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Table of Contents Ohio - The Great Black Swamp Joe Terry................................64

Recent Finds................................................4

Santa Claus: White Rock’s Pre-dates Coca-Cola’s Cecil Munsey....................................34

Federation Business President’s Message................7

Lydia’s Medicine - 130 Years Later Cecil Munsey....................................36

Arizona - Grand Canyon Glass Arizona’s Best - Part Two Drug Store and Patent Medicines Michael Miller...........................68

Regional Reports......................................8

Georgian big on collecting mini-jugs The Collection of Bill Wrenn Bill Baab..................................42

Bottle Buzz...................................................2

Club Forum Report Steve Charing............................10 The Story of KT&K China Whiskeys Jack Sullivan.............................12 Show Reports Reno, Nevada Ralph Van Brocklin.....................16 Summer, Beer & Bottles Steve Ketcham......................18 Unexpected Collector Connections Steve Ketcham......................20 Context Winners: Toledo and the Great Booze Rush Jack Sullivan.............................22 I Have Just One More Question Johnnie Fletcher......................23 Elmer Lester Award Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club Howard Dean..............................25 FOHBC National Bottle Auction John Pastor.................................27 Louisville Show Report.......................28

Let’s Talk About Ink - Patents Ed &Lucy Faulkner..........................44 Amour’sVeribest Root Beer Donald Yates..................................48

Collecting Bottles by State, The Ioway Part 3 - Bitters Bottles Mike Burggraaf........................70 Oregon - American Brewing & Crystal Ice Co. 1903-1916 Dave Scafani...............................73 Classified Ads.........................................74

Random Shots Howard Currier........................52

Membership Benefits................................80

More Jars From Capstan Barry L. Bernas................................55

Membership Info...

Display and Advertising Rates....81

Dr. G. W. Shores - Salt Lake City, Utah Consulting Physician and Medical Director Zion’s Medical Institute Stan Sanders & Mickey Roach.........60

FOHBC Show-Biz Show Calendar Listings...............82

Just for fun... .......................................................63

Visit us on the Web at: www.FOHBC.com

Veterinary Collectibles Roundtable Dr. Michael Smith....................64

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Bottle Buzz News, Notes, Letters, etc.

Bottles and Extras From Allen Vegotsky to Cecil Munsey: I enjoyed very much the article on mimetic architecture. I did want to add one more great architectural bottle to the list, a bottle of Bromo Seltzer.

Send Buzz Notes to: Kathy Hopson, E-mail: kathy@thesodafizz.com or write: Buzz Notes, 1966 King Springs Road, Johnson City TN 37601

Received fom Phil Culhane: This sign was found in a rural town in De Kalb County in Illinois when a building was renovated into a home in the 1970s. I have looked everywhere I can think of, such as: distilleries, breweries, old bottles, and can find no direct reference to "Old Crow Ginger Ale." I wonder if this was a soda made during prohibition?

Send any responses to: Phil by E-mail: pculhane@magma.ca or to Linda, E-mail: Tymwas@aol.com Received fom Frank Kowalski: Can you send me the USPS or email address of Bill Lockhart, who wrote the article on page 2 , Bottle Buzz in the Vol. 14, No. 1, Winter 2003 of B & E. I checked the FOHBC member listing and he is not listed.

Thanks for your time and support.

Frank Kowalski The information requested is: Bill Lockhart 1313 14th Street, Apt. 21 Alamogordo, NM 88301 E-mail: bottlebill@zianet.com Web: http://alamo.nmsu.edu/~lockhart/ Summer Issue Corrections: Fig. 5 ID from Baltimore show report (Page 5): “Tom Hicks and Reggie Lynch having a conversation in front of a table full of bottles and a room full of buyers.”

(Not Tom Lines).

Page 59: Caption should read: “A vertically embossed, iron-pontiled H. Deming & Co., soda from Columbia is No. 3. (Not Denning).”

Page 61: Bottom photo is by Bill Baab.

From Willy Van den Bossche: Yesterday I received here in Holland by air mail the plaque for the Honor Roll Award from Mr. Ralph Van Brocklin.

I would like to thank you very, very much...for this award.

I must tell you that I feel the Award as a recognition for the ten years of work and 33 years of bottle collecting experience, but most of all I am happy for the contribution to the hobby of bottle collecting world wide.

With all my warm regards and appreciation.

Willy Van den Bossche From George L. Miller: I really enjoyed the article,"Bottle Collecting! Since When?" by Cecil Munsey, in the Summer issue of Bottles and Extras.

It was a special treat to see the photographs of William Walbridge's house and "Bottle Room" as I have found his book very useful for the information on the development of the Owens Automatic Bottle-Blowing Machine.

It was also good to see the reference to Harry Hall White's early work.

Sincerely, George L. Miller From Brian Wade: I thought the recent article “Bottle Collecting! Since When?” by Cecil Munsey was a fascinating look back at a time before the hobby was organized, but there were those who appreciated and collected without clubs, shows and Ebay.

It was the most interesting and original article I have read in bottle publications in some time.

Brian Wade 39 East 16 Street Huntington Station, NY 11746 E-mail: brian.wade@att.net

This product is known for its unusual advertising that included pocket memorandum books, containers of pins for ladies, and sheet music. It is not surprising that the ultimate advertisement for the product was the company itself.

Located in Baltimore, the factory was a large five story building with a tower on top of perhaps 200 feet and on top of the tower was an architectural blue bottle 50 feet in height. According to Joseph Sugarman, the building was constructed in 1911 as a copy of the Palazzo Vechio of Florence, Italy. The mimetic bottle rotated and was lit at night to be seen from a distance of 20 miles in any direction.

References: A. Walker Bingham, " The Snake Oil Syndrome: Patent Medicine Advertising," 1984, p. 127 and 143.

J. K. Crellin, "Patent Medicines in North Carolina," 1980, p. 19.

Joseph Sugarman, Internet Website http://washington.sidewalk.com/link/ 26620 (I hope it's still functioning.)

Best wishes, Allen Vegotsky, Ph.D. Response from Cecil Munsey: Allen, you are absolutely correct.

Thank you for the alert. My wife also

Bottles and Extras pointed it out to me as well by showing me the postcard I have in our Lydia Pinkham bathroom.

I completely forgot about the Bromo Seltzer building. I knew about it and featured it in a two-part articles that was published in Bottles & Extras in June, 1992 and July, 1992.

I have some of that sheet music you mention on my 1922 player piano and a cobalt blue glass (to go with the postcard) in my Lydia-themed bathroom.

I was in Baltimore in the past month doing some research on the Munsey building at 7 N. Calvert Street and only when back home and reminded of the postcard did it dawn on me that I passed up a great opportunity to photograph the Bromo Seltzer building.

From my files: ”DATA IN REGARD TO BROMOSELTZER TOWER: Total height of tower, 357 feet. The bottle on top, a fac-simile of the regular ten cent Bromo-Seltzer bottle, but about 10,000,000 larger, is 51 feet high, 20 1/2 feet in diameter, weight 17 tons, and revolves at the rate of 107 feet per minute. There are 596 electric lights in Bottle and Crown surmounting it. which can be seen at a distance of 20 miles.”

Cecil Munsey 13541 Willow Run Road Poway, CA 92064-1733 E-mail: cecilmunsey@cox.net From Don Carroll: I just finished the latest B&E, which contained three articles by Cecil Munsey.

I especially enjoyed the one about the bottle buildings. How interesting and ordinary! I also liked the article about Lydia. It was nice to see my name included. All of these, including the one on the history of bottle collecting, contained a lot of interesting information.

I do not know when I last saw a bottle magazine containing so many articles that I wanted to read.

Thanks, and keep up the good work.

Don

Send Buzz-Notes to: Kathy Hopson 1966 King Springs Road Johnson City, TN 37601 or E-mail: kathy@thesodafizz.com

Fall 2003 From Melissa Milner, Recently on eBay, I found an auction for a lid which is very scarse. It was described by the seller as a "Keystone Willoughby" fruit jar lid. After seven bids, it ended at $649.00.

At the same time, a Mason Keystone jar was offered by a different seller. The jar did not have the correct lid, but was heavily whittled. It sold for $407.00 after eight bids.

The seller's description was: “This quart is an unbelievably crude and extremely whittled example, full of olive green swirls in the upper 1/3 of the jar. Very sharp and crisp embossing also. The base is embossed ‘PATd JAN 19 1869’ surrounding a ‘37.’"

Regarding the included lid, he added: “Comes with a common zinc band and plain glass insert closure.”

And it ended with: “Any example of this jar is quite scarce, but an example this crude and stunning will come along very rarely. A fantastic window jar.”

I would say that the jar with the correct lid would probably bring close to a thousand dollars. You can find the jar but

3 the lid is nearly impossible to find.

And no, I don't have one.

Melissa Milner Johnson City, Tenn.

Blaze consumes Jim Beam warehouse A lighting strike may have caused a fire on Monday, August 4th, that saw around 4.5 million litres of Jim Beam Bourbon go up in smoke at a warehouse in Bardstown, Kentucky.

The warehouse, which went up in "shooting flames," housed some 20,000 barrels. The fire brigade had to block nearby waterways to keep leaking bourbon contained.

There were no serious injuries.

From Donald Binz, What is an Internet show ?

It could be a club with members who list 25 items they have for sale. All members show up on one site once a year showing what they have for sale! The “show” has a total exposure to the entire world. Could this be the show of the future?

I haven’t seen anyone come up with such an idea that only took me one minute!

Will the Fresno Club be the first to have an Internet show?

Would this idea save some of the clubs from just fading away!

This would be very interesting to discuss in the magazine. Set up your table on the Internet and you wouldn’t have to drive 7-8 hours to a show! Just advertise your show coming up on the Net!?

Or would this be Terminator 3, Rise of the Machines to the regular bottles shows?

But maybe the shows need to change!

Donald Binz 5218 N. Angus Street Fresno, CA 93710 E-mail: gotmail6024@yahoo.com From D. J. Seltzer, Brooklyn, N.Y.: I stumbled upon this great article re: Bottle Architecture. But, then I realized about half of the photos in it are MINE!!!

No credit was provided for my website section from which the photos were obtained: http://www.agilitynut.com/ vessels.html. You might want to mention this link to your readers, at least, as there are lots of other bottles there which Mr. Munsey did not include in his article.

Thanks, Debra Jane Seltzer

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Recent Finds In May of 2003, I received an E-mail from one of my friends, Charlie Holt, advising me that he had come across a halfpint coffin flask embossed N. AHRENS / MARKET / & STEUART STS / GOODS / AS REPRESENTED. The N. Ahrens cylinder whiskies are highly sought by the Western whiskey collectors for their reddish coloration, coupled with extreme whittling. These San Francisco cylinders are rare, but the flask had never previously been reported!

Nicholas Ahrens is first found in the retail liquor section of the San Francisco directories in 1876. His establishment, located at the northeast corner of 2nd and Natoma, was run in partnership with John W. Tamm. By 1878, Nicholas had partnered with Orville T. Shattuck in the grocery and liquor business at the northwest corner of 2nd and Minna. This partnership was last listed in the 1883-84 San Francisco Business Directory.

Ahrens is not listed in the liquor sections of the directories from 1884 through 1889. He is listed in the general directory for 1887 as a clerk for Henry Wellbrook, who had a grocery and liquor

concern at 214 Davis, and as a bartender in the 1888 directory.

Starting in the 1890 directory, he is noted to be in the saloon business at the southwest corner of Market and Steuart Streets. He remains at this address into the 1895-6 directory, adding a second establishment at the northwest corner of 1st and Mission in 1895. This dates the flask to the period of 1890-95.

By 1896, Ahrens was the proprietor of the Rococo Saloon at the junction of Market and Sacramento (2 Market Street changing to 10 Market Street in 1910) and The Novelty at the northwest corner of 1st and Mission. Beginning in the 1900 directory, he is listed as being owner of the Rococo Saloon only.

The 1906 earthquake apparently changed his business for a time, as he is listed as proprietor of the Bush Street Cafe at 447 Bush Street in 1906 and 1907. He continued to be listed as a liquor dealer at 2 Market Street in the liquor section, but this was not included in the general listings. In 1909, he is listed by residence only, but in 1910, he is again listed as proprietor of the Rococo Cafe and

proprietor of the Hansa Hotel (447 Bush Street). The 1918 listings include him as the manager of the Rococo Cafe.

From Carl Sturm: The half pint amber flask on the far left is a major find in the flask collecting field. It is a heretofore unknown historical flask similar to McKearin's GXIII-1 but is the halfpint size, while GXIII-1 is listed as a pint.

In questioning Norman Heckler, James Hagenbuch and Mark Vuono, all said they had never heard of a halfpint in the NOT FOR JOE flask.

Two different styles of the NOT FOR JOE flask are listed and known along with the GXIII-3 shown pictured on the left with the new find. The GXIII-3 has an eagle on the reverse and is marked A.& DH.C. The halfpint NOT FOR JOE is plain on the reverse as are the listed NOT FOR JOE pint flasks.

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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Presents

EXPO 2004 ANTIQUE BOTTLE AND ADVERTISING SHOW AUGUST 13 - 15, 2004 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Hosted by The Memphis Bottle Collectors Club

Memphis Cook Convention Center 255 N. Main St., Memphis, Tennessee Show Times Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Sunday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Show Chairman Gene Bradberry, P.O. Box 341062, Memphis, TN 38184 Phone: (901) 372-8428 E-mail: Expo2004@midsouth.rr.com

We are currently seeking consignments for this auction To discuss the possibility of consigning an item or group of items, or for more information regarding this sale, please contact: John R. Pastor, 1st Vice President - FOHBC 7288 Thorncrest Drive, SE Ada, MI 49301 or Phone: (616) 285-7604 E-mail: JPastor2000@msn.com

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Federation of Historic Bottle Collectors

Business & News The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a non-profit organization for collectors of historical bottles and related collectible items. Our primary goal is educational as it relates to the history and manufacture of historical bottles and related artifacts.

FOHBC Officers 2002-2004 President : Ralph VanBrocklin, 1021W. Oakland Ave., Suite 109, Johnson City, TN 37604 Home (423) 913-1378 Office: (432) 282-8393; E-mail: thegenuine@aol.com First Vice-President : John Pastor, 7288 Thorncrest Dr. SE, Ada, MI 49301; Phone: (616) 285-7604 E-mail: JPastor2000@msn.com Second Vice-President : Jack Hewitt, 1765 Potomac Ct.., Lawrenceville, GA 30043; Phone: (770) 963-0220 Secretary : Ed Provine, 401 Fawn Lake Drive, Millington, TN 38053; Phone: (901) 876-3296 Treasurer : Alan DeMaison, 6583 Berkshire Dr., Mentor, OH 44060; Phone: (440) 255-3880 E-mail: violinbottle@aol.com Historian : Richard Watson, 10 S.Wendover Rd.., Medford, NJ 08055; Phone: (856) 983-1364 E-mail : rewatson@bellatlantic.net Editor : Kathy Hopson, 1966 King Springs Rd., Johnson City, TN 37601; Phone: (423) 926-7160 E-mail : kathy@thesodafizz.com Merchandising Director : Margie Williams, 1835 Oak Terr.., Newcastle, CA 95658; Phone: (926) 663-1510 E-mail : margie@altarfire.com; Fax : (926) 663-2030 Membership Director : Fred Holabird, 701 Gold Run Ct., Reno, NV 89511; Phone: (775) 851-0837 Convention Director : Adam Koch, 10512 Northfield Rd.., Northfield, OH 44067; Phone: (330) 467-1551

Business Manager / Subscriptions: June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct., Raymore, MO 64083 E-mail : osubuckeyes71@aol.com Director-At-Large : Sheldon Baugh, 252 W. Valley, Russelville, KY 42276; Phone: (270) 726-2712 Fax : (270) 726-7618; E-mail: sheldonb@logantele.com Director-At-Large : Norman Barnett, P.O. Box 38, Flat Rock, IN 47234; Phone: (812) 587-5560 Director-At-Large: Carl Sturm, 88 Sweetbriar Branch, Longwood, FL 32750-2783; Phone: (407) 332-7689 E-mail : glassmancarl@sprintmail.com Midwest Region Director : Rick Baldwin, 1931 Thorpe Cir., Brunswick, OH 44212-4261; Phone: (330) 225-3576 E-mail : rsbaldwin@worldnet.att.net Northeast Region Director : Larry Fox, 5478 Route 21, Canandaiqua, NY 14424; Phone: (716) 394-8958 Southern Region Director : Tom Lines, PO Box 382831, Birmingham, AL 35238; Phone: (205) 987-0650 Western Region Director : Kent Williams, 1835 Oak Terr.., Newcastle, CA 95658; Phone: (916) 663-2030 Public Relations Director : Mike Polak, PO Box 30328, Long Beach, CA 90853; Phone: (562) 438-9209 E-mail : bottleking@earthlink.net Remember!

The information is always up-to-date on the Website: www.fohbc.com

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Federation of Historic Bottle Collectors

President’s Message October-December 2003

President : Ralph VanBrocklin 1021 W Oakland Ave., Suite 109 Johnson City, TN 37604 (423) 913-1378 thegenuine@comcast.net

THE DISAPPEARING AMERICAN BOTTLE SHOW Holding the National Show in Louisville, once the site of one of my favorite shows, could not help but lead me to reflect about the loss of that yearly show and, from there, to reflect about our hobby and the changes we are experiencing in it.

In this area, alone, we have lost Nashville, Memphis and Louisville as vibrant shows over the past few years. Others are clearly at risk. Even Knoxville, which once sported over 400 tables of bottles, is now in danger of simply becoming another general antiques show.

There is no doubt that this is a different world than it was a decade ago, and that the forces in collecting have changed, as well. With the significant impact of the specialty auctions beginning to be felt by the late 1980’s, we began to see many of the very best items disappearing from the shows and being offered in a forum that promised to maximize return to the owner.

As the hobby matured, so too did the collector—from simple acquisition to dealing and profit. Sometimes this profit was to further the collection and other times just as a way of supplementing income. No matter the motive, the hobby changed and continues to change.

The biggest impact on the availability of items at our shows has come to the fore in the past 4-5 years -- online auctions.

EBay and other online auctions have given everyone an avenue to sell and buy that is convenient and simple. No more long drives, no more hotel and fuel expenses and no more guessing what an item might be worth. I’ll be the first to admit that I have put a number of super items on my shelves thanks to EBay and although I do sell through that venue, on occasion, I do not let that be my only venue for collecting and dealing, just as I never let the major glass auctions become my only source of participation in the hobby. For to do so comes at a price and poses consequences that I am unwilling to accept.

To me, one of the most important dug bottle generates cannot be counted on aspects of collecting is the interaction with any longer. As the easiest sites to dig are others who hold similar interests. The exhausted and as the opportunity to dig in ability to visit with my friends and to meet many other areas is curtailed by regulations new folks who love glass and stoneware and more “liability-conscious” owners and is the foremost reason to attend the shows developers, this source of items looks to (although some would say that that does be an unlikely savior of our shows. not hold true with me in the first few hours Compounding the loss of appealing of a show when I’m “scrambling” for that items at the shows is the failure of younger new acquisition!) I would hate to lose that club members to step in for the established to impersonal venues such as auctions and members as they decide that planning, online sales. Donald Binz’s proposal for organizing and running the shows is more establishing an online bottle show (see taxing than they wish to shoulder. ( ParenLetters to the Editor) is interesting and thetically, this is the same problem a might even come to fruition one day, but number of officers of clubs which have I’d hate to see the day it does, as it would failed have expressed to me as the primary signal one more nail in the coffin of the reason that they disbanded.) If an American Bottle Show. insufficient number of members indicate As digging has slowed, even that source an interest in running the club and of items has dwindled, and the excitement staffing/putting on the show, the result is that the opportunity to purchase a freshly the same -- they cease to be.

So, what to do???

• Don’t sit back and expect that someone else will perform the tasks that allow you to enjoy the hobby. Don’t take your club and your local show for granted -- they may disappear faster than you could ever imagine. My intention, when I complete my twoyear tenure as president of the Federation, is to be much more active in the programs of my local club and in helping the show chair. All of us need to step up to the plate and take some responsibility for the health of our shows and our clubs. It can be done and, if you value the human aspects of this hobby, it must be done!

• Provide an interesting display and/or an appealing table at the shows you attend.

Show your collection to others, promoting the history of the items and introducing new collectors to the possibilities in the hobby.

• Lend interest to the shows you attend by holding some of your better items for the shows rather than running them on EBay or through the major glasshouse auctions. In particular, why not give that choice item which you have clearly established a current market value for a chance to be admired and purchased by one of your friends who prefers buying at shows to all other venues. It is great for the happy purchaser and an easy way for the seller to help improve the overall health of the show and the hobby.

• If the auction method seems preferable due to uncertainty of value, consider selling it at an auction held in conjunction with one of the shows. There can be no denying that a live auction at a show adds appeal to that show. Your item still helps the health of the show, even if it does not grace a sales table.

These thoughts may not be the final answer to the marketplace forces which are changing our hobby. But, they seem like a logical and relatively simple initial step to improving the health of our remaining shows.

Let’s not lose our shows….. The friends you make at them may just prove to be the best friends you ever make in your life!

Ralph Jay Van Brocklin, DMD, President, Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

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show this summer. These shows are what keep the interest alive and need to be well supported.

I attended Madison Bouckville Antique Show and Festival last week in Madison County New York. At this was a tent set up with a big banner in front reading Bottle Nuts. Under the tent were several bottle collectors and dealers from various states with a pretty decent selection of bottles and jars.

I heard someone ask one of the dealers, “What is a bottle nut?” His answer, “ You see, we bring these bottles here and put them on the tables for sale. The nuts is them, which wonder in off the street to buy them. Bottle Nuts.”

Talk about a good time. These guys and

gals were having one. Gone were all the hassles of an organized show. These folks were having one terrific show all on their own. Half their crew would tend the merchandise while the other half were off in quest of things to buy. They had their own food and drink, and even shared it with the public. It was rewarding to see such cooperation amongst a group of collectors. They spent the whole week at this event buying and selling. Many of them camped right on the show site.

It is my understanding that these folks did so well that they have reserved an even larger portion of the Expo Field for next August. If you are in the area next August, check them out. It is a good time.

a huge success. Thanks in part to the many members who willingly give of their time to volunteer.

The last Saturday in July, the club hosted a get together in Cadiz (SE Ohio) to introduce the bottle world to those who are unable to get involved, due to the distance.

Our annual club picnic took place during our July meeting and as always, a great time for fellowship. Rick Baldwin presented club members Ann Sekerak, Ralph Bowman and Terri Grove with plaques for their endeavors in the Federation Writing Contest and

Newsletter Contest.

In the research / information category, Jack Sullivan (Alexandria, Va.) took 1st place. Jack was present at the National Show and received his award at that time.

Ann Sekerak took 2nd in the same category. Ralph Bowman took home 2nd place honors in the original true story category. The club newsletter, the "Swirl" received honorable mention.

September 14th was the Lakeland Show in Kirtwood, with "35 Years of Collecting" as the theme. A highlight of the show was the 26 displays. A great show to have attended!

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 35TH OHIO BOTTLE CLUB SHOW “THIRTY FIVE YEARS OF COLLECTING”

By Karen Arman th The 35 Annual Ohio Bottle Club This facility seems to be a perfect fit for Show is fast approaching, and I am really the fall show. The lighting is good, and looking forward to this momentous event. there is plenty of room for the show to The show will be held on September 14, grow here.

Last year there was a good mix of all 2003 at Lakeland Community College in bottle categories represented at this show.

Kirtland, Ohio and has easy access to and There were also about a half dozen good from nearby I-90. quality displays in an area set aside in the For many years this show had been held show room.

It was encouraging to see just south of Cleveland at the Richfield them.

I remember the many years that this Holiday Inn, but due to changes at this show filled a whole room with displays facility it was necessary to move the show. and have yearned for their return. Show One year it was held in Canton, Ohio. The chairman, Tim Kearns, has promised me following year it moved to Lakeland th that the 35 show will be reminiscent of College. It appeared that a new home had those years with 24 quality displays been found for the show, but due to confirmed.

Some of the displays are said renovations at the college the show had to to consist of rarely seen items. be relocated to Eastlake High School for I heard many positive comments from 2 years. 2003 will be the third consecutive dealers last year as I walked around and year back at the Lakeland College facility.

talked with them. Orville Seals, Jackson, Ohio was so pleased with the show that last year he took an additonal table.

Orrville had a big wide grim on his face about the success that he had at last year’s show. Ted Misich, Mentor, Ohio told me that he did very well. He sold mostly items other than bottles. Dave Merker from Minerva, Ohio lost no time in telling me, “There was a lot of nice stuff here.”

George Brewster of Novelty, Ohio reported that he did pretty well also. “I sold better than usual.” He also said that packing up would be a lighter task. Ed Gray, Brockway, Pa., commented, “Loved it! Really enjoyed it! I bought, sold well, and visited with friends and met some new ones. I’ll be back.” Many other dealers had similar comments.

Moving a show is risky business, let alone having to have it bounce around for several years. Show chairmen, Tim

Northeast Regional News Larry Fox 5478 Route 21 Canandaigua, NY 14424 (718) 394-8958 brer-fox@msn.com The majority of the clubs in the Northeast take the summer off as far as regular meetings. This pretty much eliminates the monthly newsletter, which is my source of information for this column. No newsletters / no news.

I would like to take the time to wish all a very enjoyable summer and the fall season that follows. Hopefully everyone has been able to attend at least one bottle

Midwest Regional News Joe Terry P.O. Box 243 Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 (419) 422-3183 jiterry@wcnet.org From the Ohio Bottle Club, as sent by Terri Grove: The Ohio Bottle Club has been busy since late spring. Along with the regular monthly meetings, there has been a plethora of bottle related activities.

The Mansfield Show in May was again,

Larry Fox

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Kearns and Bob Smith, have worked very The Lakeland Show is held the day after merchandise. It is located less than a half hard to turn this show around, and their the 500 dealer Great Geauga Antique hour drive from the Lakeland Show efforts are paying off. Attendance at last Show in Burton, Ohio. This show will location. year’s show was up significantly. take hours to see and has great antique Note: At the time this article was written, and the magazine went to press, this show had not taken place yet. through their celebrations and songs. This spirit was called Coyopa. When this race of people left Barbados, the spirit remained.

(Southern Region editor’s note: Gee! All this without even taking a wee nip!).

Quesada also noted the death of longtime member and former club president Eddie Bratburd on June 19.

Charlie Barnette, president of the State of Franklin (Tenn.) Antique Bottle and Collectibles Association, also serves as editor of its newsletter, The Groundhog Gazette.

Once again, he’s edited another great newsletter in his August edition.

He featured the history of the amber Mystic Wine of Life Company of Bristol, Tenn.

"In 1993, my good friend (and current FOHBC president) Ralph Van Brocklin attended an auction in Paris, Tenn," Barnette said. "Upon his return, he phoned me and informed me he had purchased an amber Mystic Wine of Life/Bristol, Tenn., mold-blown bottle. I was excited as I knew of the bottle, but didn’t have one in my collection."

Van Brocklin wasn’t interested in parting with it, much to Barnette’s dismay.

"The following weekend," Barnette continued, "as I prepared to go digging, I told my wife, Lynn, that I was ‘off to dig a couple of amber Mystics.’ About an hour of so into my digging, an amber bottle fell out of some roots and into my hole.

Imagine my surprise when I rubbed the dirt off to read, ‘Mystic Wine of Life/MFGD. By/The Mystic Wine of Life Co./Bristol, Tenn.’! And it was in excellent condition!

"But ya know. . .I dug for two more

hours and never did find that other one!"

The history is a bit long to list here, but anyone interested can contact Barnette at (423) 968-1437 or e-mail him at brisbotls@chartertn.net.

