Circa 1940s Griesedieck Bros Lighted Back Bar Sign, St. Louis, MO. This brewery was originally called the Griesedieck National Brewery and the family was involved in multiple breweries in Belleville and East St. Louis, Illinois in addition to the Saint Louis market.
The Griesedieck brothers brewery was a flagship brewery in St Louis, outselling the Budweiser brand of Anheuser Busch for many years. The family was involved in multiple breweries in St Louis and in Belleville and East St. Louis, Illinois also at one time or another.
Circa 1950 Metal Cooler from Griesedieck Bros Brewery, St. Louis, MO. The GB Brand outsold Budweiser for many years and sponsored the St Louis Cardinals Baseball team for a long time.
This milk bottle is from the Waterloo IL Illinois Milk Company and featured a red-painted label, Ca 1940 The label on the backside of the bottle displays two babies and states “Babies Grow With Us”.
Adolphus Busch and Anthony Faust Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser and Faust Beer advertisements in the form of felt pennant signs are some favorites in my personal collection. These ads reveal an interesting history about two long-time friends. Adolphus Busch, the German co-founder of Anheuser-Busch Brewery in 1861, was a very close friend with Anthony (Tony) Faust who…
