Shown is a beautiful tin sign from the brewers of Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch, featuring their prohibition era drink called Bevo. This sign comes in a couple of varieties, one featuring a 5 cent slogan, and this one which does not include the bottle price on the piece. Anheuser Busch survived through the dark days of prohibition…
Here is an early salted peanuts tin can from the Amesbury, Massachusetts F. M. Hoyt and Company, which produced the Buffalo Brand of Peanuts. For early advertising tin collectors, salted peanut cans have always held high esteem and value since there are so few which remain today, and the colorful graphics which were used on…
This is a very interesting historical self-framed tin sign from the MK Goetz Brewery in Saint Joseph, MO depicting one of their employees, Jerry. Jerry was thought to be a mythical figure, but after some research was done a few years ago apparently Jerry was an employee who was very warmly regarded by the Brewery…
Here is a very tough early pre-Prohibition era serving tray from the Candandaigua Brewery in N.Y. State. This metal oval shaped tray features The Connoisseur serving their High Hopped India Pale Ale Beer. This brewery tray is not a stock tray, as I have not seen it on another brewery serving tray, or at least…
How often do you buy evaporated milk in today’s fresh from the market economy? Probably not often at all, unless you want some unusual recipe which calls for the product. But 100 years ago evaporated milk was all the rage, as it could be stored differently in a world where cooling refrigerators were a dream…
The A.M. Hellman Company was one of the most prolific whiskey distillers in the United States prior to the turn of prohibition in 1933. The company was known for their Old Crow brand of whiskey, but as this shot glass shows, they also advertised often for their Gold Seal brand of rye whiskey. The company…
Here is a great prohibition era malt extract products company brand from the Blatz Products Company in Milwaukee. Blatz started making malt extracts like many breweries as prohibition loomed in order to keep the lights on and gainfully employ their workers. Blatz was one of the more successful companies in this endeavor along with Schlitz,…
Here’s a fabulous Rueter and Company Reverse on Glass sign, circa 1900 from the long defunct Boston, Massachusetts Brewery. The company was known for the ales and porter style beer. Later Rueter merged and formed a partnership with Ally, and was called the Rueter and All Brewing Company prior to prohibition starting.
Featured here is a beautiful whiskey lithograph from the G. W. Schmidt Company in Pittsburgh, PA. This lithographic sign is from the pre-prohibition era. The Schmidt Company was a well known whiskey distiller for many years in PA.
Pictured here is a stunning reverse on glass San Antonio Brewing Ass’n or Association gesso style round sign from the 1900 era. This style Gesso wood frames were popular in the early 1900’s, and as a result, are very popular with collectors still today. The reverse painted glass signs often need maintenance today as the…
