Randy Huetsch, Author at The Antique Advertising Expert

Heim Brewery Celluloid Bottle Beer Hand Mirror, East St. Louis, IL — Zoom Details

Heim Brewery Bottle Beer Celluloid Hand Mirror, East St. Louis, IL. Circa 1900

Celluloid Pocket Mirror Pre-Prohibition Pocket Mirror, East St. Louis, IL advertising Heim Bottle Beer. Circa 1900

VICTORIAN BEAUTY AND THE DIAMOND WEDDING SHINE! 1910

WhiskeyBy Randy Huetsch May 28, 2015

DIAMOND WEDDING WHISKEY SELF-FRAMED TIN SIGN, 1910 A beautiful Victorian woman is featured on this antique advertising tin sign for Sloman’s Diamond Wedding Pure Rye Whiskey, circa 1910. The whiskey was produced by August Baetzhold in Buffalo, New York. I think it’s interesting how many of the early distilleries and breweries highlighted beautiful woman in…

1890- 1940 Hutch & ACL Soda Bottles — Zoom Details

Hutchinson & ACL Painted Label Soda Bottles, Waterloo, Millstadt, & Valmeyer, IL. Circa 1890-1942

SodaBy Randy Huetsch May 10, 2015

This is a collection of various soda bottles from the towns of Waterloo, Millstadt and Valmeyer, Illinois. The Charles Boeke bottle from Waterloo, IL is a Hutchinson or “hutch” style soda bottle which would have required a porcelain stopper in the top held in place by the wire bail

Stone Hill Winery Metal Charger Sign, Hermann MO — Zoom Details

Stone Hill Wine Co. Metal Charger Sign, Hermann, MO. Circa 1900

WineBy Randy Huetsch May 10, 2015

Pictured is a metal charger sign from the Stone Hill Winery Co. in Hermann, Missouri. Circa 1900. This metal charger has two small holes on the rim area designed to allow it to hang on the walls of a local establishment which was selling their product.

Anheuser-Busch Stoneware Syrup Dispenser, St. Louis, MO. Circa 1910 — Zoom Details

Anheuser-Busch Stoneware Syrup Dispenser 5 cents, St. Louis, MO. Circa 1906

BrewerianaBy Randy Huetsch May 10, 2015

Pictured is a stoneware syrup dispenser with a brass nozzle advertising Anheuser-Busch beverages for 5 cents. Circa 1905. This may have been used for their Malt Nutrine drink possibly which was a pre-prohibition era and prohibition era drink put out by the brewery.

Steeleville Milling Co, Banner Flour Victoriaan Die Cut Lithograph, Steeleville, IL. Circa 1905 — Zoom Details

Banner Flour Victorian Lithograph Die Cut, Steeleville, Illinois Milling Co., Circa 1910

BakeryBy Randy Huetsch May 10, 2015

Pictured is an early Victorian era die cut lithograph from the Steeleville, IL Milling Company advertising their Banner brand of Flour. Circa 1910.

Heim Brewery ROG Corner Sign, East St Louis, IL. Circa 1910 — Zoom Details

Heim Beer, Brewed in East St. Louis Reverse on Glass Corner Sign. Circa 1905

BrewerianaBy Randy Huetsch May 10, 2015

This Reverse-on-Glass Corner Sign is from the Heim Brewery in East St. Louis, IL, Circa 1905. The sign’s glass is reverse painted red with brilliant gold lettering outlined in black and reads, “Heim Beer Made in East St. Louis.”

Edward Westen Tea & Spice Co. Tin Sign, Cook's Pride Coffee, St. Louis, MO. Circa 1900 — Zoom Details

Cooks Pride Roasted Coffee Metal Sign, Edward Westen Tea & Spice Co., St. Louis, MO. Circa 1900

CoffeeBy Randy Huetsch May 10, 2015

Colorful metal sign advertising the Cook’s Pride Brand of roasted coffee from the Edward Westen Tea and Spice Company in St. Louis, Missouri. Circa 1900. This sign has a colorful deer head on the logo.

Heim's Select Brewery Beer Serving Tray 1910 — Zoom Details

Heim Select Beer Metal Serving Tray, Heim Brewery, E. St. Louis, IL – Kansas City, MO. Circa 1910

BrewerianaBy Randy Huetsch May 9, 2015

This is a early metal serving tray advertising the Heim Select Beer brand which claims it is the “The Best Table Beer”. The Heim Brewery was in East St. Louis, IL & in Kansas City, MO. The East St. Louis location was the first, but one of the brothers moved to KC and started the second location in the 1890’s.

Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Ganeymede Meyercord Sign, St. Louis, MO. Circa 1905 — Zoom Details

Budweiser “Ganeymede Bringing Budweiser to the Gods” Meyercord Wood Sign, Anheuser-Busch. Circa 1905

BrewerianaBy Randy Huetsch May 9, 2015

A nice example of a Meyercord Wooden Sign advertising the Budweiser beer brand from Anheuser-Busch. The depiction shows an eagle carrying a young boy with the description “Ganeymede Bringing Budweiser to the Gods