Advertising Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1910’s – 1920’s olive/pickle fork/drink stirrer from the Columbia restaurant in Tampa, Florida. The Columbia restaurant is the oldest in Florida, it was opened in 1905 and is still in existence today. It reads: “SNITCHED FROM...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1912 mug from the Boston, Massachusetts Stewards’ Association annual supper, which was held at the American House on May 27th of that year. The reverse of the mug presents some debatable wisdom: HERE’S TO MARRIAGE:- AN...

ARTIFACT: Cool 1880's bar room table match holder from the famous Russel House in Detroit, Michigan. The holder features the image of a royal eagle, wings spread, wearing a crown, and bearing a shield on its chest that shows the letters: "RH" entwined...

ARTIFACT: This is a celluloid advertising pin for Aunt Jemima’s pancake flour mix. The pin shows Aunt Jemima herself proudly proclaiming, “I’SE IN TOWN HONEY!” VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: 7/8” diameter...

ARTIFACT: 1950’s H. P. Hood Milk Delivery “Star Driver”, 7 Star Safety Award lapel pin, unmarked by L. G. Balfour. The shield shaped pin shows a five point star at the top and beneath it reads: “H. P. HOOD STAR DRIVER”. The pin shows the number “7” and...

ARTIFACT: 1950’s Sealtest Ice Cream 6 year Safety Club Member (safe driver) lapel pin made of gilt brass with enameled detailing. VINTAGE: Circa 1950’s SIZE: 11/16”x 3/4” CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Gilt brass and enamel...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful early 1950's Nu-Maid Margarine (early Oleomargarine) waxed carboard box. The box shows a woman in a bonnet carrying a plate with a stick of butter and surrounding it reads: "TABLE" GRADE NU-MAID VEGETABLE OLEOMARGARINE”,...

ARTIFACT: 1952 pint milk bottle from Mount Hermon Boy’s School, scarce institutional bottle. The Mt. Hermon Boy’s School is now Northfield Mount Hermon School (NMH) and is located in Gill, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 1881, the school aimed at...

ARTIFACT: This is an unused Breyers’ Ice Cream on half-pint box from the 1940s. The box shows the Breyers’ leaf logo printed in color on two sides, along with their "Pledge of Purity" and their motto: “Made Better, Tastes Better”...

ARTIFACT: Cool 1938 National Dairy Delivery Truck driver, 1 Year Safe Driving award. The blue, gold, and white enamel pin reads: “ONE YEAR” along the top. The center shows a gold and blue shield that features the letters: “N P” and through the center it...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful, minty, 1941 Portsmouth, New Hampshire Badger Farms Creameries milk bottle. The front reads: “BADGER FARMS CREAMERIES” in orange painted detail and above reads: “ONE QUART LIQUID”. The neck of the bottle shows a...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1930’s – 1940’s Cold Spring Farms, Pennsylvania milk pint bottle with baby logo. The red painted logo shows a baby in a sitting position holding something outstretched in the viewer’s left hand, perhaps a milk bottle, below it reads:...