Yellowstone Whiskey Serving Tray, Taylor & Williams Distillery, Louisville, KY. Circa 1933

YELLOWSTONE INSPIRED A WHISKEY!

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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Regent Wines Tin Sign, St. Julian Wine Co., Paw Paw, MI. Circa 1933

PAW PAW MICHIGAN REGENT WINES!

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 Commonwealth Distillery, ROG Sign, Lexington, KY. Circa 1900

THE COMMONWEALTH DISTILLERY, ROG SIGN, LEXINGTON, KY. Circa 1895

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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