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Shown here is an early 1900’s era tin sign from the Quaker Oats Company, advertising their Quaker Flour, sold in cotton bags. Quaker Oats had a plant in Canada as shown on the bag. Known the world over, for every baking purposes, the sign incorporates a colonel quaker gentlemen in the advertisement.
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Here is a great tin sign from the Falstaff brand of beer. Falstaff originated with the William J. Lemp Brewing Company which was based in St. Louis, MO. This brand eventually opened up multiple breweries throughout the United States, including New Orleans, LA, San Jose, CA, Omaha, NE, Cranston, R.I., Tampa, FL, etc. The blue…
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Featured is a beautiful serving tray from the National Brewing Company which was based in Syracuse, NY. The name National Brewing Company was used in other cities also, including a large one in St. Louis, MO. However, this tray clearly states it is for the one in Syracuse. The tray rims advertising their Ales and…
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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…
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I was very happy to recently acquire an early general store wood cabinet with gorgeous etching on the front glass from Dr. J. H. McLean’s Medicinal Empire in St. Louis, MO. This cabinet would have been filled with bottles of Dr. McLeans Medicines and been on display in an early store. I believe this cabinet…
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Featured is a beautiful self framed tin sign from the Sharples Tubular Separator Company, which had factories in both Chicago, Illinois and West Chester, Pennsylvania around 1900. I have always loved this sign, as the image shows a young girl standing by her mother I would assume just wanting to help with the chore. Of…
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Here’s a fantastic reverse on glass corner sign from The Barry Shoe Company out of Brockton, Massachusetts from around 1900. The caption “Above All” is tied into the image of a man holding a shoe over the world globe. The sign features stunning gold leaf artwork in the lettering. This corner sign is a great…
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Featured is a rather interesting tin sign from the Old Crow Sour Mash Whiskey Brand, made by the W.A. Gaines Company. The W. A. Gaines Company started in 1868 in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky and remained in business until the start of prohibition. The use of rats crawling over the sour mash whiskey bottle baffles me,…
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The R & G Corset Factory once ruled not only the streets of Norwalk, CT, but basically the entire United States as their brand of corsets was the largest selling brand in the U.S. Norwalk had the reputation of also being one of the biggest hat manufacturing cities in the U.S. also. Interestingly the company…
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I love this piece of advertising, as admittedly, many people would question just how much of a heart and soul Uncle Sam really has, or how he was used in conjunction with a newspaper claiming to have both “heart and soul”. Back when this sign was produced, apparently the Denver Post Newspaper felt Uncle Sam…
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