Food Restaurant Club Hotel Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT:  This is a circa 1910's advertising clicker for Lowney’s, a Massachusetts candy company started in 190The clicker is advertising Lowney’s “Hey Eddie” candy bar, which at the time cost 5 cents. VINTAGE: Circa 1910's. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a Classic Little America Hotels Adv. Buckle featuring "Emperor" the Penguin.  Vintage Late 1070's Made by Jhonson & Held. VINTAGE: Vintage Late 1970's SIZE: Approximately 3" x 2-13 /16" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel, ...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful and minty charm bracelet from the Heinz Pavillion at the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York. The bracelet has four detailed can-shaped charms representing Heinz products, such as baked beans and soup, as well as a charm...

ARTIFACT: This is a great ashtray from the Wichita Hotel in the shape of a cowboy hat. The ashtray is reminiscent of an oversized Monopoly piece and reads LASSEN HOTEL WICHITA, KANS. FAMOUS FOR IT'S (sic) FOOD on the brim. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s prize for Cracker Jacks, America's perennially popular peanut and popcorn snack. The prize is shaped like the "Clermont" of the Hudson River Steamboat Company. The Clermont was designed by Robert Fulton with a paddle-wheel...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare vase from the famous Rex Hotel in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam). Originally an automobile garage built during the late 1920s, the building began its conversion into a luxury hotel complex in 195Four hundred United...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early 1960s ashtray from the Continental Palace Hotel in Saigon. Now called the Hotel Continental of Ho Chi Minh City, the hotel was originally built in 1880 under French Colonial rule of Vietnam. Its Old World ambiance...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early 1960s ashtray from the Continental Palace Hotel in Saigon. Now called the Hotel Continental of Ho Chi Minh City, the hotel was originally built in 1880 under French Colonial rule of Vietnam. Its Old World ambiance...

ARTIFACT: This is a tea cup and saucer from the early nineteenth century for the Boston Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The club has been around since 186The saucer is made in England and stamped on reverse. We also have a Boston Yacht Club...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1908 soup bowl from the Moosehead Lake Yacht Club (MLYC) in Greenville, Maine. The bowl dates from the same year as the start of MLYC, which was initially at the Mount Kineo resort hotel and is now based out of a marine museum...

ARTIFACT: This is a large oval serving platter from the early nineteenth century for the Boston Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The club has been around since 186The platter is made in England and stamped on reverse. We also have a Boston Yacht...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1934 member badge for the Dick Steel, Boy Reporter News Service Club. The Sick Steel show aired on NBC Radio for one season. The Educator Biscuit Company sponsored the popular yet short-lived show and supplied all manner of...