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.
Here is a beautiful advertising tin from the C. F. Blanke Coffee and Tea Company based in St. Louis, MO. This tin simply showed the pride that the company and the residents had for the United States shortly after the conclusion of the Spanish American war, and with the troubles brewing in Europe before WW1…
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 beautiful metal or tin serving tray from the American Wine Company for their famous Cooks Imperial Champagne. This particular tray was made by the Shonk Sign Company in Chicago, IL. The Top Hat man is eating oysters and is dressed as a very sophisticated guy as shown. Cooks wine is still made…
