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About Antique Beer Trays
The first beer advertising trays were produced in the 1890s, and they remained popular for decades. Twelve and thirteen inch round trays were the most common, although most pre-Prohibition trays were oval. Other varieties included tip trays, solid brass trays, and porcelain enamel trays. Graphics varied widely, including ornate lettering, brewery scenes, pretty girls, comic-type characters and animals.
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Upcoming Events
- Western States Beer Show
Mar 25–27. Las Vegas, NV. - APIC Northern California Spring Political Show and Sale
Apr 10. Berkeley, CA. - 35th Annual Spring Beer Can & Breweriana Blast
May 2. Medina, OH.
Interviews & Articles
An Interview With Antique Beer Stein Collector Frank Loevi
I’ve been a beer stein collector for about 25 years. About 10 years ago I sold my business, a specialty database pr… [more]
An Interview With Comic Character Advertising Pinback Collector Mark Lansdown
I started off collecting comics, and still do, but I’d been given a few early Disney pinbacks as a child and always… [more]
An Interview With Antique Advertising and Porcelain Enamel Sign Collector Alex Renshaw
How did I get started collecting advertising antiques? My dad was a lecturer and tutor in graphics and art from the… [more]
An Interview With Porcelain Advertising Sign Collector Michael Bruner
I liked to collect things even as a child. Things that didn’t cost anything, like different colors of stones. The… [more]
Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)
Beer Tray Information Site
A treasure trove of beer trays for the breweriana enthusiast! Divided up by brewery, geography, and theme, it's eas… [read review or visit site]
Red Fox Chapter
The guys at the Connecticut Chapter of the Brewery Collectibles Club of America have created a full-on tribute to t… [read review or visit site]
Advertising Antiques
This classy looking British site features hundreds of high resolution photos of antique porcelain pre-war (enamel) … [read review or visit site]
Ad Access
Duke University's library has pulled together an impressive collection of over 7,000 ads printed in U.S. and Canadi… [read review or visit site]
Bottle Cap Index
Assembled by Gunther Rademacher with the help of several other contributors, this collection of over half a million… [read review or visit site]
Plan 59
From the Nostlagia Factory in Virginia comes this celebration of 'mid-century automotive advertising illustrations'… [read review or visit site]
Just For Openers
This site features photos of beer advertising openers from the early 1900s, organized alphabetically by state. But … [read review or visit site]
American Package Museum
Ian House's gallery of early 20th Century American package designs. Browse the exhibits in slide show mode or view … [read review or visit site]
British Beer Labels
This pre-1965 collection is organized alphabetically by brand and contains scans of seemingly thousands of beautif… [read review or visit site]
Found in Moms Basement
Paula Zargaj-Reynolds’ blog, an extensive collection of 20th century vintage advertising, is a visual feast. Scro… [read review or visit site]
Plopsite.de
Norbert Lamping's collection of 600+ ceramic bottle stoppers, Hutter stoppers, swingtops, swivel stoppers, and ligh… [read review or visit site]
Ephemera Society of America
Great reference on ephemera... includes examples and descriptions of various ephemera categories, selected special … [read review or visit site]
Beer Stein Library
Though partially restricted to members-only, this site has a huge amount of free, publicly available and incredibly… [read review or visit site]
Bock Beer Labels
A quick tour of pre-Prohibition bock beer label designs with nice, high resolution scans. Do the whole slide show o… [read review or visit site]
Truth in Advertising
This gallery of cigarette magazine advertising from the 1940s and 50s contains no surgeon general's warning, just p… [read review or visit site]
Ephemera Blog
Marty Weil's wide-ranging, in-depth blog on ephemera, including lots of great interviews with ephemera collectors. … [read review or visit site]
Trappist Beers and Monks
An interesting site dedicated to Trappist beers and the history of the development of beer brewed by Trappist Bened… [read review or visit site]
Beuhbaba's Beer Collection
This site features a fascinating variety of over 1000 beer bottle labels from around the world. Though focused main… [read review or visit site]
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Clubs & Associations: Breweriana
- Red Fox Chapter
- Ephemera Society of America
- Antique Advertising Association of America
- American Breweriana Association
- Brewery Collectibles Club of America
- Stein Collectors International
- The Street Jewellery Society
- National Association Breweriana Advertising
Other Great Reference Sites: Breweriana
- Duke Library: Emergence of Advertising in America
- Oxford Library: John Johnson Collection Exhibition
- Library of Congress Broadsides and Ephemera
- BeerHistory.com
- Duke Library: Presidential Campaign Memorabilia
- Coca-Cola Old Ads
- Modelbeertrucks.com
- OhioBreweriana.com
- Library of Congress: Coca-Cola Ads
- Lemp Breweriana
- BeerNapkins.com
- Historic Ales, Beers and Breweries of Rhode Island
- Hotmog's Victorian Breweriana
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