The newsletter also includes photos of Dr. Enuf memorabilia and drawings of a couple of stoneware jugs marked CAIN Pottery Works/Sullivan County, Tenn., and VATE for Virginia-Tennessee Pottery Works of Bristol.

Barnette added a work-intensive listing of Bristol patent medicines.

Latest club to become affiliated with the Federation of Historic Bottle Clubs is the Horse Creek Antique Bottle Club of Aiken County, S.C. It was founded in January of this year

by Mrs. Geneva Green of Langley, S.C., and at this August writing has about 25 paid-up members. Larry Calhoun of Saluda, S.C., is vice president and Bill Baab and Mike Newman, both from Augusta, are secretary and treasurer, respectively.

Horse Creek runs through the county on its way to the Savannah River, passing through communities like Clearwater, Bath, Langley, Burnettown, Gloverville and Warrenville. There’s an old saying that "Langley took a Bath in Clearwater because he had an ‘Aiken’ back!"

Club members have enjoyed show and tell sessions and speakers who are authorities on local bottles and pottery. Meetings are held at the Valley Outreach Interfaith Center the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m., and visitors are always welcomed.

Anyone interested can contact the Southern Region editor for more information.

BB

Greetings friends. It’s tomato time. The end of summer when all things good are coming from the garden and everyone is making plans for the great shows coming up in the fall season. Pickings for this actual summer issue are pretty slim, what with nearly everyone off on vacation and not many club meetings ner newsletters.

But, not to say there ain’t nothing going on, mind you. Oh we got news alright 8^) First up, it’s Reno! Yes, the Diggers Dirt from the Reno ABC brought to us by my old friend Helene Walker of course.

Willy says: “the clubs’ 41st show and sale is now history.” 41 shows folks! That’s something and there is no doubt. 41, it just strikes me as even a bigger deal that 40 for

Southern Regional News Bill Baab 2352 Devere Street Augusta, GA 30914 (706) 736-8097 riverswamper@comcast.net

Mary Quesada, editor of the Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida newsletter, featured an unusual bottle, to say the least, in her August issue.

Either it’s going to become an instant collectible, or collectors far down the road will be eager to obtain an example.

Coyopa is described as a full-bodied, ultra premium rum from the Barbados, with a rich, buttery molasses taste, but it’s the bottle with its patented Active Label (R) that’s the fun thing.

It’s animated by a backlight that’s activated each time the bottle is lifted. The light illuminates pictures of dancers in sequence, giving the illusion that the dancers are moving. A music chip also is activated and a steel drum song, composed especially for Coyopa, accompanies the dance.

The bottle, which took years to develop, has its music stored digitally and plays from a speaker stored in the bottom. Each time the bottle is lifted, the song-and-dance plays once for 15 seconds and then shuts off. The advanced battery will last for at least 500 plays, company officials said.

Hundreds of years ago, before Europeans landed on the shores of Barbados, legend has it there lived a people who had lightning coursing through their veins.

These natives possessed a powerful energy that manifested itself

Western Regional News Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, CA 96039 (706) 736-8097 scottg@snowcrest.net So, like, whatta I know??

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some reason, I don’t know why.

This years show was moved right downtown to the convention center. The lighting was better and the room in general was practically splendid with nice atmosphere and good air conditioning (a matter of basic survival in Reno Nev., you may be sure). A couple of nagging – coulda beens- were the torn up parking lot and the food shack was closed. No big deal.

The club is cutting it a lot closer to the line by moving to these great accomidations, so ya’ll remember that next year and be sure to get there.

Marty Hall constructed a new Club Cabinet for the display and everyone brought out their best whiskeys for the show to fill it up. Marty, that was a whale of a kind thing to do, Partner! Raise your glasses as you read this gang. Hat’s Off and three cheers to Marty!!

Ron Barnes, that perpetual patron of the Chico show, brought a fantastic collection of miniatures (Drat! I love miniatures. I’m crushed I missed it Ron).

Richard Siri snagged -Best of Showexcept you forgot to tell us what Rich had brought Willie! Was it the bitters? Or flasks? Jamaica Gingers?? Richard could probably run away with it in several categories. 8^) And you didn’t mention if you brought that new Pacific Congress bottle you were telling me about Will?

Next, we’re off to the Whittlemark of the LAHBC. Seems a noisy wedding preparation party showed up at the usual

Bottle Club Forum

by Steve Charing The scores of bottle clubs around the country have disparate sizes and strengths.

While there are many venerable clubs with strong memberships and higher levels of activity, there is, unfortunately, a number of smaller clubs struggling to maintain membership levels and viability.

Since there aren’t many opportunities for those in the stronger clubs to pass along tips to the smaller clubs, Steve Charing, President of the 33-year-old Baltimore Antique Bottle Club, proposed to FOHBC President Ralph VanBrocklin that prior to the National Show in Louisville a forum on bottle clubs take place. He envisioned an informal gathering where a free and open discussion would take place among club representatives.

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monthly meeting hall, but everyone was as good a' sports as they could be. Under the circumstances - way to hang in there guys.

And then more Reno show coverage, compliments of Ken N Dar. After some preliminary confusion, with the show being moved, Our travellers were heading over to the convention hall and what’ do-you-recon’ comes up? An antique shop, of course. Not many bottles but tons of other cool junk and of all things, a visiting bottle collector from Hawaii. Fellow name of Jim Colvin who was checkin out the place “just in case he wanted to open a new shop.” You never know.

At the show were many LA club members and Mike Polak with his latest bottle book. He’d hung up a banner where he wasn’t supposed to, but they didn’t give him a real hard time. Good try Mike! Jim Jack, sometimes know as JJ came in from New York and always brings cool stuff.

Last up, but by no means last in our hearts, The Punkinseed of the Las Vegas BaCC! Dottie starts us out (this –is- you, isn’t it Dotty? Remember, you get a byline too once in a while 8^) with irritating TV commercials. She relates some Doozys including someone with appartent irritable bowel syndrome (yikes!) and just how exasperating it all is. Just when you start to wonder why in the world it’s been written, it all comes clear. Jim Marsh, club member, also sells cars and does a pretty decent job of it, after all.

It is with sadness and fond memory that the passing of club pioneer, and first president of the SNABC, Hank Lewis, must be reported. Hank helped organize the club in 1965. Along with his wife, Doris. They were avid ghost town diggers and amassed a great collection of whiskeys, bitters and then branched out into very early bottles and Stiegel glass as well.

Doris called up the other day, just to stay in touch. It was lovely to hear her voice and remember the early digs and bottle show trips, us piled into her old station wagon. Fond memories are still tied to the present. 38 years is a long time to keep this hobby alive here in Las Vegas.

SG Beautifully written Dottie. Thank you.

For those of you not familiar with the section of our newsletter called the An-Neck-Dotes (insert cute pic of a giraffe with the words on his neck) …………

Memorial weekend club dig. Members held their annual dig at the old Tonopah dump. People also came in from Oregon, Arizona and Utah for it. Trade tokens, marbles and watch fobs turned up as well as bottles.

Next scheduled dig is Labor Day, again in Tonopah. Also hoping to get together in Delamar around october. Call Joe Panek @ 792-9669 for details.

Wow, regular club digs. Not a bad way to spend a day, to say the least .

Yours, Scott

A panel would lead the forum and would cover specific topics with an eye towards sharing the best practices of the stronger clubs mixed in with an exchange of ideas. Its purpose was to discuss what works, what doesn’t and why with the ultimate goal of having all bottle clubs thriving.

Ralph enthusiastically supported the idea and asked Alan DeMaison, President of the Ohio Bottle Club and Reggie Lynch, President of the Southeastern Bottle Club to join Steve Charing on the panel. Each member covered several topics.

After Steve provided introductory remarks, Reggie Lynch kicked things off by explaining the purpose of a bottle club.

Among other things, he discussed that clubs are important as a means of collectors coming together to share knowledge and camaraderie. Promotion of the hobby and planning and implemen-

tation of shows were also discussed by him as significant purposes for clubs to exist.

Alan DeMaison followed with his ideas on what makes a bottle club strong.

Foremost among these was the encouragement of participation, which he indicated promotes interest in the clubs activities and helps build a sense of camaraderie amongst the clubs members. When responsibilities are spread out it gives everyone a sense of personal stake in the success of the club and it helps prepare for a smooth transition of duties in any given area from one individual to another.

The development and presentation of strong educational programs and an excellent newsletter focus interest and help keep the club healthy.

Reggie, who helped revitalize the Raleigh Club as well as founding the Southeast Bottle Club, discussed recruitment strategies. Among the ideas

Bottles and Extras mentioned were utilizing all public service announcement possibilities open to the club (newspaper, television, radio) and offering memberships through forums such as EBay. A club web page, which either the Federation or Reggie can assist our clubs in establishing, is a great way to draw collectors from within a given locale to the club. Encouraging members to bring friends who are not members with them to meetings has proven useful in certain clubs, particularly in clubs with strong programs. The provision of free bottles to member’s children who attend the meetings and all children who attend the shows was discussed as a means to interest a new generation of members.

Steve discussed the importance of attracting more members to meetings while recognizing the fact that geography plays a key role in meeting attendance. The focus should be on bottles but club unity, and member interaction should be encouraged. An important element in attracting members to the meetings is to publicize the meeting dates, times and location well in advance. Meetings should be designed to maximize interest, which should include educational and/or entertaining programs with a balance of membership participation and speaker presentations.

Members should be encouraged to bring lots of bottles to sell or display, and part of a member’s collection can be highlighted either in a showcase or on a table.

Participation can be broadened through the use of Show & Tell segments, theme bottles (relating to historical events in a particular month) or other categories.

Raffle and badge bottle drawings should be part of each meeting so members may have a fun opportunity to add to their collections.

An important suggestion was to keep the "business" segment of the meeting brief. Steve pointed out that with his club, most of the business discussions and decisions are handled by the club’s Board of Directors. This removes the mundane nuts and bolts matters from the meeting leaving the more entertaining and informative components.

The meetings should start promptly and at a consistent time. Refreshments should be provided and sufficient time should be set aside for socializing, bottle browsing and networking.

To generate additional interest, where possible, meeting participants should be

Fall 2003 photographed and included in the next month’s newsletter. Finally, special theme meetings like a holiday party or club anniversary party should be held on occasion.

Alan Demaison offered tips on how to organize special events/trips. Of paramount importance is accurately assessing the interests of the members, which the Ohio Bottle Club does by throwing out a variety of ideas of activities and narrowing them down to those that seem to have broad appeal. They have begun to hold “mini” bottle shows in communities that once had shows or active clubs that no longer exist. These are inexpensive to hold and help bring dormant collectors back into the hobby and re-introduce the hobby into areas in which it is faltering.

Steve discussed one of the most important activities of a club: how to run a successful show. He acknowledged that not all shows are the same with respect to size, location, time of year, etc., but emphasized that before anything else, the club needs to have a competent, reliable show chairperson. Consistency of date and location is also critical in establishing a tradition. The show’s venue must meet the needs of the club, such as budget and space requirements.

A plan should be developed complete with timetables to keep the show preparations organized and timely. The club must recruit enthusiastic, dependable volunteers for the show’s myriad logistics.

You can never have too much publicity. Advertise on two fronts: the bottle collecting community and the local population. This can be accomplished by advertising in the major bottle magazines, such as Bottles and Extras, as well as local newspapers. Send press releases to all local media outlets two weeks before each show. Make widespread use of fliers and posters, and don’t hesitate to allow the Internet help spread the word about your show. If your club has a website, use it for that purpose. Send announcements to newsgroups in the bottle and antique collecting communities. This maximizes exposure and minimizes costs. If feasible, send post cards to previous attendees to remind them of the show. A database of names and addresses would need to be developed, but this is a very effective tool in encouraging the public to attend.

Steve explained his club’s policy of treating all dealers and members of the

11 public like the valued customers they are and not to take any customer for granted.

Offer a bottle appraisal service to the public to attract non-collectors and encourage educational displays to make it a show as well as a sale. The club should welcome and evaluate feedback although it is impossible to please everybody. Finally, the club should submit show reports to the bottle media to stoke further interest.

Steve then identified what he perceived to be some weaknesses of bottle clubs. No matter how strong a club is, there are always issues that need to be addressed.

One of the problems is the "me-first" culture whereby certain members are in the club to suit their personal needs but don't view the club as a priority. Others don't want to take up the mantle of responsibility leaving the work to be done by a few.

This causes a lack of interest to become officers in the club, and the resulting burnout by the few who do the work has led to some clubs' demise.

Ralph Van Brocklin concluded the forum by discussing the role of the FOHBC in the success of bottle clubs. His main comments centered around the fact that the Federation wanted its member clubs to understand that there is a willingness to assist them when they identify specific problems that require attention.

The use of the Federation website as a link to club websites, the use of the Federation to help clubs set up their own webpage, referrals to specific clubs when inquiries are made of the Federation about how to collect and collecting clubs in the inquirees locale are all areas the Federation is capable and willing to help the clubs in.

Promotion of the member clubs shows on the website and in the magazine are avenues currently available to our clubs.

Ralph concluded by indicating that he hoped over the next couple of years the Federation would be in a better position to help new clubs get off the ground and to provide ideas of what works and does not work at the club level. He indicated that this forum was an initial step in that process.

“Although the attendance was disappointing, the forum was a good beginning and perhaps, with additional publicity, a similar forum can take place in Memphis at next years EXPO.” More photos and information about the National Show in Louisville, Kentucky begin on page 20.

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THE STORY OF KT&K CHINA WHISKEYS

by Jack Sullivan Wherever American pre-Prohibition whiskey jugs are collected, the white china ones with the KT&K mark on the bottom are certain to be found. But they might not ever have existed if it had not been for the initiative of a orphaned and unlettered pottery worker who rose to fame and fortune by selling liquor and calling it medicine.

The story begins and ends in East Liverpool, Ohio. During the late 19th and early 20th Century this town across the Ohio River from West Virginia was America's largest producer of ceramic table and vanity wares. Known widely as "Crockery City," in 1887 East Liverpool boasted 270 kilns and annually produced ceramic products valued at $25 million -in a time when 25 cents would buy dinner.

The largest pottery in town was KT&K -- Knowles, Taylor & Knowles. It was founded in 1854 by Isaac Knowles, a cabinet-maker and carpenter by trade, with a partner, Isaac Harvey. They became best known for their self-sealing stoneware canning jars, items that show up from time to time at antique shows. In 1870 Isaac Knowles became the sole owner and brought into the firm his son, Homer S. Knowles, and his son-in-law, John N. Taylor. Thus the firm became Knowles, Taylor & Knowles.

Almost immediately the trio left off emphasizing stoneware and began to manufacture "whiteware." That is a generic term, encompassing any kind of pottery or porcelain that is white or nearly so in color. Produced by the use of more refined clays, this ware normally is given a clear glaze to allow a lustrous white show through. Good examples are customary tavern and restaurant crockery. Whiteware items often are referred to as "china," "hotel china," or "semi-vitreous porcelain" even though they are far from the quality of true porcelain or china.

KT&K prospered on whiteware. By 1877 the company was adding new buildings and had increased its capacity to five kilns. By the mid-1880s it had expanded to 16 kilns. In 1891 Knowles, Taylor & Knowles was incorporated with capital of a hefty $1,000,000. It boasted 29 kilns and employed more than 700 people. Not only was it the largest pottery in East Liverpool but the largest in the entire United States. Considerable credit for this growth goes to the knowledge and skill of its founder, Isaac Knowles, an inventor who patented a number of innovations in the manufacture of pottery.

John Taylor, manager and money man, also was a high flyer. In 1891 he was tapped by the then-Ohio governor and

The three sizes of Meredith's Diamond Club Whiskey: half-pint, pint and quart.

Steinhardt Bros. White Lilly Pure Rye.

future President, William McKinley, to be his personal aide-de-camp with the rank of "colonel," a title Taylor carried for the rest of his life. In a hand-written letter dated Dec. 10, McKinley says: "I need not tell you that it will give me the greatest personal pleasure to have you take this place." Taylor served four years with McKinley before returning to the company.

Under the direction of Knowles and Taylor, KT&K became known for its innovations in ceramic. Hiring a former manager of Ireland's Belleek china factory, the firm experimented with "American Belleek" only to abandon the effort following a fire at the factory. Then it

Diamond Club variant jug with hollow letters and no mention of East Liverpool.

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Steinhardt Bros. 1891 calendar, featuring the "porcelain" quart jug.

turned to "Lotus Ware," a bone china that was shaped and decorated as art ware. It was highly successful and brought new glory to KT&K. Today Lotus Ware pieces command big prices from collectors.

Yet smart as they were, neither Knowles nor Colonel Taylor apparently considered turning their pottery skills to whiskey jugs.

That initiative was the brainchild of George W. Meredith.

The Meredith Diamond Club rye whiskey KT&K jug.

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Orphaned before he was five years old and having scant education, Meredith worked from 1878 to 1880 at KT&K in one of the lowlier jobs -- jiggerman, the laborer who turned the potter's wheel to shape the clay. After leaving the factory, ostensibly for heath reasons, Meredith rented a storeroom in downtown East Liverpool and with one employee began blending and distributing his own whiskey around town. He had a real genius for marketing his products and early on called his principal brand "Meredith's Diamond Club," reportedly borrowing the name from a prestigious local organization of leading businessmen.

Meredith's whiskey, his advertisements and labels insisted, was "pure." By making that claim he also exhibited his merchandising savvy. The Pure Food and Drug Act would be enacted a few years later and "purity" had the same draw as "all natural" does today. Diamond Club's purity, Meredith claimed, made it "the safest whiskey on earth" for medical purposes. He claimed that one "nip" was worth 10 doses of medicine and boasted that his liquor had been "officially recognized" by the medical profession.

By stressing his whiskey's therapeutic rather than its lubricating qualities Meredith was attempting to circumvent the burgeoning Temperance Movement that eventually would lead to Prohibition. His business expanded rapidly and within a decade Meredith came one of the nation's largest whiskey distributors, serving a clientele, as he put it, "from Maine to California and Canada to the Gulf."

This canny, self-promoting businessman also saw the customer appeal that bottling his whiskey in a whiteware china jug might have. So he talked his former employers at KT&K into shaping a distinctive container, one with a graceful tapering body, a serpent handle, a fancy over-glaze label and plenty of gold trimming. On April 4, 1891, the East Liverpool DAILY CRISIS ran an ad stating: "The G.W. Meredith Co. is offering its Diamond Club Pure Rye Whiskey in china jugs that will come in three sizes." The KT&K whiskey jug was launched -- every one of the bearing the message: "Expressly for Medicinal Purposes."

Before long the white jug with the serpent handle had become an important product of the pottery. Other whiskey distillers and distributors saw that the containers were attractive and commissioned KT&K to apply their labels. In Cincinnati, Sam Klein, a whiskey man with a national reputation as a merchandising

Getty & Co. Old Premium from Pittsburgh.

Urban Club Bourbon from Quincy Illinois.

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genius, found the jugs perfect for his Spring Lake Bourbon and ordered several designs. Steinhart Brothers, liquor dealers in New York City, not only marketed their White Lily Pure Rye in KT&K china, they used pictures of the container in their advertising and promoted White Lily as "bottled in porcelain quart jugs." As far away as Waco, Texas, H. Mayer bought the whiteware for his Old Times brand of bourbon.

But George Meredith remained KT&K's best customer. In addition to the three sizes of Diamond Club available -- quart, pint and half-pint -- he ordered KT&K to make a non-pouring one & one-half inch advertising replica that could be used as a watch fob. He also approved a totally different design for an "1880" Meredith Rye. "East Liverpool" appears on most of his jugs. But when the town voted itself dry in 1907, Meredith retaliated by moving his operations to Pittsburgh and eliminating its name from his KT&Ks. Throughout the early 20th Century KT&K continued to prosper. Homer Knowles had died in 1892 and Isaac Knowles retired about the same time, replaced by his sons, Willis and Edwin. Col. Taylor ran the firm successfully until 1914 when he retired and his son Homer took over. The coming of National Prohibition, however, spelled the demise of the market for whiskey jugs. Sales of other KT&K products faltered. By the mid-1920s the pottery was struggling financially. In 1923 net income was $339,000; by 1926, despite being economic boom times, company earnings had fallen to $44,850.

In March 1929 KT&K's corporate officers approved merging the firm with the ill-fated American Chinaware Corporation. The merger occurred just six months before the Stock Market crash and the onset of the Great Depression. Within two years American Chinaware was bankrupt. Knowles, Taylor and Knowles, the largest pottery in America for the previous 50 years, put out the fires in its kilns, released the remaining workforce and forever ceased operations.

As for George Meredith, after Prohibition wiped out his Pittsburgh liquor business, he migrated to Atlantic City, N.J., where he dabbled in real estate and bottled a popular orangeflavored soft drink called "Whistle." He died in 1924 at the age of 74.

Although the East Liverpool Museum of Ceramics has kept alive the traditions of "Crockery City," through its exhibits of local ceramic products and archival materials, there is no sure way of knowing just how many different styles of KT&K whiskeys were created during the three decades they were in production. Two slightly differing lists from anonymous sources were given to me almost 15 years ago. Subsequently I consolidated the two lists and have looked to add newly found examples as well as variations on known jugs. Among the most interesting to come to light in recent years are a Meredith Diamond Club Rye with painted roses and gothic letters appar-

The KT&K factory at the height of its production.

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A Diamond Club whiskey ad prominently featuring the jug.

ently created for the Mount Airy Hotel (North Carolina or Maryland?), and a Klein Brothers and Hyman jug featuring a large "B," apparently for bourbon, again with painted roses.

On the following page is my current list of KT&K whiskey jugs.

In addition to these known KT&K examples reports have been received about examples marked "Old Colony Bourbon" and "Metropolitan Club" -- but these are unconfirmed.

Jack Sullivan has been collecting jugs for many years.

He is a regular contributor to Bottles & Extras and is the author of The American Whiskey Jug, A Compilation of Articles. Jack can be reached at: 4300 Ivanhoe Place Alexandria, Virginia 22304-1512

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VARIATIONS

Meredith's Diamond Club Pure Pure Rye Whiskey East Liverpool, Ohio

Green

1/2 pint Pint Quart

Pint without address and "Pure Rye” omitted Quart with address omitted.

Quart with “open” letters.

Meredith Diamond Club Pure Rye 1880

Red Green

Quart

“1880” in two sizes.

Meredith Diamond Club Rye Mount Airy Hotel

Pink & Black

Quart

With painted roses; gothic letters.

“B” (for bourbon)

Red

Quart

Klein Bros. & Hyman, with painted flowers.

Spring Lake Hand Made Sour Mash Bourbon

Purple Green

Quart

Klein Bros. & Hyman, 17 Sycamore St., Cin’ti., Ohio

Purple Green

Quart

Klein Brothers, 121 Sycamore St., Cin’ti, Ohio.

Blue Gray

Quart

Fancy lettering, Klein Bros. & Hyman, Cin’ti, Proprietors.

Spring Lake, etc.

Purple

Quart

H. Ehrenburg, Little Rock, Ark., Proprietor

Spring Lake, etc.

Purple

Quart

O’Brien & Hughes, Proprietors “The Opera”

Old Times Hand Made Sour Mash Bourbon

Black

Quart

H. Mayer, Waco, Texas, Proprietor

Pennsylvania Club Pure Rye Whiskey

Purple Green

Quart

Swan trademark

White Lily Pure Rye

Green Purple Light Blue Dark Blue

Quart

S.B. & Co. - Lion with arror in the neck, in circle.

Old Maryland 1881Pure Rye Whiskey

Purple Blue Brown

Quart

G. Riesmeyer, St. Louis, Mo.

Old Maryland Whiskey A Blend

Brown Blue

Quart

G. Riesmeyer, St. Louis, Mo. Distilling Company.

John Limegrover, Jr.

Green

Quart

Gibson’s, 44 Ohio St., Allegheny. Also, “Sherwood” & “Dougherty’s”

Getty & Company

Green

Quart

Several dealer variations.

Old Premium Pure Rye Whiskies, Pittsburg, Pa.

Black

Mike & Jim’s Private Stock 1881 Pure Rye Whiskey

Green Red

Quart

Swan trademark.

Mike & Jim’s Anderson Co. Whiskey

Green

Quart

Otherwise, identical to above.

Urban Club Sour Mash

Purple

Quart

Bottled Expressly for A. Urban & Sons, Quincy, Illinois.

Hotel Lafayette

Green

1/2 pint

Marquis de Lafayette coat of arms.

References: Gates, William C., Jr. and Dana E. Ormerod, The East Liverpool, Ohio, Pottery District: Identification of Manufacturers and Marks (Society for Historical Archeology, 1982).

[Left] Klein Brothers & Hyman's fancy KT&K Spring Lake Bourbon.

Gaston, Mary Frank. Collector's Encyclopedia of Knowles, Taylor & Knowles, (Collector Books, 1996).

[Right] Recently discovered Klein Brothers & Hyman KT&K jug with a large "B" for bourbon and painted roses.

Photo courtesy of Tim Kearns.

Kearns, Timothy. Knowles, Taylor & Knowles: American Bone China (Schiffer Books, 1994).

Popp, Robert. "Better than Medicine: Whiskey Brought Fame, Fortune," The East Liverpool EVENING REVIEW, January 20, 1973.

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Reno, Nevada - July, 2003 from Ralph Van Brocklin July 10th saw the Van Brocklin clan making the beautiful drive through the Sierra Nevada over to Reno for the 41st annual bottle show held by the Reno/Sparks Antique Bottle Club. Great weather and moderate temperatures made the trip an enjoyable one, with the anticipation of adding some new items to the shelves and visiting with old friends driving us along.

The show is a two day affair, with dealer set-up at 10:00 am and early buyers allowed in at 12:00. An affordable early admission brings the majority of the buyers in early and the dealing was intense the first few hours. This years show was in a new venue from the prior several -- instead of the Reno Livestock Events Center, this years show was held in the Reno/Sparks Convention Center. Carpeted... Air Conditioned... Well Lighted...

Ahhhhhh! Great facility!!! Just hope that the finances allow it to be used in the future!

This has always been one of my favorite Western shows.

Typically there are some nice displays and a great array of bottles/ stoneware/advertising items to add to one's collection. And, one cannot ever state too emphatically that the officers and members of this club are just a super bunch of folks! (In other words...

You really ought to come to this show!)

It took me five years to get my son, Hunter, back on a plane and this was the show I wanted to get him to. He’s a little more into the Game Boy in the photo above (with his grandparents Hank and Bobbie), but he enjoyed wandering the hall and looking, wanting to buy a number of items, but finally settling for a cobalt poison offered by LaVaur Scow when his spoil-sport dad wouldn’t let him pop for items that dad felt were overpriced.

Good thing that he likes the glass or he’d probably use the familiar refrain “what good is it going with you to a show if I can’t buy ANYTHING?”! I didn’t pick him up any cylinders at this show, but maybe at Auburn in December!

Friday evening is always a fun one for me, with a visit to Fred and Dee Kille’s to view one of the premier Western collections and a heck of a nice assortment of Eastern glass, to boot. Fred does not seem to think a lot of the bitters and other Eastern items he has, but I have to tell you -- there are some nice barrels in that house! Having at one time had about twenty or so barrels and another twenty to thirty cabins, it is fun to fondle those items again. But, the draw is the Western flasks and Bourbons — Wow! Look in the main cases and see most of the rarest of the flasks.

Go around the corner and see duplicates of them. Spend a little more time, and you notice Western sodas, medicines and a

variety of bitters you never noticed in your ten previous visits.

I did not stay with them this trip, but what a treat to wake up at 4:00 in the morning (7:00 Eastern!) and flip on the lighted cases and... just... sit there and enjoy the glass!

Of course, it’s not just the bottles (honestly, Dee!!!)... the barbeque and hospitality Dee dishes out, and the great company I’m in while with Dee, Fred, John Ronald and others, make the hobby what it is to me — a wonderful focus for my life outside of my practice and family! EBay, online bottle shows, anonymous dealings... may they never replace the great American Bottle Show and the friendships the shows foster!

