Food Restaurant Club Hotel Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1920’s Rockingham Hotel Portsmouth, New Hampshire room key and fob for room #1. The stamped, leather fob reads: “ROCKINGHAM HOTEL PORTSMOUTH N.H.” and above displays a hand-drawn number “1”. The reverse is stamped with a maker’s...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1941 Saylor’s Bread premium pin for the Superman Junior Defense League. Superman debuted in April 1938, and was a popular icon used for promoting bread sales. The reward to a child joining the League was a membership card...

ARTIFACT: Rare, circa 1934 – 1936 original RITZ Crackers One Pound cardboard box. The box features RITZ iconic look, almost larger than life size crackers spread out featuring the initials “NBC” on them, and a large blue circle in the center of the box...

ARTIFACT: Rare, circa 1934 – 1936 original RITZ Crackers One Pound cardboard box. The box features RITZ iconic look, almost larger than life size crackers spread out featuring the initials “NBC” on them, and a large blue circle in the center of the box...

ARTIFACT: Great 1920’s Early Bond Bakers Rye Bread two-sided advertising lithograph on card stock sign. The sign is blue and features an image of a platter of meats and such on a blue and white plaid table cloth and below it reads: “COLD CUTS..AND BOND...

ARTIFACT: This is a great classic circa 1930s or 1940s "old-fashioned" or "lowball" cocktail glass for the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts, founded in 1900. The main part of the green logo on the front of the glass is a W shaped from...

ARTIFACT: Cool old 1930’s Tamworth Inn Room Key Fob with 1970’s – 80’s key, both to Room # 25 of the historic old inn, still standing in Tamworth, New Hampshire. The fob resembles a sunburst with the sun’s rays pointing up and down in an alternating...

ARTIFACT: Great 2lb. size 1920’s Swift’s Silverleaf Brand Pure Lard tin from Wheeling, West Virginia. The handled, tin with its original lid intact reads: “SWIFT’S “SILVERLEAF” BRAND PURE LARD GUARANTEED PREPARED FOR SWIFT & COMPANY, U.S.A. U.S...

ARTIFACT: Cool 1934 Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company 75th Anniversary large celluloid employee badge. The large, orange, white, and blue badge reads: “GROWING UP WITH AMERICA FOR 75 YEARS. The center shows the company’s initials in a blue...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1930’s Mr. Peanut articulated wooden doll. The doll is painted to resemble the iconic advertising, top hat wearing Mr. Peanut. His blue top hat reads: “MR. PEANUT” and is nicely detailed, though missing the brim. VINTAGE:...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1934 Quaker Oats Babe Ruth “How to Play Baseball” complete set of four booklets in excellent condition. Each booklet covers a different aspect of playing the game, “How to Play the Outfield”, “How to Throw Curves...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s sheet of unused hotel stationery 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...