Advertising Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s pin for Snaider’s Syrups, which was incorporated in New York in 1933. The pin is in lithographed tin and advertised the company’s chocolate syrup. The pin is by L. J. Imber Company and reads I PLEDGE TO DRINK MILK WITH...

ARTIFACT: This is a 75th anniversary celluloid pin for Breyers Ice Cream, a company that began in1866 in Philadelphia. The Breyers leaf insignia is shown at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1941. SIZE: 1-3/4” height and 2-1/2” width...

ARTIFACT: This is an old bottle for Horlick's Original Malted Milk Lunch Tablets with the contents; however, the contents appear to have melted together (smells good, though!). At the time, the price on the label was 10 cents! J&W Horlicks was started...

SUBJECT: This is a circa 1930s H. P. Hood & Sons thirty years of service hat badge for a milk deliveryman. Hood began manufacturing dairy products in 1846 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The badge claims that the wearer is part of the “Quarter...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1930s safe driver pin for Borden’s Milk by Whitehead & Hoag. Borden began producing dairy items in Connecticut as early as 1857. The pin is in 10 karat gold and shows a banner bearing three enameled stars beneath an eagle...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1950's show glass advertising for Huey’s Drive-In Liquors. There are three marked-off levels in red paint: LADIES, MEN (a little higher up) and HOG, the closest line to the top. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old Wade China advertising pourer for Beefeater Gin. The term “beefeater” applies to the guards of the Tower of London and may have been derived from the payment given the guards: different forms of meat. The pourer is shaped...

SUBJECT: This is a pin for Fox Head “400” beer, a beverage brewed by Fox Head Brewery since the late 19th century. The pin is orange and reads I DRINK THAT FOX HEAD “400” BEER BECAUSE IT’S BREWED WITH “WAUKESHA” WATER. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. ...

SUBJECT: This is a great celluloid pin for Budweiser, a beer made by Anheuser-Busch, a Missouri brewery since 1862. The pin reads HELP YOURSELF WITH BUDWEISER TRADE MARK REG U.S. PAT OFF. and shows the Anheuser-Busch logo as well as some union marks...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous 1930s Catalin plastic advertising bar topper with beer foam scraper for Beverwyck Beer-Ale from Albany, New York. The white frosted glass scraper reads BBBB BEVERWYCK BEER-ALE IRISH BRAND CREAM ALE and has warning on the...

SUBJECT: This is a great Anheuser-Busch driver’s hat badge from the 1930s. Anheuser-Busch has been a Missouri brewery since 1862. The company’s insignia is at center with the A in brilliant red enamel and is flanked by a pair of wings. VINTAGE:...

SUBJECT: This is a post-Prohibition pressed board sign from the Frank Jones Brewery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Frank Jones was an iconic figure, businessman and politico in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. The...