49th Annual Antique Bottle Show, St. Louis, MO, Sunday, March 17, 9am – 2pm Stop by the 49th Annual Antique Bottle and Jar Show this Sunday to see thousands of colorful antique glass and stoneware bottles. There will be over 115 tables worth of merchandise for sale at this show. Over the past 20 years, I…
The 7 Up Brand certainly did well with their advertising slogan, “It Likes You”, considering collectors today can find many variations of advertising products with this well known and steadfast slogan the brand incorporated. This particular signs also used another commonly used slogan from 7Up on the top, where the sign says “Fresh Up With…
The Whistle Soda Brand of Golden Orange Goodness was for years one of the better selling soft drinks in the United States. Invented in the 1920’s, the brand was synonymous with an elf or several elf characters featured on their advertising pieces. Most of the elves are shown working busily either hauling soda cases with…
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 Horse Shoe Cut Plug Tobacco was certainly creative with their advertising images over 100 years ago. I have seen several ads from the Drummond Tobacco Company in St. Louis, MO where the cut plug pieces formed an item in the advertisement. This great lithograph uses a play on words about how valuable time is by incorporating…
Before the advent of the automobile in the late 1800’s, horse’s ruled the world for transportation. No one owned a horse without a saddle if they wanted a comfortable ride, and the Meyer-Bannerman Company in St. Louis, MO led the way in the U.S. for sales of their leather saddle ware. As a non-horseman, I…
I love the graphics from Dr. Harter’s Cherry Bitters featured in this 1895 lithograph. It appears the dog is wearing a nurse hat with the product name on it, while playing a drum featuring a bottle of Dr. Harter’s Elixer on the drum itself. The young girl is waiting patiently, as if almost praying while…
The Excelsior Brewing Company in South St. Louis produced some fabulous advertising pieces in the early 1900’s. Many of the companies giveaways at that time incorporated a knight logo into various items including enameled beer glasses, tip trays, beer bottle labels and posters. The knight logo is always holding a flag in his hands which proudly proclaims their Pilsener…
One of the familiar sites in the city of St. Louis years ago was the Pevely Dairy delivery wagon which would go from neighborhood to neighborhood delivering the companies dairy products. On the side of the wagon was advertising for their products. In many historic photos, it shows the company’s slogan “Baby First” was on…
A 1898 Anheuser-Busch Beer Tray – An Extremely Rare Vintage Collectible This is one of my favorite collectibles – a beautiful beer serving tray referred to as the “Page Boy” or “Court Jester” tray made for Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association in St. Louis, MO in 1898. This colorful tray is listed in the Vintage Anheuser-Busch Collector’s…