The show was the mixture of scrambling for the deals, socializing and photography I enjoy so much.

My rounds of the show floor produced one key addition to my collection, a clear pint shoofly from Virginia City embossed: THOS TAYLOR & CO / SOLE AGENTS / P. VOLLMERS / OLD BOURBON / LOUISVILLE KY / VIRGINIA NEV. I have tried for a number of years to add this bottle to my collection of 600+ clear Western pumpkinseeds and coffins/shooflies, but never could stomach the asking price. Well, thanks to Tom Chapman, this one came my way at a price I was happy to pay! Nice items were scattered throughout the hall, with some choice Hostetters and cabins at Richard and Beverly Siri’s table, a Wormser Bros Fine Old Cognac flask at Darren Romitti’s table, and some freshly dug offerings at the tables of Lou Lambert and Lane Puckett (yes, that’s Lane waving to you folks in the photo!) One of the nicest offerings was a board of nine Nevada “Good For” mirrors and 3 miscellaneous Nevada mirrors. A little stronger than I felt I could spring for, but as I write this the urge to call the fellow and see if they are negotiable is wafting over me!

The show always has some nice Nevada collectibles outside of the bottles and stoneware, as well. Loren Love had his usual variety of items and there were signs, calendars, souvenir china, ashtrays, tokens, chips and a variety of paper items for interested purchasers.

I managed to get a little visiting done, sandwiched around Federation business. My fellow flask collector, Gene Baker, brought in his latest acquisitions, many for photographing for the book I am working on about Western flasks and we had a fine time chatting about them. I disappointed him, but made Bill Reeves (see the guy grinning in the photograph at the right!) very happy when I sold an amber halfpint pumpkinseed HILDEBRANDT, POSNER & CO. Bill is a collector of Hildebrandt, Posner & Co items and swirled neck whiskeys.

Also at the show I got the opportunity to discuss the old San Francisco beers with Tom Jacobs and Ken Morrill. Tom has been

Bottles and Extras continuously after the San Francisco beers longer than anyone I know, with the possible exception of Ted Siri. Newer to collecting them than the rest of us, probably the most enthusiastic about then is Ken Morrill — truly a pleasure to visit with him about them! Too, I finally got the opportunity to get re-acquainted with the “Dean of Western Beers”, Byron Martin, whose text “Here’s To Beers” served as my early collecting bible. Had a nice chat with him and let him know that the collection of splits (half pint beers) I had started as a young teen back in the late 60’s was still intact and ever-growing!

He will have a new supplement to his book available in the Fall.

I never did get much chance to visit with whiskey collector buddies Rich Lucchesi, Dennis Eastley, Ken Schwartz, Richard Siri, Denny Bray or Bob Barnett, which was a disappointment. Bob Barnett and I did chat long enough for him to introduce me to someone I had always wanted to meet, though -- Ron Barnes. Ron has a collection of Owl Drug items and miniatures that will blow you away!!!

Among the displays at the show was a large back-lighted offering of some of the choice miniatures in he and his wife’s collection.

You should have been there for the displays, if for no other reason! The PHOENIX BOURBON whiskey and the P.J CASSIN MILLS BITTERS miniatures pictured are the only known examples of these choice bottles. The miniature HOSTETTERS BITTERS is no slouch, either!

The other displays were equally impressive -- Marty Hall had put together a community display of western whiskey items with the word “Kentucky” embossed, and this took in some of the most desirable of the western cylinders and flasks. Richard Siri displayed his Roth & Co items, which included signs, trays and bottles and Helene Walker had a lovely display of gins for the show attendees.

Paperweights in the shape of a star were designed by Marty Hall and presented as awards to the displayers and a special award was presented to Richard Siri for his contributions as a consistent displayer over the years.

The show had an general attendance of 446, with 93 dealers taking 131 tables.

Great facility, great friends and a great job by co-chairs Helene Walker and Willy Young, as well as the rest of the Reno/ Sparks Antique Bottle Club!

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Richard Siri’s Roth & Co. display.

Phoenix Bourbon whiskey and PJ Cassin Mills bitters miniatures.

Marty Hall’s Kentucky whisky display Photos from Ron Barnes’ Collection: [ 1 ] Extremely rare miniature Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. [ 2 ] Aug. J. L. Lang, miniature beer. [ 3 ] Miniature Schroeders Bitters. [ 4 ] John Wielands miniature beer. [ 5 ] Fredericksburg miniature beer. [ 6 ] Very rare miniature beer, Oakland Bottling Co., Oakland, Cal.

Ron Barnes' miniature display

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Summer, beer and bottles from Steve Ketcham Minnesota: beer bunch is coming There’s nothing quite like a cold beer on a warm summer day. This summer, enjoying this simple pleasure in Minnesota will be enhanced by the arrival of the NABA convention. Why Minnesota?

Perhaps Bob Hajicek said it best. “The Twin Cities area is a hot bed for breweriana collecting. Not only do we have a strong NABA membership, we also have the Hamm’s Club and the biggest local chapter of the Beer Can Collectors of America.”

Hajicek is chairman of this year’s convention of the National Association of Breweriana Advertising. The convention will be held at the Holiday Inn Minneapolis West. Approximately 300 NABA members and spouses are expected to attend the event, which begins officially on Tuesday, July 29. Some collectors will arrive several days earlier to seek out breweriana in the local shops and to visit local beer collectors.

This convention is known for its weeklong room hopping. Collectors will fill their rooms with breweriana and then shop up and down the corridors for that special item. This frenetic activity is just one small part of the goings on.

Plans are in place for tours of local members’ collections. Tour buses will take interested NABA members to view the sites of breweries long-since closed as well as several which still practice the brewer’s art.

Sample suds will likely be available, allowing tourists to slake the thirsts of August.

In that same spirit, a beer tasting will be held at the hotel prior to Saturday’s

banquet.

A member-only auction will also take place, and a show and sale is planned for Saturday, August 2. Even with a week’s worth of room hopping preceding it, the show is usually a sell out.

Readers interested in participating can register at the hotel beginning July 29.

NABA membership is required for participation, and the convention registration fee is an additional $80.

NABA has held conventions across the country since 1972. Convention towns have included St. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Denver and Detroit. Four have been held in the Minneapolis - St. Paul area - more than at any other location. Milwaukee will catch up next summer when it will host its fourth convention. Until then, as Hajicek reminds us, the Twin Cities area is the hot bed for breweriana collecting. What better place to find a sleeper?

Iowa bottle show Thirty four years is an impressive record in longevity for an antique bottle show. But put that show in the middle of a state which sees just four bottle club meetings a year and you have something special. The state is Iowa, and the show is sponsored by the Iowa Antique Bottleers. By most standards it is a small show, boasting just 40 tables.

On June 8, the dealers behind those 40 tables came from Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Illinois, and Wisconsin to present an impressive array of goods for sale.

The show really began on Saturday,

when members from across Iowa and elsewhere gathered at an Ames, Iowa, motel for a club meeting. Because the Iowa Antique Bottleers meet only four times each year, the event included lots of show and tell and a small, members-only auction. Once the meeting adjourned, it was off to a barbecue at the home of show chairman Don Faas. Here the evening was filled with, well, more bottle talk.

Sunday morning saw those willing to produce educational displays up early. Set up for this group was 6:00 A.M. Dealers rolled in at 7:00, and the show opened at 8:30.

This year four educational displays lined one wall of the show room: fruit jars, cigar memorabilia, Radam’s Microbe Killer jugs (over two dozen variations!), and Iowa extract bottles. Display awards, named in memory of one-time Bottleers Doc Herron and Katie Foglesong, were presented to Mike Burggraaf ’s cigar memorabilia display (pictured below). The Foglesong award is given for the best relic display, and the Herron award for the best researched display.

Lots of fruit jars were offered at this year’s sale, and several insulator dealers were present as well. One dealer offered a table full of colorful tobacco tins in all shapes and sizes. Another table offered bottle cleaning machines and supplies.

Among the buyers stopping by our table were collectors of barber bottles, Mary Gregory glass, agricultural memorabilia, fruit jars, and cigar collectibles.

A couple of years had passed since we’d been able to attend the Iowa show. It was

Mike Burggraaf’s cigar memorabilia display won two awards at the Iowa bottle show. Part the display, this figural iron pig is actually a cigar cutter. It carries advertising from an Ottumwa, Iowa cigar dealer which reads, “Smoke Morey’s Fat Hog Cigars.”

Bottles and Extras good to get back to the Hawkeye antiques shops. Over the years these shops have been productive, and this year was no exception. A nice, partially labeled Towle’s Log Cabin syrup bottle came home with us, together with an early photo of a c reamery. A cigar box picturing James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet, and a nice patent medicine tin were among our other purchases.

Ames is a comfortable drive from the Minneapolis area, and with plenty of shops along the way, getting there was half the fun. Add a good bottle show to the weekend, and a trip to Iowa is a great way to begin the summer.

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Though it had some condition problems, this Mankato, Minnesota, beer tray drew many an admiring glance.

FOHBC POST-AUCTION PRICE LIST JUNE 2003

Several dealer tables were filled with glass insulators of many shapes and colors.

Marv Juel, of Illinois, toted over two dozen variations of William Radam’s Microbe Killer jugs to Iowa to assemble this educational display. Radam once had 17 labs around the world producing his nostrum, which was sold in three different strengths. Many Radam’s jugs feature a stenciled 1, 2, or 3 to indicate the power of the contents.

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Steve Ketcham and his son, Sean, take a few moments out from the show in Louisville to have a chat with Don Yates.

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Unexpected Collector Connections from Steve Ketcham It was the perfect combination. The bottle show would be held in Kentucky on June 28-29. Our trip would begin on June 23. We would follow the river south and hit the shops on the way. We allowed three days to shop and sightsee along the beautiful Mississippi, then we would turn east to Kentucky and the Ohio River town of Louisville.

Our first night on the road was spent in Galena, Illinois. To know this town is to love it. Nine Civil War generals, including U.S. Grant, grew up here. Block after block of proud, old brick commercial buildings line the narrow main street. To peer down the line at these grand old structures is to look back into the 1800s. Twenty years ago, this historic town was a Mecca for antiques hunters. While the charm of the town endures, only a couple of true antiques shops remain. Today the grand old buildings house gift shops and decorator stores which are so much easier to stock. One clerk admitted that most tourists aren’t looking for antiques. It is easier for proprietors to order cookiecutter souvenirs and gifts from a catalog than it is to find unique, genuine antiques with which to stock the shelves. One true antiques shop remains downtown, and one mall can be found a couple of miles south of town, but we could find nothing to buy in this wonderful old village except dinner at a nice downtown pub.

This sultry lass was employed by the Drummond Tobacco Company to sell its wares. In small letters at the bottom of the 24 X 18 inch poster the ad reads: Compliments of Drummond Tobacco Company, St. Louis, Mo. Manufacturers of “Horse Shoe” “J.T” and “Drummond Natural Leaf” Chewing Tobaccos. Copyright 1894 by Drummond Tobacco Company St. Louis.”

Our next two nights were in Alton, Illinois, across the river and about a half-hour north of St. Louis. We were here two years ago, and we knew that the shops were plentiful. Based on promotional literature which promised numerous antiques shops, we planned a trip to the river town of Grafton, Illinois, on our first morning in Alton. The tourist literature made the town, just 15 miles north of Alton, look like a good place to begin. But appearance and reality can often differ. It was a late-June, touristseason Wednesday, and we arrived at about 10:30. By 11:30, only one mall was open. A peek through darkened windows made it clear that to describe some of the other establishments as antiques shops was a generous choice of words. Three of the shops never did open while we were in town. Instead, the owners had posted those supposedly-clever window signs which suggest that their shop hours were less than regular, dependent upon the random whims of the owners. Cute signs to some, perhaps, but quite irritating to those traveling hundreds of miles to do some serious shopping.

Alton itself was another story. The shops on Broadway, just a block or two from the river, were nearly all open. Friendly shop keepers were the rule, though one small dog took exception to our presence. It is clear that the owners of these shops work hard to keep interesting merchandise on hand. We found several good buys and felt our time here was well spent.

Our stay in Alton was punctuated by more than good antiques hunting. Here we were reminded that almost any time we travel, we can find interesting and stimulating connections to the pieces of history we so love to collect. Two such experiences awaited us in Alton.

We stayed at the Beall Mansion Bed and Breakfast, a lateVictorian mansion built in 1903. Upon arrival, owners Jim and Sandy Belote gave us a tour of the premises and narrated a brief history of the magnificent old dwelling. They pointed out that the first floor features four kinds of woodwork. The entry is oak, the parlor shines with cherry wood, the dining room features walnut woodwork, and the butler’s pantry is done in cypress.

Curious, but altogether understandable once it is known that the man who built the home was once in the lumber business.

We spent two wonderful nights at the Beall Mansion, enjoying the friendly hospitality of the Belotes, the comfortable front porch, and the history behind the house as our hosts shared it with us. The Beall mansion was built by Z.B. Job as a wedding present for his son, Z.B. Job Junior and his bride, Mary Drummond. Job Senior was a crafty fellow who built a fortune through his holdings in real estate, steam boats, rail roads, mining, and lumber. He managed to do this while serving as Alton’s sheriff, earning a paltry 50 cents a day. The first connection to our collecting interests lay not with old Z.B. Job, but with his daughter -in-law, Mary Drummond. Miss Drummond was heiress to the fortune of James T. Drummond, who founded the Drummond Tobacco Company of St. Louis. James Drummond was also Alton’s mayor from 1868 to 1871. Is it any wonder that the children of a former mayor and the sheriff might marry?

Drummond collectibles, in the form of tins, trade cards, and advertising posters, are somehow more interesting once one has spent time in the former home of Mary Drummond. The history

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Small in comparison to the Drummond poster, this 5 X 3 inch trade card also promoted Drummond tobaccos using the theme of a different sport.

of the place becomes even more intriguing when it is learned that Mary Drummond sold it to the Beall family after she had Z.B. Job Junior declared legally insane in 1909.

As for the Bealls, well, they were friends of Theodore Roosevelt, and they happened to manufacture a good amount of the equipment used in the digging of the Panama Canal.

The Beall mansion was designed by architect Lucas Pfeiffenberger. A walk around the neighborhood will bring visitors to another collector connection involving Pfeiffenberger.

It seems the architect was hired to design a play house for on Lucy Haskell, a child of 5. Its main interior room measures 16 by 20 feet. Lucy’s grandfather, John E. Hayner, had the Queen Anne style structure built for her in 1885. Sadly, Lucy died of diphtheria in 1909, but the diminutive house still stands aside her parent’s home in Alton, all surrounded by a park dedicated to the young lady.

Grandfather Hayner is the second collector connection we found during our Alton visit. At first we wondered whether he was connected to the Hayner Distilling Company of Dayton, Ohio, and St. Louis, Missouri. We could not establish a connection between this Hayner and the distillery, but a little digging at

Fall 2003 www.findagrave.com helped us learn that John E. Hayner was a banker, financier, and founder of the Alton Box Company.

He purchased a bankrupt glass company in 1873 and sold it to Edward Levis and William Smith. This glassworks went on to become Owens-Illinois Glass Company, a name very familiar to glass and bottle collectors.

No article involving travel with my wife would be complete without at least one mention of a bakery. Our first morning, we walked the neighborhood and admired countless old homes. Just two or three blocks from the Beall mansion we found Dukes Bakery, an establishment which has served up tasty pastry and bread in Alton for 50 years. When we learned that the entire bakery would close for vacation just days after our visit, we knew this trip was meant to be.

The bottle show in Louisville was next.

Over 200 tables were filled with an excellent assortment of antique bottles, advertising, and stoneware. Collectors and dealers from California to New York were in attendance, and sales were good.

A fine group of displays was presented, including early root beer collectibles, Illinois bottles, bitters, rare western whiskey and beer bottles, Louisville mini jugs, rare cures, inks, and fruit jars. An antique bottle auction, organized by the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, saw spirited bidding on Saturday night.

It was in downtown Louisville that we found yet another curious collector connection. We took our lodging for this event at the Louisville downtown Hyatt, just a couple blocks from the Ohio River and directly across the street from the convention center. Our room was on the seventeenth floor, and it provided a splendid view of downtown Louisville and the river. As it happens, the first stages of construction for another hotel were taking place just one block away. As collectors gathered at the hotel, the speculation grew as to what early items might have been dug from such a site in this historic Ohio River town. Remarkably, our questions were answered when a group of local diggers presented a stunning display of artifacts dug earlier from the very site we had all been watching. Hundreds of pounds of broken bottles, jars, stoneware, mochaware, and lamp parts, most dating to before 1860, filled the floor in front of the display. A case behind it featured whole bottles dug in the Louisville area,

21 including bottles from the dig site a block away. It was thrilling to think that these shards were left behind by everyday folks like us who had walked these very streets over 150 years ago.

The presence of these wondrous, old Louisville artifacts reminded us all that a good amount of the past, whether under ground or in some forgotten attic, is yet to be uncovered. And as our Alton visit reminded us, the stories of the people behind the antiques are just as compelling as the pieces themselves. To truly appreciate what we collect, we must appreciate those who first left these pieces of history behind. To do that, it’s sometimes just a matter of keeping an eye open for those unexpected collector connections.

The shards in the foreground of this display were all dug within one block of the Louisville bottle show site. Dating to about 1850, this pile of yesterday’s debris held those who viewed it in awe.

All the show displays are featured, beginning on page 31.

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Toledo and “The Great Booze Rush” Contest Winner: 1st Place - Research Article Category

by Jack Sullivan from the Ohio Bottle Club’s Ohio Swirl, December, 2002 The State of Michigan led the way to National Prohibition, banning all sales of alcoholic beverages, by being the first state to break the “Wet Wall.” The Wet Wall was the consistent vote of Catholics, the laboring classes and foreign born -- of which Michigan had many -- against so-called “Temperence” efforts. But Henry Ford, the state’s leading industrialist with his Model T automobile, was an ardent prohibitionist and funded a pro-Prohibition campaign.

After Preacher Billy Sunday conducted his Detroit Crusade, warning sternly of the evils of drink, Michigan in 1918 became the fist Northern industrial state to vote itself dry. That was two years before National Prohibition.

Understandably, not everone in Michigan agreed. Ohio was still “wet” and a thriving interstate trade began in smuggled alcoholic goods. The hubs were Toledo, Ohio and Monroe, Michigan. When a judge in February of 1919 declared Michigan’s liquor ban unconstitutional on a technicality, thousands of Michiganders saw an opportunity. Almost immediately Ford’s “Tin Dizzies” were lined up bumper to bumper on the Dixie Highway to Toledo, as thousands flocked to stock up legally. “The Great Booze Rush,” as the event became known, ended a short time after, when Federal agents arrived to enforce national laws against bringing liquor to officially dry states.

But those lucky folks to arrived in Toledo on Day One found ample supplies to carry back to their Temperance-ridden state. Among those spirituous liquors, we may speculate, were products marketed by Ohio whiskey men, some of whom marketed their products in ceremac containers. Chief among those were the Kaufman Brothers of Toledo.

The first mention of a Kaufman in the liquor trade in Toledo was in 1888, when a city directory lists Rosenthal & Kaufman as whiskey wholesalers at 64 Summit Street. That listing ceased and by the early 1900s, Kaufman Bros. & Co. is cited in the directory as located at 120 Summit Street.

Research indicates that the first names of the Kaufman brothers were Nathan, Emil and Herman. But little, other

information is available about them. Unlike Cincinnait, where whickey making and selling was a booming industry, Toledo had no major distillery, and only seven or eight whiskey bottlers and wholesalers. The area of Summit Street where the Kaufman’s were located, however, was a center for the liquor trade. A Sanborn fire insurance map of 1902 shows 120 Summit surrounded by at least three other whiskey sales establishments. Kaufman Bros. was not a distiller, but rather a wholesaler of whiskey. Their advertisements in local newspapers and directories emphasized that: “We sell only to dealers; positively no goods sold at retail.” Among their whiskey brands were Yondota, Josiah Quincy, Old Riingold, Bancroft and Lotus Club. Of these products, Kaufman literature boasted: “Whenever and wherever you may see these brands of whiskies, you may drink them without any anxiety about your health.”

Of the several Kaufman brands, our main interest is Lotus Club, a multiple product brand name that included “hand made sour mash” as well as rye whiskey.

The firm packaged Lotus Club in at least three different handsome stoneware jugs.

Two of the containers bear the painted flowers and guilded letters that appear to have been made by the Fulper Pottery of Farmington, N.J., though neither bears a

Bottles and Extras pottery mark. One has the dark bottom commonly seens on these items, while the other is unique among these Fulper-style whiskies in being attractive beige color overall.

The third has elaborate gold lettering and designs on an unusual light brown stoneware body.

What motivated the Kaufman Bros. to lavish such attention on their containers?

The answer is not clear. Their locations on Summit Street, close to the docks on the Toledo Harbor, off Lake Erie, would not indicate a high-class clientele. Summit Street was a rowdy place, with plenty of bars and cheap hotels. Nearby Archy Allen’s Hotel was a hang-out for the local Tavern at Summit and Superior Streets where you could pour your own drink and be served a chaser of clam juice.

Nor does it appear that the Kaufman’s had much Toledo competition for fancy whiskey jugs. Because Toledo was a glass center, most whiskey sold there came in bottles. One other regularly seen fancy container from that city was issued by the R. Brand Co., run by Adolph Brand and Guido Marx at 36 Monroe Street. They were importers and wholesale dealers in foreign and domestic ines and liquors. The Golden Hill Saloon, at 520 Monroe Street, specialized in ceramic giveaways. Otherwise, the Kaufman’s faced little competition for fancy ceramic containers.

The question remains: When all those thirsty folks from Michigan got to Toledo, did they want fancy containers, or were they totally fixated on just getting their whiskey fast and hauling it back to Michigan? I leave that decision to you.

Left: A Lotus Club jug, where the word “rye” has worn off the smooth dark glaze of the body of the jug. Right: Fancy gold letters let the consumer know that this jug contained Lotus Club Rye, attested to be “PURE.”

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“I Have Just One More Question...”

Contest Winner: 1st Place - Original True Story

by Johnnie Fletcher from the Oklahoma Terriroty News, April 2003 Friday - March 14, 2003 It was about 9:00 a.m. by the time I got my car loaded with my digging equipment and headed north on I.H. 35. I was going to Halstead, Kansas to meet up with fellow digger, Kenny Burbrink, for some bottle digging.

Kenny had gotten permission for a vacant lot in the nearby town of Burrton, where the Frisco railroad section house had once been located. All we had to do was find, and dig, the old privy.

We had visions of a big pit that was loaded with all types of bottles brought in on the railroad. I also was dreaming of finding an embossed Barrton drugstore bottle to add to my Kansas bottle collection. We had previously dug several pits in Burrton and they had all been full of bottles, but we hadn’t found any druggist bottles from the small town. We believed that one could exist because Jim Hovious, from nearby Hutchinson, had found a damaged drugstore in Burrton. The embossing hadn’t been complete, but it sure looked like it could be from Burrton.

I arrived in Halstead shortly after noon.

Kenny took me on a tour of his recently completed bedroom remodeling project and then gave me a look at his bottle collection, along with the shelves (which he had built) on which they were displayed.

Kenny’s Kansas bottle collection has really grown in a short time, and I could see that he would have to get busy making more shelves soon.

After loading Kenny’s digging tools into my Blazer, we took off for Burrton.

After arrival there, we drove to the west edge of town. Kenny pointed out the vacant lot where the railroad section house had been located. Kenny had talked to some of the local residents and found out the approximate location of the building.

He pointed to where he thought it had stood and then told me that a railroad station had been located across the street.

We walked over to take a look.

The foundation and loading docks could still be seen at the railroad station.

We walked around the outside of the foundation, and wondered if we were walking over an old railroad outhouse. Kenny

volunteered to do more research on when the station had been built and who owned the property to pursue further at a later date.

We then walked back to the vacant lot to start our search. The lot didn’t have an alley in the rear, or any indication where the lot’s lines might be located, so it was time for some luck!

The 1899 Sanborn map for Burrton showed the section house and the nearby railroad tracks. The tracks had been removed, but the old right-of-way could still be seen, so we estimated the distance and decided that the location, where the old building had stood, was where he had been told it was located.

We then walked back to where we figured the outhouses should be located. I stuck my probe in the ground in a shallow indentation, and it immediately went to the handle. I told Kenny, “The ground sure is soft here.” However, a few more probes into the ground and I decided that I had found a pit!

Probing, we could feel some crunchiness and lots of glass, but water ran off the probe when it was pulled out. We had found a very wet pit!

Deciding that we would rather dig something a little dryer, we continued probing. We soon found a second pit and then a third! It was time to dig.

Putting on our coveralls, and collecting our digging tools, we started the last two pits we had found.

We probed out the four walls of each pit, laid out a tarp, and started digging.

These holes weren’t as wet as the first, and we were glad for that. Digging a wet and messy hole isn’t a good way to begin a digging adventure.

Kenny started digging the hole that would have been closer to the building, while I was digging a few feet away.

My hole started yielding bottles almost immediately. The only problem was that they were from the 1950s! Kenny, on the other hand, wasn’t finding anything except for seeds, so he soon filled in his hole and started probing again. He quickly found two more pits!

I soon gave up on my pit, and we started digging the two he had just found.

My pit was located close to the original

23 (wet) one, and was six or seven feet deep, only two feet wide and five feet long.

Both pits contained lots of bottles, but neither one ever got old enough. Kenny was pulling out liquor bottles with Federal Law Forbids... embossed on them, indicating a date after the 1930s. My hole was producing green ginger ales from the 1930s and 40s, however, since it was fairly deep, I decided to take it to the bottom to see if it would get old enough.

I dug down, and after pulling a screwcap bottle from the bottom, I decided to give up. Kenny was also discouraged and decided to fill in his hole before he reached the bottom.

The property owners came by and were amazed that we had found so many holes already. They soon left after wishing us good luck. It was beginning to look like we needed some luck if we were going to find an old pit.

We were now left with the wet pit. There was nothing to do except start digging, in spite of the water.

After finding a few shards, we hit an old food bottle about two and a half feet down. It looked like we had finally found our old pit.

The digging down to the food bottle had been fairly dry, but below that, it started to get wet and water began to collect in the bottom of the hole.

It was very messy having to stand in the muck while shoveling out the mud, but it got worse when you crouched down to dig in the bottom. The cold water would eventually rise above the tops of the shoes, and then run down inside, while the mud made the shoes feel like lead weights! The only redeeming thing was - we were finding old bottles!

The hole was about five-feet square and about five-feet deep, containing bottles from the 1880s to the 1890s.

Kenny was taking a turn in the hole and handed out the broken pieces of a TIPPECANOE bitters bottle. While I was relating a story about a lady who had found two above her ceiling during a remodeling project, Kenny hands out a whole one!

It was embossed: TIPPECANOE down one side and H.H. WARNER & CO. down the other. Suddenly, in spite of the mud and water, we both got invigorated.

Kenny commented that the water level seemed to be going down. However, that quickly changed as he pulled a bottle out of the wall and we heard a gurgling sound.

Kenny told me that more water had poured

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Kenny was digging when I heard him yell, “I’ve got a bitters going!” After several mnutes of careful digging, he held up an amber PRICKLY ASH BITTERS! He was excited until he turned it around to check for damage, and discovered the corner was broken out.

