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Before radio and TV ads, signs were the medium of choice for advertising packaged food brands. In addition to early national brands like Uneeda Biscuit, there were countless regional brand names. Many highly collectible vintage signs feature food brands still known today such as Morton Salt, Campbell's Soup, Hershey's Ice Cream and Chocolate, Wonder Bread, Dairy Queen, Sunkist, Borden's, and Planter's nuts.
I liked to collect things even as a child. Things that didn’t cost anything, like different colors of stones. The… [more]
How did I get started collecting advertising antiques? My dad was a lecturer and tutor in graphics and art from the… [more]
This classy looking British site features hundreds of high resolution photos of antique porcelain pre-war (enamel) … [read review or visit site]
If you're the type who pulls over when you see a 'historic marker ahead' sign, you'll love this site. Orchestrated … [read review or visit site]
This group artistic effort to catalog the signs of Pittsburgh captures many vintage signs (porcelain, neon, wood, t… [read review or visit site]
Ralph and Carol Falvo's excellent collection of automobiles, petroliana, jukeboxes, soda, and general store items. … [read review or visit site]
Sam Baker's excellent collection of vintage Ford porcelain and neon signs and related memorabilia from the 1920s an… [read review or visit site]
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