The Evans Historic Corner Bar Ltd.

The Evans Historic Corner Bar Ltd. Buying, selling, trading, and evaluating brewery collectibles, specializing
in Pennsylvania and the
Greater Philadelphia region.

To celebrate, enjoy, and preserve the history of brewing and brewery advertising and to share the same with my friends

This was a fun day! Story time.About 6 months ago, a post came up on one of many breweriana pages that I follow, someone...
03/25/2026

This was a fun day! Story time.

About 6 months ago, a post came up on one of many breweriana pages that I follow, someone asking about what appeared to be a vintage beer advertising lithographed poster from Philadelphia that his friend had found. The strange part? These guys were from Belgium, and the piece had shown up in a shop in Brussels.

I was intrigued, and skeptical. The piece was so obscure, from a brewery that had been purchased during a period of intense consolidation in Philadelphia Brewing history. That trade name combination only existed for 4 years, around the turn of the last century.

But the style was correct, similar to one done for the nearby John F. Betz & Son, the dates aligned with the short period of time that John C. Miller Brewing Co. was under Consumer's Brewing Co., and some closeups of the piece showed the type of lithography that would have been used at that time, as opposed to modern techniques.

I will skip over many details and the stops and starts of validating the piece and getting it shipped over from Belgium, to today when it showed up. Packaged exceedingly well for the trip, and moved quickly and efficiently by DHL Express.

I took great delight in opening it up, and took a photo each time I peeled off a layer of packaging. The piece is gorgeous!

Next stop will be ACA Paper in Devon, PA to have it removed from the non-acid free cardboard sheet that a previous framer mounted it to. Over time, this backing would acid burn the litho, and reduce its brightness and clarity. Once on the correct archival backing, it'll go to the framer to be put behind museum glass, and then it'll be good for the next 125 years.

I'll update once that is done, and will add any more info I can glean from the seller over in Belgium.

Thanks for reading, and here is the series of pictures of me unwrapping it. If anyone gets 1% of the joy I got out of it, that'll be a win.

-EHCB

Some recent pics taken for the upcoming NABA magazine. Will any make it in?
03/22/2026

Some recent pics taken for the upcoming NABA magazine. Will any make it in?

Back from the framer! Adam Scheidt and his wife Rosa in a 1905 litho.
12/03/2024

Back from the framer! Adam Scheidt and his wife Rosa in a 1905 litho.

Added some reverse glass lenses and generally shuffled the trays around on this wall. The Coopers Old Bohemian and the F...
11/29/2023

Added some reverse glass lenses and generally shuffled the trays around on this wall. The Coopers Old Bohemian and the Famous Manayunk Beer are the new additions. I haaaate hanging up these fragile pieces, they won't be moving anytime soon

Some recent pictures!
11/25/2023

Some recent pictures!

Hey look! The Corner Bar's collection has some new real estate!! Lots of work to do, I'll be busy at flea markets this s...
05/01/2016

Hey look! The Corner Bar's collection has some new real estate!! Lots of work to do, I'll be busy at flea markets this summer.

Got a Mt. Carbon Bavarian neon today! Had to swap out for a working transformer from another neon, get the glass better ...
04/25/2016

Got a Mt. Carbon Bavarian neon today! Had to swap out for a working transformer from another neon, get the glass better attached to the frame, and give everything a good cleaning. Now you have Yuengling and Mt. Carbon from Pottsville on the left, and Ortlieb's and Schmidt's from Philadelphia on the right. All of them hard to find, and old.

Just picked up the big half keg this weekend, from Eagle Brewery out of Catasaqua, PA. Tough to date, but it's a beauty...
04/05/2016

Just picked up the big half keg this weekend, from Eagle Brewery out of Catasaqua, PA. Tough to date, but it's a beauty. These bigger barrels are tough to find in nice shape. The quarter keg is Iron City Brewing Co. In Lebanon, PA which means somewhere between 1899 and 1920. The top from a half keg says Louis F Neuweiler's Sons, which means after 1925. The number 33 is carved in the top, probably meaning 1933, so it's likely a barrel made as they ramped up production following Repeal.

Picked up the 12" Seitz tray today. The smaller tip tray is pretty common, but the big ones are a lot tougher for this E...
04/02/2016

Picked up the 12" Seitz tray today. The smaller tip tray is pretty common, but the big ones are a lot tougher for this Easton brewery that only made it 4 years after Prohibition. Both trays date from 1934-1938.

That beautiful dark blue bottle is the oldest of the lot - it says Seitz Bros which means 1877-1897. Based on the style, it's likely early in that period. The paler bottle to the right is also Seitz Bros, but a little later. The pale bottle on the left is Seitz Brewing Company, which means between 1897 and Prohibition.

Love the eagle theme on those trays.

Here's a really nice example of a tray from The Lion Inc. out of Wilkes-Barre, PA - better known as Gibbons Brewery. Thi...
03/19/2016

Here's a really nice example of a tray from The Lion Inc. out of Wilkes-Barre, PA - better known as Gibbons Brewery. This tray having The Lion Inc. trade name dates it to the first decade after the end of Prohibition, before the 1943 name change.

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