Ashland Brewing Co.
Ashland, WI
Atlas Brewing Co.
Chicago, IL
Bakerfield Brewing Co.
Bakerfield, CA
Bellingham Bay Brewery
Whatcom, WA
Beverwyck Brewing Co.
Albany, NY
Beverwyck Brewing Co.
Albany, NY
Claussen Brewing Assn.
Seattle, WA
Claussen Brewing Assn.
Seattle, WA
Detroit Brewing Co.
Detroit, MI
Eulberg Brewing Co.
Portage, WI
Freeland Brewing Co.
Freeland, PA
Frontenac Brewery LTD
Montreal, Canada
Glorieta Brewing & Ice Co.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hocking Valley Brewing Co.
Nelsonville, OH
Humbolt Brewing Co.
Eureka, CA
Ivers Bottler
Unknown
True W. Jones Brewing Co.
Manchester, NH
La Crosse Bottling Works
La Crosse, WI
Liberty Brewing Co.
Pittsburgh, PA
Lock City Brewing Co.
Lockport, NY
Marion Brewing & Bottling
Marion, OH
Marshfield Brewing Co.
Marshfiled, WI
Meadvill Brewing Co.
Meadville, PA
Potosi Brewing Co.
Potosi, WI
F.D. Radeke Brewing Co.
Kankakee, IL
Savannah Brewing Co.
Savannah, GA
Schwarzenbach Brewing Co.
Hornell, NY & Galeton, PA
Silver Spring Brewery LTD.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Smith Bros., Inc.
New Bedford, MA
Southwestern Brewery & Ice Co.
Albuqurque, NM
West Bend Brewing Co.
West Bend, WI
Willow Springs Brewing Co.
Omaha, NE
Arnholt - Schaefer
Philadelphia, PA
Atlas Brewing Co.
Chicago, IL
Aurora Brewing Co.
Aurora, IL
Bakersville Brewing Co.
Bakersville, CA
Beverwyck Brewing Co.
Albany, NY
Billings Brewing Co.
Billings, MT
M. Buob Brewing Co.
Janesville, WI
California Bottling Assn
San Francisco, CA
Claussen Brewing Assn.
Seattle, WA
Claussen Brewing Assn. - Variation
Seattle, WA
Clinton Brewing Co.
Clinton, IA
Cerveceria La Costancia
Santa Ana, El Salvador
Detroit Brewing Co.
Detroit, MI
El Dorado Brewing Co
Stockton, CA
Fink Brewing Co.
Harrisburg, PA
Knapstein Brewing Co.
New London, WI
Mellet & Nichter Brewing Co.
Pottsville, PA
Mohen Brewing Co.
Burlington, IA
Popel-Giller Co. Inc.
Warsaw, IL
Emil T. Raddant Brewing Co.
Schwano, WI
Punxsutawney Brewing Co.
Punxsutawney, PA
William Rahr & Sons Co.
Manitowoc, WI
Reedsburg Brewery
Reedsburg, WI
Fred Sehring Brewing Co.
Joliet, IL
Silver Spring Brewery, Limited
Sherbrooke, Quebec, CA
Spokane Brewing & Malting Co.
Spokane, WA
Stoll Brewing Co.
Troy, NY
John Walter Brewing Co.
Eau Claire, WI
Willow Springs Brewing Co.
Omaha, NE
Windisch-Muhlhauser Brewing Co.
Cincinnati, OH
The 'Stock' Exchange
American Art Works No. 116 "The Invitation"
American Art Works No. 116 "The Invitation"
Date: 1911 - 1919
Size: 13.25" Inverted Pie
13.25" Pie
13.25" x 13.25" Pie
10.5 x 13.25" Pie
Scarcity: Very Common
Value: $$$ to $$$$
Condition & Brewer Dependent
Size: 13.25" Inverted Pie
13.25" Pie
13.25" x 13.25" Pie
10.5 x 13.25" Pie
Scarcity: Very Common
Value: $$$ to $$$$
Condition & Brewer Dependent
Brewers - 13" Rounds - Inverted Pies and Pies
O.J. Bryer
Beaver Falls, PA
Hammen
Little Chute, WI
J.L. Marchesseault
Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Canada
Borello Bros Soda
Freson & San Rafeal
Celery-Cola
Unknown
Cola Nip
Unknown
Hammann's Restaurant & Cafe
Moerlein Beer
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Huesings
Rock Island, IL
Logan Johnson Co.
Boston, MA
Detroit Brewing Co.
Detroit, MI
Fink Brewing Co.
Harrisburg, PA
Klinkert
Spitz Cider
- Unknown
Star Union Brewing Co.
Peru, IL
Ver-ba
Unknown
Claussen Brewing Assn.
Seattle, WA
Hamilton Brewing Co.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Holdrege & McCook Ice Cream
Unknown
Magnolia Brewery
Houston, TX
Potosi Brewing Co.
Potosi, WI
Evansville Brewing Co.
Evansville, IN
General
No. 116, "The Invitation" is one of the most popular stock designs produced by AAW. This common tray was particularly popular with brewers. With an attractive woman sipping a beer giving that sideways look (“The Invitation”) it may have been one of the most overt early advertisements to link sex and beer, an approach that is alive and well today, sometimes going a little further than mere suggestion.
