This is a Saratoga Coffee tin made by C. F. Blanke Coffee, Tea & Spice Company based in St. Louis, MO 1905. The company later expanded to Chicago, Dallas, New York City, Minneapolis and Kansas City, Missouri. The Saratoga Coffee tin is designed to look like a piece of luggage with buckled straps. The C.F. Blanke Company was a main advertiser during the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. The promotional ads during the fair helped propel their coffee business nationwide.
Here is a beautiful and very colorful general store era coffee bin from the long defunct Closset and Devers Mercantile Company out of Portland, Oregon. This particular bin was used in an old store most likely within 100 miles or so from Portland and allowed a long ago merchant to have his customers pull out…
Here is a beautiful tin spice bin from the Morey Mills Coffee Company which was based in Denver, Colorado in the early 1900’s when this bin was made. This particular bin would have been placed in a smaller general store where customers would scoop out the amount of spices they wanted when making their purchase.…
Here is a beautiful stoneware or pottery like coffee pot advertising the Meyer Brothers flagship brand of coffee, the Wide Awake Owl Brand. Typically the company used an owl as their logo on most of their advertising with large wide awake looking eyes! However, this particular fine china style coffee pot simply added their company…
This is a very colorful tin general store counter coffee bin from the Ridenour Bakery Company in Kansas City, Missouri. This bin held 50 pounds of bulk coffee, and was designed to allow consumers to simply scoop out the amount of coffee they needed each time. The Arabia’s Chief brand always featured an Arabic man…
Featured is a beautiful reverse on glass shoe sign from the Burt and Packard Company formerly in Brockton, Massachusetts. This sign advertises their Korrect Shape Brand of shoes. Circa 1905.
Featured is a beautiful tin coffee can from the Biklen Winzer Grocery Company in Burlington, IA. The can features a horse or thoroughbred image with the name Derby Coffee. Whether this is a correlation to the Kentucky Derby or not, I simply do not know. But it would make sense!
Pictured is an early coffee tin can from the Durand and Kasper Coffee Company, which was based in Chicago, Illinois. This particular can is a round canister with a removable lid. It dates to the 1905 era.
Featured is an early stoneware coffee pot from the Cyrus F. Blanke Coffee Company in Saint Louis, MO. This stoneware pot has the Blanke name on the lid, and features their famous Blanke Devil image for their Faust brand of coffee. Circa 1910. The stoneware mug comes in two different handle styles, and also comes…
Pictured is an early General Store Wooden Coffee Bin from the E. C. Scudder and Brother Coffee Company, based in Saint Louis, MO. Later this company became the Scudder-Gale Grocer Company in the 1920’s. An awesome stenciled wooden display piece. Circa 1900.
French Market Roasted Coffee Chicory Can, New Orleans Coffee Company, New Orleans, LA Louisiana. Three pound store can.
Featured is a beautiful tin three pound coffee can from the A.J. Kasper Company for their Turkey Brand of roasted coffee.
Featured is an early metal general store coffee bin from the David G. Evans Coffee Company out of St. Louis, MO. This company was later famous for their Old Judge Coffee Brand.
