Food Restaurant Club Hotel Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1970s sign for the "all new" Market Square Pub in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The sign is painted masonite and drew in patrons at about the time when Portsmouth was on the threshold of entering its renaissance...

ARTIFACT: WWII United Service Organization (U.S.O.) Club Colorado Springs Key and Fob. The brass fob reads: "U.S.O. 8 COLO. SPRINGS" and the key reads: "LOCK & PRODUCT CO. INC. INTERNATIONAL DETROIT, U.S.A." VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1940's - 1950's Lincoln Park (Amusement Park - Dartmouth, Massachusetts) Serving Platter in the Art Lamelle pattern, hand-painted by Buffalo China. The oval platter reads: "LINCOLN PARK" in white painted detail and the reverse reads: "ART...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1923 Monarch Breakfast Cocoa lithographed tin. The center depicts a lion's head and surrounding it reads: "OUR HIGHEST QUALITY TRADE MARK REGISTERED" and "MONARCH COCOA REID, MURDOCH & CO. ESTABLISHED 1853 CHCAGO, ILL. U.S.A."...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880 bottle wood mold for Moxie Nerve Food. Moxie was first marketed in 1878, sans carbonated water, as a medicine by Dr. Augustin Thompson of Union, Maine, and later as a soda. The bottle is in a pale green glass with wonderful...

ARTIFACT: Vintage early 1970's Commercial Aluminum Cookware of Toledo, Ohio professional 8" anodized skillet or omelet pan. This example was manufactured before the company's name was Calphalon. VINTAGE: Circa early 1970's ...

ARTIFACT: Vintage 1980’s ALL-CLAD Master Chef 10” Open Stir Fry Pan (wok). The underside reads: “ALL-CLAD METAL CRAFTERS MASTER 410 CHEF CANONSBURG, PA. U. S. A.” VINTAGE: Circa 1980’s SIZE: Approximately 10” in diameter, Handle: 6 ½”...

ARTIFACT: Great 1960’s vintage Dunkin’ Donuts coffee mug US-made featuring a maroon coffee mug with writing in the shape of a donut about to be dunked into the mug and reads: “DUNKIN’ DONUTS”. VINTAGE: Circa 1950’s SIZE: Approximately 3 ½”...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1950’s – 60’s drink glass from Holiday Bowl in Syracuse, New York. The glass is painted with green details depicting a bowling ball and pin against a round starburst, above reads: “HOLIDAY BOWL” and...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1960’s Beverly Hilton room key and fob for room 657. The fob shows a stylized star burst-like raised detail on the front and the reverse reads: “BEVERLY HILLS/CALIFORNIA”, “THE BEVERLY HILTON”, “PLEASE DROP IN ANY MAILBOX RETURN...

ARTIFACT: This is a great, classic circa 1950s Howard Johnson’s award for five years of service. The Howard Johnson reataurant chain originated in 1925 in Quincy, Massachusetts, and their motor lodges followed in 1954. The award is an enameled tie bar...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1940's - 1950's Commodore Maury Hotel, Norfolk Virginia room key with fob. The center of the fob shows a ship sailing in the ocean and is surrounded by nice raised embellishments and reads: "COMMODORE MAURY HOTEL NORFOLK,...