Here is a beautiful and very colorful general store era coffee bin from the long defunct Closset and Devers Mercantile Company out of Portland, Oregon. This particular bin was used in an old store most likely within 100 miles or so from Portland and allowed a long ago merchant to have his customers pull out…
Featured is a beautiful old wood or wooden beer brewing company box from the Griesedieck family-owned Western Brewing Company which was in Belleville, Illinois prior to prohibition. This box would have carried 24 bottles of beer in it and is the forerunner to the more modern cardboard boxes which started in earnest after prohibition ended…
Here is a beautiful pre-prohibition serving tray from the JG Schemm Brewery which was based in Saginaw, Michigan. The colors on this tray are remarkable, and very representative of the Chas. Schonk tray manufacturing company out of Chicago, IL. The tray verbiage is rather simple, as it simply states “Pure Malt Beer”. I am sure…
Here is one of the series of Faust steins from Anheuser-Busch advertising their brand of beer called Faust. Faust comes from a German play called Dr. Faust, and the devil character is prominent in the play. The Faust family was intermarried into the Busch family, hence, the beer was named after that relationship with the…
Here is a very nice glass counter store display jar or bin advertising the long defunct Dan-D-Bakery which was in East St. Louis, IL around 1920 or so. There are also metal tin boxes with the same set up as this Dan-D-Bakery which have an address on State Street in E. St. Louis on the…
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 is a beautiful and rare wood box from the Star Beverage Company, formerly the Star Brewery which was based in Belleville, Illinois for many years, both pre and post prohibition. During the prohibition years, many breweries produced soft drinks, near beers, and other food products in order to keep their employees going and to…
Here is a beautiful lithograph featuring salt water fish with a nice advertisement from the Moerschel Springs Brewery which was in Saint Charles, MO. St. Charles is a western suburb of St. Louis. The Moerschel family also had a brewery in Jefferson City and Sedalia, MO also, making them one of the few MO brewing…
Here is a beautiful stoneware pottery jug from about 1910 with a nice label for the Clarksville Cider Company which was based in St. Louis, MO at the time. This company was a huge seller of apple vinegar, but also other cider like products including other fruits. Many of the fruits were grown in the…
Here is a beautiful Reverse on Glass style sign from the Anton or A. Friedmann Company which was a whiskey distributor based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Royalty Club brand was one of their trademark brands and biggest sellers. This sign is beautiful and is from the pre-prohibition era when signage was much more durable and…
