I have always liked the image the Ceresota Flour brand used in the early 1900’s of a young boy using a large knife to cut through a giant loaf of bread. The bread appears to be about the same size as the boys entire chest area! Where the parents were to help the child,…
This is an early tin lard can from the Burdorf Family Sanitary Market in Red Bud, Illinois. Circa 1920.
Here’s a fantastic reverse on glass corner sign from The Barry Shoe Company out of Brockton, Massachusetts from around 1900. The caption “Above All” is tied into the image of a man holding a shoe over the world globe. The sign features stunning gold leaf artwork in the lettering. This corner sign is a great…
Cooks Wine and Imperial Champagne Co Glass Advertising Paperweight, St. Louis Missouri Company. The American Wine Company was one of the nations largest wine producers and they sold their wine far and wide. Ca. 1910.
Featured is a beautiful lithograph from the American Agriculture Chemical Company which was based in Buffalo, New York in the early 1900’s. This lithograph comes with a calendar for the year and features a young girl with a patriotic flag in her hand. This company was known for their fertilizer products used by farmers for…
Tenn-Cola Tip Tray for their soda brand. This one says “At Founts” & “In Bottles” with a 5 cent designation. The tray features a Saint Bernard dog with a cigar.
Here is a great lithograph from the Temple Plug Chewing Tobacco for their cut plug brand of tobacco. An interesting type of black americana which was common for tobacco in this era. This fancy chew is advertised on this one, the man looks like he is sheepishly enjoying the product.
Here is a beautiful Tin over Cardboard soda sign from the Taka-Kola brand, a very popular brand around 1900. The sign says “At Founts, 5 cents, In Bottles”. The woman in the center was a common image in many different Taka-Cola advertising pieces in the early 1900’s.
Pictured is a very colorful ceramic syrup dispenser from the Taka-Kola brand, circa 1915. In the early 1900’s many soda companies produced Kola brands which were designed to compete against the more famous Cola, i.e. Coca-Cola.
The Taka-Kola brand was a very well known early 1900’s soda brand which produced many types of advertising, including this beautiful tip tray. Circa 1910.
