Food Restaurant Club Hotel Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a small drinking glass from Yoken's, a locally famous Portsmouth, New Hampshire restaurant and gift shop started in 194Yoken's had an animated sign showing a whale who spouted water and slapped his tail to draw people inside. The glass...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous 1950s dinner plate from the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel in New Castle, New Hampshire. The Wentworth is a resort hotel made famous for being the spot where the Russian and Japanese signers of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty lodged...

ARTIFACT: This is a cigar/cigarette ashtray from the Coral Island Hotel in Bermuda. The hotel was formerly the Frascati and was later torn down to make way for condominiums. The ashtray is from the 1950s and is made by Bauscher Weiden. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a Yoken's Restaurant side plate from just after their opening in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 194Yoken's was a locally famous restaurant and gift shop with an animated sign showing a whale who spouted water and slapped his tail to draw...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 German-made Boehms' Cafe' advertising stein from Lawrence, Massachusetts. The stein's ceramic body was done in earth tones featuring both wonderful foliage and a king seized by the inspiration of Bacchus. The main medallion...

ARTIFACT: Scarce circa 1963 vintage Portsmouth, New Hampshire Badger Creameries ½ gallon milk bottle with original "Plasti-Grip" handle. The front of the ½ gallon reads: "BADGER FARMS' CREAMERIES" in orange painted details and the base...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1890s-1900s mini-mug match holder from New York City's famous Marlborough Rathskeller saloon. The mug is cream-colored and reads MARLBOROUGH RATHSKELLER in red. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s-1900s. SIZE: 2-1/4" height and 1-13/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1969 stein from Wentworth by the Sea, a resort hotel in New Castle, New Hampshire, famous for being the spot where the Russian and Japanese signers of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty lodged in 190The stein sports an insignia showing a sea...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce "Lucky Mr. Peanut" pin from the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York. The pin is on its original card. Mr. Peanut, the Planters' Peanuts mascot, was 33 at the time of his World's Fair appearance. The pin shows him standing in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s room key fob for the Hotel John Marshall, once the largest hotel in Virginia. It opened in Richmond, Virginia in 1929 and took its name from the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. In its day it hosted many movie...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early 1900s room key fob from the grand Belvedere Hotel of Baltimore, Maryland. Opened during the 1903 holiday season, the Belvedere was a luxury establishment in the upscale Mount Vernon district. The Belvedere building...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s inn key fob from the historic Brown Square House in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Built in 1801 by shipbuilder and merchant Moses Brown, Brown Square House is a stately federal building which now contains the Garrison Inn...