Featured is a nice reverse on glass sign from the Freeport Distillery owned by A. Guckenheimer & Bros in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. This ROG sign is circa 1900 and mentions the 1893 Columbian Exposition on the sign as well.
Circa 1940s Griesedieck Bros Lighted Back Bar Sign, St. Louis, MO. This brewery was originally called the Griesedieck National Brewery and the family was involved in multiple breweries in Belleville and East St. Louis, Illinois in addition to the Saint Louis market.
The Griesedieck brothers brewery was a flagship brewery in St Louis, outselling the Budweiser brand of Anheuser Busch for many years. The family was involved in multiple breweries in St Louis and in Belleville and East St. Louis, Illinois also at one time or another.
Circa 1950 Griesedieck Bros Double Mellow and Lager Flat Top Beer Cans, St. Louis, MO. This brewery was in business for many years and was originally called the Griesedieck National Brewery in Saint Louis Missouri. The Griesedieck family was involved in multiple breweries in St Louis and in Belleville and East St. Louis, Illinois
Circa 1950 Metal Cooler from Griesedieck Bros Brewery, St. Louis, MO. The GB Brand outsold Budweiser for many years and sponsored the St Louis Cardinals Baseball team for a long time.
This is a rare serving tray from The Great Western Wine Company based in St. Louis, MO, 1898 featuring Admiral George Dewey.
To School Well Fed, Grape-Nuts Self Framed Tin Sign, Circa 1910
Featured here is a nice cardboard sign from the Grape Sparkle soda pop brand. I find this sign interesting as the brand claims to be a wine flavored drink, but does not designate itself as a soft drink, although it clearly was based on other advertising of the era. Circa 1930’s, when many brands were…
Featured is a beautifully illustrated cigar box full of cigars from the Goldsmith, Silver and Company for their M.C.A. brand of 10 cent cigars. This Boston, MA based company produced this small serving tray around 1900. I love the coloring, and the image of a ready to serve appeal full of very well defined cigars…
Featured is an early round metal serving tray from the California Brewing Association in Napa, CA for the Golden Ribbon Beer Brand. This tray features a woman galloping through the desert on a horse, a very unusual design, and to my knowledge, not a stock style tray. Circa 1910, Pre-Prohibition era.
