I love this piece. To the reader, I am sure many are wondering why this print is backwards? Most probably think the photo image of this Minstrel Beer printers block lithograph was simply reversed before it was added to this story. However, that is not the case. This and thousands of others like this from…
Here is a beauty, an electric clock featuring the infamous ABC beer brand from the American Brewing Company which was based in St. Louis, MO both pre-prohibition and post-prohibition era’s. This particular clock comes in both a red and gold colored background, and are identical in styles except for the color scheme. At one time…
Featured is a stunning reverse on glass sign from the D. G. Yuengling Brewery which is based in the small town of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. This sign advertises their original name, the Eagle Brewery. The sign also proudly boasts their various styles of beer, Ales, Porter, and Extra Fine Lager beer. The frame is a gilded…
I have always loved the E. Tosetti Brewery’s use of an eagle image hovering over a wooden beer barrel. This classic image can be found on many early stoneware drinking steins or lidded mugs from the iconic Chicago brewery. The Tosetti Breweries Steins can be found in several shapes and sizes. Each one is easily…
Recently I was fortunate to have been able to acquire the metal Klausmann Brewery beer corner sign featured on the left side in this photograph from a fellow pre-prohibition era breweriana collector. While I owned the Anheuser-Busch sign first pictured on the right, I was very interested in pairing the two similar designed signs, particularly…
The Louis Hoster Brewing Company in Columbus, OH, opened in 1836 and became a household name and product by the 1900 era. The Hoster Brewery became one of the largest regional breweries in the Columbus area. This particular tray clearly documents the hustle and bustle activity of this particular brewery, and would lead the viewer…
One of the more intriguing advertising items I have found recently was the use of a peacock by the August Schell Brewing Company of New Ulm, MN for their Malt Prohibition era drink. This beautiful lithograph features a pretty young woman staring admirably at a beautiful peacock which is standing next to her. I was…