possible vintage Green River advertising poster ?

RCO · May 9, 2017

I saw this item listed in a local estate auction , I'm thinking its for Green River .

but left with many questions ?

what year is it from ?

is it missing the top part of the advertisement ?

is it even worth anything ?

anyone seen something like this before ? it appears to have been put in that frame some time ago

nhpharm · May 9, 2017

Definitely Green River and sadly cropped down significantly at the top. Looks pretty early to me...Id guess mid 1920's. Neat piece and to someone who collects that stuff probably still worth something.

carling · May 9, 2017

I wouldn't bid on it unless you can first check it out. Might just be a page out of an old magazine placed in an old frame.

whittled · May 9, 2017

carling said:
I wouldn't bid on it unless you can first check it out. Might just be a page out of an old magazine placed in an old frame.

Good point,what size is it?

RCO · May 9, 2017

whittled said:
Good point,what size is it?

according to the ad the picture frame is 13 inches wide and 16 inches tall , another possibility is its an old cardboard cut out ? or at least part of it

RCO · May 9, 2017

carling said:
I wouldn't bid on it unless you can first check it out. Might just be a page out of an old magazine placed in an old frame.

this auction doesn't allow you to check out an item in person , its run really weird , you can only look at pictures

Canadacan · May 10, 2017

Green River was also bottled. I personally doubt it was a magazine ad..., seeing it says 'Drink it Here' indicates fountain service to me, value wont be too much unless it had the top.

They began operating in Winnipeg in 1922.

Green River- Manitoba Free Press, 20 Jan 1923, Sat

Green River- Manitoba Free Press, 20 Jan 1923, Sat.jpg

Here is a photo from Vancouver Pacific National Exhibition in about 1930 with syrup dispensers.

Circa 1930 Thorpe & Co. -Vancouver Pacific National Exibition..jpg

Circa 1930 Thorpe & Co. -Vancouver Pacific National Exibition. - Copy (3).jpg

RCO · May 10, 2017

I agree the drink it here , part of the ad does seem to indicate fountain service or it was used in a store and they had bottles for sale .

its too bad its missing the top part , otherwise they'd have a full advertisement

current bid on it , is only at $5

Canadacan · May 10, 2017

5 plus the buyers premium and then shipping?...well it might be worth it, still cool to see even that much of one.

CanadianBottles · May 11, 2017

It looks like there are some drill bits to the lower left of the poster, so that suggests it's anywhere from pretty big to really big, depending on what sort of drill they went to, but definitely not from a magazine. My guess is that it's about two feet tall but I could be wrong. There's also a possibility that it wasn't cut and was just folded over, which would be a very nice surprise, but from the look of the tattered upper left corner I'm thinking it's more likely that a corner was torn off and then it was either trimmed or folded over, and so is badly damaged regardless.

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