Advertising Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1950’s – 60’s drink glass from Holiday Bowl in Syracuse, New York. The glass is painted with green details depicting a bowling ball and pin against a round starburst, above reads: “HOLIDAY BOWL” and...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1960’s Beverly Hilton room key and fob for room 657. The fob shows a stylized star burst-like raised detail on the front and the reverse reads: “BEVERLY HILLS/CALIFORNIA”, “THE BEVERLY HILTON”, “PLEASE DROP IN ANY MAILBOX RETURN...

ARTIFACT: This is a great, classic circa 1950s Howard Johnson’s award for five years of service. The Howard Johnson reataurant chain originated in 1925 in Quincy, Massachusetts, and their motor lodges followed in 1954. The award is an enameled tie bar...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1940's - 1950's Commodore Maury Hotel, Norfolk Virginia room key with fob. The center of the fob shows a ship sailing in the ocean and is surrounded by nice raised embellishments and reads: "COMMODORE MAURY HOTEL NORFOLK,...

SUBJECT: This is a fantastic circa late 1940's to early 1950's Bread Delivery Truck Driver Hat Badge for the National Biscuit Company. In business since the 1890's, the National Biscuit Company, or NBC, is now more familiarly known as NABISCO. This...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s pin for five years of service with Market Basket Corporation of New York, a grocery store company. The pin is in sterling silver and red enamel and shows a small shopping basket in relief at its center. VINTAGE:...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s employee badge for White Tower Hamburgers, which got its start in 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The badge is in celluloid and is numbered 7911. The man bearing a burger and coffee at the center is fashioned from the...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1920’s Rockingham Hotel Portsmouth, New Hampshire room key and fob for room #1. The stamped, leather fob reads: “ROCKINGHAM HOTEL PORTSMOUTH N.H.” and above displays a hand-drawn number “1”. The reverse is stamped with a maker’s...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1941 Saylor’s Bread premium pin for the Superman Junior Defense League. Superman debuted in April 1938, and was a popular icon used for promoting bread sales. The reward to a child joining the League was a membership card...

ARTIFACT: Rare, circa 1934 – 1936 original RITZ Crackers One Pound cardboard box. The box features RITZ iconic look, almost larger than life size crackers spread out featuring the initials “NBC” on them, and a large blue circle in the center of the box...

ARTIFACT: Rare, circa 1934 – 1936 original RITZ Crackers One Pound cardboard box. The box features RITZ iconic look, almost larger than life size crackers spread out featuring the initials “NBC” on them, and a large blue circle in the center of the box...

ARTIFACT: Great 1920’s Early Bond Bakers Rye Bread two-sided advertising lithograph on card stock sign. The sign is blue and features an image of a platter of meats and such on a blue and white plaid table cloth and below it reads: “COLD CUTS..AND BOND...