Veterans across America were given a nice salute essentially when the Crescent Brewing Company which was based in Marionville, MO produced a beer called “Old Veteran” back in the 1930’s. This particular tin over cardboard designed sign recognizes veterans with a twist, that being the crescent moon shaped character on the left side of the…
This rare lithograph is a beautiful example of an early advertisement from the one time leader of snuff tobacco, Leyman & Bro. Manufacturers, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the late 1800’s and early 1900 era. This particular lithograph shows a bunch of soldiers standing around admiring their product, and possibly one standing at a counter…
I love this old charger sign with the larger than life image of a rotund Prince Albert! I have always wondered if this brand changed their image for the prince character on purpose? In later years the prince was featured as a debonair character in a dark black suit, looking very dapper. The latter image…
The Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company out of St. Louis, MO certainly put on an advertising muscle flex with this beautifully designed metal shoe sign with mounting floor stand brackets attached on the backside. This sign advertises their Star brand of shoes are better. This shoe stand held many styles of their shoe offerings…
As a lover of antique advertising, how can you not love a piece like this? Made around 1900 during the pre-prohibition era, this self-framed tin sign from the Old Taylor whiskey brand certainly left an impression of the might this company had at the time by producing a large image of their distillery in the…
I have always loved this bulldog mascot or logo for the Mastiff brand of cut plug tobacco. Proudly displayed boldly, the dog represented strength and perhaps the quality of the cut plug tobacco given a bulldog’s strength. This is not the only tobacco can with a bulldog featured, and in fact, their are several other…
The I. Trager Company certainly knew how to appeal to the consumer’s eyes! Featured today is a large self-framed tin sign for the company’s flagship brand, Cream of Kentucky brand of whiskey. The caption of the image proclaims the girl to be “The Cream of Kentucky Girl”. This particular sign would have hung in many…
I like this particular self-framed tin sign image because of the simplicity of the advertising image. The use of a young girl holding a box of chocolates provides an image of a innocent sweet child serving a sweet chocolate candy treat. There is no other verbiage on the sign, and in my opinion, no other…
The Treadwell and Companies claim to be “The Best Whiskey Ever” might have been pretty over the top considering around 1900 or so when this sign was made the San Francisco, CA bay region had dozens of distilleries in business, while thousands of distilleries were churning out whiskey prior to the start of Prohibition. This…
Wow! I was fortunately to recently pick up an amazing piece of St. Louis, MO history. Featured today is an early Tiger wood coin bank from the once famous Tony Faust restaurant which was at 4th and Elm Street. This location is now under the Gateway Arch grounds in downtown Saint Louis. The coin bank…