The Olean New York Brewing Company certainly understood the value of advertising when the put out this square Rheingold Beer on their original metal tray. It is well known with most marketers that animals, babies and you kids sell the best, as they get peoples attention oftentimes. Who can resist not looking up when a…
Featured is a gorgeous reverse on glass advertising sign from the Schmidt Brothers Brewery in Cincinnati, Ohio. This ROG style sign was made around 1900. Lager beer was a commonly made and also a huge selling beer in many cities, especially where the German immigrants had settled. Cincinnati was one of those cities, known as…
Featured is a beautiful Reverse on Glass advertising sign from the William Simon Brewery which was based in Buffalo, New York, prior to the prohibition era. This particular ROG sign advertises their flagship Simon Pure Brand, which remained the companies flagship brand even after prohibition ended in 1933. The Simon Pure brand was essentially…
This beautiful serving tray from the J. G. Schemm Brewery in Saginaw, MI is one of the prettier pre-prohibition serving trays I have seen in a long time. The colors are simply unique and the image of what appears almost to emulate a stained glass window in the center differentiates the tray from others. The…
I find this particular stock serving tray from the Ferd Heim Brewery somewhat interesting. I am not sure why, but it appears the small child is playing a flute, perhaps to bring his mom or the leading woman in his life into his view. This particular tray is widely popular with early antique advertising companies,…
Featured is a stunning reverse on glass sign from the D. G. Yuengling Brewery which is based in the small town of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. This sign advertises their original name, the Eagle Brewery. The sign also proudly boasts their various styles of beer, Ales, Porter, and Extra Fine Lager beer. The frame is a gilded…
Antique advertising collectors have many categories of advertising items which they tend to prefer over other types of items. This Schmidt’s Beer lighted bullet style sign is one of those categories where modern collectors try to find any design they can. These early lights were very popular with companies in the mid to late 1930’s,…
I have always loved the E. Tosetti Brewery’s use of an eagle image hovering over a wooden beer barrel. This classic image can be found on many early stoneware drinking steins or lidded mugs from the iconic Chicago brewery. The Tosetti Breweries Steins can be found in several shapes and sizes. Each one is easily…
One of my favorite pre-prohibition era advertising pieces is the beautiful Bohemian Beer charger from the Buffalo Brewing Company in Sacramento, CA. This metal charger incorporates an unusual greenish blue two-tone color combination which was not often used in early advertising promotional items. The tray is pretty devoid of an advertising slogan, other than to…
I have always enjoyed the color and beautiful graphics from this century old pre-prohibition era serving tray put out by the Hudson County Brewing Company in West Hoboken, N.J. In the shadow of New York City, and with the major competition from Gottfried Krueger in Newark, George Ehret in NYC, and others, the Hudson County…