Lemp Brewery Autumn Painting

I had my own garage sale on Saturday this past weekend, so I couldn't go out saling as usual, however, I saw that there was a continued estate sale on Sunday at the Lemp Brewery in St. Louis and I made my way there the next day.

As you can see, the buildings in the complex are in a state of disrepair.

The fire marshall was there and only allowing 15 people in at a time. Fortunately, we didn't have to wait too long.

As you can imagine, it was very industrial inside. It looked like they were using it for a storage.

As it turned out, it wasn't so much an estate sale as someone had rented out the space and staged vendors in various areas.  It was on two floors and to get to the second floor, you had to use an iron spiral staircase.

I found a few items, one of which I'm writing today and another I'll share later this week.

While this painting may not be exactly Halloween related, I puts me in the mind of Sleepy Hollow or as a friend suggested, "Something Wicked This Way Comes".

It measures 6" x 18.5".  I'm unsure of the medium or the board it's painted on.  Here's the back.

I know, not real helpful.  It's possibly Masonite and the general feeling and aging of the painting looks 1930's to me, so it's possible.

There are small nail holes on each side of the painting, so I'm not sure if someone hung it that way or if it was attached to another board at some point.

I only paid $1.50 for the painting, so I figured I couldn't lose.

I got a few more photos after I left.

The Lemp Beer logo can be seen at the top.  If you're familiar with the Falstaff logo, it looks like that.

When Prohibition was passed in 1920, Lemp was unable to survive and the complex was sold in 1922 to The International Shoe Company whose markings can also still be seen.

While the Lemp Brewery family's mansion is best known for it's paranormal activity, there's another mansion, Chantillon-DeMenil House, in the area with its own fascinating history and a few of its own ghostly hauntings.

Sophie DeMenil is said to haunt the house and give "disapproving feelings" when something is moved from it's normal location or the house isn't kept to her standards.

There's also the ghost of a young girl who boarded in the house in the 1920's.  Staff have told of dollhouse furniture being moved and dolls rearranged.

This shot was accidental, but I like the way it turned out.  Gives it a spooky feel.

I have a frame on order for the painting and if it arrives in time, I'll post another picture of it.