No. 116, "The Invitation" is one of the most popular stock designs produced by AAW. This common tray was particularly popular with brewers. With an attractive woman sipping a beer giving that sideways look (“The Invitation”) it may have been one of the most overt early advertisements to link sex and beer, an approach that is alive and well today, sometimes going a little further than mere suggestion.
Brewers - Rectangular & Square Pies
Non-Beer Related & Non-Tray Uses
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Budweiser Girls of the 1980's
McEntee's Rexall Girl
By this time, AAW had figured out the technique to reproduce an image in different sizes from the same source; hence you will find this image in both full-sized concave pie and tip tray versions. Detroit Brewing issued both versions, as did Claussen. AAW also produced a small (10.5" x 13.5") rectangular version which is slightly more common than the pie version and a square (13.5" x 13.5") version, which is far less common and features a round image on a square tray, with ample rim and surface area for advertising text. Cola Nip issued both an 10.5" x 13.5" full sized tray and a small rectangular tip version. Moehn Brewing mixed it up with an 10.5" x 13.5" tray version and a round tip version. There are also TOC and curled corner sign versions.
In all cases she is sipping a glass of beer, but anatomically, it almost appears that this arm and beer were added to an existing image as the proportions of her arm seem to be just slightly smaller than you might expect them to be.
This design is signed by W.H. McEntee who had produced No. 110. Rose of Killarney and No. 111, Chrysanthemum Girl among a number of designs he provided to AAW. He also produced designs for other tray manufacturers and advertisers as well, which we suspect was to supplement his income to support his work as a fine artist. He clearly had such ambitions, having studied at the Académie Julian as a student of William Bouguereau and exhibited at the Paris Salon. Despite such ambitions, McEntee is mainly remembered as an illustrator specializing in people and portraits, particularly of attractive young women. A permanent exhibition of McEntee's works is located at the Chippewa Valley Museum.
Adolph Sahling Workbooks
Sahling has workbook entries starting in January 1911; he also has entries for a tip tray sized version in May of 1911.
Size, Shape and Advertising Placement
This design came in 13” pie shapes and 11x14 small rectangles, as well as TOC and curled corner sign versions. There is one square version (Fink Brewing of Harrisburg, PA) featuring a round image; it has a woodgrain rim like some of the rectangular versions. Almost all of the pie shaped versions are concave, with a small percentage featuring convex rims (Peter Breidt, Billings, Popel-Giller and Silver Spring). The most common advertising text on the rim was gold lettering, in all kinds of different eye-catching fonts. Typically all of the verbiage is on the rim, but in a few cases they chose to add additional verbiage or log. on the face of the tray. A good example is the Atlas Brewing Co. version, with the word "Magnet" really drawing your eyes. On pie versions rims are typically black or dark green. Rectangle version rims are either black or woodgrain, with the exception of Fred Sehring which sports a gold rim (and black text).
Hager & Price
This tray is represented in Hager's article, but no details are provided for this super common tray. Prices of this tray are driven by brewery desirability condition and can vary all over the map. More common breweries rarely exceed low triple figures; less common breweries reach the mid-triple figures. A few rare brewery examples in excellent condition have reach upper triple figures and even low four figures.
In all cases she is sipping a glass of beer, but anatomically, it almost appears that this arm and beer were added to an existing image as the proportions of her arm seem to be just slightly smaller than you might expect them to be.
This design is signed by W.H. McEntee who had produced No. 110. Rose of Killarney and No. 111, Chrysanthemum Girl among a number of designs he provided to AAW. He also produced designs for other tray manufacturers and advertisers as well, which we suspect was to supplement his income to support his work as a fine artist. He clearly had such ambitions, having studied at the Académie Julian as a student of William Bouguereau and exhibited at the Paris Salon. Despite such ambitions, McEntee is mainly remembered as an illustrator specializing in people and portraits, particularly of attractive young women. A permanent exhibition of McEntee's works is located at the Chippewa Valley Museum.
Adolph Sahling Workbooks
Sahling has workbook entries starting in January 1911; he also has entries for a tip tray sized version in May of 1911.
Size, Shape and Advertising Placement
This design came in 13” pie shapes and 11x14 small rectangles, as well as TOC and curled corner sign versions. There is one square version (Fink Brewing of Harrisburg, PA) featuring a round image; it has a woodgrain rim like some of the rectangular versions. Almost all of the pie shaped versions are concave, with a small percentage featuring convex rims (Peter Breidt, Billings, Popel-Giller and Silver Spring). The most common advertising text on the rim was gold lettering, in all kinds of different eye-catching fonts. Typically all of the verbiage is on the rim, but in a few cases they chose to add additional verbiage or log. on the face of the tray. A good example is the Atlas Brewing Co. version, with the word "Magnet" really drawing your eyes. On pie versions rims are typically black or dark green. Rectangle version rims are either black or woodgrain, with the exception of Fred Sehring which sports a gold rim (and black text).
Hager & Price
This tray is represented in Hager's article, but no details are provided for this super common tray. Prices of this tray are driven by brewery desirability condition and can vary all over the map. More common breweries rarely exceed low triple figures; less common breweries reach the mid-triple figures. A few rare brewery examples in excellent condition have reach upper triple figures and even low four figures.
Rexall Girl Tray
