Rare Pre-Prohibition Green Seal Beer Lighted Tin Sign rum landscapes

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and hinged lid hardware

while the stationary knob and oversized mounting base indicate a presentation or teaching model rather than a functional door lock

The cat form is crudely cut with exaggerated posture-arched forward with extended forelegs-capturing a moment of pursuit

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Rare Pre-Prohibition Green Seal Beer Lighted Tin Sign rum landscapesc. 1910s; The Buckeye Brewing Co. Toledo, Ohio Pre Prohibition tin lighted sign advertising Green Seal Beer by The Buckeye Brewing Co. of Toledo, Ohio. Featuring pierced tin lettering originally illuminated from behind, this example represents an early form of electric or backlit advertising display produced when breweries first began experimenting with signage visible both day and night. The embossed lettering and gilded "BEER" text sit against a