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This spectacular self framed tin sign from the Indianapolis Brewing Company was put out to commemorate the breweries award winning success at the St. Louis 1904 Worlds Fair event. This metal sign has an image of a goddess like creature with a building which is possible the fine arts building and certainly shows the Grand Basin on the Saint Louis Worlds Fairground site as well. The sign advertises three of their brands, Progress, Hoosier, and Dusseldorfer brands of beer. Dusseldorfer was awarded the Gold Medal at the fair as the company proudly proclaims on this sign. Unfortunately with prohibition coming soon, the company could only celebrate for 15 short years before prohibition was signed into law in 1919, ending the breweries business once and for all.
Featured is a beautiful pre-prohibition era metal or tin serving tray from the S. Bolton’s Sons Brewing Company, which is from about 1910. This brewery was a prominent one in early Troy, and collectors can find various pieces of advertising from this brewery still today. Unfortunately like so many other breweries, the business ceased to…
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Featured here is a very nice metal serving tray from the Geneva Brewing Company out of Geneva, New York. This pre-prohibition era tray says “Ask For Geneva Home Brew” which was one of their beer products this upstate N.Y. brewer made in the pre-pro era before prohibition ended their run. The tray is a stock…
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Featured here is a tough to find button sign, essentially a tin over cardboard round sign which was a popular style just after prohibition ended in 1933. Button signs are highly collected today, and were made well into the 1940’s in the United States with the U.S. based breweries. The Fecker Brewery was in Danville,…
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Featured is an amazing Reverse on Glass sign from the Besley Brewing Company Brewery which was in Waukegan, Illinois outside Chicago prior to prohibition. This particular ROG sign might be one of the many brewery signs which were found unfinished in the Western Sandblasting Company find of the 1980’s. I am not sure however. The…
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Here is a very early pre-prohibition era pottery style beer mug from the Fred Sehring Brewing Company which was located in Joliet, IL. This brewery put out a different colorful mug each year, so today collectors can find them dated each year over a dozen years or so. This brewery was a major competitor to…
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Featured is an early pre-prohibition era tin over cardboard sign from the United Breweries Company out of Chicago, Illinois, proudly featuring their flagship brand, Bullfrog Beer. This wood look themed tin style sign was used by other breweries at this time, however, the uniqueness of the bullfrog inclusion certainly makes this a sign unique to…
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Featured here is a beautiful self framed tin sign from the Hoster Brewery in Columbus, Ohio. This pre-prohibition era sign features a couple of the beer bottle brands from this large brewery. The Hoster Columbus Associated Breweries Brewery was started in 1836 by Louis Hoster, however, it died with the advent of prohibition in 1920. …
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Featured is an impressive metal serving tray from the American Brewing Company which was in Pekin, Illinois prior to Prohibition. This tray is a stock tray, meaning it is one where the image was sold to potential breweries, and the breweries simply had the manufacturing tray company insert their name on the tray. This tray…
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Shown is a beautiful tin sign from the brewers of Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch, featuring their prohibition era drink called Bevo. This sign comes in a couple of varieties, one featuring a 5 cent slogan, and this one which does not include the bottle price on the piece. Anheuser Busch survived through the dark days of prohibition…
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This is a very interesting historical self-framed tin sign from the MK Goetz Brewery in Saint Joseph, MO depicting one of their employees, Jerry. Jerry was thought to be a mythical figure, but after some research was done a few years ago apparently Jerry was an employee who was very warmly regarded by the Brewery…
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Here is a very tough early pre-Prohibition era serving tray from the Candandaigua Brewery in N.Y. State. This metal oval shaped tray features The Connoisseur serving their High Hopped India Pale Ale Beer. This brewery tray is not a stock tray, as I have not seen it on another brewery serving tray, or at least…
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Here is a great prohibition era malt extract products company brand from the Blatz Products Company in Milwaukee. Blatz started making malt extracts like many breweries as prohibition loomed in order to keep the lights on and gainfully employ their workers. Blatz was one of the more successful companies in this endeavor along with Schlitz,…
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