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Antique Schlitz Poster
« 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!



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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2012, 06:40:35 pm »
Welcome to the group! is this on paper or a cardboard?
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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #2 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!
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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #3 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 !!

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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2012, 05:04:06 pm »
I'd say early 20th century.

Please come back and let us know what you find.
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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #5 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.

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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2012, 06:37:16 pm »
I looked today and have not seen another like yours !!  But will keep looking !!

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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2012, 05:25:55 am »
I sense a keeper here!
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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #8 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

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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2012, 02:36:37 pm »
What is the size of this ad ??

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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #10 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 !!

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« Reply #11 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.
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Re: Antique Schlitz Poster
« Reply #12 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 !!