Wow! I was fortunately to recently pick up an amazing piece of St. Louis, MO history. Featured today is an early Tiger wood coin bank from the once famous Tony Faust restaurant which was at 4th and Elm Street. This location is now under the Gateway Arch grounds in downtown Saint Louis. The coin bank…
Featured is a rather comical lithograph from the Garland Stove and Range Company which was based in Detroit, MI. This is a funny litho featured the claim “Please shut the door or beware of the dog”. The interesting thing is the image of what appears to be a bulldog with eye glasses and an old…
I find this antique advertising sign interesting to say the least. The Hamilton Brown Shoe Company, which in the early 1900’s when this sign was made was the largest shoe manufacturer in the United States. Apparently the company was so proud of their products that they used the ad campaign, “Under the Knife” to demonstrate…
The Rochester New York based Bartholomay Brewing Company produced a rather risque series of advertising calendars in the late 1800’s which featured drawings of nude woman in them. This particular 1894 dated calendar image features the companies trademark round wheels with wings on it, a rather unique symbol which would not be confused with other…
Here is a great lithograph from the United States Brewing Company out of Chicago, Illinois featuring President George Washington and his staff enjoying some Cabinet Export Bottled Beer. This particular lithograph claims that this was the “First in the Country”, which I don’t know what that claim exactly means today? Cabinet beer was a brand…
What a better way to establish the superiority of your brand by calling it “Pennant”? I think it is safe to assume that the word pennant connotates a winner or champion, so naming an automobile oil “Pennant”, you would assume this oil is going to help your car run either fast or extremely well! And…
There are many articles which have been written about the history of the Coshocton, Ohio Advertising artwork companies in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. During this period hundreds of thousands of advertising signs, coasters, ashtrays, serving trays, and other advertising gimmicks were put out by the massive corporations which resided in Coshocton, OH at…
The W. H. Baker Flour Company was very proud of their Gold Medal Award in 1878 at the Paris Exposition as illustrated in this early plaster sign. Of course, why not? Interestingly I have found that these early Expos and Worlds Fair events often had multiple winners of medals given at the same event, and…
Featured is an incredible oval serving tray from the National Brewing Company which had been based in Syracuse, N.Y. prior to prohibition. This oval metal tray advertises their India Pale Ale and another Ale, however the brewery was also known and very proud in their advertising for their Brilliant Ale brand. I would suspect a…
This stunning lithograph artwork poster from the Dillard Remedy Company in East Bangor, PA came with a interesting guarantee of the product costing the buyer nothing if they were not satisfied with the product. While this is more common to see this in today’s world, I have not really seen much any advertising from the…