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I love this serving tray from the Bartlett Spring Mineral Water Resort in Lake County, California. This particular serving tray says San Francisco, however, that location was simply a depot where the product was sold in the city. The mineral water was actually produced and mainly sold in the Lake County area, which is approximately…
DetailsSt. Louis Post-Dispatch speaks with the Antique Advertising Expert St. Louis Post-Dispatch features writer, Valerie Schremp Hawn, interviewed The Antique Advertising Expert, Randy Huetsch, for an article regarding his historical perspective of the Cook’s Imperial Champagne which was made by the American Wine Company, St. Louis, MO. The American Wine Company was formally located inside a stone building, that…
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I have always thought the idea of mixing a tobacco product with an flower was a strange marketing combination, but the Orange Flower Brand of quality cigars apparently was successful enough to make it work! Collectors today can often find the Orange Flower brand round cigar can fairly easily, helping illustrate the brand sold quite…
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Nic Nac Chewing Tobacco Tin Counter Display Can.
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Here’s an early lithographic print from the Old Forester Brand of Whisky, stating “Guarding A Good Thing in Arizona”. This print is circa 1910, and from the pre-prohibition era. The Brown and Forman Company was a Louisville, KY based whiskey distiller.
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I have always enjoyed the color and beautiful graphics from this century old pre-prohibition era serving tray put out by the Hudson County Brewing Company in West Hoboken, N.J. In the shadow of New York City, and with the major competition from Gottfried Krueger in Newark, George Ehret in NYC, and others, the Hudson County…
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One of my favorite self-framed tin signs I have seen is this beautiful Wyandotte Detergent sign from the J. B. Ford Company based in Wyandotte, MI. This Indian logo was used for many years, and the company advertised “The Indian in the Diamond was in every package”. From what I have seen, the Indian…
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This is a very colorful tin general store counter coffee bin from the Ridenour Bakery Company in Kansas City, Missouri. This bin held 50 pounds of bulk coffee, and was designed to allow consumers to simply scoop out the amount of coffee they needed each time. The Arabia’s Chief brand always featured an Arabic man…
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Featured is an outstanding reverse-on-glass style advertising sign from the American Brewing Company, this one in Baltimore, Maryland. The glass is beautifully centered inside a wood gesso style frame. This pre-prohibition era sign is from about 1900.
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I found this early Leland, Smith & Company Mascotte brand of cigar advertising to say the least. Typically when collectors find early lithographs from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s they find very pretty woman or girls adorning the ads. The young woman featured on this lithographic appears to be a bit heavier than…
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