The brand name Electric Brew is not one brand which would roll off of the tongue of todays modern day beer drinker. However, back when this brand was made by a small town brewery in Mascoutah, Illinois, the name was significant to the maker. The Mascoutah Brewery was one of the first breweries in the…
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The Wagner Brewing Company formerly in Granite City, Illinois used a gnome or elf like man to carry their New Brew product to you. This particular brand New Brew was the breweries attempt to revive their beer brand once prohibition ended. Why the elf like creature is anyone’s guess. However, multiple breweries used these guys…
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The Sharples Tubular Company based out of West Chester, PA and Chicago, IL was famous all world around for their patented cream separator machines. Dominating in a time where the population in the United States was more rural than urban, it was tough to find a farm which did not employ one of their cream…
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The Yellowstone brand of whiskey always intrigued me. Why would you name a whiskey made in Kentucky after a park almost 2000 miles away? This tray is certainly bright and eye appealing with the bright green and yellow background, and of course the larger than life bottle front and center in the design. The Taylor…
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I have always thought this sign was pretty cool, as the name of the company essentially covers both the American and National League divisions of the MLB Major League Baseball professional league. I suspect for baseball fans, the name of this company quickly evokes thoughts of the baseball to many people. This wooden meyercord decal…
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Featured is an early tin sign, freshly put out at the end of prohibition in the early to mid-1930’s from the St. Julian Wine Company, aka as the St. Julian Winery, based in Paw Paw, MI. This particular sign is very noticeable, employing a brilliant red color, and a full length paper label wine bottle…
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The Consumers Brewing Company of New York had a reason for calling itself “of N.Y.” in their advertising. There were simply too many breweries calling themselves the Consumers Brewing Company in the United States prior to prohibition. Featured here is a great round tin tip tray complete with the original hanging metal chain. I love…
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The Commonwealth Distillery produced an amazing Reverse on Glass image factory scene sign around 1895, featured here. While Louisville dominated the distilling business, and still does, Lexington also had some prominent distilleries including the Commonwealth Factory as shown here. Unfortunately competition and financial issues started to hit the owners who had started the distillery in…
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Featured is one of my favorite pennant signs, this one from the Evansville, Indiana based Sterling Brewery, for their Prohibition era Super-Bru brand of alcoholic brewing beer drink. The colors on this sign have always attracted the attention of colors, as the green is a rather unique color from beer brands. The addition of a…
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One of the most prolific and lost lasting images of the 1940-50’s era was the Smile Soda brand’s distinctive orange with a human like face on it. This logo was used on so many of the brand’s advertising signage, as shown here on this tin over carboard restaurant menu sign. This sign’s caption reads “Refresh…
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