I relieved Kenny in the hole, and while digging along the north wall, hit a bottle. I could see it had the shape of a pint, coffin whiskey flask and was embossed! I held my breath as I worked it free from the grasp of the muddy soil. I immediately saw it was damaged and my day was totally ruined when I read the embossing: CHAS. RICHTER/KENTUCKY/LIQUOR/ STORE/TRINIDAD/COLO. We found other bottles, including the following: an AYER’S/CHERRY/ PECTORIAL/LOWELL, MASS; an extract bottle embossed JETT & WOOD/ WICHITA, KANS./THISTLE BRAND EXTRACT (one I hadn’t seen before); a STANDARD/OH. CO.; a N.K. BROWN’S/AROMATIC ESSENCE/ JAMAICA GINGER; two MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP; a cone ink; a WICHERT food bottle and a DR. McLEAN’S/ STRENGTHENING/ CORDIAL/&/BLOOD PURIFIER. There were also a number of blob beers, ale bottles and a crock jug missing its top.

It was dark by the time we finished digging and filing the hole.

We decided to return the next morning and continue searching for the 1900-1915 era pit that had gone unfound so far.

We left our muddy tarps and digging tools behind a tree, so we wouldn’t make a big mess in the car, and headed back to Halstead.

Saturday - March 15, 2003 I arrived back at the digging site first and had probed out two more possible pits by the time that Gary, another Halstead digger, arrived. Kenny showed up a few minutes later.

While Kenny and I started a test hole into each of the two pits I’d found this morning, Gary redug the hole that Kenny had started digging the previous day, and given up before reaching the bottom. We just wanted to be sure that the last couple of feet didn’t suddenly turn older.

Kenny soon gave up on his pit, as he had found nothing. He just picked up his probe and continued looking for the

Fall 2003 missing 1900 era pit.

My pit was also empty, not even a shard of glass, but I kept digging in the hopes of finding something down deeper.

Kenny suddenly let out a yell that he had found a pit with glass! I walked over and we attempted to determine how big it was. Using our probes, we determined that the pit was about ten-feet long, six-feet wide, approximately five-feet deep, and was another wet one!

Kenny and I quickly filled the hole I had been digging and spread our tarps by the big hole Kenny had just found, and started two holes: Kenny digging at the north end of the pit, while I dug in the middle.

Gary soon gave up on the pit he had been redigging, as all he’d found was several liquor bottles with the Federal Law Forbids... embossing. Definitely, not the age we were looking for. Gary then joined us, and started digging a hole in the south end.

While we were digging, the property owners came by to see how we were doing. We showed them our finds from the previous evening. Kenny gave them the STANDARD OIL COMPANY bottle, as the couple were in the oil business. We also gave them a MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP and as they left, they wished us luck - no doubt wondering why anyone would spend their weekend digging in a water-logged hole.

We also had one of the locals stop by to see how we were doing. After awhile, he left to go home and paint his bathroom.

We quickly ran into water, which made shoveling very difficult. However, we found bottles that were from our missing time frame of 1900 to 1915. Some of which floated to the surface after being dislodged from the clay. There was a WAKEFIELD’S BLACKBERRY BALSAM; a FALSTAFF/LEMP-ST. LOUIS beer bottle; a WHITTEMORE show polish, two round inks, a DR. KINGS NEW DISCOVERY; a SEELEY’S from Abilene, a crock jar, a cobalt bottle, a CHAMBERLAIN’S COUGH REMEDY; a YALE MUSTARD, a paste bottle, a half-gallon BALL fruit jar and a BALL MASON fruit jar.

We attempted to bail out some of the water, but the pit was just too big to make much headway. We finally decided it would be best to dig this pit during the dry season, and not fight the water and mud the rest of the afternoon.

Bottles and Extras Deciding it was time to find another lot to dig, we filled the wet pit. After gathering up our tools, tarps, etc., we divided up our finds. Gary couldn’t stay for the afternoon dig, so after saying goodbye, Kenny and I headed to a local convenience store to get something to eat.

We then drove around town looking for another spot to dig. Burrton isn’t a big town, so it didn’t take long to cover it. There was a basketball tournament going on somewhere out of town, so many of the locals were gone to attend the games. That limited our choices of places, as many people were not home.

We eventually ended up in front of an old two story house on Main Street.

According to the Sanborn map, there had been a couple small houses located on the lots before that house was built. The house was now in the process of being remodeled and Kenny went up to see if we could get permission to probe the backyard.

He soon came back with permission and we grabbed our probes and headed for the backyard. It didn’t take Kenny long to locate two pits in the center of the large lot. One was just off the alley, while the other one was set in a few feet. Now, if they were just old enough.

We moved our vehicles from the street and parked in the alley. Spreading out our tarps, we started to dig the pit in from the alley.

The pit was fairly large, four-feet wide, five-feet long and seven-feet deep. We figured it was too large for the two small dwellings shown on our map, and probably were for the larger two story house that now stood.

We figured if Burrton did have an embossed drugstore bottle, that it would probably date around 1910 to 1915. We were hoping that this pit would date back at least to that era.

The first bottles were machine-made corkers from the 1920s and 30s. While they might not have been old enough, there were lots of them.

While we were digging, a girl of about nine or ten came over from next door and started asking lots of questions. We were both very relieved when someone yelled at her, and she disappeared. However, she didn’t stay gone for very long. She soon returned with her sister. Now we had double the amount of questions being asked. I was in the hole digging, while Kenny was topside attempting to answer the numerous questions. He kept looking

Bottles and Extras down at me and asking, “Are you ready to be relieved?” I merely smiled and told him, “No, not yet!”

One of the little girls said, “I have just one more question.” However, after Kenny answered that question, she kept asking more questions. Finally, the owner of the property came and and ran them off. She told us that she had a lot of trouble with neighborhood children, and didn’t want them around.

The owner said that the house had been built in 1909, and had been used as a doctor’s office and a boarding house.

We found lots of glass syringes and a doctor’s instrument tray, indicating that maybe a doctor’s office had been located there.

We were finding lots of embossed bottles, but they were mostly ABM (automatic bottle machine) from the 1920s, and not the old hand-blown ones were were seeking.

We found the following embossed bottles: (8) LISTERINE; a DR PRICES

Fall 2003 DELICIOUS FLAVORING EXTRACTS; (2) WATKINS; a PINEX; an ARBUCKLE BROS./CHICAGO extract; (2) DR. W.B. CALDWELL’S; (2) BAKER’S SEWING MACHINE OIL; a DR. BELL’S/PINETAR-HONEY/FOR COUGHS AND COLDS; (4) RAWLEIGHS; a THE RELIABLE/OLD-TIME PREPARATION/ FOR HOME USE PREPARED BY/DR. PETER FAHRNEY & SONS; a FURSTMcNESS CO.; a THREE IN ONE oil bottle; a LAVORIS; a WYETH; a PASTEURINE/JNO. T. MILLIKEN & CO; a THE NAME/ST. JOSEPH’S/ASSURES PURITY; a FORNI’S/MAGENSTAECKER; (6) cobalt poison bottles, a blue MILK OF MAGNESIA; and (6) blue BROMO SELTZERs. It was getting dark, so I suggested to Kenny that he sink a test hole in the other pit to see if it was old enough. I continued digging the first hole in an attempt to reach the bottom.

Kenny encountered lots of rocks, but not many bottles. His hole was a little older

Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club Elmer Lester Award for Most Active Club

by Howard Dean The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors hopes to spotlight one of our member clubs every quarter, starting with this issue of Bottles and Extras. It seems fitting to start this series with the 2003 recipient of the Elmer Lester Award for Most Active Club, an honor bestowed upon the Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club.

Howard Dean was presented with the award at the banquet held in conjunction with the Federation-sponsored National Show in Louisville in June. He has graciously commented upon the Elmer Lester award for us and provided a brief synopsis of the Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club and photographs of club

activities.

“First, let us establish who Elmer Lester was and what this award is all about. Elmer was an early bottle collector from Sacramento, California, and the first chairman (1969-70) of the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs (later becoming the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.) The Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs resulted from a 1968 meeting of representatives from various bottle clubs throughout the country.

“Since that first meeting in 1968, the Federation has been active in promoting numerous projects and programs. Their awards programs include a Newsletter Award, Show Poster Award, Writer’s Contests and an award named after the first Federation Chairman which is granted to the club which most typifies Federation standards.

“A self-evaluation process by the club, the Elmer Lester application is a checklist of the events each month with points awarded for each event and the total points at the conclusion of the year being the Club’s rating. There are points for speakers, displays, and all the other activities clubs are involved in.

25 and was possibly the time frame we needed, but all the drugstore bottles found were unembossed. He did get a ROYAL PURPLE grape juice and a LARKING CO for his trouble.

I dug down to about the six foot level and ran into a clay plug layer. Since there was only a foot to go to the bottom, I figured that if it was going to get any older, it would have to be now. I broke through the plug and immediately found a bottle.

Pulling it out, I discovered I had found an amber ABM, LYSOL bottle. Time to fill in the hole.

Kenny also decided to give up on his pit, so we filled both pits by the aid of a flashlight, since the sun had gone down.

There had been almost two hunderd bottles in the pits we had dug. Too bad they weren’t old enough. However, we had a good time digging the pits of Barrton, and look forward to the next time. Maybe we’ll finally find that embossed Burrton drug store.

It’s really easy if one keeps up on these things. Fill out the form and send it in.

The reward to you is the happy faces of the club members when this prestigious award is presented!

“Now, let me tell you about the Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club and explain some of the reasons that this club has received this award five or six times in a row!

“This club really began in the old Utica Dump, when a few local diggers sat around the hole and discussed starting a local bottle club. Up to then, the nearest one was the Empire State Bottle Collectors Association in Syracuse, N.Y., 60 miles away.

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“Soon (1994) this group of diggers called for a meeting, and as a result, the MVABC became an official organization.

Their first president was a long-time collector and a life member of the FOBHC. Soon, the new club was also a member of the FOHBC, as well as many of its individual members.

“The club was alive with enthusiasm and soon had a logo, a newsletter, and even a bottle show that first year.

Mark Yates shares a table with brother-in-law Mark!

Jeff Ullman and his son, Adam, are good diggers.

Jon Landers comes up with a nice one!

“This club was full of energy, and still is after nearly ten years. Why is this club such an active group? We are not all young people, many of us are retired professional people (engineers, teachers, etc.), and just plain businessmen and women, housewives, etc. I think the answer is that we got started off right by using the whole membershiop in some club activity.

“We have group bottle digs, trips to interesting places, such as: Corning

Lillian and Howard Dean at home.

Museum, Watson’s Home and other club shows, for example.

“We meet every month, mostly in the local library, but also at member’s homes,

Howard Dean sorts pieces from Utica privy digging.

Historical Societies, etc.

“We always have a program, ofter by our own members - and we always have refreshments, a bottle raffle, and a special one for the younger set. We have a Digger Report and a Show-and-Tell each meeting, a Board Meeting Report, an annual picnic, plus we attend other club’s events.

“Our meetings are fun, real friendship just bubbles all over. It doesn’t matter what you collect, it’s respected by others.

“Over the years, we have hosted the NE Regional Meeting at least six times with a good turn-out. Members attend federal events and have volunteered for board membership. We were the club that started the sucessful 2002 show in Syracuse. We joined with three other central N.Y. clubs to work on this project, and it was highly successful.”

Photos previous page: First photo - Howard Dean accepts the Elmer Lester Award from President, Ralph Van Brocklin at the FOHBC Banquet.

Second photo: Howard looking for “a good one.”

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National Bottle Auction, Louisville, Kentucky Saturday, June 28, 2003

by John Pastor, FOHBC 1st Vice President Saturday evening, following an afternoon of camaraderie and flurry of activity in the sales and display area, a warm and receptive crowd of more than two hundred collectors turned out to participate in and enjoy the Federation of Historical Bottle Collector’s live public auction which included a fine assortment of bottles and stoneware.

Everyone seems to love a live sale and this one was no exception! The venue for the sale was the ballroom at the host hotel, the Hyatt Regency in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 95 quality lots of bottles and stoneware (78 catalogued and 17 uncatalogued), awaited collectors from New York to Kansas to California.

The auction featured a nice assortment of items in most categories and most price ranges providing items of interest and affordability for both younger or beginning collectors as well as those more advanced or “well heeled” collectors.

This is the third year that we have coordinated the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors’ National Auction and based on the encouragement that we have received, the results of the sale, as well as the feedback, it was a most successful event.

The monies remaining after covering the expenses associated with the auction and payments to the consignors are utilized in their entirety to assist the Federation in funding these National Shows as well as programs which help promote the study, education, preservation and collecting of antique bottles and related artifacts.

In addition to the consignors, I would like to personally thank a number of individuals, - those who volunteered (or were drafted) to help with the many details leading up to and surrounding the Saturday evening event.

Liz Maxbauer was invaluable for her tireless efforts assisting in many aspects of the operation and her infectious smile I’m sure contributed to the overall brightness in the ballroom. Jodi Hall (Gurnee, IL) assisted with the registration of bidders and cashing out (an important and sometimes very stressful job!), for the many happy buyers that were able to purchase new items to add to their

collections. Dann Louis and Jack Hewitt (Portage, MI & Atlanta, GA), familiar faces to many, helped to keep the auction flowing by working as quasi “runway models” dashing back and forth in front of the crowd with the individual items held high so people could get one last glance at them as they were being sold.

Ralph VanBrocklin and Sheldon Baugh (current and most recent FOHBC Presidents) happily assisted with various duties recording hammer prices and assisting with the checkout process.

A number of catalogs were ordered in advance and mailed to collectors across the country and the auction enjoyed strong support from many of these absentee bidders. Norm Heckler Jr. graciously accepted the job of executing the absentee bids. And finally, we extend a very special thank-you to Norman C. Heckler Sr. for his willingness to step up to the podium and call the bids in his usual charming and witty way. It certainly helps to provide for a fun and lively evening. I know that Norman enjoys this aspect of the business, but his willingness to serve in this most valuable capacity is certainly appreciated. I value the friendship and appreciate the support of Norman and his son who have both so graciously supported my endeavors as well as the Federation throughout the years.

They are both great supporters of this wonderful hobby.

The 95 lots items sold in this auction resulted in total proceeds grossing in excess of $30,000.00! Prices ranged from $50.00 to $2,750.00 with a very respectable average lot price of approximately $318.00.

Some of the highlights included a “C.A.P. Mason – Alpine / Hair Balm – Providence, R.I.” in a very beautiful yellow-olive with citron tone and with full labels which crossed the auction

27 block at $2,750; a most unusual stenciled mini-jug with a bust of Abe Lincoln from Elizabethtown, KY, that brought $350; a light golden amber “Brown’s Celebrated Indian Herb Bitters” sold for a very respectable price of $1,000.

Other interesting items included a large amber druggist, 10 ¼”, embossed “Morley Bros Druggist (Mortar & Pestle) Austin, Texas” which went to a very tenacious bidder at $500; a pontiled “Forest Lawn” Whiskey bottle, bulbous form that also sold at $500, and a very pretty “Dr. J. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters” in yellow-olive that commanded a strong price of $475.

Another item of interest was a honey amber “Wormser Bros / San Francisco” barrel whiskey bitters that, despite several of these coming on the market recently, reached a respectable high bid of $2,000!

As a group, the items consigned stood out for their overall attractiveness and fine condition. We were very pleased with the consignments that we received and have already begun accepting items for consignment for next year’s much anticipated event, the 2004 EXPO Show, Sale and Auction to be held in Memphis, Tennessee, August 13-15, 2004.

If you missed this year’s auction and are interested in having a full-color catalog for your library or for a handy reference, the Federation still has a few catalogs remaining. They may be purchased for a token donation of $7.00 postage-paid ($5.00 + $2.00 S&H), by sending a check or money order made payable to “FOHBC” to John Pastor, 7288 Thorncrest Dr. SE, Ada, MI 49301. A post-auction price list is included.

Please give John Pastor a call if you would like to discuss consigning an item or group of items or would like more information concerning next year’s EXPO Auction, scheduled for Saturday evening, August 14, 2004.

We are already hard at work coordinating this special event and would look forward to hearing from you. [John’s contact information is as follows: Phone: (616) .285-7604; E-mail jpastor2000@msn.com.

We look forward to seeing everyone in Memphis, at EXPO 2004!

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Louisville, Kentucky June 28-29, 2003

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“WHAT A GREAT SHOW”

by Ralph Van Brocklin If you like nice quality glass, stoneware and advertising, there is no finer venue for perusing and purchasing than the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors National Shows and EXPOs! The Louisville National Show, held June 2829, 2003, at the Kentucky International Convention Center was a tribute to the tradition. 215 tables of wonderful items awaited our early buyers on Saturday afternoon and general admission buyers Sunday morning.

Two years in the planning, this show came together beautifully under the direction of co-hosts June and Wayne Lowry of Raymore, Missouri. They were looking pretty drained by the time that the show ended on Sunday afternoon, but the compliments they received throughout the show had to have provided them with the boost they needed to make that final push a show chair always seems to have to make. And, I have to admit, I heard nothing but kind remarks about the show and the efforts made by all involved.

This show was certainly a challenge for the Federation. With no active club remaining in the Louisville area, the Board assumed most of the responsibilities in planning and running the show. We were truly fortunate to have the help of a number of the prior members of the Louisville Club, particularly at the opening of the show. Stan Roesseler, Paul Van Vactor, Tony Hayes, Sheldon Baugh, Peter Guetig, Conrad Selle and Mark Skaggs all attended preparatory meetings and/or helped get the show running on the morning of set-up. Junne Barnett, Kay Rittenhouse, Joan Goree, Brenda Baugh, Glennie Burkett and Sally Bernas all assisted at the front desk, one of the most essential functions in ensuring a smoothly functioning show. It is not possible to thank our volunteers sufficiently—they played a major part in the success of this show.

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Banquet The Federation banquet, held on Friday night, was a pleasant chance to visit with and honor those individuals who have contributed to the hobby — some primarily in the past year and some over many years. Following dinner, those assembled were treated to a captivating talk by Michael Veach, a Fellow with the Philson Historical Society in Louisville.

Entitled “From Farmer Distiller to Bourbon Baron”, his presentation detailed the rise of, and the changes which occurred in, the bourbon industry in Kentucky over time. The effects of various legislation, including the Bottled In Bond Act were discussed, as was the changing process of distillation. I have to admit that when I am collecting my Western bourbons I still prefer to think it all came from an old time still, not some of the multi-story distillation towers he showed photographs of! The beauty of a simpler time and a simpler process rapidly gave way to a mechanized and very precise process — much like the beauty of the bottles that held the bourbon.

The awards ceremony is always a major aspect of the banquet. This year honors were provided in two author categories, for outstanding show posters and newsletters, as well as the Elmer Lester Award for Most Active Club and Honor Roll/Hall of Fame Honors.

The Federation was especially pleased to be able to award Jack Sullivan with the first place award in the Research Article category. Our readers will recall that he has been a consistent stoneware contributor in Bottles and Extras over the years and he was thanked for that effort in addition to the award for the article “Toledo and the Great Booze Run” (See article page 22.)

Howard Dean has also been an instrumental individual in the success of the Federation over the years. So, the opportunity to thank him, personally, while presenting his club with the Elmer

Lester Award was enjoyable! Perhaps the most industrious individual in the hobby this past year was presented with a new award, the President’s Award. Reggie Lynch received a heartfelt congratulatory applause from those gathered for his efforts in producing an online newsletter, work within the Raleigh Club and establishment of the Southeast Bottle Club. He was acknowledged for his tremendous effort in promoting the hobby in the South.

The two top categories of honor in the Federation are the Honor Roll and the Hall of Fame. This year saw three individuals inducted into the Honor Roll and two into the Hall of Fame. Receiving Honor Roll designation were Willy Van den Bossche, who was honored for exemplary effort in authoring “Antique Glass Bottles – Their History and Evolution 1500-1850” and Neal and Mary Jane Ferguson, avid promoters of the Federation and the hobby in the South. It was sad that Neal’s award was given posthumously, but he knew that it had been granted prior to passing away in May, 2003. He was a fine man and he will be greatly missed by all in the Southern Region.

Our Hall of Fame inductees for 2003 were Norman and Junne Barnett. Honored for their many years of effort in holding shows, promoting the hobby and promoting the Federation, they enter the select group of those at the top of our hobby with the congratulations of all present at the banquet!

A complete list of award winners follows: Authors – Original True Stories 1st Place: Johnnie Fletcher, “I Have Just One More Question” 2nd Place: Ralph Bowman, “An Early, Early Dig” 3rd Place: Bob Harms, “Ramblings”

Bottles and Extras Authors – Research Article 1st Place: Jack Sullivan , “Toledo and The Great Booze Run.” 2nd Place: Ann Sekerak, “Whimsies.”

3rd Place: Howard Dean, “First Bottled Beer In America.”

HM: Mark Zipp, “Salt-Glazed Stoneware of the Eastern United States.”

Fall 2003 arrangement and then to assemble my display on western glass and pottery precluded my attendance. I understand from attendees that they were excellent!

29 Delores and Jim Brawley, a choice selfframed lithograph on tin for Old Forrester, titled “O’ Lordy De Boss”. A collection of 15 Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory mini jugs and an Oklahoma Territory shot glass made the drive home with me, as well.

Show Posters 1st Place: Jersey Shore Bottle Club.

2nd Place: Southeast Bottle Club.

3rd Place: Finger Lakes Antique Bottle Club.

Newsletters 1 st Place: The Whittlemark, Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club; David & Esther Hinson, Editors.

2nd Place: Oklahoma Territory News, Oklahoma Territory Bottle & Relic Club; Johnnie Fletcher, Editor.

3 rd Place: Southeast Bottle Club Newsletter, Southeast Bottle Club, Reggie Lynch, Editor.

HM: Ohio Swirl, Ohio Bottle Club, Terry Grove, Editor.

Wayne Lowry: The Jar Doctor

Elmer Lester Award: Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club.

The President’s Award: Reggie Lynch, “For Outstanding Contribution To The Bottle Collecting Community” FOHBC Honor Roll: Willy Van den Bossche.

Neal Ferguson Mary Jane Ferguson FOHBC Hall of Fame: Norman and Junne Barnett Seminars The Federation Shows are unique in providing attendees seminars about collecting specialties and services available to the hobby. This year three seminars were given on Saturday morning.

I’d love to report to you directly regarding them, but a mad scramble to re-set tables in the sales hall in their appropriate

Sheldon Baugh: Shaker Sarsaparilla.

Donald Yates: Ginger Beers Early Admission 119 buyers purchased early admission for the opportunity to purchase items as they were coming out of our dealers boxes.

Some real treats awaited, with a couple of light colored barrels being offered by Mary Ballentine and at least one nice green Drakes hitting the tables. Rod Walck reported in BAM that he had added “an incredibly rare GI-76 Rough and Ready” historical flask which he had sought for years! Cures, early meds, handled

whiskeys, colored beers and medicines, pontiled and Hutchinson sodas…. Great advertising pieces and ephemera…. shot glasses….. superb stoneware— it was all there!!! I had the opportunity to purchase a beautiful Bigbee Bros., Lynchburg, Virginia, multi-colored applied label backbar bottle from Kentucky dealer Mike Brown, and from

Collectors were presented with the rare opportunity to purchase from two dealers breaking up large collections at this show.

Sara Devi of Florida offered a large collection of poisons, including a KC-1 one-gallon, a Thompson’s amber coffin with contents, a small size skull and three sizes of submarines. At shows conclusion, she indicated that she was “pleased with the outcome and had a great time!” And, no doubt also did the poison collectors who made it to her table! When I walked by a ways into the show Jim Mitchell looked pretty pleased, as well, as he was wrapping up the balance of her poisons.

Now, how great is a show when you can totally sell out???!

Dan Levitz of Angola, Indiana, proved to be a show chairs dream when he called advising that he intended to sell his 30 year collection of bitters. He then added further fuel to the collector’s scramble by advertising on EBay that he was going to make the collection available at Louisville.

I was a short time into the show before I got over to his table and folks were piled around — some in front, some in back and if they could have done it I’d say some would have been ON TOP of the table! I saw a lot of bottles change hands, a Schroeder’s ladies leg variant leaving in mine. Dan still has some fine examples left — interested readers can reach him at: stoneyridge1@msn.com.

30 One of the collectors leaving with a number of Dan’s bitters was Mike Newman, of Augusta, Georgia. “I had a great time at the show, especially visiting with long-time friends in the hobby. I sold reasonably well both days but had not purchased a single bottle at the time dealers began to pack on Sunday afternoon. Of course, I could not stand to go home with a wad of cash and no new additions. So, I purchased about a dozen bitters from a long-time collector at the last minute. Included were several nice barrels, a cobalt Solomon’s, many Drakes and an Indian Queen.” A colored soda collector, primarily, he indicated that he just could not pass up the opportunity to buy some nice figural and colored bitters at a great price!

As one walked around the show, it was hard not to be impressed with the offerings. Others also found additions to their collections among all the great glass and stoneware: • David Beadle provided collectors with a beautiful display of scroll flasks and then proceeded to add to that grouping. “I had a great show in Louisville — sold a lot and added three very important scrolls to my collection. There were not many walkin customers, but the dealings between dealers was excellent! And, Louisville is a great place—would love to return some day!”

• Also adding a scroll flask were Pennsylvania’s Ed and Kathy Gray. “We had a great time at the National Show at Louisville. We were thrilled to get a deep teal quart scroll flask for our collection.

Sales were great — it was well worth the 8-hour drive. Can’t wait until Memphis!”

• One of the collectors who usually chases the historical flasks hard is Frank Ritz of

Fall 2003 Healdsburg, California. He didn’t report any additions to his shelves in that area, but indicated “I thought that there was a very nice array of bottles for sale at this show and I did pick up a couple of handled whiskies for my collection. Great displays and it is always fun to visit with old friends and make new ones.” (You are welcome for the RB Cutter, Frank!)

• Tony Hayes, our digger who put up the fantastic outhouse display and who has a killer collection of Louisville items, “added a nice pre-Prohibition labeled Louisville whiskey and a colored Schanzbacher Louisville mineral water in a pale, odd apple green”, bringing him up to 21 colored Louisville sodas.

• For Curt and Ellen Faulkenberry, of St. Louis, Missouri, the addition that whet their whistle was “a very rare Western Spice Mills, St. Louis, peppersauce in a nice lime green.”

• Bob Barbour of Kansas was so happy with Louisville that “I have already signed up for the Memphis EXPO.” He further says, “I picked up three poisons. It is very difficult for me to add poisons to my collection. So, when I can add one to my collection, it is a great show. To add three—fantastic!”

• For Brad and Brian Shultis, this was the first Federation show ever attended.

Brian indicates “It was top notch all of the way…. Great collectors, great bottles, great dealers and friends…. What else could one ask for in a show? We were very impressed, to say the least, and will be attending future Federation shows. I purchased two great Drakes (a lemon

Bottles and Extras yellow 5-log and a very odd cream colored 6-log) for my collection and Brad added an amethyst vertical Greeleys and a 4-cities Casper whiskey to his collection. So, it was definitely worth the trip!”

Auction At the conclusion of the Saturday Early Buyer period, it was off to the Hyatt Regency for a reception that included finger food and a cash bar, followed by a preview of the items being offered at the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Auction. Following the Denver EXPO, the Federation began to handle the auctions itself, with John Pastor procuring,

cataloguing and photographing the items.

The catalogues have been absolutely beautiful, in full color and with items crisply presented, giving the consignors the benefit of a great presentation to absentee bidders, as well as the large national audience present at the show. We appreciate the attendance and bidding by other auctioneers of fine glass, but particularly we appreciate… the fine job Norman Heckler has done on behalf of the Federation in calling the auctions the past three years!

With his usual blend of apt description of the items being offered and his “coaxing” of the reluctant bidder, Norm sent 78 catalogued items and 17 uncatalogued items to happy new owners.

A beautiful yellow with olive overtones Robacks Bitters brought $2750.00 as one of the uncatalogued lots and the consignor, Billy Parker of Tennessee had this to say “My first experience at a bottle auction was a good one. I was very pleased with the outcome! I want to thank John Pastor for his help and honesty in preparing me for it. I look forward to the show in Memphis in 2004.” Jim Mitchell landed a nice Tucker Whiskey “Suspects His Master” multi-colored enamel back bar at $600.00, which he would have had a little less money in but for a Tennessee bidder (who might that be, I wonder?!)

