Arizona Advertising
Eagle Bottling Works - Early bottle opener with prestolite opening from Phoenix, Arizona circa 1913.
This page is dedicated to the wide variety of items used to advertise businesses in early Arizona. These range from smaller pieces such as tokens, match safes, pocket mirrors, bottle openers, lodge medals & ribbons, buttonhooks, milk cap picks, souvenir spoons, etcetera, to mid-sized items like ice picks & tongs, crates, tins, trays, to larger pieces like signs.
Our collections of these items have grown considerably over the years, and we are always looking for quality pieces to add. Please take some time to look over examples from our collection.
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Arizona signs
Lily Ice Cream Co. - Middle to late 1930's porcelain sign from Phoenix.
Crystal Bottling Works - 1929 tin sign from Tucson.
Pioneer Soda Works - Early 1920's reverse painted glass silhouette sign on a cooler door. From the mining town of Bisbee.
Navajo Ice & Cold Storage - Figural opener from Winslow. Open 1905 to 1918.
Arizona Matchsafes
Paul Moretti - Operated a saloon called the Barrel House on Main Street in Yuma from 1909 to 1912.
Arizona Crates
Cochise Utilities Co. - 1928 soda crate from Benson.
Arizona Trays
Laird & Dines - Tray from the Laird & Dines Drugstore in Tempe. Dr. James Dines & Hilary Laird ran this drugstore from 1898 to 1930 when Dines left the business.
Arizona Lodge Pins
Phoenix El Zaribah Lodge - 1909 Convention in Louisville, Ky.
Winslow Elks Lodge - 1915 Convention in Los Angeles, Ca.
Tombstone Masonic Lodge - 1917 presentation pin to H. H. Hughart
Miner's Store - Early 1920's tin sign from the mining town of Bisbee. The Miner's Store was open from 1905 to 1922.
Donofrio's - Established as a fruit dealer and confectionary in 1887, Donofrio's was a fixture in Phoenix until 1955. Charles Donofrio added an ice cream parlor and factory in 1901 and sold his products to other businesses around central Arizona. This tray is from the 1920's.
Arizona Souvenir Pins
1909 Clifton Sept. 16th Celebration pin.
1899 Phoenix Indian & Cowboy Carnival pin.
Arizona Badges
Jerome, Arizona fireman's badge.
Arizona bottle openers
Arcadian Pharmacy - 1897 reverse painted glass sign that once was used in the lobby of the Orndorff Hotel in Tucson.
Seymour's Drug Store - Late 1920's to early 1930's tin sign from Superior. This drugstore was in business from 1927 to 1943.
Tuna Bitters Co. - Opener advertising Hanlan's Tuna-Lax. In Nogales from 1910 to 1915.
Arizona Corkscrews
Arizona Mercantile Co. - Early T-handle corkscrew from Phoenix. This company incorporated in 1897 and closed in 1916, a victim of prohibition.
Arizona Buttonhooks
T. F. Miller Co. - Buttonhook with leather holder from the mining town of Jerome & smelting town of Clarkdale.
Waters & Son - Folding type buttonhook from southern Arizona mining town of Bisbee. In business from 1907 to 1919.
Arizona Souvenir Spoons
Three spoons from the mining town of Morenci.
National Air Races - Pin from the Yuma Air Races of 1928.
Arizona Clothes Hangers
Sultan Bros. - Clothier store from Globe which operated from 1881 to 1910.
New York Store - This hanger is from the Phoenix department store which ran under this name from 1896 to 1937.
Arizona Ice Picks
Wright & Erwin - Rare late 1910's, early 1920's ice pick from Tombstone.
Imperial Confectionary - Ice pick from a business in Bisbee which operated in 1920 & 1921.
Supreme Brand Grocery & Malt Syrup Shop - Phoenix business from 1930 to 1948.
Globe Hardware Co. - Combination opener & corkscrew from Globe & Miami. Open 1926 to 1940.
Arizona Celluloid Items
Albert Steinfeld & Co. - Advertising soap holder from Tucson.
Edward Brown - Formerly the manager of the Bright Angel Curio Store at the Grand Canyon, Edward Brown operated his jewelry store in Flagstaff from 1906 to 1912.
Arizona Combs
Biles & Shelby - Advertising comb from a Prescott business which operated from 1901 to 1907.
Arizona Tins
OK Meat Market Inc. - Rare older tin from Prescott. This business operated from 1891 to 1921.
Johnson Meat Co. - In business in Bisbee from 1913 to 1921, This is one of Arizona's best tins.
Arizona Packing Co. - Small 4 oz. sample Phoenix tin from the late 1920's.
Arizona Packing Co. - Another late 1920's sample sized 4 oz. tin from Phoenix.
Arizona Magic Slides
The Emporium - A clothier store located in the mining town of Miami. Opened in 1917 it operated until 1922. This slide would have used to advertise at one of the four theatres in town in the early 1920's.
T. F. Miller - Another 1920's theatre magic slide. This one from Jerome & Clarkdale and advertising a department store business.
Las Dos Naciones Cigar Co. - In business from 1898 to 1912.
John F. Barker Produce Co. - Nice celluloid advertising pricing gauge from business in Phoenix & Tucson. It operated from 1914 to 1933.
Tucson Elks Lodge - Fantastic celluloid souvenir piece showing various Tucson scenes.
Plaza Stone Cottages/Pure Food Cafe - Advertising mirror from Miami business that opened in 1915 and ran until the 1960's.
Mansion Hotel - Advertising tray from the Mansion Hotel, opened in 1905 and located in the southern Arizona town of Benson. Fairlee & Jenson were the proprietors of the hotel from 1905 to 1916.
Post Office Store - Match safe from the Jerome & Clarkdale.
Gila Meat Company - Lard tin from Globe business which started in the late 1910's.
Bishop's Campground - Early metal sign from Seligman business in operation in 1928. One of the many businesses operating along the new Route 66 that catered to the tourist trade.
Goldsmith Bros. - Thos sign is from a clothing store which operated in Yuma in the mid-1920's.
Castle Rock - Early souvenir pocket mirror showing Castle Rock at Bisbee, Ariona
Phoenix Elks Lodge 335 - 1911 Atlantic City Convention badge showing the Roosevelt Dam to commemorate its completion.
Arizona Teachers Association - 1910 badge from Douglas Arizona.
Henderson & Johnson - Wall match safe from a grocery business listed in the mining town of Patagonia from 1909 to 1911.
C. M. Henkel - Henkel operated his jewelry business in Bisbee under several different names from 1899 to 1919. These include the Hole in the Wall Jewelry Store & The One Price Store. This is a rare pocket mirror.
Miami Copper Company - Porcelain sign used by a mining company out of Miami, Arizona.
Tin trays - Souvenir of Morenci, Ariz. - Railroad Loop & First Presbyterian Church of Solomonville. Reverand Wolcott H. Evans was with the church from 1904 to 1905.
Pioneer Furniture Co. - In business from 1916 to 1930. This is a 1920 calendar.
Cibutto Jewelry Co. - Opened in 1905, this was a long-lived business which closed in 1993 with the death of it's owner.
