This amazing die-cut style tin coffee pot sign by the T & K Coffee Company is one of the more incredible pieces I have seen in a long time. The T & K Brand was made by The Thurston and Kingsbury Coffee Company which was based in Bangor, ME. I suspect this style sign was…
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This Victorian era lithograph features an image of the incredibly successful singer/actress Lillian Russell. In fact, The Seidenberg Company believed in her image so much they named one of their cigar brands after her in the late 1800’s. This particular image features the starlet in a fashionable hat, a pretty red and white dress, but…
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I love the graphics from Dr. Harter’s Cherry Bitters featured in this 1895 lithograph. It appears the dog is wearing a nurse hat with the product name on it, while playing a drum featuring a bottle of Dr. Harter’s Elixer on the drum itself. The young girl is waiting patiently, as if almost praying while…
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I am always amazed when I see an early advertising item of significance attached to a small town in the middle of nowhere. Such is the case with this beautiful Reverse on Glass sign from Theodore Francis Mackmiller for his Eagle Mountain Rye Whiskey brand. Why the name Eagle Mountain is unknown to this author,…
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I like this piece of advertising from the Kabo Corset Company for one simple reason…it is very unusual to find a more expensive piece of giveaway advertising memorabilia from this specific category. I don’t know why this is the case, but I suspect the idea of putting someone’s undergarments on full display for all to…
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I have always wondered why many pre-prohibition era brewers used a lion in their image when trying to sell their beer? One of my favorite beer collectibles which I have recently come across is this beautiful reverse on glass sign from The Windisch-Muhlhauser Brewing Company advertising their Lion Brand of beer, produced by the Lion…
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One of the more intriguing advertising items I have found recently was the use of a peacock by the August Schell Brewing Company of New Ulm, MN for their Malt Prohibition era drink. This beautiful lithograph features a pretty young woman staring admirably at a beautiful peacock which is standing next to her. I was…
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I have always liked the image on this Snow Boy Washing Powder Soap metal sign. I can only speculate the use of the Lautz Bros. & Company product would clean your clothes to look as white as fresh snow again. The use of a young boy gliding down a hill on his sled carrying…
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Dr. Swett’s Root Beer was a very well-known New England area soft drink, which achieved great success years ago. The brand itself started in the mid 1800’s and lasted over 100 years, proving the product has staying power. I love this particular stoneware syrup dispenser from the Dr. Swett brand. The dispenser has a notation…
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One of the more interesting pieces of antique advertising I have seen recently is represented by this metal serving tray from the Adolph Loeb & Company firm in Cincinnati, OH. Why would someone name their brand 2 O’Clock Club Rye? Was this brand only sold in a specific club in Cincinnati? The use of the…
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