Here is an early reverse on glass sign framed in a gesso frame from the Olympia Brand of beer, out of Olympia, WA. It’s made from Tumwater, and this slogan has lasted for years, as did the horseshoe brand design in the center with the waterfall. This early pre-prohibition sign is from about 1900-1905.
This is a unique lighted sign from the Star Peerless Brewery in Belleville, Illinois advertising their flagship Oltimer brand of premium beer. Circa 1940’s.
Celluloid Button Sign from the Star Peerless Brewery in Belleville, Illinois, in St. Clair County. Ca. 1935. Button signs are highly collected by a large group of people in the breweriana collecting circles. Circa 1935.
Featured here is a great image of the Old Virginia minstrel or quartet dance stage group. These characters are dressed for a play, and are surely characters in the play given their unusual dress or costumes. The Old Virginia Brand was one of the biggest selling tobacco brands for most of the 20th century era.
Circa 1930 Old Judge Paprika Spice Tin from The David Evans Coffee company in Saint Louis, MO. This brand later became one of the biggest sellers in the United States keeping St. Louis as the coffee manufacturing capital for many years.
This is a nice Old Judge Coffee three pound coffee can, manufactured by The David G. Evans Coffee Company in St Louis, MO. Circa 1930.
Featured is a beautiful old lithograph poster advertising the well known Old Judge cigarette brand, a big seller from the Goodwin & Company, cigarette manufacturers in New York City in the 1900 era. This lithograph is stunning in that it is simple, and by simple, doesn’t need a lot of advertising verbiage other than the…
Here’s an early lithographic print from the Old Forester Brand of Whisky, stating “Guarding A Good Thing in Arizona”. This print is circa 1910, and from the pre-prohibition era. The Brown and Forman Company was a Louisville, KY based whiskey distiller.
Featured is a rather interesting tin sign from the Old Crow Sour Mash Whiskey Brand, made by the W.A. Gaines Company. The W. A. Gaines Company started in 1868 in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky and remained in business until the start of prohibition. The use of rats crawling over the sour mash whiskey bottle baffles me,…
Abelard Duchateau Distilling Company Metal pre-prohibition era sign from Green Bay, WI.
