Stoneware advertising mug from the Harrisburg, PA Bottling Works, which was a branch depot for the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. This mug features the AB trademark eagle logo, 1900-1905 era
An early serving tray from the Pilsen Brewing Company in Kewanee, Wisconsin, WI.
Scarlet and Blue Tobacco Cut Plug Tin from the Booker Tobacco Company which was based in Richmond, VA.
Here is a beautiful early lunch pail or lunch box style tobacco tin from the U.S. Marine brand.
Strater Bros Brothers Tobacco Company Penny Post Lunch Pail Tobacco Cut Plug Tin.
Tobacco lunch pail or lunch box tin from the Pritchard and Burton Company which was based in London, England for many years. The Boars Head Brand was their main selling tobacco.
The small town of Waterloo, Illinois is known primarily as a bed room community to the St. Louis metropolitan area. The simple proximity to the large city allowed many residents to commute daily to their jobs for years. However at one time Waterloo was known for their primary employers which were a couple of milling companies…
THE SLEEPY EYE MILLING CO. – A LEADER IN THE FLOUR INDUSTRY: One of the more collectible advertisements sought after today features a distinctive Indian chief which was put on just about every Sleepy Eye Flour brand of advertising giveaway possible in the early 1900’s. The Sleepy Eye flour brand logo featured a distinguished Indian…
Polly wants a cracker! Who hasn’t heard the old saying, “Polly wants a cracker?”. This well-known phrase was certainly part of the Dozier Weyl Cracker Company advertising campaigns. They were based in St. Louis, MO and cleverly used a parrot in their advertising to help them sell their cracker products. The parrot is illustrated in…
Fake Signs being Passed off as Authentic A sad but realistic trend in the advertising collectibles hobby is fake signs being introduced into the market by some unscrupulous dealers. The cause of this is simple: antique signs bring extraordinary prices created by the strong demand from a very limited supply of antique items to their…
