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 were used often in the early 1900’s in early antique advertising and I suspect that was because the images helped sell the products which incorporated them into their eventual product sales. Rock Island is part of the Quad Cities area in the Northwestern part of the state of IL and into IA.
