Here is a beautiful wooden general store floor coffee bin from the Evans Coffee Company advertising for their Star brand of coffee, circa 1900. The Evans Company was better known in later years as the David Evans Coffee Co. and was mostly known for their Old Judge brand of coffee and spices. This wood bin…
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This particular metal serving tray featuring the slogan “Remember the Maine” was a common battle cry at the end of the 1898 Spanish-American War whereby the U.S. Maine ship was destroyed by the Spanish flotilla. Many lives were lost when this ship was sunk, and as a result, the Americans used this as their rationale…
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This particular country general store counter java coffee bin from the Boyd, Leeds & Co. in Boston, MA creatively used an iconic symbol of their area to sell it’s products. When one thinks of lighthouses oftentimes more than not the historical areas of the Northeast come to mind, and the Beacon of a lighthouse is…
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This particular tin herring advertising can is from the Louis Maull Cheese and Fish Company out of St. Louis, MO about 1900. The can is for their herring product which would have been packed in oil and was a huge delicacy in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. How did herring survive to be sold…
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Here is a beautiful stein from the Julius Wehmueller Saloon which was at 18th and Market streets in downtown St. Louis, MO prior to prohibition. The stein itself features a beautiful image of the train station and not of Mr. Wehmueller’s business which I find of note also. The interesting thing about this saloon was…
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I love this beautiful general store coffee bin from the Wm. Scull Coffee Company in Camden, New Jersey. First the bin is so colorful, and with the waiter on the top serving a patron in a very distinguished waiter suit, how can you not love this design? I am not sure what Grinditas stands for,…
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Here is a beautiful set of two wooden baseball bats from a long defunct small baseball bat manufacturer outside Waterloo, Illinois which was based in the tiny hamlet of Monroe City in Monroe County, Illinois. Produced in the 1930’s, the two styles of bats known to exist today are the “Waterloo Walloper” and the “Geared…
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The Roseneck Brewing Company from Richmond, Virginia was never a large scale brewery. Originally called the Richmond Brewery and located at Leigh Street and Hermitage Road, the brewery was in business from 1897 until prohibition ended their run in 1918 as it was approaching hard and fast. Run by Alfred von Nickish Rosenegk, the brewery…
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I love this spectacular pre-prohibition metal serving tray put out by the Olean, New York based Dotterweich Brewing Company around 1900-1910. Their method of promoting their brewery was easy, simply state all the major types of beer you sold, i.e. beer, ales, and porter styles. What I find interesting with this tray is the bottle…
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I have always loved this sign! What a great image of three men carrying the Peerless brand of beer to an event, calling themselves the “Refreshment Committee”! This pre-prohibition era sign is truly an entertaining piece of artwork with a funny flair to it. Who could not appreciate someone bringing a keg and bottles of…
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