The variety of materials used in Lemp advertising is really astounding. Besides tin, wood, glass, vitrolite, and cardboard (covered in other sections of this website), signs advertising Lemp beer can be found in plaster, paper mache', and more. The following is a sampling of signs showing the variety of materials employed by Lemp in advertising their products.
Lemp "The Old Timer" paper mache sign; 24" x 30"; circa 1900.
Plaster Lemp sign (similar in the design of "The Old Timer" paper mache sign) and repainted; 26" x 31"; circa 1885.
Five small Lemp tin signs advertising Falstaff, Tip Top, Extra Pale, Standard, and Tally; each is 2-1/4" x 9"; circa 1905.
Wood framed Lemp tin sign advertising Culmbacher, Extra Export, and Extra Pale; 21-1/2" x 29"; circa 1885.
Lemp tin sign; 17" x 23"; circa 1915.
Lemp wood-backed brass sign advertising Extra Pale; 14" x 20"; circa 1890.
Circular Lemp tin sign advertising Extra Pale; 10" in diameter; circa 1900.
Wood framed Lemp tin sign advertising Cerva; 19" x 35"; circa 1917.
Tin Lemp 'shelf-sitter' sign advertising Extra Pale; 6-1/2" x 18"; circa 1915.
Plaster Lemp shield logo sign; approx. 9" x 9"; circa 1910.
Wood framed Lemp tin baseball scoreboard sign advertising Falstaff; 24" x 36"; circa 1915.
Unusual canvas sign advertising Lemp's Extra Pale; 14-1/2" x 20-1/2"; circa 1900.
Framed tin sign advertising "Wm. J. Lemp's Lager Beer"; 10" x 13-3/4"; circa 1875.
Framed Lemp tin sign advertising Extra Export lager Beer; approx. 17" x 28"; circa 1890.
Lemp "The Original Falstaff" paper mache sign; 24" x 30"; circa 1900.
Plaster Lemp sign in original condition; 26" x 31"; circa 1890.
Lemp tin sign advertising Cerva (Lemp's 'near beer'); 3-1/4" x 12-1/2"; circa 1917.
Framed and matted Lemp tin sign advertising Extra Pale; 13" x 21"; circa 1900.
Lemp tin sign (with Teddy Roosevelt) advertising Falstaff, Tip Top, Extra Pale, Standard, and Tally; 10" x 14"; circa 1903.
Oval Lemp tin sign advertising Falstaff; 9-1/2" x 12-1/2"; circa 1903.
Circular Lemp tin sign with ornate wooden frame; 16" in diameter; circa 1900.
Double-sided tin Lemp pennant sign advertising Tally; 10" x 19"; circa 1910.
Tin Lemp 'shelf-sitter' sign advertising Falstaff; 6-1/2" x 18" circa 1915.
Circular Lemp tin sign (representing the end of a beer keg) advertising Extra Pale; 13-1/2" in diameter; circa 1900.
Note the lithographed keg label as part of the sign. Refer to keg labels under the 'Special Lemp Labels' page.
Tin over cardboard sign advertising Cerva; 4-3/4" x 6-1/2"; circa 1918.
Lemp 'art nouveau-style' tin sign advertising Extra Pale; 14" x 20"; circa 1905.
Tin Lemp sign advertising Falstaff; 7-3/4" x 17-1/2"; circa 1915.
