Food Restaurant Club Hotel Advertising Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1966 token or gaming coin for the Playboy Club in London, England. Soon after gambling was legalized in the United Kingdom in 1965, a Playboy Club opened in the English capital. The Playboy Bunny is on one side and a picture of...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1930s Howard Johnson's worker badge #201-2 by Whitehead & Hoag. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: About 15/16" in width by 1-1/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver plated nickel with enamel accents. ATTACHMENT: Vertical...

ARTIFACT: This is a 3D Mr. Peanut that is also a whistle. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s-50s. SIZE: About 2-1/2" in width by 7/8" in height and about 3/8" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Early hard red plastic. ATTACHMENT: None. MARKINGS: The only marking...

ARTIFACT: This is a small informational brochure for the Hamilton Hotel in Bermuda. It looks as though it is/was a large summer resort. The pamphlet tells briefly of the charms of Bermuda and then goes on to tell the history of the Hamilton which the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1954 Zippo lighter with a factory-engraved advertisement for Meyer's Sea Food featuring a lobster. The lighter has a chromed brass case with a chromed steel insert. VINTAGE: Circa 1954. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool turtle-shaped bottle opener from the 1930s advertising Grove Grocery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Grove Grocery was a luncheonette on Sagamore Avenue that also sold sundries including beer and ale. The turtle is craning his neck...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful enameled Victorian era brooch with an image of the famous Tip-Top House on Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Built as a hotel in 1853, the Tip-Top still stands today, although it is no longer a hotel. It is however the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1936 "lucky penny" from the famous Stork Club in New York City. The penny is a wheat penny encased within a outer ring of aluminum that reads SONNY KENDIS AND HIS ORCHESTRA DINNER-SUPPER-DANCING GUS MARTEL AND.HIS RHUMBA...