UNCLE SAM HELPED SELL GEO. BENZ & SONS WHISKEY BEFORE HE CHANGED HIS MIND! I love this self-framed Monogram Whiskey tin sign from the George Benz and Sons Whiskey Distillers and Jobbers in Minneapolis – St. Paul, MN. The image of Uncle Sam pouring himself a glass of whiskey makes me pause, when I think…
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I love this advertising sign because it has always been a great conversation piece for both collectors and non-collectors. The colorful image at first glance reminds me of a woman with a butterfly wing like appearance, perhaps coming out of her cocoon? While the eye typically goes to the top of the image, a closer…
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Featured here are two large 48 count 5 cent packet containers for the well-known Sweet Burley Brand of smoking tobacco from the Spaulding and Merrick Tobacco Company, based in Chicago, Illinois. The Sweet Burley brand was sold in both Light and Dark versions, as denoted on each of the two colored cans. The Light brand…
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BROTHERHOOD TOBACCO’S AD CAMPAIGN HELPED BRIDGE CLASS WARFARE! One of my favorite advertising pieces from the early 1900s comes from The Brotherhood Tobacco brand. What I like about this advertisement is the brand clearly tried to demonstrate a point that no matter what your class or background was, their tobacco brand would be “The Tie…
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Featured here is a beautiful tin lithographic sign featuring a semi-naked woman admiring a butterfly which has landed on her hand near a small brook. This sign advertises a very-well known local New York City area, mostly known for it’s nickname, The R&H Brewery. This brewery was a well known brewery and their…
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The Telfer Coffee Company in Detroit, Michigan was a long-time leader in the production of coffee in the Motor City. Te Tefler Company produced a myriad of different coffee brands under the company name and collectors today can find many of them with a quick google search. This particular Telfer Coffee Company Milk Maid Java…
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The Moxie brand of soda was a very well-known soda brand which had a huge following in the Northeastern part of the United States for many years. This 1933 tin sign incorporated their commonly used slogan “distinctively different” in the advertisement. The use of the racing car was also something that collectors can find on…
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The G. W. Gail & Ax Tobacco Works was famous for their leading brand, Navy Cut Plug Chewing Tobacco. The enclosed framed factory scene from the Gail and Ax Tobacco Works Company features an impressive image of the massive structure which was located on Pratt and Barre Streets near Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland. If…
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The owners of the Iroquois Brewery in Buffalo, N.Y. didn’t have to think long before they decided on their corporate logo I am guessing. With a name like Iroquois, it was easy to incorporate an Indian logo into their advertising, and by doing so, the Iroquois beer brand would last over 100 years, and remains…
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The small town of Waterloo, Illinois is known primarily as a bed room community to the St. Louis metropolitan area. The simple proximity to the large city allowed many residents to commute daily to their jobs for years. However at one time Waterloo was known for their primary employers which were a couple of milling companies…
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