Bill Wrenn was the happy purchaser of lots #58 (two-gallon Hesdoffer’s Saloon

Bottles and Extras Canton, Miss. jug), #64 (JJ Morrison Lynchburg VA strap-sided flask) and #68 a choice miniature advertising jug picturing Abe Lincoln. “I was glad to see the quality of items listed in the National auction and to be fortunate enough to be the high bidder on these three lots. Norm and his helper, Jack Hewitt, made the auction a fun and entertaining event for the large crowd on Saturday night.”

John Pastor had this to say about the auction: “We were very, very pleased with the results of the auction, evidenced by the standing room only crowd and the many pleasant comments we received about the quality of the items offered and the prices realized on them.”

In all, the auction resulted in approximately $31,000 in sales and a lot of happy folks added pieces to their collections. I can hardly wait to see what is offered at the EXPO in Memphis!

Displays One of the highlights at any National Show is the fine array of high-quality displays that are assembled. The Louisville show provided collectors with a nice cross-section of the hobby, with 16 displays covering items as diverse as stoneware to bitters, western glass to Celery Cola. Two club displays, one by the Findlay Antique Bottle Club and a joint display by the First Chicago Bottle Club and ABC of Northern Illinois, were especially appealing. But, the showstopper was the Louisville display of Tony Hayes that featured a pile of superb shards taken from Louisville privies. The thought of some of those bottles and pottery items being intact was enough to make the viewer drool almost as much as they were salivating over the fantastic intact items housed in the outhouse display Tony constructed behind it.

Steve Ketcham lauded the show and the displays, voicing “Louisville was great!

We were very fortunate to have a nice show in a fun town, and the dealers who set up truly brought good quality. The

Norman Barnett, Flat Rock Indiana: Jar Closures.

Fall 2003 displays were especially well done and the display of 1850’s shards from the hole just a block from the convention center was both dramatic and interesting!” Reggie Lynch furthered that opinion, stating “What a great opportunity to meet old friends, make new ones, and do a two day bottle show with a great auction in between! But the most impressive thing to me were the great displays. The Louisville dig display was awesome!”

In regards to the displays, Rick Baldwin, Show Display Chairperson adds: The solicitation and inclusion of Federation affiliated “club displays” at this year’s show was envisioned to provide club exposure and “PR” to the attendees.

A display by the First Chicago Bottle Club and the Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois highlighted the variety of bottle types that their members collect and that can be found in their geographical area.

The Findlay (Ohio) Antique Bottle Club display focused on providing an overview of the range of their club’s activities and membership benefits. Following the national show, the Findlay club’s website was inundated with almost ten times their usual number of hits.

Hopefully, more clubs will use the national show venue in the future for “advertising” and promoting their unique activities and attracting new members!

Other displays focused on the unique and diverse interests of the participating exhibitors, and offered an educational experience to all. David Beadle (Ripon, Wisconsin) exhibited an awesome collection of colored scroll flasks. John

31 Hinkel’s (Pacific, Missouri) exhibit consisted of two primary catagories of ink collectibles - “dry inks” and “dispensing inks”. Adam Koch’s (Akron, Ohio) stoneware exhibit focused on early decorated wax sealers. Howard Dean (Westernville, New York) shared with attendees a collection of scarce Saratoga mineral waters from the upstate New York area, and Bob Watson (Cattaraugus, New York) exhibited a fine collection of rare and colorful bitters bottles. Ralph Van Brocklin (Johnson City, Tennessee) shared his passion for western whiskey flasks and related memorabilia with an awesome display of rare items from his collection.

Keith Leeders’ (Elmwood Park, Illinois) exhibit of cone inks reflected a spectrum of beautiful colors, and Norman Barnett (Flat Rock, Indiana) shared an assortment of scarce fruit jars. Don and Betsy Yates (Homerville, Ohio) supplemented their educational seminar at the show with a gorgeous display of early decorated stoneware root beer mugs and dispensers.

Carl Sturm (Longwood, Florida) and John Wolf (Dayton, Ohio) combined forces to exhibit a beautiful collection of seldom seen embossed cures. If you enjoy seeing some nice jugs, then Orville Seals’ (North Jackson, Ohio) display was one not to miss! Orville had over one hundred different “Louisville” miniature jugs in his display case.

The exhibition area was rounded out with two large mulit-table displays of very unique twentieth-century era collectibles.

Gene Joo (Burlington, North Carolina) enlightened new and old collectors alike with a display of prohibition era liquor

Keith Leeders, Elmwood Park, Illinois: Inks.

John Hinkel, Pacific, Missouri: Dry Inks and Dispensing Inks.

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bottles. Dennis Smith (Buffalo, New York) exhibit of “celery cola” bottles and collectibles enlightened us that there was alot of competition with Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the earlier years!

On behalf of the Federation and the public in attendance at the 2003 Louisville FOHBC National Show, the Show Display Chairperson, Rick Baldwin, sincerely thanks all of the exhibitors for the time, expense and commitment to share their knowledge and valued collection with others in order to help educate and stimulate the growth of the bottle collecting hobby!

Howard Dean, Westernville, New York: Saratoga Mineral Water Bottles.

Conclusion When you have a comfortable, well-lighted facility full of beautiful glass and are surrounded by the best group of folks in the collecting world, it’s got to be a great show! Hope to see all of you at our next great show — the 2004 EXPO in Memphis!

Findlay (Ohio) ABC: Findlay Antique Bottle Club.

Bob Watson, Cattaraugus, New York: ABC’s of Bitters.

Gene Joo, Burlington, North Carolina: Prohibition Era Liquor Bottles.

Adam Koch, Akron, Ohio: Stoneware Wax Sealers.

Don Yates, Homerville, Ohio: Early Root Beer.

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Ralph Van Brocklin, Johnson City, Tenn.: Best of The West.

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Carl Sturm/John Wolf, Florida/Ohio: Embossed Cures.

Dennis Smith, Buffalo, New York: Celery Cola.

David Beadle, Ripon, Wisconsin: Scroll Flasks.

First Chicago BC: Chicago Area Bottles.

Tony Hayes, Shepherdsville, Kentucky: Outhouse Souvenirs

Orville Seals, North Jackson, Ohio: Louisville Miniature Jugs.

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SANTA CLAUS White Rock’s Pre-dates Coca-Cola’s

by Cecil Munsey Copyright © 2003 History of Today’s Santa Claus Santa Claus hasn’t always looked like the jolly old fellow we know today – a portly grandfatherly Santa with flowing white whiskers, a ruddy complexion and dressed in a red suit trimmed with white fur.

Some bottle collectors believe that it was The Coca-Cola Company’s consistent portrayal of Santa in its winter advertising campaigns, beginning in 1930, that created the Santa we know and accept today. That’s a myth perpetuated by many including the author of this article. Indeed, in my 1972 book chronicling the merchandizing history and collectibles of The Coca-Cola Company (see bibliography), I devoted a whole chapter to the “Stereotyping of Santa Claus.” More age, experience, and research have proved that I was somewhat naïve and overly influenced by the “help” I received with my research during those several months I spent in Atlanta in the archives of the venerable cola-manufacturing soft drink company.

That The Coca-Cola Company had an influence on today’s fairly standardized portrayal of Santa Claus is undeniable. I was on the right track when I wrote: “By mid-1931 artist Haddon Sundblom was hard at work

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for The Coca-Cola Company developing a Santa Claus that would be both realistic and symbolic. In 1931 the first of the nowfamous Sundblom portraits of Santa Claus appeared on posters and in magazines advertising Coca-Cola.

“The quality of Haddon Sundblom’s work, teamed with the company’s extensive advertising, has created [oops] what is probably the most common conception of Santa Claus….”

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The Santa Claus figure, although not yet standardized, was ubiquitous by the late 19th century. Santa was portrayed as both large and small; he was usually round but sometimes of normal or slight build; and he dressed in furs or cloth suits of red, blue, green, or purple.

A Boston printer named Louis Prang introduced the English custom of Christmas cards to America, and in 1885 he issued a card featuring a red-suited Santa. The chubby Santa with a red suit began to replace the fur-dressed image and the multicolored Santas.

Although some versions of the Santa Claus figure still had him attired in outfits of various colors past the beginning of the 20th century, the jolly, ruddy, sack-carrying Santa with a red suit and flowing white whiskers had become the standard image of Santa Claus by the 1920s. That was around the time White Rock issued its version of Santa beginning in 1923, eight years before Sundblom painted his first Santa illustration for Coca-Cola. In 1927 The New York Times reported: “A standardized Santa Claus appears to New York children.

Height, weight, stature are almost exactly standardized, as are the red garments, the hood and the white whiskers. The pack full

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of toys, ruddy cheeks and nose, bushy eyebrows and a jolly, tremendous interest in children. For those reasons he was paunchy effect are also inevitable parts of the requisite elevated to the position of the patron saint of children. [Because make-up.” the saint’s life was so unreliably documented, Pope Paul VI As the title of this article proclaims, “SANTA CLAUS – ordered the feast of Saint Nicholas (and others) dropped from White Rock’s Pre-dates Coca-Cola’s.” The people who produced the official Roman Catholic calendar in 1969.]

White Rock mineral water and ginger ale ran at least two fullAlthough many of the stories about Saint Nicholas are of page advertisements, by an anonymous artist, featuring a portly doubtful authenticity, his legend spread throughout Europe, grandfatherly Santa with flowing white whiskers, a ruddy com- emphasizing his role as a traditional bringer of gifts. The plexion and dressed in a red suit trimmed with white fur. Both of Christian Saint Nicholas was called Sanct Herr Nicholaas or Sinter the ads were published in Life magazine. Both of those advertisements by Klaas in Holland. The term Christkindl One of the ads (Fig. 1) appeared in Life’s White Rock feature Santa posed with not only a evolved to Kriss Kringle, another nickDecember 13, 1923 issue and another bottle of mineral water or ginger ale but with a name for Santa Claus. Various other (Fig. 2) appeared in Life’s December 4, bottle of whiskey and a glass. That suggested European Christmas gift givers were more Santa liked mixed drinks. That’s an interesting 1924 issue. suggestion to make when it is recalled that the or less similar to Saint Nicholas: in France The December 1923 advertisement and 18th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, he was called Pere Noel, in Germany he subsequent ones were part of White Rock’s establishing national Prohibition (Volsted Act appeared as Weihnachtsmann, in annual winter campaign just as was Coca- 1920-1933), was in effect.

Scandinavia he was called Julenisse, and Cola’s beginning in 1930. The difference is that White Rock Father Christmas in England. began their Santa Claus advertisements seven years before 1930 when Coke offered their first Santa, also by an anonymous artist. History of the Early American Santa Claus Two other comparisons between the two historic firms: (1) The American version of the Santa Claus figure received its The White Rock Natural Mineral Spring Company, was founded inspiration and its name from the Dutch legend of Sinter Klaas, in 1871; The Coca-Cola Company didn’t become a company until brought by settlers to New York in the 17th century. Other 1892 – twenty-one years later. (2) White Rock water was first immigrants to the New World brought along their various beliefs sold in bottles in 1876 and White Rock Ginger Ale was first bottled when they crossed the Atlantic. The Scandinavians introduced in 1882; Coca-Cola (invented in 1886) was first sold in bottles in gift-giving elves, the Germans brought their decorated trees and 1894 – eighteen and twelve years later respectively. the Irish contributed the ancient Gaelic custom of placing a lighted All of that wasn’t to say that Coca-Cola didn’t have anything candle in the window. to do with cementing the image of Santa Claus in the public As early as 1773 the name appeared in the American press as consciousness. The Santa image may have been standardized “St. A. Claus,” but it was the popular author Washington Irving before White Rock (1923) and Coca-Cola (1930) adopted it for who gave America its first detailed information about the Dutch their annual Christmas advertisements. version of Saint Nicholas. In his History Still another comparison of firsts that is of But Coca-Cola did have a great deal to do peripheral interest to bottle collecting historians of New York, published in 1809 under the with establishing Santa Claus as a ubiqui- is the one I fully developed in an article entitled, pseudonym Diedrick Knickerbocker, tous Christmas figure in America at a time “The Six-Pack Cometh (see bibliography).”

Irving described the arrival of the saint in when the holiday was still making the trana horse-drawn wagon riding over treetops “The first six-pack bottle carton by the sition from a religious observance to a Orange Crush Company, the “Handi-Pack,” was and dropping gifts down the chimneys of largely secular and highly commercial patented by them on September 19, 1923; the his favorites. He also described Santa as a celebration. In an era before color televi- Coca-Cola six-pack bottle carton, the “Home- jolly Dutchman who smoked a long sion, color films, and the widespread use Pack,” was patented by The Coca-Cola stemmed clay pipe and wore baggy Company on September 23, 1923 – four days of color in newspapers, it was Coca-Cola’s after Orange Crush’s.” breeches and a broad brimmed hat. Also, annual magazine advertisements, the familiar phrase, “…laying his finger billboards, and point-of-sale store displays that exposed nearly beside his nose…,” first appeared in Irving’s story. everyone in America to the modern Santa Claus image.

That phrase was used again in 1822 in the now-classic poem Coca-Cola certainly helped make Santa Claus one of the most by Dr. Clement Clarke Moore, “A Visit from St. popular men in America, but they didn’t invent him.

Nicholas,” more commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas.” His verse gave an Arctic flavor to Santa’s image History of the Original Santa Claus when he substituted eight tiny reindeer and a sleigh for Irving’s Like many other American traditions, Santa Claus is a horse and wagon. It’s Moore’s description of Santa that we most product of a blend of many different cultures and customs. His often think of today: “He had a broad face, and a little round earliest ancestors date back to pre-Christian days, when a wide belly, that shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.” variety of gods supposedly ruled the earth. The mythological Up to that point, Santa’s physical appearance and the color of characters Odin, Thor, and Saturn provided the basis for many of his suit were open to individual interpretation. Then in 1863, Santa’s distinctive characteristics.

Thomas Nast, a German immigrant, gave us a visual image of the But the most influential figure in the shaping of today’s Santa cheerful giver that was to later become widely accepted for most was a real man. He was a monk who was born in Partara, in the of the 19th century. city of Lycia in Asia Minor around 280 A. D. As legend has it, When Nast was asked to illustrate Moore’s charming verse the real Santa Claus was Saint Nicholas the monk who ultimately for a book of children’s poems, he dressed the elfin became the Bishop of Myra, Turkey. Nothing is really known, figure in red and endowed him with human characteristics. but many legends paint him as a very generous man with a - Continued on page 59

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Lydia’s Medicine

130 Years Later

Copyright © 2003

by Cecil Munsey Then and Now In the panic of 1873, to help support her family after her husband Isaac (Figure 1) lost everything in the crash, Lydia Pinkham (1819-1883) went into the kitchen and began to brew a brown, bittertasting mixture of roots, herbs and alcohol. Lydia (Figure 2) called her home remedy, “Vegetable Compound–a Positive Cure for all those Complaints and Weaknesses so common to our best female population.” The brew, that she started making as a favor for her friends, made her the best-known woman in 19th Century America, and it founded a business, in Lynn, Massachusetts that was run successfully by the Pinkhams until 1973.

The first recorded sale was $16.00 for an unknown quantity. Generally the medicine was sold five bottles for $6.00.

The Pinkhams’ four children, Charles H. (Figure 3), Daniel (Figure 4), William (Figure 5) and Aroline (Figure 6) helped start the business and run it profitably.

They did, that is, until tragedy struck the family. Dan and Will, both died of “consumption” (tuberculosis) in 1881 and Lydia herself suffered a stroke and died in 1883. In that year the business was grossing $300,000 a year. Charles, Aroline and her husband, a lawyer named Will Gove (Figure 7) carried on the business so smoothly the customers still bought the Vegetable Compound and still wrote to Lydia for advice. Lydia became the Ann Landers of the 19th Century.

Even though stories periodically hinted about Lydia’s demise, customers refused to believe their counselor was gone. It was not until 1902, when Ladies Home Journal published a photo of her tombstone (Figure 8) in Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn, Massachusetts that the general public realized Lydia had actually been dead for 21 years! Faith in Lydia’s Compound never wavered, however, and sales actually doubled at a period when a national scandal attacked all patent medicine advertising.

In the mid-1960s with the Pinkham

family still running the company there were 112 shares among the six who ran the company. Their income was down to $37,333 each by then. Lydia’s great grandson, Charles “Charlie” Pinkham was treasurer of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. before it was sold to Cooper Laboratories, Inc. in 1968.

Cooper paid the Pinkhams over a million dollars for the run-down firm and moved it to Puerto Rico (Figure 9), supposedly closer to its source of raw materials and cheap labor. According to one of Lydia’s biographers Sara Stage in 1979, “Cooper Labs, drawing on a residual demand created by past advertising, managed to gross over $700,000 annually on sales of the Vegetable Compound.”

In 1973, after 87 years, the old brick factory, in Lynn, Massachusetts, that faithfully churned out the vegetable compound for “women’s troubles” was closed (Figure 10). Even though the old-time medicine continued as a subsidiary of a New Jersey pharmaceutical company,

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By the early 1970s the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company only had 94 employees. In the mid-1920s there had been as many as 450 employees. From the peak of $3.8 million in sales in 1925 the company dropped to $600,000 in sales in 1973. Still, until that time the company had only two unprofitable years. And, Lydia’s grandmotherly face (Figure 11) adorned about $160 million worth of advertising (in inflation-adjusted dollars) since 1876.

An Amusing Business Obituary The late humorist, Erma Bombeck duly noted the passing of the company, in one of her columns: Lydia Pinkham is dead.

The bottle of magic elixir died at the age of 87 in an old brick factory in Lynn, Mass.

She is survived by two unprofitable years.

Since a bottle containing a promise of youth obviously could not have died of old age, the question is, ‘What killed Lydia Pinkham?’

Probably the same thing that killed Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, the Easter bunny and White House tapes – hard core realism. People just stopped believing.

This is a practical generation with very little imagination. It believes only what TV shows them to be true. Women will

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[Fig. 1] Lydia’s husband Isaac Pinkham, a real estate agent who was always broke.

[Fig. 2] Lydia at age 25, shown here with her son Charles. Her medicine company sometimes used this photograph (with Charles eliminated) to picture her as a young school teacher.

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[Fig. 3] Lydia’s son. Charles H. Pinkham as an adult.

[Fig. 4] Lydia’s son Daniel Pinkham.

[Fig. 5] Lydia’s son William Pinkham.

believe that two breath mints can dance together, irregularity can get you fired and grey-haired people never sing around the piano. We never become suspicious of cold syrup with shot glasses for a lid.

But show them a bottle of potion that promises youth, and they stop believing.

A group of us were talking about middle age and trying to figure out how we could buy our way out of it when I decided to lay a Lydia Pinkham claim on them.

“Hey, gang, what would you say if I told you I have a cure for drooping spirits that gives elasticity and firmness to the step, restores the natural luster to the eyes, and plants on the pale cheeks of women the fresh roses of life’s spring and summer?”

“You devil!” said Mayva. “I’d say they just renewed your American Express

card.”

“No, it’s a new compound,” I said, “to help women through middle age.”

“How often do you have to go in for a root touch-up?” “’You don’t put it on your hair, you drink it.”

“No more iron!” said Carol. “I’ve had so much of that stuff my teeth are rusting.”

“It’s not iron. It’s just a harmless vegetable compound guaranteed to help you with “women’s trouble.’”

“Look,” said Velma, “I’ve got a mother-in-law who is having me arrested for impersonating a mother, a 15-year-old who answers bed-wetters’ ads, a husband who has the most extensive collection of swizzle sticks in North America, and I just found my identity and want to trade. Are

you saying this will cure my troubles?”

Lydia Pinkham is dead, leaving middle age with only one hope. All of you who believe in Doris Day – clap your hands.

[Fig. 6] Lydia’s only daughter, Aroline (Pinkham) Gove.

[Fig. 7] Will Gove, a lawyer married to Aroline.

The Great Pinkham-Gove Feud After the death of Dan and Will in 1881, Charles H. Pinkham ran the company.

Charles died in 1900 of kidney disease – a sad irony in light of the Compound’s claims to cure all kidney troubles.

Charles’ death triggered a power struggle within the family which raged intermittently for the next half-century or until the 1950s. Aroline Pinkham had married a lawyer named Will Gove, as already discussed, and while Charles was running the company, the Goves had little to do with the business. The Goves did little work and yet shared in the profits.

In 1900, after Charles’ death, Will and Aroline (Pinkham) Gove moved quickly to seize control of the company and drive out the Pinkham heirs, including Lydia’s grandchildren (Aroline’s cousins) Lucy and Marion Pinkham (Figure 12). Each side of the family held 56 shares in the corporation. Because Will Gove was Secretary of the Board of Directors, after Charles’ death the Goves assumed control.

Since each side of the family owned equal shares in the company Jennie Pinkham (Figure 13), Charles’ widow, was elected to the board. But because the equal shares facilitated a stalemate on the board so control could not be taken back from the Goves.

Jennie Pinkham asked her son Arthur (Figure 14) to drop out of college and help her protect her stake in the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company. Arthur realized the

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Fig. 9 [Fig. 8] The “Tombstone Photo” that appeared in the November 1904 issue of “The Ladies Home Journal.” Editor Edward Bok (whose story is told in the November 1999 issue of “Bottles & Extras”) was asking the question, who answered Lydia’s mail for the past 25 years since her death?

Fig. 8 law offered the Pinkhams no recourse and to regain some control of the company he would have to force the Goves to negotiate.

Arthur also realized that the Pinkhams had two important assets – the Pinkham name and his father, Charles’ reputation in the patent medicine industry. His first move was to order the postmaster to deliver the thousands of letters addressed to “Mrs. Pinkham” to his mother – Mrs. Jennie Pinkham instead of the factory where the Goves had control.

Then, in a brilliant move, he went into competition with the Lydia Pinkham

[Fig 9] Cooper Laboratories, Inc. purchased the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine. Co. and moved it to Puerto Rico.

Medicine Company – his mother’s own company. Arthur began to manufacture the Vegetable Compound.

Copyright protected the trademark “Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound,” but not the formula of the medicine. Arthur could legally duplicate the Pinkham Compound as long as he gave it a different name. Jennie Pinkham took the first letter of the names of each of her children and arrived at the name “Delmac.” Early in 1901 Arthur ran a full-page ad in the local paper introducing the “Delmac Liver Regulator.” Its label featured a picture of his late father, Charles Pinkham, known by druggists

[Fig 10] The Lydia Pinkham factory in Lynn, Mass. was built in 1886 (the year Coca-Cola was invented), The factory was closed in 1973 after making the famous vegetable compound for 87 years.

across the country as the manufacturer of the Pinkham medicine. As a final touch, Jennie Pinkham wrote an enthusiastic endorsement which she signed “Mrs. Pinkham.” [Collectors will easily understand the extreme value of a copy of that full-page advertisement or an extant example of a bottle of Delmac Liver Regulator featuring a picture of Charles Pinkham. To date it should be noted that neither is known to have survived, but….]

A few weeks after producing and advertising his new medicine, Arthur called on Will Gove and invited him to sample the Delmac Regulator. One taste and Gove capitulated – the medicine was indistinguishable from Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The Pinkhams and the Goves reached a compromise. In return for the written promise that she would refrain from marketing products that competed with those manufactured by the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company, Jennie gained a seat on the Board of Directors.

The newly constituted Board then elected Arthur Pinkham vice-president and secretary of the company.

Four months after the Goves’ takeover, the Pinkhams had regained a voice in the company’s management. Will Gove was president of the company from 1900 until 1920.

He proved to be a poor administrator. The ongoing family feud continued and the dispute was passed on to the Pinkham and Gove children.

By 1926, while Arthur Pinkham was president of the company, Lydia Pinkham Gove (Figure 15) had control of the advertising program for the medicine firm.

Lydia’s stranglehold on the company came

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about largely as the result of the 1921 bylaws which gave the Pinkhams control of the executive branch of the company and the Goves control of the purse strings.

Aroline Gove increasingly deferred to her strong-minded daughter. Lydia used the power Aroline had given her as treasurer to control advertising. Any advertising she didn’t like she refused to pay for. In 1927 the Pinkhams put the

Medicine Company into receivership. That move brought the Goves to their senses and an elaborate compromise was worked out.

The solution was short lived and by 1929 Lydia Pinkham Gove had regained control of advertising. She formed the Northeastern Advertising Agency and developed advertising programs for the company.

Lydia’s cousin, Charlie Pinkham believed he had better advertising ideas than his cousin did. To take control of the program, Charlie convinced Edythe Bradford, one of the Gove stockholders, to vote with the Pinkhams to regain control of the advertising of the famous Vegetable Compound. (Charlie had promised Edythe he would make her joint manager of the [Lydia’s] Northeastern Advertising Agency.) Lydia retaliated by once again refusing to sign checks for advertising. Lydia finally prevailed and authorized advertising (much of it featuring her) which amounted to over 80 percent of the company’s gross sales. In 1933 she spent over a million and a-halfdollars. In spite of her massive spending, the company continued to lose money.

Lydia was no fool. Her plan was to drive the company to almost bankruptcy so that she could buy the Pinkhams’ stock.

To further her scheme, she and her mother loaned the company, without authorization, over $250,000 at 5 per cent interest and then as treasurer, refused to pay off the loans.

[Fig. 13] Jennie Pinkham, wife and widow of Charles H. Pinkham, became a board member and helped run the company after her husband’s death.

[Fig. 14] Arthur Pinkham, Jennie’s son and grandson of Lydia, left college to help the Pinkhams retain their half ownership in the company during the feud with the Goves. He eventually became president of the medicine company.

[Fig. 11] Lydia E. Pinkham as she appeared in 1879. This photograph was the one that became the trademark for the famous vegetable compound.

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[Fig. 12] This is a trade card featuring two of Lydia E. Pinkham’s grandchildren – Lucy and Marion Pinkham.

Charlie Pinkham refused to give the treasurer any more money so Lydia threatened to stop all advertising. She did and, for the first time since the medicine became a success, there was no advertising. That lasted for six months.

Charlie next abandoned the house agency (Northeastern Advertising) and signed a contract with Erwin Wasey of New York.

Lydia resorted again to not paying advertising bills.

The family feud finally ended up in court and stayed there for five years, eventually going to the Massachusetts Supreme Court. In July of 1937, the Court granted the Pinkhams an injunction against the Goves to prevent them from interfering in the business.

The final chapter of the Pinkham-Gove feud was recorded in Maine, before that state’s Supreme Judicial Court, where the Gove stockholders had filed for receivership. Aroline Gove died at the age of eighty-two before the final decision was made. Lydia Pinkham Gove herself was the one responsible for losing the case in the Maine courts: Under questioning from her own lawyer, she testified that absolute equality between the two families had always been intended and upheld by both sides until Arthur Pinkham sought to usurp control of the business. When asked if her

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[Fig. 15] Lydia (Pinkham) Gove tried for years to control the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company as its treasurer. She was an aviation enthusiast and as indicated on a 1928 calendar advertising the medicine, “Lydia E. Pinkham’s granddaughter was the first woman to cross [as a passenger] North America by aeroplane. She made the flight from Los Angeles to Boston in August, 1926, in 31 hours’ actual flying time.” intent had been to “rule or ruin,” Lydia responded: “Certainly not!” The Pinkham counsel’s cross-examination, much like a current television rerun of a Matlock episode, was at first puzzling. He produced a note written two years earlier by Lydia thanking several company employees for sending flowers on her mother’s eightieth birthday. Had Lydia written the note? She testified she had. Would she read it to the Court? Unsure of its importance, Lydia began to read: “My mother’s mother, Lydia E. Pinkham, arranged that the Gove interest should control the management of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company for as long a time as possible and her choice has been amply justified by the splendid record of success which has been obtained until the present time.”

