Radio Coffee Tin, Biston Coffee Co., St. Louis, MO. Circa 1925

RADIO COFFEE COULD ENTERTAIN YOU!

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…

Universal Brand Coffee Tin, E. B. Miller & Co, Chicago, IL. Circa 1920

UNCLE SAM WAS TRULY UNIVERSAL!!

I love this coffee can from the E.B. Millar & Company Coffee Manufacturing Company which was based in Chicago, IL. In a time people in the United States were much more patriotic than they seem to be today, Uncle Sam was used in many branding images, from coffee products like this one, to tobacco, beer,…