Advertising Related Artifacts & Collectibles

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a great classic circa 1930s or 1940s "old-fashioned" or "lowball" cocktail glass for the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts, founded in 1900. The main part of the green logo on the front of the glass is a W shaped from...

ARTIFACT: Cool old 1930’s Tamworth Inn Room Key Fob with 1970’s – 80’s key, both to Room # 25 of the historic old inn, still standing in Tamworth, New Hampshire. The fob resembles a sunburst with the sun’s rays pointing up and down in an alternating...

ARTIFACT: Great 2lb. size 1920’s Swift’s Silverleaf Brand Pure Lard tin from Wheeling, West Virginia. The handled, tin with its original lid intact reads: “SWIFT’S “SILVERLEAF” BRAND PURE LARD GUARANTEED PREPARED FOR SWIFT & COMPANY, U.S.A. U.S...

ARTIFACT: Cool 1934 Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company 75th Anniversary large celluloid employee badge. The large, orange, white, and blue badge reads: “GROWING UP WITH AMERICA FOR 75 YEARS. The center shows the company’s initials in a blue...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1930’s Mr. Peanut articulated wooden doll. The doll is painted to resemble the iconic advertising, top hat wearing Mr. Peanut. His blue top hat reads: “MR. PEANUT” and is nicely detailed, though missing the brim. VINTAGE:...