This particular Golden Pheasant Marshmallow can from the Pacific Coast Candy Company is an interesting combo to say the least. How the use of the word “pheasant” and “marshmallow” came to be added together to form a product name is beyond my imagination. However, it was approximately 100 years ago, and as a result, modern…
I like this particular self-framed tin sign image because of the simplicity of the advertising image. The use of a young girl holding a box of chocolates provides an image of a innocent sweet child serving a sweet chocolate candy treat. There is no other verbiage on the sign, and in my opinion, no other…
I have always enjoyed this brilliant lithograph from the Valley City Milling Company which was in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This particular early 1900’s lithograph proudly displays their factories with images of their Globe Mills and Valley City Flour Mill plants. In the center the company brilliantly displays their flour bags, in many colors. This contrast…
I have always enjoyed the logo incorporated here by the Parrott-Taggart Baking Company in Indianapolis, IN. After all, who couldn’t enjoy seeing a smiling moon looking pretty content eating a cracker? Similar to the pictured advertising label which was placed on the side of a wooden cracker crate, the company extensively used an image of…
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…
The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company produced a very unique self-framed tin sign pictured here around 1900, which incorporated an old fashioned tea or in this case, a cocoa and chocolate party! This sign has proven to be a collector favorite and whenever it is at auction, if the condition is good, the value is also good. …
One of my favorite antique advertising items is this large oval advertising tray from the Candy Brothers Manufacturing Company in St. Louis, MO. The Candy Brothers Manufacturing Company was started in the 1870’s by brothers Robert, Thomas and Sydney Candy. The business was based in St. Louis, however, they eventually opened a second location in…