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A beautiful metal sign advertising the Vat Pilsener beer brand from the Schorr-Kolkschneider Brewery in St. Louis, Missouri. Circa 1915. The sign advertised the Vat brand as “The Pride of St. Louis”. The Schorr family was very active in brewing in the United States with breweries in St. Louis, MO, Waterloo, IL, New Orleans, LA, Memphis, TN and Hannibal, MO. The family started brewing in the 1500’s in Germany. The Schorr-Kolkschneider brewery was on Natural Bridge Road in North Saint Louis. This sign is a pre-prohibition era self-framed tin sign. The brewery did restart in business after prohibition ended, but they eventually were bought out in 1939, at which time, the Schorr Brau, S-K., Vat, and Cabinet brands were all discontinued.
Featured is a very nice early reverse on glass brewery sign from the Wiedemann Brewery which was based originally in Cincinnati, Ohio. This ROG style sign is very rare, and features beer bottles from both the Wiedemann and Royal Amber brands of beer. Wiedemann was later brewed in Kentucky before the brand was eventually closed…
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Here is a great lighted sign from the Engelking brand which was made in Springfield, Illinois, both pre prohibition and post prohibition. This lighted sign is from the mid 1930’s I believe. This sign denotes the brand as “Famous for it’s Quality”. This brand was made by the Springfield Brewing Company, of which Conrad Reisch…
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Featured is a beautiful curved corner sign from the G.B.S. and Co. Brewery in Baltimore, Maryland. This tin corner sign was from about 1900, and was made by the Tuchfarber Lithograph Company based in Cincinnati. Ohio. This sign is very similar to to an Eigenbrot Corner Brewery Sign, also from Baltimore. The colors and shapes…
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Here’s a fabulous Reverse on Glass or ROG beer advertising sign, from the Kessler Brewing Company. This sign was made about 1900 when ROG signs were all the rage, and skilled craftsman were in each major city creating these masterpieces. The Kessler Brewery was based in Helena Montana, and reopened after prohibition ended in 1933. …
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Wow! An amazing tin sign is shown here from the once powerful Christian Moerlein Brewery which was based in Cincinnati, Ohio before Prohibition. This particular sign celebrates their World’s Triumphant Master Brew, and features two early blob style beer bottles with tin foil neck labels. This style was popular in the late 1800’s and early…
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Featured is a gorgeous metal brewery serving tray from the Kaier Brewery in Mahanoy City, PA. This stock serving tray features advertising for their Beer, Ale and Porter styles of Beer. Circa 1910, pre-prohibition era.
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Here is an early reverse on glass sign framed in a gesso frame from the Olympia Brand of beer, out of Olympia, WA. It’s made from Tumwater, and this slogan has lasted for years, as did the horseshoe brand design in the center with the waterfall. This early pre-prohibition sign is from about 1900-1905.
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Featured is a very colorful metal serving tray showing a bear and a woman holding a beer while a ship arrives, most likely symbolizing the San Francisco port. This tray was put out by The Wieland Brewery, which was located in San Francisco both prior to and again after the prohibition era. This tray is…
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The Deppen Brewery formerly located in Reading, Pennsylvania put out two beautiful boxed Reverse on Glass wood framed corner signs, prior to prohibition. Interestingly, these two varieties are the most common corner signs from that era, as boxes of them were found behind a wall in the brewery, or in a railroad car (I have…
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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 beautiful pre-prohibition era brewery tray from the Wieland Brewery which was in San Francisco, California. This pre pro tray features their Extra Pale Lager style of beer, with a beautiful warrior princess like image gracing the center alongside a bear. Wieland’s often used Native American images in their advertising, so this is…
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