A Toast to Breweriana

Buyenlarge/Getty ImagesBreweriana encompasses the advertising, serving pieces, and promotional items produced by breweries over the past two centuries. From pre-Prohibition tip trays and embossed signs to steins, calendars, tap handles, and neon displays, breweriana offers collectors one of the broadest and most colorful categories in advertising memorabilia.What Is Breweriana?Issued by
Star Union Brewing Co. of Peru, Illinois, this pre-Prohibition tip tray was copyrighted in 1907 by The Meek Co