Featured here is a beautiful whiskey lithograph from the G. W. Schmidt Company in Pittsburgh, PA. This lithographic sign is from the pre-prohibition era. The Schmidt Company was a well known whiskey distiller for many years in PA.
The Gustavus Riesmeyer Distilling company was in business from 1884-1918 in St. Louis, MO at 1322 -1324 Franklin Avenue, now called Martin Luther King Drive. The business apparently went out of business with prohibition never to return like so many once it ended. Ca. 1900 Jugs.
French Market Roasted Coffee Chicory Can, New Orleans Coffee Company, New Orleans, LA Louisiana. Three pound store can.
Here is a very early pre-prohibition era pottery style beer mug from the Fred Sehring Brewing Company which was located in Joliet, IL. This brewery put out a different colorful mug each year, so today collectors can find them dated each year over a dozen years or so. This brewery was a major competitor to…
This is an early half-gallon stoneware whiskey jug from Fred Moll in St. Louis, MO. Circa 1900.
Circa 1920 Paper advertising calendar print with a beautiful Victorian woman from the Fred Husemann Soda Bottling Company in Red Bud, Illinois. Mr. Husemann was in business from approximately 1920 to 1960 in this town in Randolph County, IL.
Pictured is a beautiful coffee bin from the Franklin MacVeagh Coffee and Spice Company in Chicago, Illinois. This large bin would have been used in a General Store, circa 1900.
Featured is an early pre-prohibition serving tray from the Franklin and Hayes Brewery in Pocatello, Idaho. This pre pro tray advertises their Carnation Bud Brand of Beer.
Featured is a beautiful Fountain fine cut tobacco tin can, from the Lovell and Buffington Tobacco Company based in Covington, Kentucky. This fountain image portrays a famous fountain from downtown Cincinnati, just across the river from Covington, KY.
Featured is an early metal serving tray from the Foster’s Brand of Ice Cream. Foster’s was apparently based in Waterloo, but I don’t know if that was IA or NY most likely.
