AN INTERESTING WAY BREWERIES SOLD THEIR BEER One of my favorite types of historic antique advertising items are when brewers used tiny winged cherubs to help them sell their beer. This was over 100 years ago. It is not uncommon today for an advertising collector to come across various scenes from many breweries showing babies…
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The Brewery Collectibles Show & The Antique Bottle and Jar Show is combined to bring you the Eastside Spectacular! Saturday, Nov. 14, 9 am – 3 pm Belle-Clair Fairgrounds, Belleville, IL Early Admission is $20 at 7:00 am. Public Admission is $2 at 9:00 am. FREE Parking! LARGE Raffle! 50/50 Drawing There’s no better place to…
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A NOVELTY SO NOVEL IT APPARENTLY WAS NOT A BIG SELLER! One of my favorite small town brewery collectibles is a rare toy from the Waterloo Brewing Company in Waterloo, Illinois, called The Wiggle-Wagglegraph. Research on this game and for the manufacturer maker shows this item was produced by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company in Jersey City,…
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What a great time today at the Missouri History Museum presenting “St. Louis Percolates to the Top: A Peek at Historic Coffee Advertising Collectibles”. It was enjoyable to talk with so many others who have an interest in how St. Louis was a big leader in coffee production in the 1870’s – early 1900’s.…
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If you have an interest in coffee’s rich history in St. Louis, you’ll want to visit the historic exhibit: Missouri History Museum, Coffee: The World in Your Cup in St. Louis, Missouri. I have been honored to speak at this Opening Day on Sunday Oct. 4th. I will be presenting “St. Louis Percolates to the Top: A…
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This colorful Vess Cola “Contains No Caffein” embossed tin sign helps date the age of the sign with the 5 cent price notation. Soda was typically sold for a nickel from the late 1940’s through the late 1950’s. The sign is interesting because it was unusual for a soda at this time to not include caffeine, subsequently it is very…
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One of the familiar sites in the city of St. Louis years ago was the Pevely Dairy delivery wagon which would go from neighborhood to neighborhood delivering the companies dairy products. On the side of the wagon was advertising for their products. In many historic photos, it shows the company’s slogan “Baby First” was on…
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The Antique Advertising Expert In Country Living Magazine! What an honor! Country Living Magazine included many of my vintage soda collectibles in their July/August 2015 issue! Check out their interesting article, “Thrill of the Hunt”: A Soda Pop Collector’s Guide. You can look at some of the soda finds from “crates to coolers to syrup dispensers, bubbling…
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Andrew-Lohr Bottling Company Lithograph, 1900 This shining lithograph advertisement was designed for the successful soda manufacturer Andrew Lohr Bottling Company, circa 1900. I found this gem of a piece at a Pennsylvania auction last year. As a historian and collector, I think it’s an ideal example of how soda companies during this era featured Victorian…
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DIAMOND WEDDING WHISKEY SELF-FRAMED TIN SIGN, 1910 A beautiful Victorian woman is featured on this antique advertising tin sign for Sloman’s Diamond Wedding Pure Rye Whiskey, circa 1910. The whiskey was produced by August Baetzhold in Buffalo, New York. I think it’s interesting how many of the early distilleries and breweries highlighted beautiful woman in…
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