the day when he was roaming the Western frontier. However, the Niles and Moser…
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The Log Cabin brand tin general store coffee bin featured here has always been one that fascinated me, simply because of the detail of the tin itself. The Johnson-Layne Coffee Company went all out when they designed this store bin, finely detailing the look of a primitive log cabin, complete with a detachable brick chimney. …
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Featured is a magnificent reverse on glass advertising sign from the long defunct New York Plate Glass Insurance Company, which was based in New York City. This sign features a detailed illustration of the Brooklyn Bridge, long an iconic symbol of the NYC Metropolitan skyline. I love the interesting category this sign was designed for…insurance…
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