Here is a beautifully colored 1907 souvenir lithograph from the Theo R. Helb Keystone Brewing Company which was formerly in York, PA. This souvenir giveaway is similar to many breweries which handed out yearly calendars in the 1900 era. However, most of these pieces are very hard to find, and many are simply lost to…
Here is a very nice reverse on glass (ROG) style advertising sign from the Nathan M. Uri distilling company which was in Nelson County, featuring a home address in Louisville, Kentucky. This sign advertises their International Whiskies, which apparently was a brand of theirs at one time prior to the start of prohibition in 1919.…
This metal or tin serving tray from the Northampton, Pennsylvania Brewery advertised their Pilsener brand of beer. This tray is very colorful, has the ability to attract a potential customers eyes to their product visually with the great beer bottle graphics and color, and of course, advertised a local product in and around the Northampton…
Here is a nice version of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Brewing Company for their Emmerling brand of beer.
Here is a beautiful metal or tin serving tray from an era just before Prohibition from the Erie, Pennsylvania Brewing Company advertising their Beer, Ale, Porter beers with the National, Wiener, and other beer styles of that era they were producing. This tray is very colorful and represents a smaller brewery in an era when…
Here is a nice tin sign featuring the Hanley Kinsella Company Shield brand of coffee and an image of their coffee can featured prominently on the sign. The H-K brand can be commonly found on many spice tins, as that was their main product line I suspect, but the coffee bins and tins are found…
Here is a very nice tin old general store coffee bin from the Closset and Devers Company which was based in Portland, Oregon around the early 1900′ era. Coffee bins like this were used by hundreds of people each work to pull out bulk coffee beans, so finding them in pristine condition is very tough…
Here’s a great rolled or curled edge tin sign advertising Freeland lager beer from the long defunct Freeland, Pennsylvania brewery during the pre-prohibition era. This sign has a stock image with the beautiful female image, but the rest of the sign was designed specifically for this particular brewery. If you have any items from the…
Here’s a really good looking Tin over Cardboard (TOC) sign from the Fort Pitt Brewing Company for one of their flagship brands, Old Shay Ale. Tin over cardboard style signs were originally used around 1915 by a few breweries and other industries, but the vast majority of them started to be used in the 1930-1940s…
This tin coffee can is very colorful and pretty cool. How many coffee cans have you seen with baby chickens on them? It’s a rare design for sure, and the color was certainly an eye catcher. This can is from the 1920-30s era, and is from an Oklahoma based company.
