This tin sign is simply a classic design, very commonly used, with the gold and black color combination. For whatever reason, and I assume simply for the reason the colors were vibrant and a nice contrast, the gold and black coloring scheme was very common in the early 1900’s across multiple advertising product industries. This…
This pre-prohibition tin serving tray has always been one of my favorites. The use of a native American, or Indian if you prefer on a canoe advertising the Rock Island Brewing Companies beer is priceless. The imagery of this brewery tray is very colorful, and was certainly eye appealing to potential buyers. Native American images…
Here is beautiful metal or tin serving tray from the Bethlehem, PA based Uhl Brewery. The Uhl Company sold Lager Beer as indicated on this tray. The tray is a stock tray, meaning this image was used by many different companies in the 1900-1915 era prior to prohibition.
Here is a great and very early metal serving tray from the Henry Zeltner Brewing Company which was in New York City. This particular tray advertises their Old-Fashioned beer style and also their Dark and Light along with their Extra Pale brands of beer. This particular brewery was in a very competitive New York City…
Here is one my favorite stock trays, the dogs playing poker and drinking beer while smoking cigars! This particular version of this stock tray comes from the Buffalo Brewing Company out of New York. Being a stock tray, this simply means that many different advertisers chose this image and then asked the printing companies to…
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 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…
