Legal Name

AB-II Code

Dates

   Lone Star Brewing Co.

TX 76a

1884 - 1918

  Mission Brewing Co. (Never Produced Beer)

TX 76b

1933 - 1933

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Carpathia Tray Mfg Co. (NY)

No

1900

to

1918

12"

12"

0.5"

Plate

Plated (Copper)

 Comments:

Picture capture unknown.  Please contact us if you would like credit.  Extremely rare copper plated tray.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Suspect Chas. W. Shonk Co.

No

1900

to

1918

12"

12"

0.5"

Plate

Lithograph

 Comments:

Picture capture unknown.  Please contact us if you would like credit. Extremely rare litho factory tray - if anyone has a better picture we would really like to upgrade ours.  Also we are very interested in confirming the tray manufacturer if someone who owns this tray can look for a manufacturers mark on the tray.  We suspect Shonk based on the pattern being similar to many of their trays.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Suspected to be Meek & Beach

No

1900

to

1918

14"

17.5"

0.75"

Inverted Pie

Lithograph

 Comments:

Picture capture unknown.  Please contact us if you would like credit. 

We are very interested in confirming the tray manufacture and dimensions.  The design may be considered a self framing tin versus a tray.  Tango was a non-alcoholic brand made by Lone Star.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Continental Can Co.

1904 - Present

No

1958

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Lithograph

 Comments:

From the Collection of Mark Rogers.  Noted as "Common" but they are difficult to find in very good to mint condition. 

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1960

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Lithograph

 Comments:

Picture captured via Auction.  Please contact us if you have a better picture and we will certainly credit your contribution.  Notice the connection of "Certified Quality" and same logo as the dark blue tray issued in 1958.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1961

to

1962

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Lithograph

 Comments:

Picture captured via Auction.  Please contact us if you have a better picture and we will certainly credit your contribution.  Note the slogan changing from "Certified Quality" to "a million a day Say..." and the connection to the plastic billboard tray using the same.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1965

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Painted

 Comments:

From the Collection of Mark Rogers. 

Same design, with a new slogan "makes the most of natures best."

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1967

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Painted

 Comments:

Picture captured via Auction.  Please contact us if you have a better picture and we will certainly credit your contribution.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1970

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Painted

 Comments:

From the Collection of Charlie Staats.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1970

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Painted

 Comments:

Picture captured via Auction photo.  Please contact us if you have a better picture and we will certainly credit your contribution.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1980

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Painted

 Comments:

Picture captured via Internet photo.  Please contact us if you would like credit.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

2020

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Painted

 Comments:

Picture captured via Auction photo.  Note this tray and beers at that time are not associated with the original company.  They are attributed to the new Lone Star Brewing Co. of Austin and Fort Worth.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1955

?"

?"

?"

Rippled

Aluminum

Etched

 Comments:

From a Private Collection - owner chooses to remain anonymous. 

We are very interested in confirming a tray manufacture on this tray if anyone has any additional information.  This design reflects the "Going Places" campaign used by Lone Star in the mid-1950's.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1955

13.0"

13.0"

1.75"

SS Dish

Lithograph

 Comments:

From the Collection of Mark Rogers.  Note the use of the logo from the aluminum 'Going Places' tray to the first of the gold trays, "Certified Quality" issued in 1960.  They then moved to the more modern design that was in used until the brewery closed in 1996.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1934

to

1939

13.5"

10.5"

0.75"

Pie

Lithograph

 Comments:

From the Collection of Charlie Staats.  There are three versions of this tray (Sabinas version) - two have a flat safety rim and have slightly different colors.  This is the more green version without the tray manufacturers mark.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Burdick

No

1934

to

1939

13.5"

10.5"

0.75"

Pie

Lithograph

 Comments:

From the Collection of Charlie Staats.  There are three versions of this tray (Sabinas version) - two have a flat safety rim and have slightly different colors - this is the lighter blue version with a tray manufacturers mark in the lower right of the blue pin stripe - 'Burdick - Chicago.'

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1934

to

1939

13.5"

10.5"

0.75"

Pie

Lithograph

 Comments:

From the Collection of Mark Rogers.  There are three versions of this tray (Sabinas version).  This is the rolled safety rim version.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1934

to

1939

13.5"

10.5"

0.75"

Pie

Lithograph

 Comments:

From the Collection of Charlie Staats.  There are two versions of this tray (Travis version) - both have the flat safety rim.  One has a silver eagle (this version) and the other has a gold eagle.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1934

to

1939

13.5"

10.5"

0.75"

Pie

Lithograph

 Comments:

From the Collection of Mark Rogers.  There are two versions of this tray (Travis version) - both have the flat safety rim.  One has a gold eagle (this version) and the other has a silver eagle.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1964

14"

14"

0.75"

Shallow Edged

Plastic

 Comments:

From a Private Collection - owner chooses to remain anonymous. 

Extremely rare tray issued by Lone Star to drive their distributors to invest in billboard advertising in their sales markets.  The Image in the square represents what the billboard would look like and the message below refers to advertising terms of what is available.  '24 Sheet' indicated the billboard would be made up of 24 different sheets, that would be applied in a matrix form and resulting in the larger full display.  A single sheet is 27" x 41," so once complete the display would be 20'6" long and 9' high.  (thanks to Joe Philbin for the explanation). 

Note the "a million a day" reference once again and the header notation of "3 Million a day..." - we assume the connotation being that Lone Star was challenging distributors to help them increase sales and that investing in billboards was one of the ways they could do so.   Fascinating view into the marketing of the day.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1967

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Painted

 Comments:

From the collection of Charlie Staats.

Hard to find version of the common 1967 Yellow, White and Red trays that appears to have been hand stamped to advertise the Oklahoma Lone Star connection.  These were associated with the Oklahoma State Fair that year.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

2023

13"

13"

1.75"

SS Dish

Lithography

 Comments:

Internet search grab from a Tray Manufacturers site.  This tray has not been formally confirmed yet with a picture captured yet in the wild.  It may be a concept or fantasy piece.  Please contact us if you have one or have more information about this image.

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1993

14"

13"

1"

Pie

Painted Cork

 Comments:

From the Collection of Charlie Staats. 

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1993

13"

13"

1.75"

Pie

Painted Plastic

 Comments:

From the Collection of Charlie Staats. 

Manufacturer

Stock

Date

 Width

Height

Depth

Style

 Art Application

Unknown

No

1993

13"

13"

1.75"

Pie

Painted Plastic

 Comments:

From the Collection of Charlie Staats. 

 Legal Name

AB-II Code

Dates

  Lone Star Brewing Co. (Owned by Muelbach of MO)

TX 76e

1940 - 1949

  Lone Star Brewing Co.

TX 76f

1949 - 1976

  Lone Star Brewing Co. (Subsidiary of Olympia Brewing Co.)

TX 76g

1976 - 1983

  Lone Star Brewing Co. (Subsidiary of G. Heileman Brewing Co.)

TX 76h

1983 - 1983

  G. Heileman Brewing Co. - Stroh Brewing Co. - Pabst Brewing Co.

TX 76i

1983 - 1996

 Legal Name

AB-II Code

Dates

  Sabinas Brewing Co.

TX 76c

1934 - 1939

  Champion Brewing Co.

TX 76d

1939 - 1940

 Legal Name

AB-II Code

Dates

  Molson Coors (Fort Worth, Tx)

TX

2001 - Present