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,…
The R & G Corset Factory once ruled not only the streets of Norwalk, CT, but basically the entire United States as their brand of corsets was the largest selling brand in the U.S. Norwalk had the reputation of also being one of the biggest hat manufacturing cities in the U.S. also. Interestingly the company…
Featured is a beautiful pre-prohibition era brewery tray from the Wieland Brewery which was in San Francisco, California. This pre pro tray features their Extra Pale Lager style of beer, with a beautiful warrior princess like image gracing the center alongside a bear. Wieland’s often used Native American images in their advertising, so this is…
Featured is a stunning reverse on glass sign from the C.S. Rogers Distillery which was based in Hudson, New York. This sign is from the 1900 era and is for their Private Stock 1875 Whiskey Brand.
Shown here is an early tin sign from the Bemis Brother and Company plant which was originally based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company also had plants in Boston, MA and Minneapolis, MN around the time this sign was made around 1900. Interestingly the use of a cat image in their sign featured here was…
Here is an early tin sign from the Pierce corporation, an early and very successful gasoline and motor oil manufacturer based in Saint Louis, Missouri. This particular sign advertises their flagship Pennant brand of grease. The Pierce Company also produced an oil rocker drum, which are a highly collected category by the gas and…
Featured is a stunning lithograph from the Mecca Cigarette brand. This brand was at one time the largest selling cigarette brand in the United States. Manufactured in New York City, this brand was best known for their association with early baseball card sets featuring players of the early 1900 era. Today many people know the…
Here is an early framed tin sign for the Modox brand of Nerve Tonic Drinks which were wildly popular in the around the 1900 era. These drinks claimed to calm nerves, cure indigestion, all sorts of stomach ailments, and so forth. Modox used an indian or native American image on most of their advertising promotional…
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.
Featured is a beautiful round tobacco tin can from the John Weisert Tobacco Company which was based in Saint Louis, Missouri. This can illustrates the Checkers Brand of tobacco, which was one of many brands the company made for years. This particular can is from about 1930.
