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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I love this advertising sign! At first glance the pig is truly awesome for so many reasons, but mostly because pigs generally were not used as images on many antique advertising signs. However, the W. M. Finck Company in Detroit thought us humans wanted our overalls to wear tightly like a pigs nose! I am…
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Here are two beautiful tin over cardboard signs from the once iconic Falstaff brand of beer. Falstaff produced several styles of these TOC style signs, i.e., signs which have tin over cardboard where the tin simply wraps around a cardboard backing to produce a very sturdy and advertising piece. TOC style signs are highly collected…
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I love this colorful general store coffee bin from the W.S. Quimby Company which was based in both Boston, MA and Chicago, IL at the beginning of the 20th century. This 1900-1910 era tin bin served customers who entered the old general stores of that era and who would simply use a scoop to pull…
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Here’s a beautiful tin tacker style metal sign from the Falstaff Brewing Company which was originally based in St. Louis, MO when the sign was made, but eventually expanded to many other cities across the United States as their sales began to grow. This Dublin Style brand was actually a cereal beverage, and was one…
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I have always loved this celluloid matchsafe from the John B. Busch Brewing Company out of Washington, MO, a smaller city of 10,000 plus residents on the Missouri River banks, about forty miles or so from St. Louis, MO. This brewery was founded by a cousin of the more famous August Busch Brewing family from…
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Here is a beautiful souvenir scenic pin or coin tray depicting a photograph of the Meyer Brewing Company which was in Bloomington, IL prior to prohibition. Like so many breweries, the Meyer Brewery did not survive to re-open after prohibition unfortunately. Trays like these were often made with images of whatever was being advertised, and…
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The John Hay brand of Cigars was featured on this beautifully embossed tin sign in the 1900 era. The Stewart, Newburger & Co. Limited were prolific cigar manufacturers in the early 1900’s in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania marketplace. Founded by Samuel and Lester Newburger, the Stewart, Newburger Tobacco Company was later renamed the Newburger Tobacco Co.…
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Featured here is a nice tin flanged style sign from the William Schotten Coffee and Spice Company from about 1920. This particular advertising flange sign was simply hung either outside or inside of an old general store from the wall of the building. Flanged signs have been popular for years, and the bold blue and…
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