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Title: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: antiques5167 on July 31, 2012, 01:21:56 PM: I am new to the forum and was wondering if you guys could help me out

I have been helping my grandparents clean out their house and they had this poster they wanted to sell.

It is an old Schlitz beer sign with a girl posing on a globe.

I tried to do some research but I could not find anything.

Thanks for the help guys/gals!

(http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj363/soxfan9989/IMG_1011.jpg)
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: JoshandLila on July 31, 2012, 06:40:35 PM: Welcome to the group! is this on paper or a cardboard?
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: ghopper1924 on July 31, 2012, 07:50:25 PM: Very cool. It almost looks like metal! If this is as old as your post leads me to believe, then it might really be worth something!
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: mart on August 01, 2012, 12:30:27 PM: It should have copyright or trademark somewhere, possibly under the frame where you can`t see !! I would take it out of the frame and look !! That will help you date it !!
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: ghopper1924 on August 01, 2012, 05:04:06 PM: I'd say early 20th century.

Please come back and let us know what you find.
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: antiques5167 on August 01, 2012, 06:10:59 PM: I just wanted to thank everyone so far for their input.

I talked to them earlier and they said it was printed on cardboard.

They didn't have any other information and I was not able to look at it.
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: mart on August 01, 2012, 06:37:16 PM: I looked today and have not seen another like yours !! But will keep looking !!
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: ghopper1924 on August 02, 2012, 05:25:55 AM: I sense a keeper here!
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: wendy177 on August 02, 2012, 07:20:39 AM: What you have is called an advertisement card or showcard. I have been trying to track when the company used this woman sitting on the globe in advertising (so far a dead end) she was used into the 70s but your piece I would say is earlier. I have found beer tap handles, table cloths, lights all with this woman. Try checking this site and maybe contacting them
http://www.slahs.org/schlitz/history5.htm
Or you could try searching the library of Congrass
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96509112/
Good luck
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: mart on August 02, 2012, 02:36:37 PM: What is the size of this ad ??
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: mart on August 02, 2012, 03:01:49 PM: http://www.bcca.com/
You might consider joining here !! They have a collectors forum where you might get more info !! What I have found (which isn`t much) was that sometime after 1910 and more likely the 20`s or 30`s, the lady was used in ads !! Her name is "Purity" and was used to symbolize the purity that Schlitz beer used in the brewing process !!
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: ghopper1924 on August 02, 2012, 08:39:36 PM: Purity is wearing the type of greco-roman off-the-shoulder style costume that I associate with pictures of theater groups I've seen from the nineteen teens and twenties.
Title: Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
Post by: mart on August 03, 2012, 08:16:42 AM: I think the ladies of the time had a problem with her wardrobe !! A bit of a stir because she showed too much skin !!