What a beautiful tin can! The Goddard Grocer Company which was based in St. Louis, MO but had offices in Hannibal, MO, Cape Girardeau, MO and in Marion & Cairo, Illinois. The company was a well known local coffee producing distributor along with other store bought goods of which they were a wholesaler for. While…
Featured today is a beautiful antique coffee bin from the Henry Horner & Company coffee and tea importers and distribution company which was based in Chicago, Illinois. This particular company was a roaster of coffee beans shipped to them, so they roasted the beans and then sold them at bulk in containers such as this…
I have often wondered why would a coffee company in Portland, OR name itself The Electric Coffee Company? Was their something about the company which made it unique compared to other coffee manufacturers and roasters of that era? Did the plant have an early electricity generated advantage over other coffee competitors, or was the name…
Here is a beautiful wooden general store floor coffee bin from the Evans Coffee Company advertising for their Star brand of coffee, circa 1900. The Evans Company was better known in later years as the David Evans Coffee Co. and was mostly known for their Old Judge brand of coffee and spices. This wood bin…
This particular country general store counter java coffee bin from the Boyd, Leeds & Co. in Boston, MA creatively used an iconic symbol of their area to sell it’s products. When one thinks of lighthouses oftentimes more than not the historical areas of the Northeast come to mind, and the Beacon of a lighthouse is…
I love this beautiful general store coffee bin from the Wm. Scull Coffee Company in Camden, New Jersey. First the bin is so colorful, and with the waiter on the top serving a patron in a very distinguished waiter suit, how can you not love this design? I am not sure what Grinditas stands for,…
I love this colorful general store coffee bin from the W.S. Quimby Company which was based in both Boston, MA and Chicago, IL at the beginning of the 20th century. This 1900-1910 era tin bin served customers who entered the old general stores of that era and who would simply use a scoop to pull…
Featured here is a nice tin flanged style sign from the William Schotten Coffee and Spice Company from about 1920. This particular advertising flange sign was simply hung either outside or inside of an old general store from the wall of the building. Flanged signs have been popular for years, and the bold blue and…
I like this coffee tin from the Biston Coffee Company since it shows an old phonograph radio or record player like instrument in the graphics on the can. I have seen other Radio brand coffee tins with radio waves emitting from the name on that version of can also. One has to realize that the…
The Drake and Company coffee manufacturer which was based in Easton, PA was a very successful company at one time. Their flagship brand was Drako Coffee, obviously a takeoff of the Drake Company name, and with an easy tie into to a drake mallard duck as shown on the image of the can label. This…