I love this beautiful tin coffee bin advertising the prolific Nave & McCord Mercantile Company in Saint Joseph, Missouri. The coloring on this tin is very bold, and the lettering is larger than typically seen on many general store large coffee bins of this era, circa 1900-1910. The Nave & McCord business was a large…
Here is a rather unique tin sign, one that I love as it differentiates an early type of gasoline by calling itself “Auto Gasoline”. This is not surprising as this was an era where automobiles were very scarce still, and a luxury to own. Many were still riding horses to work, etc. The Bell Oil…
This particular curved glass corner sign was designed to hang outside of saloons or taverns in the 1900 era whereby beer from the Charles Schibi Brewery was being sold to thirsty patrons inside! Oftentimes because of the curved design and the wooden backed frame, these signs were put up outside the establishments in a pair,…
I have always loved this celluloid matchsafe from the John B. Busch Brewing Company out of Washington, MO, a smaller city of 10,000 plus residents on the Missouri River banks, about forty miles or so from St. Louis, MO. This brewery was founded by a cousin of the more famous August Busch Brewing family from…