WEST BEND, WI BREWING CO BEER MUG!
Featured is a nice stoneware souvenir or giveaway beer mug from the long defunct pre-prohibition era brewery in West Bend, Wisconsin. This mug advertises their celebrated lager style of beer.
GOLDSMITH, SILVER & Co.’s M.C.A. Cigars provided appeal!
Featured is a beautifully illustrated cigar box full of cigars from the Goldsmith, Silver and Company for their M.C.A. brand of 10 cent cigars. This Boston, MA based company produced this small serving tray around 1900. I love the coloring, and the image of a ready to serve appeal full of very well defined cigars…
ABERDEEN BREWING PRIMA BEER SERVING TRAY, ABERDEEN, WA. Ca. 1905
Here is a beautiful pre-prohibition era serving tray from the long defunct Aberdeen Washington brewery. This particular tray is colorful, and advertises proudly their Prima brand of bottled lager beer. The use of a nice patriotic USA colored shield helps provide more color and eye appeal. One of the fun facts about this brewery is…
GILT EDGE BEER SERVED DETROIT IN STYLE!
Featured is a stunning pre-prohibition serving tray from the Union Brewing Company out of Detroit, Michigan. This particular metal tavern or saloon tray advertised a well known turn of the century beer in Detroit called Gilt Edge. The tray incorporated a lot of patriotic colors in the design, not surprising as patriotism was at a…
ARMAS DEL REY HAVANA CIGARS CARDBOARD SIGN
Here is a beautifully illustrated cardboard sign from the Armas Del Rey brand of cigars. Circa 1910 era.
PEERLESS BREWING CO. CARDBOARD BEER BOX. WASHINGTON, MO. Ca. 1935
Here is a tough to find post prohibition brewery beer box from the Peerless Brewery in Washington, MO, just outside St. Louis. Cardboard boxes of this era are generally difficult to find as they were simply not as durable as their wooden counterparts.
COLLEGE YELL TOBACCO VERTICAL POCKET TIN TIN
Featured here is a very hard to find tobacco tin from the College Yell brand of smoking pipe tobacco. This tin was made about 1910-1920 era.
THE SUNSHINE HAT, GAUSS HUNICKE HAT CO., ST LOUIS. 1884
Here is a 1884 dated lithograph from the Gauss-Hunicke Hat Company which was based in Saint Louis, MO. The litho advertises The Sunshine, A Misses Hat for 1884. This hat company was one of the bigger hat manufacturers in the U.S. in the late 1800’s. Much of their trade went to the ships heading out…
LANG’S BISCUIT & CANDY, MONTREAL, CANADA LITHOGRAPH. Circa 1900
Featured is a beautiful lithograph from the Lang Biscuit and Candy Company which was based in Montreal, Canada in the early 1900’s. Hello Mr. Grocer is captioned with a young girl on the phone making a call the grocer making her order. An outstanding litho with the image and the color both.
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CO., BUFFALO, N.Y. LITHOGRAPH. Circa 1908
Featured is a beautiful lithograph from the American Agriculture Chemical Company which was based in Buffalo, New York in the early 1900’s. This lithograph comes with a calendar for the year and features a young girl with a patriotic flag in her hand. This company was known for their fertilizer products used by farmers for…