The note was proof that the equal division the Goves had built their case upon had never been recognized or accepted by Lydia or her mother Aroline.

They had wanted to rule, not to share equally in the management of the company.

Arthur Pinkham summarized the situation,

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In the long run the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company proved to be the biggest loser in the Pinkham-Gove feud.

The lengthy wrangling between the families badly crippled the business.

During the early years of the court fight, advertising virtually ceased, and sales declined precipitously. The 1940s saw an increase in sales that reached $2,636,000 in 1945.

Reminiscent of the sad irony of Charles Pinkham’s death in 1900 of kidney disease and as if to once again mock claims of the Vegetable Compound’s efficacy, Lydia Pinkham Gove died in 1948 of ovarian cancer.

The Pinkhams and the Goves during an uneasy truce ran the company but not very successfully for another decade or so. But as already written earlier in this treatise, “In the mid-1960s with the Pinkham family still running the company there were 112 shares among the six who ran the company. Their income was down to $37,333 each by then. Lydia’s great grandson, Charles “Charlie” Pinkham was treasurer of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. before it was sold to Cooper Laboratories, Inc. in 1968.”

What Was the Medicine Made Of? The original formula for Lydia’s vegetable compound is much the same today as it was in 1873 except Vitamin B1 was added in the 1940s (Figure 16). Oh yes, the amount of alcohol was cut from 18% (36 proof) to 15% (30 proof). Two or three bottles taken at once will still make any woman forget her complaints, as well as her Christian name. But in the recommended dosages, the compound – now called, “medicine” does have a beneficial effect. That was discovered after the famous Pure Food and Drug Legislation of 1906 allowed it to remain on the market and the Federal Trade Commission concluded again in 1940.

The ingredients are water, alcohol, vitamin B1, licorice, camomile, pleurisy root, black cohosh, life root plant, true unicorn, false unicorn, gentian and dandelion root. The medicine has a bitter, nut-like flavor with a faint aftertaste of licorice. “Your initial reaction is to screw up your face,” according to a comment by Hermon E. Smith, one of Lydia’s great

Bottles and Extras grandsons whose job it was to taste every batch made in the early 1970s.

During the mixture’s heyday, annual sales hit $3.8 million in 1925. Her 62-page “Guide for Women” was printed by the millions and in seven languages.

How Famous Was Lydia?

Lydia was so famous that newspapers in the late 1880s and early 1900s, lacking appropriate photographs, ran pictures of Lydia with newsworthy events or obituaries of famous women. A chorus from one of several songs about her proves the point: …So we’ll sing of Lydia Pinkham, Savior of the human race, She sells her Vegetable Compound, And the papers publish her face.

Some of the famous women identified in newspapers with Lydia’s picture are: Date – Famous Women 1880 – Lucetia (Coffin) Mott, a famous Quaker abolitionist and feminist.

1889 – Mrs. James G. Blaine, wife of the great statesman who served in Congress (1862-1876); was Secretary of State for President James A. Garfield in 1881 who was shot to death four months after taking office; and Blaine was also Secretary of State for President William Henry Harrison (1889-1892).

1901 – Queen Victoria, Britain’s Queen who took the throne, at age 8, and reigned from 1837 to 1901 – a period of 64 years.

1911 – Carrie A. Nation, who was an early member of the “Women’s Christian

[Fig. 17] Mrs. Nation began her destruction of bars in the name of “Prohibition” on June 1, 1900 in Kiowa, Kansas where she attacked three “joints.” She used stones, brickbats, full ceramic malt bottles, and one billiard ball as ammunition. She did not adopt the use of her now famous “hatchet” (which in reality was a Crandal hammer used by masons to dress building stone – until her visit to Wichita some six months later.

Bottles and Extras Temperance Union” (WCTU) and who was arrested 30 times for destruction of bars. (Fig. 17) 1892 – Lizzie Borden, of Fall River, Massachusetts, accused ax murderer of her parents. She was acquitted of the famous crime after a trial that captured the imagination of the world.

The Medicine Today About a year ago, bottle collecting’s own Steve Ketcham authored one of his many articles for Bottles & Extras (see bibliography). In his own words, “It was an article about medicines which endured long after the 1906 Pure Food and Drug laws were passed.” Steve quotes from his article: “Americans were startled by such a revelation. I was equally startled just last month when visiting our local drug store.

There on the shelf among the vitamins peered the stern visage, like a phantom through the ages, of Lydia Pinkham. Her picture was on a box that read, ‘Lydia Pinkham’s Herbal Compound.’

“Just as it did a hundred years ago, the product offers relief for female complaints.

The label advises that the product contains 10% alcohol [20 proof], ‘solely as a solvent and preservative.’ These identical words appear on a package dated 1929, at which time the product contained 15% alcohol [30 proof].

“Today the product is marketed by Numark Laboratories Incorporated of Edison, New Jersey. [ Numark Labs is the successor to Cooper Labs that purchased the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company from the Pinkham family. (See earlier discussion.) ] Current packaging emphasizes the References: Books: Burton, Jean. Lydia Pinkham is Her Name. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949.

Stage, Sara. Female Complaints – Lydia Pinkham and the Business of Women’s Medicine. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1979 Washburn, Robert Collyer. The Life and Times of Lydia E. Pinkham. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1931.

Munsey, Cecil. The Illustrated Guide to COLLECTING BOTTLES. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1970.

Periodicals: Burrill, Gary. “Lydia’s Last Laugh – The Case of the Confounding Compound.” Journal of the Unitarian Universalist Association, March/April 1989, Vol III, No. 2 and [same author; same title], The World, March/April 1989.

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product’s vitamin and iron content, its herbal content, and its efficacy in relieving the symptoms of menstruation and menopause. Clearly, Mrs. Pinkham was onto something back in 1873.”

Lydia E. Pinkham Collectibles The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. was one of the most successful proprietary medicine makers in the world. It was just one of many patent or proprietary medicine companies but there is a huge assortment of collectibles associated with it.

The following is an abbreviated list of what is available: – 164 booklets in English – 62 booklets in seven foreign languages – 21 different medicines produced from 1876 that yielded medicine bottles, cartons, wooden crates, etc.

– 12 years of calendars – 10 advertising postcards – 46 different trade cards – Sachet posters – Vanity cases – Leather manicure sets – Tatting shuttles – Knitting protectors – Tape measures – Thermometers – Sewing cases – Leather medicine cases – Perfume vials – Sewing cards – Memo books – Shoe polishers – Vanity pencils – Leather bookmarks – Picture puzzles – A variety of display advertising – Flower seed packets – Newspaper advertisements – Magazine advertisements – Company correspondence Bombeck, Erma. “Lydia Pinkham Magic is Gone.”

Escondido Times Advocate, December 13, 1973, B2.

Cooper, John. “Lydia Pinkham and the Business of Women’s Medicine.” Ghost Town Echo `(Washington Bottle Collectors Association), November 1989.

Ehrilch, Daphne. “Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company.” Radcliffe Quarterly, Vol 61, No. 4, December 1975.

Hubert, Edward C. “Radio vs. Wireless.” Radio News, January 1925.

Ketcham, Steve. “Some Early Medicines Endured the Test of Time.” Bottles & Extras, Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2000.

Munsey, Cecil. “The Real Lydia Pinkham (Truth? or Spin?). Bottles & Extras, Vol. 12, No. 4, April 2001.

[Fig. 16] A bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound from the 1940s. The medicine was the same as it was in 1873 except Vitamin B1 was added and the amount of alcohol was cut from 18% to 15% – that was a reduction in alcoholic content from 36 proof to 30 proof.

Munsey, Cecil. “Lydia Pinkham, Larkin Soap and Fate – A Strange and Fascinating Sage of Coincidence.” Trade Card Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2001.

Munsey, Cecil. The Muckrakers – (Part 2) Edward William Bok” November 1999 – Issue No. 115, pp.

3-5.

Rapoza, Andrew V. “A Baby in Every Bottle: The Curative Powers of Lydia E. Pinkham Advertising.”

The Ephemera Journal – The Ephemera Society of America, Inc., Volume 4, 1991.

Tyler, Varro E. “The Honest Herbalist – the Bright Side of Black Cohosh. Prevention, April 1997.

Waterfield, Marge. “Yes, There Really Was a Lydia Pinkham.” The Antique Trader, Dubuque, Iowa, April 24, 1973.

Cecil Munsey, 13541 Willow Run Road, Poway, CA 92064 Phone: (858) 487-7036; E-mail: cecilmunsey@cox.net

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Georgian big on collecting mini-jugs

by Bill Baab When Bill Wrenn of Watkinsville, Ga., decided to branch out from a childhood coin collection, coming up with the right mix wasn’t a problem. After all, he is a chemist by trade.

His collecting interests began nearly 40 years ago. The then 7-year-old’s father was a coin collector, so young Wrenn decided he’d collect wheat pennies.

That interest evolved into fruit jars, miscellaneous pottery, advertising, tobacco items and primitive furniture.

"I still own 30 or 40 gallons of wheat pennies," said Wrenn, whose current "formula" of collecting interests includes antique bottles, strap-sided whiskey flasks and mini jugs.

Nearly 450 mini jugs — those standing only 3 inches tall — are in his collection arranged neatly on shelves against one wall and on a specially built cabinet in the "bottle room" of his home.

Many of the tiny jugs, which contained whiskey, cider or vinegar and were handed out to customers as souvenirs, hail from North Carolina, although Wrenn admits his very first mini jug was decorated with a

Closeups of some of his mini-jugs, including "Tarantula Juice," third from left on bottom row. huge stencil reading Jones Bros. & Co./ Cider & Vinegar/Louisville, Ky. He shelled out $125 for that little gem.

The reason Tar Heel state products dominate his thoughts is that he hails from Oxford, N.C., and is a graduate of Barton College in Wilson, N.C. In fact, strap-sided saloon flasks from North Carolina also are a part of the collecting interests of Wrenn, a chemist with Oliver Rubber Company — a subsidiary of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company — in nearby Athens, Ga. "They must have the word ‘saloon’ in the embossing," he said.

Be that as it may, he has collected 14 different mini saloons and "only" 17 different North Carolina mini jugs over the past 15 years. His collection also sports a pair of mini jugs from Jacobs Pharmacy, birthplace of Coca-Cola in Atlanta. One

Bill Wrenn, seated on a crock, with just a part of his collection, including mini jugs, "normal" jugs and whiskey flasks.

jug is stenciled Moss Rose Whiskey/ Compliments of Jacobs Pharmacy; the other, Viaduct Rye, Compliments of Jacobs Pharmacy.

He also has found seven different mini jugs from Athens, while another rarity is Courtney & Co./Pure Vinegar/ Aiken, S.C. A selection of territorial mini jugs include items from Oklahoma and Indian territories.

Why collect mini jugs?

"I’ve always been fascinated by the craftsmanship that went into the making of those little jugs," he said. "I don’t understand how potters can turn such a little piece. All are from wood-fired kilns.

All of my scratch jugs look like the same left-handed person scratched in all the messages with a nail point. I like to think that there’s a little history in every one of those little jugs."

Most of his mini jugs have been acquired by trading with other collectors, while only a few have come from antique stores.

In addition to the "minis," face jugs from contemporary Georgia potters also share shelf space along with stoneware jugs of "regular" sizes.

His latest interest is folk art paintings

by Annie Welborn, many of which can be seen hanging from the walls of his home.

"When you collect, there’s always something else around the corner that attracts your interest, including stuff in other people’s collections that catches the eye."

Stuff like an Anna (Illinois) Pottery pig.

"A local picker found it in a box lot he’d bought at an estate auction and brought it to me wrapped up in one sheet of very old

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A "pig dig?"

The pig is inscribed with a railroad track from its snout to its tail and the following on one side: Compliments to Louis NaPoleon with a little good Old Rye in a Hogs. On the other side, Illinnois (sic) Central Rail Road. Cairo - - - Chicago.

And on the bottom: from Kirkpatrick Anna Ills. (sic) the best drill in use for Boaring for Lard oil. mound city.

The "Kirkpatrick" is either Cornwall or Wallace Kirkpatrick, talented artists in clay (but terrible spellers) at the Anna Pottery.

"As my friend, Pim Woodlief, says: ‘Even a blind pig finds an acorn every once in a while,’ "Wrenn said.

One of Wrenn's proudest possessions: An Anna (Ill.) Pottery pig acquired from a picker.

In this photo, taken after the National Auction in Louisville, Bill poses with a two-gallon Hesdoffer’s Saloon, Canton, Miss. jug; a JJ Morrison Lynchburg Va. strap-sided flask and a choice miniature advertising jug, picturing Abe Lincoln, from Elizabethtown, Ky. - all three having just been added to his collection.

He concluded, “I was very glad to see the quality of items listed in the National Auction and to be fortunate enough to be the high bidder.”

Here's another view of the Watkinsville, Georgian collection of mini jugs, face jugs and bottles.

Bill Wrenn is also our new Bottles & Extras Ads Manager, and can be reached by phone: (706) 769-8995 or by E-mail: ncjugs@charter.net.

Bill Baab can be reached at: 2552 Devere Street, Augusta, GA 30904; phone: (706) 736-8097 or E-mail: riverswamper@comcast.net.

Photos by Bill Baab

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Let’s Talk About Ink with Ed & Lucy Faulkner

INK BOTTLE PATENTS

was in order and do it when not tending to other government business.

Each of the American colonies had a method of granting patents as early as the 17th century, but it wasn’t until 1790 that a uniform patent law was passed by the first Congress, creating a three man board headed by Thomas Jefferson. The law required the submission of a model along with the application, if feasible. This was stopped in 1870 because even with two fires which destroyed a lot of models, the government was running out of space to store them. In 1870 models could be submitted only if it was deemed necessary and in 1880 this requirement was eliminated altogether.

Another patent act was enacted in 1793 that made it easier for patents to be issued and the number of patents being submitted increased. After a fire in 1836 that burned most of the applications and models previously submitted, another patent act was passed by Congress. This 1836 act numbered the patents and made keeping records easier. These three acts are the basis of the Patent Office as we know it today. I highly recommend the book listed in my reference for anyone interested in the entire history of the patent office.

Because of difficulty in submitting patent applications and the time it took for them to be reviewed, only three patents were issued in 1790. The patent application had to be taken to New York, later Philadelphia, and given to the 3-man board. This board had to decide if a patent

Today the patent office has its records online and anyone can access them. You must be able to read a Tiff formatted document to look at them. However, to look at a particular patent granted before 1976, you must know the exact number or search the entire date for which it was issued. A number of universities around

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Bottles and Extras the country also have patent depositories for search purposes. This site is interesting not only for looking up bottle patents, but seeing all the unusual things for which patents were issued. Many companies wanted a bottle unique to them that would be instantly recognized, or in a shape that would appeal to buyers. The unique bottle was a form of advertising for the company.

Patents before 1843 were listed as inventions or utility patents. In 1842 a design patent category was created, but it was not until 1843 that the first design patent was issued. Bottles are listed as design patents, as well as inventions or utility patents. Some of these patents were registered by individuals and later transferred to companies, while others are patented by individual ink company owners, such as the John Moore “turtle” and the Thaddeus Davids ceramic bottle.

Thaddeus Davids patented his ceramic bottle in this country January 11, 1859 [Fig. 1] and takes one and a half handwritten pages to describe it. All records we have found indicate this is the first patented INK bottle in the US. He calls it a new design for an ink bottle and describes it as a “petticoat” bottle because of the flared bottom.

Over the years there have been a number of articles on Smith’s Perpetual Calendar ink bottle [Fig. 2]. It had numbers on the body of the bottle, and months on the bottom. There was an adjustable band on the neck with days of the week. It was designed to be turned to bring the proper day of the week to the first day of month. The base had a covering to allow one (embossed) month to show through. This was patented by J. G. Smith of Cleveland, Ohio, on April 11, 1882 as a utility patent. It is known only in aqua and is considered uncommon, although it shows up on ebay about once or twice a year. However, with the complete bands and label, it is considered rare. This was probably an expensive bottle to make, thus making the ink more expensive, and not competitive with other inks during this time period. It is also interesting to note that he had previously patented another calendar inkstand in 1881 that was entirely different. If anyone is interested, it is utility patent number 239,867. We have never seen this bottle, so don’t know if it was ever used.

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M. H. Hagerty of New York, NY, was issued design patent number 11,868 for what he calls a “Fountain Bottle.” [Fig. 3] We call these “teakettles” today. It has pen rests on the top. There are two known aqua versions of this. One has Patent Applied For on the bottom and the other gives the actual patent date. The only label we have ever seen on one of these is for Stafford’s Ink. The John Moore “turtle” inkstand [Fig. 4] was patented October 31, 1865 and the patent date is embossed on some of them. It is design patent number 2211 and gives his address as Warren, Massachusetts. In a handwritten one page description, he states he has invented a new and useful design for an ink bottle. This

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design proved to be very popular as most large companies used a similar version of this type bottle.

G.G. Hickman, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, invented a unique bottle that was apparently not very popular. The only record of the master ink size that we can find being used was made in a square shape [Fig. 5a] and used by Williams Ink Works, NY, according to Covill in his book (C. 924). The small cone shape [Fig. 5b] we have not been able to find with a company name. It only has two patent dates on it. Both were made so that if the bottle was filled with ink and corked, the external pressure of the atmosphere would prevent the escape of liquid through the hole in the side of the bottle and the pen could be inserted here for ink. Patent dates for these are March 3, 1868 and Feb. 9, 1869. Both are listed as inventions or utility patents.

But perhaps the most unusual patent we came across was utility patent number 586,143 by W. B. North, of Sikeston, Missouri, on July 13, 1897 [Fig. 6]. A rubber tube was attached to the ink bottle and also to the pen and you would never run out of ink or have to keep dipping the pen in ink. We can’t imagine this would have worked very well and would very much like to see an example of this if one were ever manufactured. With dip pens, one had to be constantly dipping in the ink, so perhaps this was invented out of his own frustration.

Another unusual bottle we have never seen an example of is utility patent 562,856

by E. Shafer, of Tekama, Nebraska, on June

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30, 1896 [Fig. 7 at the top of the article]. It worked on the principal of a ball shaped object made of cork, wood, or rubber with a weight attached would prevent ink from spilling. The weight would pull the ball to top of the bottle. If anyone has ever seen it, or has one, we would love to know.

Figure 8 shows a patent for a metal cover that could be used on an ink bottle.

The cork would be taken out of the bottle and the lid would swing out and in to close the top securely. The Sanford Ink Co. obtained patent rights for this and called it their Universal Ink Stand. In advertising, Sanford said it was the only practical stand with a permanent cover that met the demand for a five or ten cent ink. The patent date was Jan. 13, 1885.

In 1925, the government sold at

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auction (because of lack of space) the 19th century patent models that had been stored.

The most important ones were kept and sent to the Smithsonian and others given to schools or family members of the inventor. These models have been sold several times since then. About five years ago, we had the opportunity to buy an 1871 inkwell model that was one of many offered to the general public at antique shows. It was made to sit in a hole in the desk and the teacher had a handle that

could lock it in, thus assuring that the students could not spill the ink [Fig. 9] James Bowen of Boston called his invention “An Improvement in Inkstands.”

We thought this was an interesting piece of Americana to go with our bottle collection.

There is a wealth of information available, so check out the patent web site if you have Tiff viewing capability.

References: Patent Office Web Site: http://www.uspto.gov/patft/ Ink Bottles and Inkwells, William E. Covill, Jr. The Patent Office Pony: A History of the Early Patent Office, Kenneth W. Dobyns, 1997. Published by: Sergeant Kirkland’s Museum and Historical Society, Inc. Fredericksburg, VA 22401

Ed & Lucy Faulkner, Web Site: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/edandlucy1/

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stoneware root beer mugs. Their stoneware root beer mugs held 12 ounces and were made by the Sherwood Brothers Pottery in New Brighton, Pennsylvania.

Their root beer dispensers were large ceramic containers shaped like barrels.

They were imprinted with the slogan: Armour’s Veribest Root Beer. These dispensers were made by the American Standard Plumbing Supply Company in Toledo, Ohio. High quality. from the war.

Originally the Armour Company owned The entrepreneur of our story was Philip 14 acres of the Chicago Stockyards, Danforth Armour. Philip was born in 1833 having railroad lines and on the Armour Family Farm refrigerated rail cars, in upstate New York. I wonpainted with the der if they raised cattle on promotion: “We Feed the the farm? He was nineteen World.”

One of Armour’s when he headed west for the marketing promotions was California gold rush. By age a recommendation that 24, he had saved eight ministers would improve thousand dollars. their preaching if they Armour started a grain increased their consumpbusiness in Chicago during tion of Armour sausages. the Civil War. He later That might have helped opened a meat processing promote food consumption. plant, which was called The Philip Armour Armour and Company. This packing house utilized an was located near the Union [Fig. 2] efficient killing and cutting Stock Yard. Joseph Armour, line.

Instead of one man butchering one Philip’s brother, ran the business until he hog, every employee stood in place and became ill.

Then Philip Armour moved to Chicago performed one task. The animals would and took over as president. The headquar- hang from a moving over-head conveyor and would travel from one ters of Armour and Comwork station to the next pany was in the Home Inone. Every salable piece surance Building. It was was sent to the market. This built by William LeBaron [Fig. 3] method was very effective Jenny and was the first iron for the period and was skyscraper in Chicago. copied by other meat Quite a historic honor. processors.

Yes, this is the same All parts of each animal Armour and Company, were sold. In addition to located in Chicago, that is a meat products, Armour sold major meat processing fertilizer, glue, oil, hair plant. Armour used its brushes, buttons, oleo/ “VERIBEST” trade mark margarine, and drugs.

Low from the 1800s until the quality meats were canned in products such 1930s. They carried a full line of groceras pork and beans.

The benefit of this ies for many years, practice was higher efficiency and less including VERIBEST: canned meats; canned turkey; canned chicken; canned pollution. The packing houses set their own industry sanitation shrimp; grape juice; baked standards, because there beans; peanut butter; were no federal inspectors boullion; potted and deviled during the early years. meats The packing houses of Armour also had a full Chicago became tourist line of soda fountain attractions promoting the supplies, including fruit industry.

Philip Armour syrups, extracts, soda and [Fig. 4] and his chief competitor, root beer dispensers, and

ARMOUR’S VERIBEST ROOT BEER

By Donald Yates We can start with a quick quiz – How many of you remember Armour Star Hot Dogs? Everybody should, unless you just fell off the turnip truck. Or you could have been a vegetarian, and pretended that hot dogs don’t exist!

Okay, now let's test the other half of your brain. How many of you remember Armour’s Veribest Rootbeer?

If you have heard our lecture on Root Beer, you will remember that hot dogs and root beer are American inventions developed by inquisitive Americans – not the Neanderthals, not the Mesopotamians, just us good old Americans.

Root beer goes back to the 1830s. Hot dogs are more modern. What a great combination, hot dogs and root beer and also from the same company.

The primary material for this article came from a 1919 Armour and Company Annual Report. That was a critical year because World War I had just ended, plus the whole world was plagued by the Spanish Flu during the fall of 1918. More people died world wide from this flu, than [Fig. 1]

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Gustavus Swift, became world famous. Actress Sarah Bernhardt remembered her first visit to the butchers as shocking. It was the same process used by local butchers, except on a larger scale.

Henry Ford was inspired by the production line and developed his own assembly line for the production of his Model T Ford automobile.

Rudyard Kipling said that you will never forget your visit to the stockyard. During the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, visitors took daily excursions to visit the Union Stockyards on the south side of Chicago.

Some observers had empathy for the cows and some were concerned by the working conditions of the employees. The labor was difficult and fast, and required sharp knives. Injuries were not uncommon.

The United States welcomed new immigrants from Europe and Asia. Armour and Company gave jobs to many hard-working new arrivals. The folks who worked in the stockyards lived in the nearby neighborhood called Packingtown; it was also called the “Back of the Yards.” The negative aspects included the smell of the rendering and the smoke. Diseases spread rapidly among the meat packers, including the dreaded tuberculosis. Federal inspections greatly improved conditions.

In the early years, Armour workers lived in poor housing conditions. Philip Armour was also a philanthropist. His major charities included the Armour Mission, established by Joseph and offering a kindergarten, library and free medical care.

The Amour Institute provided technical training often on free scholarship for children. At the Armour Institute, children of the Chicago upper class were educated with their servants’ children. What a wonderful company benefit.

Philip Armour often visited the Institute, often giving advice to the students: “Always Keep at it. Don’t Let up. Let Liquor Alone, Marry a Good Wife, and pound away at whatever you want — and sooner or later you will make good.”

What good advice. It still applies today.

Philip Armour died in 1901 from pneumonia.

During the California gold rush, a camp of Missourians at Placerville, California included Philip B. Armour. Philip persuaded the local grocery store to let him operate a meat department in the store.

It was a new concept, but successful. Philip dreamed that in the future all stores [Fig. 6] would have a meat department and that if it was profitable, he planned to butcher and sell wholesale meat to grocery stores.

A small slaughterhouse was constructed by Plankington & Armour Co. in 1871. This was located in Kansas City at Central Avenue and State Line Road. Armour

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also had two other large packing houses, one in Chicago and the other in Milwaukee.

The famous cattle trails originated in Texas and ended at the packing houses. The demand for pork and beef in the east was increasing to balance the equation. Partner John Plankington retired from the [Fig. 7] Plankington and Armour Company and Armour Brothers Company was organized.

Already, by 1908, it was one of the largest meat producers in the world.

The Kansas City Journal-Post of Oct 16, 1904 described the operations: Five thousand people are employed by the Armour Kansas City Packing Company. Men and women work together under one roof and are directed by Philip Armour. All jobs are precisely conducted by man or machine, all [Fig. 5] working together like a fine clock.

One of the primary and necessary rules is promptness in getting to work. All employees check in with the time keeper.

Preliminary jobs start at 6:30 a.m. The cutters begin work at 7 a.m. The workmen occupied in the plant include skilled butchers, painters, blacksmiths, wagon makers, car builders, horse shoers, carpenters, tinsmiths, galvanizers, box makers, coopers, can makers, electricians, draftsmen, mechanical engineers, boilermakers, lithograph printers' ice makers chemists and firemen.

The major plant extended from the state line west to James Street, on the north side of Central Avenue, in Chicago. Floor space occupied 90 acres. Armour’s business slogan was: “Meats for the World.”

Workers who lived on Strawberry Hill and in Armourdale could hear the big steam whistle on top of the power house. The whistle was powerful and could be heard for many miles, and workers used to set their watches and clocks accordingly.

The Armour Packing Company was founded by Philip Danforth Armour. Early principal officers included Philip’s brother, Simeon B. [Fig. 8] Armour, A. Watson Armour and his sons, Kirk B. Armour and Charles B. Armour. The name was changed to Armour and Company in 1910.

Operations for the new Martin City, Kansas Armour Plant began in March of 1973.

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dogs, are produced and packaged in the new 100,000 square foot plant. --- Kansas City Times, November 10, 1978.

From the 1919 Armour and Company Annual Report: This was a vital year for Armour and the whole world. World War I had just ended and the Spanish Flu had killed millions of people, more people than did the war.

Armour was already feeding much of the United States as well as Europe. The company faced a rapidly expanding market to accommodate the food demand.

At this time – 1919 – J. Ogden Armour was the president and son of A. Watson Armour. Charles W. Armour was the vice president.

Photos: Header Photo: “On the right, trainload after trainload, bringing the products of all soils, all seasons and all climes to the world’s greatest kitchen. On the left, a steam-propelled chain of endless distribution, filling the larders of America with the bounty of Nature, and feeding millions beyond the sea.”

Fig 1: J. Ogden Amour, Amour & Company.

Fig 2: Armour’s VERIBEST Root Beer Mug. Fig. 3: Stoneware jug for Amour’s VERIBEST Strawberry.

Fig. 4: Label of a Amour’s VERIBEST 4-oz Grape Juice bottle.

