Food Restaurant Club Hotel Advertising Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful oval serving plate 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 (today the former...

SUBJECT: This is a Topsfield, Massachusetts Country Club lunch plate with a green rim decoration and TCC logo on white. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 8-3/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: China. ATTACHMENT: None...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s key fob from the famous Golden Nugget Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada. The combined hotel/casino opened in the summer of 1946, and is one of the oldest establishments of its kind in Las Vegas, as well as the largest...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Ward’s Bread promotional “Scoop Ward News of Youth” reporter badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8” in height and 1-1/2” in width. CONSTRUCTION/MATERIALS: Plated brass, painted lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1920s serving bowl from the Kaiser-Hof restaurant. The bowl is in restaurant-ware china by Shenango China of Pennsylvania VINTAGE: Circa late 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/4” in height and 8-1/2” in diameter (at...