West Virginia Beer TOC Sign

Here is a E&B Special Beer Sign from the Ekhardt & Becker Brewing Company located in. Detroit, MI.  This sign is from the 1940s era and is in very good condition considering how old it is. It approximately 14″ by 10″ and is made of lithograph-printed tin wrapped over a cardboard backer.  The sign was made by the Bastian Brothers Company located in Rochester, NY.  The graphics on the sign depict on of the brewery’s flagship beers “E&B Special Beer” with the text that reads “Here’s Heath!” and “It’s Kraeusened”.  The German term “Kraeusened” is meaning for the addition of actively fermenting wort as an inoculant to induce fermentation in a different batch of wort or beer.

Here is a ABC Beer Lighted Sign from the Aztec Brewing Company located in San Diego, CA.  This ABC Beer Lighted Sign is from the 1940s era and is in excellent condition for it’s age. The graphics on this sign depict a ABC Supreme Beer Bottle with the typography reading "The Supreme Brew" and "Class in a Glass"; the sign is very eye catching when lit as well when it’s off.  Signs like this one would have been displayed on the bar back to advertise to patrons about ABC Supreme Beer. This sign was made by the Cincinnati Advertising Products Company located in Cincinnati, OH; and were also known as "Blue Ribbon Displays" under the Cincinnati Advertising Products Co. name.  This style of sign was known as a "bullet light" also known a "shield light", and was usually made of a curved piece of reverse-painted glass mounted on a wooden base, with a metal shroud and was back lit. NOTE: This rare bullet light however, is made of reverse-painted plastic mounted on a wooden base. It is guaranteed antique and original.

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