Fig. 5: Amour and Company owned fourteen acres in the stockyard, with rail lines and refrigerated cars bearing the phrase: “We Feed the World.”

Fig. 6: Philip Danforth Amour, born in 1833.

Fig. 7: Advertisement for Amour, in French, which translates as: “Amour & Co. Extract Meat. The flavor of fresh meat.”

Fig. 8: Philip Amour, 1833-1901.

Figs. 9 - 10: “Helpful Hints” booklets from 1905, “For The Informed Housewife.

Fig. 11: Advertisement for Armour’s Grape Juice from the National Druggist, March, 1916.

Fig. 12: The April-May-June page from Armour’s 1909 calendar.

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[Fig. 11] Donald Yates is the author of Ginger Beer & Root Beer Heritage, 1790 - 1930. He can be reached by mail at: 8300 River Corners Road, Homerville, OH 44235, by phone: (330) 625-1025 or E-mail: donaldbetsyyates@earthlink.net.

Ginger Beer & Root Beer Heritage, 1790 - 1930 Over 400 pages with 2000 color illustrations. $35 + $4 Shipping to: Donald Yates 1300 River Corners Road Homervile, OH 44235 This book also includes a section of photographs of the great artifacts in the Root Beer Museum, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Bob Averill, proprietor.

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with Howard Currier In this issue, Random Shots will take an in-depth look at a shot glass collector and his extensive collection of Louisville and other Kentucky glasses.

Paul Van Vactor gives some insights about the origin and growth of his collection. A long time collector and antique dealer, he's a native of, and still resides in, Louisville. He and I both would like to thank Robin Preston for the painstaking photography of the glasses shown here. This issue contains only a

sampling of Paul's collection.

The entire collection can be viewed in the database at pre-pro.com. By the way, Paul is one of the few dealers left who still do periodical sales lists of their glasses and bottles. It's a nice, leisurely way to a ugment a collection.

Q: Paul, what first got you interested in collecting pre-pro shot glasses?

A: Over thirty years ago, I subscribed to a magazine called WESTERN COLLEC-

TOR. I remember the issue arrived on Saturday and I read this story about shot glasses written by Bill Gaylord.

Immediately, I drove to downtown Louisville to hit some antique shops and found my first shot glasses - one was an "Old Drennon" from Louisville and a "Lick Run Sour Mash" from Cincinnati - several others. That was the start. I saw Bill Gaylord at an auction in Sacramento about fifteen years ago and I thanked him for writing that series of shot glass articles.

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Q: How do you display your shot glass and bottle collection?

A: Well, at the moment, that's a problem.

We just moved into a new home and most everything is packed up in boxes.

However, I think if I had an old wooden back bar, I could display the glasses and bottles around the bar. So far, we've not had any luck finding one short enough for our basement, which is only eight and a half feet high.

Q: I'm curious why you limited your collecting field to Louisville and Kentucky shot glasses?

A: My interest in collecting has always been in the local area. Being a native of Louisville, the distilleries in Louisville, Bardstown and Western Kentucky have always been fascinating. One could build a collection of a thousand or more shot glasses with all the brands and variations.

Q: Just how large is your collection of shot glasses?

A: My collection is rather small for the availability. Currently, I have about 156 glasses. I pick up and eliminate a few here and there based on how common a glass might be.

Q: Do you collect other whiskey related material aside from glasses?

A: Distilleries were prolific advertisers lots of give-away material - and I try to collect a little bit of everything. I have a few advertising signs, trays, tip trays. I have a collection of enamel and color enamel back bar bottles, decanters, sales-

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man sample back bar bottles, a few nice amber whiskey bottles and, of course, whiskey advertising jugs of most sizes.

Some of the fun things, however, are the "smalls" that distillers gave away the turn of the century watch fobs, match safes, pocket mirrors, advertising cards, celluloid notebooks - just all sorts of small things that would hold advertising.

I also have a small collection of quadruple plated water pitchers and teapots.

Q: Without revealing any secrets, what are your chief sources?

A: The secret is out, I'm afraid. The best source is antique bottle shows. I have always traveled and antique shops, shows and malls are still a pretty good source. eBay is good but bring your checkbook the good glasses can go pretty high in price.

People know I buy shot glasses and I do have an opportunity from time to time to buy a collection.

Q: What references do you use to check the availability and value of glasses?

A: I have three books on shot glasses by

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Barbara Edmonson. Barbara was kind enough to use some of my glasses in all of her books, so I can draw on that experience of working with Barb, I think other collectors hold a wealth of knowledge and experience and I've tried over the years to keep in touch. A new source is pre-pro.com - this will be the source of the future where you have internet databases devoted to collecting shot glasses.

In my thirty years, I have sold about six thousand or more shot glasses. I have been a dealer first and a collector second.

I think I've hung on to most of the scarce Kentucky glasses but I am amazed by how many I have not seen - they are only pictures in a book or on a website. I still do a yearly sales list on pre-pro shot glasses, back bar bottles, etc. The next list is Nov/Dec 2003. The list is free. Email me at pvanvactor@aol.com for a copy.

Q: In your collection, what are your favorite glasses?

A: I like the "Harper" with the picture of a lady playing the harp. Also, I like the "Green River, Owensboro, Ky." glass with the famous Green River logo and the "Buchanan Hand Made Sour Mash" with the glass covered label in the bottom.

Other favorites are glasses that described a distilling process - "fire copper", "hand made sour mash" and, of course, anything with "bourbon" in the advertising. Also, anything from Paducah, Maysville and Bardstown. They are highly prized in the local area and are among my favorites.

Q: What's that one special glass you've been hunting for?

A: There's a story about a local collector (who's now deceased). He told me one day that the cleaning lady broke his "Kriskrinkle" shot glass. He was pretty broken up too - it must be some glass, but I've never seen or heard of one. I'd sure like to find that shot glass.

Q: Tell us about your biggest coup in picking up a special shot glass.

A: I've been collecting for so long, I don't know if I remember: but I think what stands out is buying a couple of large collections over the years, taking out the few that I needed and retailing the balance of the collection.

I would not call buying a collection someone's life work - a coup, but it is something special.

Q: How about "the one that got away"?

A: In my case, most of them got away.

Q: To wrap it up, what advice would you offer to young collectors just starting out?.

A: It's a lot different today than when I started. Today, you actually need money sometimes lots of it. I would say to pick up those shot glasses you see that are in near excellent condition and reasonably priced. Get a copy of the latest Edmonson book, HISTORIC SHOT GLASSES: THE PRE-PROHIBITION ERA and learn the difference between some of the hard to find glasses and other glasses that you might see quite often. Try to buy high quality glasses with sharp lettering, graphics, etc.

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As a postscript, and with apologies to Paul, I'm including a picture of the Rheinstrom Bros.' Kriskrinkle glass.

It's a Cincinnati glass, and I had one in my collection but sold it off a few years back.

The glass is tricolored enamel lettered with gold curlicues above and below the brand name.

Originally a bold red, white and blue, the copy I had was a washed out pastel version.

Hope it didn't go to someone with a cleaning lady.

Howard Currier is an avid collector of shot glasses and breweriana from Boston, Denver and San Francisco.

Visit him at the his website: http://12.253.179.109 or email him at hecurrier@attbi.com.

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More Jars From Capstan

by Barry L. Bernas What Is It? In the Letters to the Editor section of the November 1970 issue of The National Bottle Gazette, a subscriber wrote in with an inquiry about a number of trademarks. The writer wanted to know if the magazine’s staff could identify any of the logos for them. Unfortunately, I could find no response to the requestor’s question in any subsequent edition of this magazine. I presume the couple’s thirtythree year old request remains unanswered to this day.

The hand-drawn depiction above was one of the entries from the original 1970 request. Although tardy, a reply on at least this example can now be provided.

In the specimen, the capital letters ASGO should actually be ASCO. This set of capital letters stands for the American Stores Company. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it was formed during World War I by the merger of “five competing grocery chain organizations” which was composed of twelve hundred and twentythree stores at the time of their unification.

This new firm was a marketer of prepared foods, mainly through its Acme chain of stores.1 Below ASCO in the drawing is a crude representation of a glass makers’ trademark. It is a capstan and was used by the Capstan Glass Company, Connellsville, Pa. from May 1919 until about August 1938.2 It is evident from this one example that the Capstan Glass Company most likely made food containers specifically for some of their customers. I say this because I have several other Capstan-made glass containers with either ASCO or the American Stores Company’s name or another firm’s name abbreviated or spelled

out on the base of that item. I want to show you some of these containers.

Jar One The jar in the next picture was made for the American Stores Company. It is 3 and 13/16 th inches tall with a 57 millimeter wide mouth. There are eight, 1 and 1/8th inch, rectangular panels around it. Each has a triangular top. Between the triangles are other triangle-shaped forms directed downward. This feature gives the top part of the vessel a prism-like effect.

The finish is a pry-off one which would take a friction cap to close it.

Below is a sketch of the finish. 3

The metal sealer for this style of finish is shown in the next picture. “These caps are made with either a disc liner or a composition gasket for vacuum sealing.

Head pressure applied to the caps forces it down over the glass where it is held in place by friction or vacuum.”4

The eight-sided base of this ASCOmarked jar can be seen below.

Remarkably, it is quite similar to the 1970 sketch. The ASCO embossing is in script and a capstan logo is placed directly below the lettering just as in the November 1970 inquiry. I wonder if the same kind of jar base was used to draw the original diagram.

Of interest, the base of this jar doesn’t have a mold number on it like most other Capstan-made jars. The only numeral on the base is a probable mold series number.

In this case, it is the number 8. Why a mold number wasn’t placed on this ASCO, base-embossed container isn’t known.5 Also of note, the motif of this jar was patented. The picture here was taken from the application filed by Theodore J. Piazzoli.6 I mentioned previously that Capstan Glass probably made

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some food containers exclusively for a single customer. Although I can’t be certain, this could have been the case with jar one. The ASCO embossing, the absence of a mold number, the non-discovery of a Capstan Glass Company advertisement showing this vessel for general sale, the fact that Mr. Piazzoli was issued a design patent for this ornamental container and the non-appearance of a similarly shaped jar with or without another concerns name embossed on it seems to confirm my suspicion.

This closure style is “…designed to reduce the amount of turning action required to bring the cap against the seat.” 7 The sealer which fits the lugged finish is the Amerseal cap. It is shown in the following picture.

Bottles and Extras Capstan Glass advertised this jar on at least two occasions. One of the ads appears in the picture below.

Jar Two The next ASCO marked container I want to introduce follows.

“The Amerseal cap…is a divided thread cap which made its bid for fame on the proposition that because of the quarter turn the product within the jar is easily accessible, and also the speed of cap application is increased. In form this closure resembles the C. T. (continuous thread) cap except for the fact that instead of a thread on the skirt, there are two or three indentations or lugs which engage gradually pitched projections or sections of the threads on the glass (jar).”8 The base of this particular container can be viewed below.

The assumed to be mold number on this 4300 series jar is 4314. It has a band finish with a 63 millimeter wide mouth. The vessel in the ad held a liquid capacity of 14 and 1/4th ounces to the fill line or 15 and 1/4th ounces to the overflow point.9 This container doesn’t have any other base embossing. To me, this would tend to indicate that no design patent was issued for this jar. In fact, I couldn’t find one at the U. S. Patent Office. Why the design for the first vessel was patented and the motif for this one wasn’t remains unexplainable.

Jar Three

This jar would be in the Capstan 4300 series. It is 5 and 7/16th inches tall with a 59 mm wide mouth. There are four, outwardly curved panels with rounded tops. Each side is about 2 and 1/4th of an inch across at the top tapering out to approximately 2 and ½ inches at the bottom. This feature caused the container to be wider at the base than at the shoulder section.

The finish on jar two is the four-lugged variety. A sketch of it can be seen in the next illustration:

As with the sides, the base is four-sided with curved segments. ASCO (in script) PEANUT BUTTER is embossed on it. In addition, there is the Capstan Glass Company trademark in the center with a likely mold series number (2) to the left of it and a probable mold number (4315) below the logo.

Unlike the first jar we inspected, this one does have a mold number on it. Most likely, this jar was made for other packing firms in addition to American Stores. I say this with some confidence because

A probable variation of the second container was used by the Old Virginia Packing Co., Inc. of Front Royal, Va. to pack at least apple butter for sale. An example is shown below.

There are four, straight-sided panels on this container. Each is about 3 inches wide.

The tops are gently rounded.

It is 7 and 1/8th inches in height with a 62 millimeter wide mouth.

The finish is a fourlugged version.

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roughly 1 and 5/16th of an inch wide from the rounded top to the flat bottom on both vessels. The two panels on either side of the center one are about 1 and 3/8th inches wide. The tops of these slope downward, conforming to the curvature in the jar’s shoulder. In between the front and rear set of panels is a nearly flat segment that curves inward at the top, following the rounded aspect to the container’s shoulder region. At the base of this jar, the same area juts outward slightly. These features give both vessels a distinctive profile.

Each specimen has a deep, continuous thread finish. An example follows.11

equivalent would be needed to seal the contents securely. According to the label, one pound and fourteen ounces of apple butter were placed in this jar.

The base of this vessel is square. It appears in the following picture.

Old Virginia (in script) is embossed on it along the top section. The Capstan Glass Company trademark is clearly visible in the center. A possible mold series number (2) is to the left of the maker’s logo and the words APPLE BUTTER are underneath it.

A quick review of U. S. Patent Office records didn’t turn up a design patent for this unassuming container. A jar similar to this one only shorter in height, unembossed on the base and with a different finish appeared in a May 1935 Capstan Glass Company ad. Based on this data, I would assume this jar was an item for general sale.

Jar Four The final jar to discuss comes in both embossed and unmarked versions. This vessel is the only one I’ve come across that has embossing on a part of the container other than the base. In this respect, this jar is unique among all of the jars Capstan Glass produced. A picture of both styles follow.

This 9500 series, Capstan container didn’t appear in any ad that I have discovered so far from Capstan Glass.

Likewise, I have been unable to associate it with any other design patent that was either issued to Capstan or could have been modified by that firm to come up with this motif. I’m at a loss to explain the absence of information on this attractive, tri-paneled container.10 The initial jar four example, the one embossed on the front with the business name Loft (in script and underscored)

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There are three kinds of closures that can be used on this finish.

The first is a one-piece continuous thread cap seen below.

followed by PURE CANDIES, is 7 and 7/16 th inches tall. The unembossed, second variant is taller. It is 7 and ½ inches in height. Except for this difference, the jars are identical in all other aspects. Both mouths are 67 millimeters wide. Each has three, flat panels on the front and reverse areas of the container. The center one is It is described as a “…one piece cap which consists of a single metal shell with the thread turned on the metal skirt. The liner is generally a single disc covering the entire inner surface of the cap, although a ring or gasket of sufficient width to cover the upper surface of the jar may be employed.”

The second kind of closure is a two piece cap and disc.

In this photograph, a completed cap along with a separated disc and shell are shown. This set “…consists of a shell like

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the first, but there is an inner metal disc to which the gasket is secured. By using a separate disc the shell serves only to secure the disc and liner against the glass, and consequently, there is no hindrance to its removal due to any tendency of the liner to adhere to the glass.

Above is the last style of sealer for vessels with this finish. It is the two piece ring and disc. This one is quite familiar to most people. The model depicted “…uses a ring instead of the whole cap to secure the disc. This form is generally employed as a vacuum seal and is so designated by some manufacturers.”12 Oddly, the eight-sided base on both 5900 series containers carries the same mold number, even though one jar is taller than the other. In the pictures that follow the first is the base of the embossed container while the second is the unembossed version.

These containers are only a small segment of the overall number of uniquely-molded, glass vessels that the Capstan Glass Company made.

Why Patterns?

In a previous article, I introduced two other jar styles that had other than unembossed, rounded shapes to them.13

The next four described in this companion to the first shows that Capstan was in competition with other glass makers to get a share of the expanding commercially-prepared food, container market of the late 1920s and beyond. But why was there such a demand for glass containers with various motifs?

Two of the glass container, trade journals of that period furnished some potential answers to this query.

In one, the author postulated that a specially-shaped glass container served as a “super trademark” for the maker. By this he meant an individualized vessel would be easy to recognize on the shelf among other jars. Also, the special form to it would provide a rapid means to visually identify the producer of the container. And finally, the motif on the container could be protected from potential copiers through the design patent option.1 A second writer theorized a stylistic vessel served as the merchandising factor in selling the product that it held. He went on to say, “…some manufacturers still have to learn…that they are catering to a different consumer market – a market today that is very susceptible to beauty, to good design, to harmonious colors and to good taste. …The modern container must be beautiful to sell food.”15 A third article stated a desire for the food product must be created. Believe it or not, the columnist for this belief was a “desire creation” expert. He wrote, “It has been the custom to design glass containers for machines: First for the machines that blow them, and then, seriatim, for the machines that fill them, the machines that cap them and the machines that label them.

Which would be quite sufficient if in the end they were bought by machines. But it happens they are not; it happens glass containers are ultimately bought by women. …But after the machines have been satisfied, it is equally desirable to go further and satisfy the women who buy these packages from the grocer. Isn’t it reasonable that these women will welcome into their kitchens a type of package which takes its place in the whole picture…No kin of container fits the cleanly atmosphere of the modern kitchen so well as glass, and if glass can be given the forms to which a woman instinctively responds, its success is certain. …Glass is a perfect medium for this modern design. It has great beauty of its own and nothing brings out that beauty more fully than the facetted

Bottles and Extras shapes in which our new style revels. …From a production standpoint, it may be profitable to…design only for the machines. But from a sales standpoint, it is certainly more profitable to go a step farther, after the machines are satisfied, and please the purchaser as well.”16 Personally, I think each columnist had good points to make as to why glass producers in the late 1920s through the mid-1930s were turning out containers with radical designs on them. To me, their remarks indicate the competition among makers was stiff. Any technique to get their container sold to a packer was employed. It is quite understandable that the design of the package became so important.

If you ever wondered why so many now-called “art deco” glass containers were made during the 1930s, three believable reasons have been presented for your consideration.

Pattern Jar Opinion Should this category of product jar be given the same research and cataloging attention as fruit jars have been given over the past thirty plus years? My response to this self-addressed question is yes.

In my opinion, these highly stylized jars are an important and acceptable complement to any collection of fruit jars.

While the four examples in this article were not intended to have a reuse capability for home canning, they were none the less a significant part of the history of the rapidly growing, commercially-prepared and packaged food industry that expanded during the depression years in our country. Their place deserves to be recognized right along side the plethora of embossed containers made for the same commercial and family audience.

There are few if any drawbacks to completing this task. Information on the firms that produced these vessels is available along with product catalogs, company and food ads, related ephemera showing these items and other source material. Thus, as with fruit jars, these containers could easily be identified, dated, numbered and listed in a reference book.

As I see it, there are many benefits to be derived from starting now to implement this suggestion. One major one would be to generate interest among “diggers” to

Bottles and Extras retain these items when encountered and not discard them simply because nothing is known about them. As a result, more styles would become available for seasoned or new jar enthusiasts to assemble an attractive and affordable collection of these seventy year old plus jars. Further and probably most important in my estimation, an expanded knowledge

Fall 2003 base about the vessels used in the entire food preservation process would result.

By not taking the step and recognizing the fact that stylized, product vessels have a vital and important historical significance just like fruit jars, I believe a major part of our overall “canning” heritage will go unnoticed and potentially be lost.

Barry Bernas, 239 Ridge Avenue, Gettysburg, PA 17325 References: 1 Pennsylvania Titan of Industry, Sylvester K. Stevens, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., New York, New York, 1948, pgs. 41-42.

2 The United States Patent Office issued a trademark to the Capstan Glass Company on November 11, 1926. It was stated in the patent application that the capstan logo had been affixed to Capstan Glass products since May 1919. The ending date for the use of this maker’s mark was based upon the appearance of products with this trademark in either Capstan Glass or Anchor-Hocking Glass Corporation advertisements through mid-1938. In a previous article - The Jars of Capstan - that appeared in the October 2001 edition of Bottles and Extras, I used December 31, 1937 as the date for the cessation of this trademarks’ use by Capstan. However, since that time, I’ve found product ads from Anchor Hocking up through August 1938 with capstan logos still showing on items offer for sale. Presumably, it took a few months after the merger to get the plans in place to switch over to the anchor over an H mark. Per available ads, this happened in September 1938.

3 A Study of Glass Finishes For Metal Closures, The Glass Packer, July 1930, pg. 331.

4 Selecting a Wide Mouth Closure To Meet Exact Packing Conditions, The Glass Packer, August 1930, pg. 383.

5 For me, the presence of a mold number would indicate that this container was available for any customer to purchase and use for their own needs. A vessel without one but with a firm’s name embossed on it might suggest that it was only for use by that particular company.

6 United States Patent Office, Filed, Dec. 26, 1931, Serial No. 42,220, Issued March 1, 1932, Des. 86,408, Assigner to Capstan Glass Company, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, a Corporation of Delaware.

7 A Study of Glass Finishes For Metal Closures, The Glass Packer, July 1930, pgs.

330-331.

8 Selecting a Wide Mouth Closure To Meet Exact Packing Conditions, The Glass Packer, August 1930, pg. 381.

9 The Glass Packer August 1930, pg. 401 and September 1931, pg. 487. This jar was still being advertised up through March 1934.

10 The outward pattern on this container was used by at least one other glass maker.

I’ve seen a tall version from the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company, carrying the familiar H over A logo and a mold number of 5932.

11 A Study of Glass Finishes For Metal Closures, The Glass Packer, July 1930, pg.

331.

12 Selecting a Wide Mouth Closure To Meet Exact Packing Conditions, The Glass Packer, August 1930, pg. 380. A standard size Mason zinc screw cap fits nicely on both jars. I presume that the embossed variant took the first style of closure.

13 The Jars of Capstan, Barry L. Bernas, Bottles and Extras, October 2001, pgs. 4-5.

14 Distinguishing the Glass Container, Registered Trade-Mark, Copyrighted Label and Patented Design Give Glass Packages a Strong Commercial Castle, Waldon Fawcett, The Glass Container, June 1922, pgs. 43 and 47.

15 Revamping the Food Container For Its Modern Role of Merchandiser, The Glass Packer, June 1931, pgs 275-278 and 288.

16 This Question of Design – Industry Finds It Too Must Satisfy the Feminine Complex for Changing Styles, Walter Dorwin Teague, The Glass Packer, January 1930, pgs. 1720.

59 Continued from page 35 Most important of all, Nast gave Santa a home at the North Pole. For twenty-three years or until 1886, his annual drawings in Harpers Weekly magazine allowed Americans to peek into the world of Santa Claus and set the stage for the shaping of today’s merry gentleman.

Louis Prang the printer who in 1885 issued a Christmas card featuring a redsuited Santa; and the unknown artist who painted Santa Claus for White Rock; and the anonymous Coke artist in 1930; and Haddon Sundblom who, from 1931, painted numerous scenes of Santa Claus for Coca-Cola added the final touches to Santa’s modern image.

One concluding piece to the story of a modern Santa Claus might be that an advertising writer for the Montgomery Ward Company invented Rudolph, the ninth reindeer, with a red and shiny nose, in 1939.

Bibliography Books: Flynn, Tom. The Trouble with Christmas.

Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1993.

Munsey, Cecil. The Illustrated Guide to the COLLECTIBLES OF COCACOLA. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1972.

Twitchell, James B. Twenty Ads That Shook the World. New York: Crown Publishers, 2000.

Dream of Santa; Haddon Sundblom’s Vision. Alexandria, Virginia: Staple & Charles Ltd., 1992.

The Time-Life Book of Christmas, New York: Prentice Hall, 1987.

Periodicals: Beckerer, Frank (Bob). White Rock Santa Ad (Life magazine 12-4-24). White Rocking – Journal of the White Rock Collectors Association, Vol. 1, No. 4, November 1999.

Beckerer, Frank (Bob). White Rock Santa Ad (Life magazine 12-13-23). White Rocking – Journal of the White Rock Collectors Association, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 2002.

Munsey, Cecil. The Six-Pack Cometh.

Bottles & Extras, Vol. 13, No. 156, September 2002.

The New York Times, November 27, 1927.

Cecil Munsey 13541 Willow Run Road Poway, CA 92064-1733 (858) 487-7036 cecilmunsey@cox.net

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Dr. G. W. Shores Consulting Physician and Medical Director of Zion's Medical Institute

Salt Lake City, Utah What is it that is so intriguing about the past? It is hard to describe to a "nonparticipant" in our hobby as to what we see in these objects of glass that silently speak out to us. Maybe it is a longing to go back a hundred years to see how our ancestors lived, what challenges they faced? It is almost magical to look at an old bottle, and for just a moment, we find ourselves peering through the eyes of yesteryear!

Such are the nostalgic feelings conjured up by the bottles of one of Utah's most "famous Doctors" - The G. W. Shores Company, "proprietors and manufacturers of Dr. G. W. Shores Famous Curative Remedies."

The Zion's Health Instructor (a broadside published by the G. W. Shores Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1900) listed the broad range of Dr. Shores products, including numerous "Cures," "Vermifuges," "Tablets," etc.

Dr. G. W. Shores: - Tonic and Blood Purifier [Fig. 2] - Kidney and Liver Cure - Cough Cure - Pepsin Vermifuge - Acme Tooth Powder - Epileptine - Nerve Tonic Pills - Winter Green Salve - Complete Catarrh Cure [Fig. 6] - Anti-Constipation Pills [Fig. 7] - Favorite Prescription [Fig. 8] - Mountain Salve Oil - Kola Bitters Only a few of Dr. Shores bottles have been located, making them a rare and

highly sought after collectible for collectors of Utah and western medicines.

[Fig. 2] Some of the fascinating and outlandish statements of the "medicinal properties" purported for these remedies included: - Dr. G. W. Shores Epileptine "Is absolutely guaranteed to cure every case of epilepsy, or fits, if the simple directions on the bottle are followed.

Price, $2.50 a bottle."

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- Dr. G. W. Shores' Nerve Tonic Pills “The great Utah remedy for nervous prostration, organic weakness, nervous debility, premature decline and all nervous diseases of either sex. Each box contains one full month's treatment. Price, $5 a box.�

Or, how about the following amazing claims for Dr. Shores' Kola Bitters: "The best tonic on earth. For nervous and general debility, loss of appetite, indigestion and all cases resulting from an enfeebled, run-down, or overworked condition of the system. Prices, 25-cents and 5-cents a bottle."

How many of us today would like to take a swig of that juice to address our "run-down, or overworked condition of the system?" Wow, if only we could find "cures" for all these health problems today for $2.50 or $5 a box! Then again, $5 likely was a lot of money in the 1890s.

A very interesting testimonial was published from a Mrs. August Liljenfeldt [Fig. 4]. She says, "I have been deaf for several years - particularly in my left ear - and the loudest noises were barely heard when I listened intently. Later on, I became totally deaf in that ear, and people had to fairly shout in my right ear to make me understand anything at all."

In large bold letters in the ad, she is further quoted, "I COULD NOT HEAR A TRAIN WHISTLE. Drs. Shores entirely restored my hearing in two months treatment. - Mrs. August Liljenfeldt, 61 Apple Street, Salt Lake City."

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$5.00 A MONTH FOR ALL CHRONIC DISEASES No one deprived of the benefits of Drs. Shores' treatment because living at a distance from the office. The same wonderful and uniform success attending the treatment of Drs. Shores in their office is found in their home treatment of patients by mail. Write for symptom list and get expert advice.

FREE! Drs. Shores & Shores, Expert Specialists IN THE TREATMENT AND CURE OF ALL CATARRHAL AND CHRONIC DISEASES Harmon Block, Entrance, Room 210, 34 East Second South St., Salt Lake City, Utah - P.O. Box 1585

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Stan Sanders' research identified advertisements for Dr. Shores' products for October 17, 1896 in the "Piute Pioneer, August 6, 1902 in the Salt Lake Tribune, November 14, 1904 in the Salt Lake Herald, November 16, 1907 in the Piute Courant, and February 29, 1916 in the Salt Lake Tribune.

