Here’s a fabulous Reverse on Glass or ROG beer advertising sign, from the Kessler Brewing Company. This sign was made about 1900 when ROG signs were all the rage, and skilled craftsman were in each major city creating these masterpieces. The Kessler Brewery was based in Helena Montana, and reopened after prohibition ended in 1933. …
Here’s an amazing reverse on glass sign for the General Arthur brand of ten cents cigars. Look closely, and you might recognize the image of the man, it is President Chester Arthur, 21st President of the United States. Using historical or well known political figures to help sell products was a practice alive and well…
Wow! An amazing tin sign is shown here from the once powerful Christian Moerlein Brewery which was based in Cincinnati, Ohio before Prohibition. This particular sign celebrates their World’s Triumphant Master Brew, and features two early blob style beer bottles with tin foil neck labels. This style was popular in the late 1800’s and early…
Here is a great tin sign from the R. W. Bells Company, which was based in Buffalo, New York. The Bells Company made soaps for years, and they were a dominant seller of soap in the market as early as 1880. The Buffalo Brand of soap was perhaps their top seller for many years,…
Pictured is a colorful self-framed tin sign from the James A. Miller Whiskey Distillery, based in Paris, KY. This sign was from the pre-prohibition era, circa 1900. The Chicken Cock brand has been resurrected in the last few years, and continues to build upon the legacy of James Miller’s well selling brand from around 1900.
Featured is a gorgeous metal brewery serving tray from the Kaier Brewery in Mahanoy City, PA. This stock serving tray features advertising for their Beer, Ale and Porter styles of Beer. Circa 1910, pre-prohibition era.
Here is an early reverse on glass sign framed in a gesso frame from the Olympia Brand of beer, out of Olympia, WA. It’s made from Tumwater, and this slogan has lasted for years, as did the horseshoe brand design in the center with the waterfall. This early pre-prohibition sign is from about 1900-1905.
The Saint Bruno Standard Dark Flake Smoking Tobacco was a large seller for years, and still was in business as late as the 1970’s being sold in tobacco shops all around the European area as well as inside the United States. This particular metal sign is very colorful, and certainly would have garnered the attention…
Featured is a very colorful metal serving tray showing a bear and a woman holding a beer while a ship arrives, most likely symbolizing the San Francisco port. This tray was put out by The Wieland Brewery, which was located in San Francisco both prior to and again after the prohibition era. This tray is…
The Deppen Brewery formerly located in Reading, Pennsylvania put out two beautiful boxed Reverse on Glass wood framed corner signs, prior to prohibition. Interestingly, these two varieties are the most common corner signs from that era, as boxes of them were found behind a wall in the brewery, or in a railroad car (I have…
