Featured is a great old tin corner hanging sign from the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company, formerly based in Springfield, Massachusetts. This particular sign is made of tin, and has a curved wooden backing, designed to hang outside on a 90 degree angled corner of an building. I love the colors on this sign,…
Featured is a beautiful vitrolite corner advertising sign from the I.W. Harper Rye Whiskey brand. These vitrolite corner signs designed to hang on the edge of a 90 degree angle corner of a tavern or saloon are especially coveted, and because of the solid glass design and wooden frame, they have lasted for 100+ years…
Featured is an amazing hunting advertising self-framed tin sign from the Du Pont hunting brand, this one featuring their powder shotgun or rifle like shells. The image features two retriever dogs, potentially Brittany Spaniels on the sign. DuPont was in competition with Remington, Winchester, and many other early firearms manufacturers. A great sign!
I love Meyercord wooden signs, and when they feature a factory building, it’s even better! This particular wooden sign from the Emerson Piano Company features all you can ask for, great color, a factory building, and a year for the business establishment! The Meyercord Company was based in Chicago, Illinois, and as evident by this…
Featured is an impressive metal serving tray from the American Brewing Company which was in Pekin, Illinois prior to Prohibition. This tray is a stock tray, meaning it is one where the image was sold to potential breweries, and the breweries simply had the manufacturing tray company insert their name on the tray. This tray…
Well before Prohibition the dreams of a German immigrant named Albert Gottschalk started and ended with a true rags to riches theme. The enclosed stunning ROG or Reverse on Glass Sign shows just how many different brands Mr. Gottschalk was selling at his zenith of business around 1900. I love the eagle emblem, truly patriotic…
The American Brewing Company of Peoria, Illinois put out this beautiful oval serving tray prior to prohibition. This particular tray is called a stock tray, meaning the image was used for many brewers and distillers at that time, with only the name of the brewery or distillery being changed by the printing company in Coshocton,…
Wow! What a spectacular reverse on glass corner sign out of Cleveland, Wisconsin! This Centerville Brewing Company sign features a metal scalloped edge border, designed to hold the glass in place, and a 90 degree angle wood bracket designed for hanging on the edge of a building. Hence, the corner sign name. i always laughed…
Featured is an amazing tin sign featuring Uncle Sam for the OshKosh B’Gosh Union Made Overall menswear company. This tin sign pictured not only advertised the overall brand, but also was designed to advertise the various mercantile stores which sold the OshKosh brand of overalls. Apparently in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota one of those stores was…
Featured is a beautiful Reverse on Glass sign from the Leonhard Michel Brewing Company which was based in NYC prior to Prohibition. This Reverse on Glass round sign features a stunning mixture of royal blue, gold and maroon red coloring. The sign advertises the breweries Special Brew brand of beer. Special Brew was a very…
