The Ruhstaller Brewing Company in Sacramento, CA was a very well known and long time producing brewery, known for their prolific colorful advertising in the years before Prohibition went into effect in 1919. In fact, collectors today can find many advertising collectibles from the Ruhstaller brewery and also from the Buffalo Brewery, which were both…
THE IMPERIAL BREWING COMPANY IN KANSAS CITY, MO PRODUCED A RATHER UNIQUE SERVING TRAY: One of the funniest antique advertising items I have seen in years of collecting comes from the Imperial Brewing Company. This company was based in Kansas City, MO. Featured prominently on their pre-prohibition serving tray is an entire bear family. They…
The Bartlett Springs Mineral Water Company was based in Lake County, California. It was a well known mineral water and bath house destination for many northern Californians in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. One of my favorite collectibles from the state of CA are the serving trays which the Bartlett Springs Mineral Water Company…