This tin coffee can is very colorful and pretty cool. How many coffee cans have you seen with baby chickens on them? It’s a rare design for sure, and the color was certainly an eye catcher. This can is from the 1920-30s era, and is from an Oklahoma based company.
Here is a great old tin sign from the Five Jacks Brand of Whiskey. Made by the L. Michelson & Brothers Distillery in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pre-Prohibition era.
Featured is a gorgeous reverse on glass advertising sign from the Fleischmann Company for their still famous yeast product. Circa 1905.
Jas. Forbes Metal Coffee Bin from St Louis, MO. This container was designed to sell coffee in bulk at the wholesale level. The James Forbes Coffee Company started as the Forbes Coffee Company in St. Louis, MO. Ca 1900
Here’s a really good looking Tin over Cardboard (TOC) sign from the Fort Pitt Brewing Company for one of their flagship brands, Old Shay Ale. Tin over cardboard style signs were originally used around 1915 by a few breweries and other industries, but the vast majority of them started to be used in the 1930-1940s…
Self-Framed Round Glass sign from the Fort Pitt Special Beer brand. Pittsburgh, PA based brewery. Post-Prohibition, circa 1935.
Featured is an early metal serving tray from the Foster’s Brand of Ice Cream. Foster’s was apparently based in Waterloo, but I don’t know if that was IA or NY most likely.
Featured is a beautiful Fountain fine cut tobacco tin can, from the Lovell and Buffington Tobacco Company based in Covington, Kentucky. This fountain image portrays a famous fountain from downtown Cincinnati, just across the river from Covington, KY.
Here is a tough Fox Lake, Wisconsin Brewing Company metal serving tray from the small community in WI. This tray was made by the 20th Century Studio in Coshocton, OH. This company was a jobber for the larger printing companies in Coshocton at that time, probably started by a few artisans who tried to run…
Featured is an early pre-prohibition serving tray from the Franklin and Hayes Brewery in Pocatello, Idaho. This pre pro tray advertises their Carnation Bud Brand of Beer.
