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SIGNS: NON-LIT e.g. MIRRORS, BANNERS & OTHERS

Non-lighted wall signs for both inside and outside display have been  a popular way for brewers to advertise for decades. They are usually relatively inexpensive and can be varied in size to fit in many different places. This section deals with examples of non-lit signs and a couple banners after Prohibition. For examples before this era, please see Pre-Prohibition Signs. 

MIRRORS / GLASS

Mirrors and reverse painted glass have been a popular means to create beer signs, even before Prohibition. The reflection from the mirror or glass would help provide some attraction. Following are some examples of mirror signs for the Bavarian Brewing Co. For an earlier mirror sign made around 1900 Please see Signs: Pre-Prohibition.

Circa 1946 - 1957.  These Bavarian's Old Style Beer Mirrors  date from 1946 until the mid 1950s.  The larger sign below measures about a foot wide, and could easily be hung, or also propped on a shelf.  Besides consisting mostly of a mirror, it also includes a paper strip at the bottom emphasizing "A Man's Beer." The smaller sign below measures 8 by 4 inches and could be placed on a shelf with a cardboard stand.

NON-LIT SIGNS

Examples of Bavarian signs and a banner displayed below chronologically within two groups.; those for Bavarian's' Old Style Beer and those for Bavarian's Select Beer.

Circa 1946 - 1957.  All the signs below are from the Bavarian Brewing Co. The banner emphasizes the brewer's trademark and shield as well as its slogan.  The next two items the first row have similar frames, but one emphasizes the slogan and the other emphasizes the trade mark and a different slogan - …brewed the old style way. In the middle row the first two items features Bavarian's main "A Man's Beer" slogan. But the last two images indicates "That Women Like Too!" as well as "...And Her Too" which began around 1953, and tries to incorporate a feminine touch with the inclusion of what appears to be a planter with some flowers.

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