Food Restaurant Club Hotel Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful 19th century nautical match strike from Portsmouth, NH. The frame may look distressed, but that is intentional, adding more to the look of this piece. The paper artifact is in excellent condition with little wear...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1910's advertisement key fob for Bull Brand Feeds from Maritime Milling Co, Buffalo, New York. VINTAGE: Circa 1910's SIZE: About 13/16" x 1-5/8 CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel Plated Steel. ATTACHMENT: None MARKINGS: "BULL...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1930's Revere Sugar sack with the Nation Recovery Act on the top and great Paul Revere graphics. The sugar refinery that this came from was stationed in Boston, Massachusetts. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's SIZE: Size: 15-3/4" x...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1950's pewter-top glass stein advertising The Student Prince in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was made in Germany by Franz Herb. It has very nice circular indentations in the glass, providing and interesting texture. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool vintage 1949 Hilton Hotels creamer made by Walker China. VINTAGE: Circa 1949 SIZE: Appr: 2-3/8" x 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Porcelain ATTACHMENT: None MARKINGS: "HILTON HOTELS. WALKER CHINA VERIFIED BEDFORD,...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Deco glass ashtray from the 1940s advertising Hap Miller's Restaurant in York, Pennsylvania, just east of Route 30. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 15/16" in height and 3-3/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice blue and white china soup bowl by Greenwood China for the Hampton Casino in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. This bowl is circa 1890s, and at that time the Casino was owned by the Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway (E.E. & A...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful first issue Mount Washington Hotel bellman badge. The grand Bretton Woods, New Hampshire hotel opened on July 28, 1902, and its builder, Massachusetts millionaire Joseph Stickney, was dead before Christmas of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1970s sign for the Market Square Pub in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The sign is painted masonite in a wooden frame, and shows a painted pineapple, the international symbol of welcome. The sign drew in patrons at about the...

ARTIFACT: This is a unique 1890s golf club-shaped drink stirrer from the Rockingham Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Rockingham Hotel was a luxurious establishment started by larger-than-life local hero Frank Jones and which operated until 1973...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver Hard Rock Café pin from the club's ninth location grand opening celebration in Houston on November 6, 198The first hard Rock Café was established in London in 1971 and became known for its musical memorabilia. The pin...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful, late 1940's vintage Las Vegas El Cortez Hotel & Casino ashtray. Built in 1941, the El Cortez is one of the few casinos that have yet to change its exterior facade or signage, the ranch themed architecture has remained for more...