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Another curious testimonial of Dr. Shores' remedies is quoted here to illustrate the advertised potential of some of these wondrous medicines of the past: "I have a new lease on life since taking Doctor Shores' splendid remedies," says Mrs. O.J. Robinson, who resides at 610 South Third West Street, Salt Lake City. "I had been troubled with heart disease for a good many years, brought on by complicated kidney trouble, hard work and exposure in early days. My heart would throb and palpitate until sometimes I would think it would jump out of my breast. The slightest exercise made me weak and faint, and when I would walk upstairs, I would have to stop and rest every three or four steps. I had dull, heavy, aching pains across my back. My feet and limbs would swell until they would feel so heavy that I could scarcely lift them to get about. My stomach distressed me, my food did not properly digest and my blood was weak and watery. In fact, I had reached a point where my friends thought that nothing could be done for me, but they are delighted and surprised to see me looking so well, and I feel very thankful to Doctor Shores, for I not only feel that I have a new lease on life. A remarkable short use of Doctor Shores' Tonic and Blood Purifier, Kidney and Liver Cure and Anti-Constipation Pills has placed me in a position where life is pleasant and no longer a burden to me, as it used to be."

[Fig. 8] Above: Stan Sanders and Mickey Roach together in the Stan Sanders Bottle Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Stan Sanders 2743 Blair Street Salt Lake City, UT 84115 E-mail: utahstan@eros.net

Illustrations: [Fig. 1] Advertisement from Puite Pioneer, October 17, 1896.

[Fig. 2] Dr. G. W. Shores’ Tonic and Blood Purifier box.

[Fig. 3] Illustration showing the side of the box for Dr. Shores’ Tonic and Blood Purifier, stating, “The Greatest System Renovator on Earth.”

[Fig. 4 and 5] Advertisements from 1890.

[Fig. 6] Box for Dr. G. W. Shores’ Complete Catarrh Cure.

[Fig. 7] Box and bottle for Dr. Shores’ Anti-Consipation Pills.

[Fig. 8] Box and bottle for Dr. Shores’ Favorite Prescription.

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Publisher: Ralph Van Brocklin, DMD, 1021 W Oakland Avenue Suite #109, Johnson City, TN 37604. Owner: Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, 3706 Deerfield Cove, Shelby County, Memphis TN 38135-3019. Stock holders holding 1% or more of total amount of stock: none. The known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1% or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: none. The purpose, function and nonprofit status of this organization and the exempt status for federal income tax purposes has not changed during preceding 12 months. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: October, 2003. The average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: a) Total number of copies - Net Press Run..... 1000; b) Paid and/or requested circulation- 1) Paid/Requested Outside-County Mail Subscriptions... 720; 2) Paid In-County Subscriptions... 3; 3) Sales through Dealers and Carriers, Street Venders and Counter sales, and other non-USPS Paid Distribution...0. Other Classes Mailed Through the USPS...14. c) Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation... 737; d) Free distribution by mail, samples, complimentary and other free copies...

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Just for fun...

Practical Jokes (or who says you cannot have fun when the show slows down?)

Collector: "I'd just like for you to explain to me why this jar is marked $1200.00 and the very same jar next to it is $1.00?"

Dealer: "Well, ma'am, they aren't the same jar... You see, this one is a very rare jar and ever though it is clear, like the other jar, it is from a very rare mold and company.

See here, it says, 'Drey Perfect' ... 'Wait a minute, that's not MY label...!"

As laughter explodes from the dealers around him, we say, "Gotcha Jackie!! And, you were so sincere in attempting explanation...!"

(Collector - unknown, Dealer - Jackie Barker, and Bill Henderson as the Merry Prankster.)

Send your practical jokes, cartoons, etc. - to the Editor: Kathy Hopson, 1966 King Springs Road, Johnson City, TN 37601 or by E-mail: thesodafizz@highstream.net

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POND'S / EXTRACT / VETERINARY / REMEDY. Whittle marks in the neck and a lot of bubbles mark this as an early c1880's bottle. Glass flaw in the making, effects "v" in veterinary, otherwise mint.

One of the largest early veterinary bottles known.

9 1/2"x 3 1/2".

Dr. Daniels’ and the Story of Witch Hazel My very first veterinary collectible purchase, oh those many years ago, was a Dr. Daniels’ tin front display cabinet.

Since that purchase, I have always had an interest in Dr. Daniels’ medicines and memorabilia. One of the least commonly found of his remedies is Witch Hazel. One of my favorite bottles is a Dr. Daniels’ Veterinary Witch Hazel Cloudy Quadruple Extract of Hamamelis. Now, that is quite a name. I have always been intrigued by the name and now I have some history to go with it.

Witch Hazel was not one of Dr. Daniels’ original medicines. Its name does not show up on the first style display cabinets and is not listed in any of the company’s early booklets. Witch Hazel is not listed on a company letterhead dated 1901 when the company was located at #1 Staniford Street, Boston. However, bottles of Witch Hazel with the Staniford Street address do exist.

Dr. Daniels’ moved his business to Milk Street in 1903, so it seems safe to assume that production of Witch Hazel was begun between late 1901 &1903. After

Pond's Extract embossed bottle with packaging. From the Pond's Extract Company. Note the package has a flowering shrub on the front. No doubt an image of Witch Hazel. (Photo courtesy Reggie Lynch)

narrowing down the production start, I looked into Witch Hazel itself.

What is it?

Witch Hazel is a shrub found in the northeastern United States. Its scientific name is Hamamelis virginiana. It produces a yellow flower which most unusually, blooms in the winter.

The name Witch Hazel seems to come from two sources. Witch comes from Colonial times when the forked branches of the plant were used by water dowsers.

The dowsers searched for water by holding their cut branch, or witching stick, and when it pointed to the ground, water was surely under ground. Hazel come from a case of mistaken identity. It seems that the leaves of Hamamelis virginiana are often mistaken for the Hazelnut tree.

American Indians were first to find the medicinal properties of Witch Hazel. A tea brewed from the leaves helped control internal bleeding. It’s astringent 1 properties helped with external bleeding. In 1840, Theron T. Pond of Utica, New York came in contact with the Oneida Tribe of Central New York who were using Witch Hazel for burns, boils and wounds. His work with the Indian medicine man led to local production of an extract of Witch Hazel he called “Golden Treasure.” The golden is thought to come from the yellow color of the plant’s flowers.

Their treasure was preserved with alcohol. Around 1850, Mr. Pond died and the company was sold to Mr.’s Hart and Munson of Utica. The extract’s name was changed to “Pond’s Extract.”

Hart and Munson’s involvement was short lived and the

company was sold to Isaiah A. Palmer. In the 1850-60’s Pond’s Extract found it’s way into use among Homeopathic and Allopathic physicians and then by the general public as a patent medicine. In 1860 Extract of Hamamelis was added to the U.S. Pharmacopoeia and would remain there until 1947.

But how did it work?

The active ingredient with the astringent properties is Tannin. It, no doubt, has medicinal properties. The p roblem with effectiveness arises with the distillate. When the leaves are distilled, almost all the Tannin is removed. This unfortunate fact caused the U. S. Dispensatory to state in 1916, “As whatever slight therapeutic virtues witch hazel possesses seems to depend on it’s tannin, it is obvious that this distillate cannot represent the drug.” “This much used and still lauded witch hazel. . . must depend for its virtues upon the alcohol they contain, and the faith 2

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they inspire.” Finally, it was stated that “the good that it exerts . . . resides more in the activity of a cleansing and evaporating lotion and in the mind of it’s user, than in any decided curative properties that the preparation may possess.”

In the late 1860’s a well known patent medicine producer, Dr. Frederick Humphreys, jumped into the Pond’s extract bandwagon. Dr. Humphreys claimed to have been the personal physician of Theron Pond. He claimed that Mr. Pond gave him the right to produce and sell Pond’s Extract, which he did through his Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Company. For his trouble, Humphreys was sued by Mr Palmer in a lawsuit which dragged on for many years. In 1872, a banker from New York, F. W. Hurtt bought Dr. Humphreys’ interest in Pond’s extract and formed a partnership with Mr. Palmer.

The new corporation was capitalized for $100,000.

In 1873, the company was reorganized and Mr. Hurtt was joined by his brother Leon Hurtt. The new company was now named F.W. Hurtt and Brother.

Production was based in Rome, New York with annual sales of over a half million dollars. The Hurtt’s sold the Pond’s Extract Company in 1898. The Pond’s Company went on to become one of the largest skin care companies in the world.

Today they are known as ChesebroughPond’s Company.

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Pond’s Extract sold a veterinary remedy.

Their extract was sold in a huge, aqua, embossed bottle. It stands 9 1/2” x 3 1/2” and is embossed: POND’S / EXTRACT / VETERINARY / REMEDY. This c1880’s bottle is considered uncommon.

Dr. Daniels’, it seems, developed his Extract of Hamamelis as a proprietory medicine to compete with the Pond’s product. Since his production started after the Hurtt’s sold their company in 1898, Daniels’ was most likely riding the wave of public popularity the Pond’s Company had started. Dr. Daniels’ produced his Witch Hazel for both animal and human use. The packaging was separated by species and several variations of labeling exists (see illustrations). The Human, Triple Extract Cloudy Witch Hazel was advertised as “The Family Remedy for Inflammations and Hemorrhages and Good for a Thousand Ills.”

“For internal and External Use.” The Daniels’ company was above all else, a shrewd advertiser. If simple “Extract or Hamamelis” was good then surely the more concentrated or perceived to be more concentrated, the better. Thus, his single extract became Triple Extract, three times as strong. Finally his Veterinary Witch Hazel became Cloudy Quadruple Extract of Mamamelis, a four fold concentration, or so he would lead us to believe.

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References 1. Foster, Steven. Witch Hazel. Steven Foster Group 2000.

2. Lloyd, J. U. and J. T. Lloyd. History of Hamamelis (Witch Hazel), extract and distillate. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association. 24 (1935).

Photos: 1. Family use, large size extract of Hamamelis. Embossed bottle with label extending to three sides. Embossed: DR A.C. DANIELS INC / BOSTON, MASS. 9 1/2"x 3"x 1 3/4". Label still retains the 1906 Drug Act disclaimer, but the bottle dates to post-1915.

2. Variation of Dr. Daniels' Witch Hazel. Embossed: DR. DANIEL'S / TRIPLE EXTRACT / HAMAMELIS and has the 15% alcohol added later with a red stamp.

Bottle is 6 1/2"x 2 1/2"x 1 1/2". "For Internal and Extrenal Use." 3. This example is the latest of the Witch Hazel group. Paper label only. Probably produced late 1920's to early 1930's.

4. This early Dr. Daniels' Veterinary Extract of Witch Hazel has the company's #1 Staniford Street address. That address dates this bottle to the 1901-1903 time period. Bottle is 9 3/4" x 4" x 2".

The largest Dr. Daniels' bottle I have ever seen. Back label has an image of race horse, Lord Derby, 2:06 1/2 for the mile.

Bottle still retains most of its original contents.

5. The bottle with the big name that started the Witch Hazel search.

Unembossed, label only. Label extends to all sides. Racing scene of trotting horses on reverse. 9 1/2"x 4"x 2". The "INC." in the company name dates this example to post-1915.

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OHIO The Great Black Swamp

by Joe Terry

There are regions in the United States that were named for what they were.

Yellowstone, the Smokey Mountains, the Great Salt Lake are all accurately descriptive terms. For us here in Northwest Ohio it was “The Great Black Swamp”. This miasmatic film of mud and water covered many of this area’s counties, and small patches still remain. It was an unhealthy locale, haven for mosquitoes and disease that even the local Indians avoided whenever possible.

Ailments in this area were numerous and often deadly. Intestinal problems were among the disorders, and they too could be lethal, especially to the very young and very old. Even when not fatal, the symptoms were uncomfortable, causing many a trip to the outhouse. Enter our hero.

He was relatively young; only in his mid-twenties. He arrived in the town of Helena, Ohio. The town is still there, situated on Route 6 between Bowling Green and Fremont. Helena was a growing community, in no small part due to the recent discoveries of gas and oil in the area. He didn’t come for that reason, at

least not entirely. He was a pharmacist, and reportedly a good one.

By the time the young man arrived in the mid-1880’s, he found there was already a druggist or two in business. The earliest recorded was W.H. Spayde, in 1881. By 1885, the first recorded year of his presence in town, Mr. Harter is in competition with Simon Wolf. Shortly after that Mr. Wolf moved to Fremont to practice his profession.

His name was Helon Gepman Harter, a native of New York State born on October 30, 1858 in the town of Columbia.

Little is known of his early life, especially what attracted him to a town like Helena.

There must have been something, as he lived there over 15 years.

He quickly established a brisk trade, and just as speedily learned to recognize oft asked for remedies. He began concocting and marketing his own, the most popular being a preparation for intestinal complaints. This one in particular soared to a high popularity among its users. In a day and age when one’s face and name on the label were the standard, Mr. Harter chose something much bigger, and at least locally, more recognizable.

The name was distinctive enough that the United States Patent Office granted it trade mark #23149. The name chosen was “Black Swamp” of course. The concoction consisted of a mixture of herbs, the

primary one being dried and ground blackberry root. This may seem an unusual ingredient, but The Herbalist by Joseph E. Meyer states “This shrub is rich in tannin and is therefore a good astringent and tonic, long a favorite home remedy for diarrhea.”

The fact that Mr. Harter applied for a trade mark meant that he had high hopes for his Black Swamp Blackberry. He first started advertising the same year he received the trade mark, 1893. This he did n several local papers. “Better than Gold” proclaimed these little paid announcements, “for the cure of diarrhea, colic, cramp, cholera, cholera infantum…and all summer complaints.”

The popularity gradually increased to the point that Mr. Harter outgrew both his store and the small town he had adopted.

In an effort to increase his enterprise both in size and recognition, he moved it to Toledo, Ohio in 1900. He also involved a few people in it, so as to have more capital.

The firm was now H.G. Harter and Company, with their new location at 629 Main Street, though a few years down the road the business relocated to 609 S. St Clair. It was here the firm was to remain until the end.

The enterprise continued to grow, until it expanded beyond its limited financial capacity. On August 12, 1911 the state ratified articles of incorporation for The H.G. Harter Company. The firm still

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manufactured “Black Swamp Blackberry”, but in addition was selling other “Black Swamp” products, such as liver pills, syrup, ointment, and sarsaparilla. They also introduced a ranch food, for cattle, and later still a hog tonic.

As time went on they continued to add to their repertoire. Crewso Poultry Powders, Challenge Headache Tablets, Noxit Quinine Laxative Tablets and The Renzlo Treatment for Dyspepsia and Nerves were all available from the Harter Company.

As the years went by, people grew less familiar with the benefits of blackberry.

To the general public, blackberries were for pies and jam, not medicine. To this end, the name was changed to Black Swamp Bowel Remedy, an interesting moniker, as the use of the word “bowel” on a bottle is rare indeed.

Fall 2003 Mr. Harter remained the head of his company throughout his life.

He fell into declining health in the 1930’s, a victim of diabetes. He lapsed into a coma in September of 1937, and passed away on the twenty third. Up until the time of his death he had lived above the factory on St Clair Street.

Helon had only one son, Herold M. Harter. He, in turn, had two; Helon G. Harter II and Herold M. Harter Jr. These boys took over their g r a n d f a t h e r ’s business, but only for a year. By 1939, the firm disappears from the city directories. It is difficult to guess what happened, but part of it may have been the looming of World War II. Likely due to the war was the fact that the firm wasn’t officially dissolved until October 15, 1946.

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Even locally, Black Swamp bottles are somewhat rare. I have two, and several area collectors have some as well, but I have seen no more for sale. None are embossed with a town, so distinguishing those from Helena and those from Toledo is an impossible task unless the label is still on the bottle.

Joe Terry is a staff writer for the Whittlemark, Findlay (Ohio) Antique Botttle Club’s newsletter. He can be reached at P.O. Box 243, Bowling Green, Ohio 43402.

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By Michael Miller ARIZONA'S BEST - PART TWO

The desire to find and possess the best of the best is the inevitable result in our quest as collectors. Of course in order to accomplish this it is first necessary to know what are the best of the best.

This time around we are to discuss a category of bottle, which is steeped in western folklore. The vision of the quack medicine man selling his alcohol-based potions from his wagon has been seen in countless movies throughout the years.

Although this makes for a great visual, in fact Mexican herbalist or U.S. Army doctors usually administered early medicine in the Arizona Territory.

In 1859, Charles Meyer opened the first true pharmacy in the territory and by the end of following decade drugstores had opened in all of the large to mid-sized towns in Arizona.

In 1880 the first Arizona embossed bottles appeared and in the following year Javier Yorba placed his name on a bottle marking the earliest example of an embossed Arizona druggist bottle.

Drugstore and Patent Medicines Anyone who has begun an Arizona drugstore collection soon notices that beyond a few common bottles from Tucson, Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona pharmacy bottles are very tough to find. Even a trip to the largest western bottle show, Las Vegas, is likely to return a new [Fig. 1] collector with disappointment in their search for the elusive AZ. bottle.

It's even tougher for those who seek out an embossed example from each of Arizona's 17 known towns, even the serious pursuers usually bog down at around 6 or 7 towns.

The point is that with the exception of a few bottles, all Arizona drugstore bottles are pretty hard to acquire.

This said, the best of the best need to combine unique qualities beyond being just very rare. Specialty, territorial and mining town bottles are all included when considering the best.

1. E .E. PROWELL DRUGGIST PHOENIX, A.T. [Fig. 1] This bottle is almost a toss up with the #2 selection for the top spot. Both are territorial marked and are very rare but what gives this one the nod is

its picture (the only one on an Arizona territorial bottle).

All five examples of this bottle were found back in the seventies on several lots adjacent to where the Patton Opera House Building had stood. This area is now under the high rises in Phoenix as are most of the original business and residential districts of the 1890's.

E.E. Prowell opened the Opera House Drugstore on Center Street in April 1890. Prowell had moved to Phoenix from Portland, Oregon where he had also operated a pharmacy.

In October of 1891, Prowell sold his store to J.D. Thorley who in turn sold it to Dr. George Keefer the following year. In 1898, Keefer moved the store and changed its name to Keefer Pharmacy.

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HARRY BRISLEY BURKE HOTEL BLD'G PRESCOTT, A.T. [Fig. 2] Another very rare territorial marked bottle with some nice fancy lettering.

Harry Brisley came to Prescott from Tempe in 1890 and became a partner at Dr. Robert Robinson's drugstore. In 1893 Brisley became sole owner of the then Mountain City Drugstore.

A second store was opened in Jerome, Arizona the following year and in 1895 Brisley moved his Prescott store into the Burke Hotel.

In 1899 a further move occurred with the purchase of the old Corner Drugstore. This store as well as most of the town's business district was destroyed in 1900 in a great fire. Brisley soon rebuilt and continued to run his store until 1925.

3. PROWELL'S NO 7 LINIMENT In 1890 advertisements appeared in the Arizona [Fig. 2] Republican for the Opera House Drug Store. These urged Phoenix residents to try products such as Prowell's Koumiss and Prowell's No. 7 Liniment.

Some eighty plus years later a single No. 7 liniment bottle was lifted from a downtown Phoenix privy along with several Prowell A.T. pharmacy bottles. Fortunately the digger involved was also an amateur historian and noted the significance of the find.

This liniment bottle stands as the only aqua patent medicine bottle from Arizona.

Only it's lack of territory or town markings keep it from being the #1 medicine related bottle.

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ASSOCIATION - GLYCOTHYMOLINE [Fig. 3] A clear one of a kind mouthwash bottle found in the [Fig. 3] Prescott dump. This is one of the few bottles from Arizona that advertises a specific product.

5. FRED FLEISHMAN DRUGGIST TUCSON, ARIZ. (long neck nursing bottle) A specialty bottle sold from Fleishman's Drugstore at the turn of the century. Fleishman came to Tucson in 1880, married Charles Meyer's daughter, Carlotta, in 1883, and received Meyer's pharmacy as a wedding gift. He would run this store at 21 E. Congress Street until its closure in 1935.

6. THE BEST IN DRUGS COOPER'S PHARMACY E.F. COOPER. PROP. SAFFORD, ARIZONA A one of a kind clear pharmacy bottle from the farming town of Safford. This short-lived drugstore operated from 1915 to 1916.

It is the only known pharmacy bottle from Safford.

6. GLENDALE PHARMACY DR. J. B. HILL, PROP. GLENDALE, ARIZONA Another one of a kind and solitary town bottle, this time from the town known as Sugar City. At the turn of the century, what is now one of Arizona's largest cities, Glendale, was a small farming community specializing in sugar beet production. The large sugar beet plant still stands just outside the downtown district. Dr. John Hill moved to Glendale in 1909 where he both practiced medicine and operated his pharmacy. In 1915, Hill sold the drugstore to [Fig. 4] Al Pilcher.

8. LYNN BOYD REGIST. DRUGGIST JEROME, ARIZ. [Fig. 4] Boyd's drugstore opened in the mining town of Jerome in 1899. In 1903 Lynn added P.S. Boyd as a partner. The two operated the Store until 1909 when it was sold to E.C. Mitchell. This very rare bottle was a one of a kind until several additional examples were discovered during the construction of the Phoenix Civic Center.

9. AMERICAN DRUG STORE JESUS SALDAMANDO, PROP., NOGALES, ARIZONA

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This one of a kind bottle came from the border town of Nogales but was found in a ghost town in New Mexico.

[Fig. 5] Jesus Saldamando opened his store in 1905 after years of working for the International Drug Store, also of Nogales. He would continue as owner until his death in 1946.

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DRUGGISTS BROADWAY & MOEUR TEMPE, ARIZ. [Fig. 5] A one of a kind bottle until recently when a second example (along with a rare Laird & Dines bottle) were excavated in a backyard in Tempe.

Noah Broadway & Dr. Benjamin Moeur opened their store in 1899. By 1902 Moeur was sole proprietor and the store's name changed to Valley Drug Store. This venture was short-lived and by the end of that year Moeur closed the pharmacy. Moeur continued to practice medicine in Tempe (as he had done since 1896) until 1926. By the 1930's he became involved in politics and in 1933 Moeur became governor of Arizona.

10. CRESCENT DRUG CO. DRUGGISTS MESA, ARIZ. A very rare bottle with great pictures of a star and crescent moon from a very tough town to find. Opening in 1909, the Crescent Dug Company was located at 117 Main Street. Frank A. Cluff was the original manager and continued in that capacity until 1916. The store was sold to Arizona Drug Stores Inc. in 1930 and became part of the Buy-rite chain of stores. [Fig. 6] [Fig. 6] Other bottles which certainly could have been included are the Timerhoff bottle from Flagstaff, W.W. Ross extract style bottle, Owl Drug from Yuma, Douglas Drug Toilet Lotion, either of the two additional pharmacy bottles from Mesa, and the large size Worner's Rattler Oil bottle.

I'm sure I've forgotten a few.

Well these are the rarest of the rare in Arizona medicine and pharmacy bottles. Next time we'll talk 'Hutch"sodas.

Mike Miller, 9214 W. Gary Road, Peoria, AZ 85345; Ph: (623) 486-3123; E-mail: helgramike@earthlink.net

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Bitters bottles have been collected for such a long time and have such a strong following of dedicated collectors that it is hardly necessary to include information Part 3 - Bitters Bottles dealing with bitters in general. There have been many articles and fine

By Mike Burggraaf books published dealing with this extremely popular segment of the bottle collecting To the readers that are following the fraternity. What this article will provide is Iowa section, this is the third article in a a more complete listing of the bitters series that will deal with collecting bottles bottles available from Iowa along with by state, and by type. The previous issue some brief history on some of the of the Bottles & Extras magazine dealt with companies represented. the different Iowa medicine manufacturFor those familiar with the numerous ing businesses and the bottles that they bitters bottles available, this particular used. This issue will give the reader grouping of bottles has perhaps the insight on what Iowa bottles are available greatest variety of shapes, colors and in the bitters category. embossing of all the bottles groups available to collect. While Iowa does not have any of the fancy barrels, figurals or other fancy mold designs, our humble state does have its share of rare squares, that is the typical amber square shaped bottle used for packaging bitters.

Perhaps the most common bitters bottles from Iowa are those used by the Chamberlain Medicine Co. of Des Moines and the Severa’s Stomach Bitters from Cedar Rapids. Let’s first look at the bottles used by the Chamberlain firm. Most of you probably already know that there are two distinct bottles available from this company, the square and the common flask type, both being made in various shades of amber. What you may not know is that there are three distinct variations of the flask and two varieties of the square bottle.

If you read the article on Iowa medicines in the last Bottles & Extras magazine, you may have read the difference in the Chamberlain bottles by the embossing used. Mainly, those bottles having the Chamberlain & Co. embossing date from 1882 to 1892 while the bottles that are embossed the Chamberlain Medicine Company date after 1892. All of the Chamberlain bottles can be dated this way except for the bitters. After the name change in the company in 1892, all of the bottles ordered were embossed with the new company name while the bitters bottles retained the old Chamberlain & Co. embossing.

The difference in the two different eras

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can be identified by several subtle details.

On the flasks, the earlier examples have a diagonal hinge mold base mark while the newer examples have the typical style base seen on bottles manufactured during the 1890s up to 1910. The earlier flasks also have a definite raised panel effect on the front panel while the newer examples do not. The older flasks may also have a slightly cruder applied or gloppy top as opposed to the more perfect tooled tops of the newer flasks. A new discovery just two years ago produced perhaps the first flask used by the Chamberlain & Co. firm in Des Moines. The embossing is identical to the early amber flasks including the hinge mold base mark. This example however is aqua and has a crude, gloppy lip that would ordinarily make you think it was an 1860s bottle, but of course could only be dated to 1882 at the earliest.

The age difference in the squares can be identified by similar traits found in the flasks. The earlier squares have the older base mark and applied tops and more variation in color while the newer examples are more uniform with little variation in the amber coloration.

Overall, the flasks seem to outnumber the squares by at least a five to one

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The other very familiar bitters from Iowa was produced by W. F. Severa.

Wesley Francis Severa came to Cedar Rapids in 1880, immediately establishing a drug store trade. It wasn¹t long before he began to prepare and market his own line of proprietary medicines including his Stomach Bitters.

Similar to the Chamberlain firms, Severa used a flask and a square bottle to market his bitters, the flask being the fifty cent size and the square selling for one dollar. The flasks are amber and are not embossed with the word bitters. Labeled examples of the flask exist that confirm that it was used for bitters. The script embossing on the side panels reads: W. F. Severa / Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

There are three distinct versions of the larger square bottle. All known examples are various shades of amber with the most popular variety being embossed on one side W. F. SEVERA and on the other side STOMACH BITTERS. The other version is embossed W. F. SEVERA/ CEDAR RAPIDS in block letters while the newest example is embossed with the same

margin. An interesting difference between the flasks and the squares is the embossment of CURACOA BITTERS on the flasks and CURACO BITTERS on the squares.

Referring back to the Iowa medicine article again, you may recall the predecessor to the Chamberlain Company in Des Moines was the Owens & Chamberlain Medicine Company located in Marion. In addition to the medicines that they produced, they also put out two extremely rare bitters that are a very welcome addition to any Iowa collector.

The flask is similar to the older bottles used by the Des Moines firm but this example is clear and has the large O & C initials as shown. While this bottle is rated as scarce in Ring and Ham’s great book on bitters, I am aware of only one example of the clear flask. The other bottle that they used was the larger square bottle which is very crude with a gloppy applied top and adorned with the familiar O & C initials. The square is a very desirable bottle with only a handful of examples known. The time line on the Marion

71 lettering, only in script style. There are machine made examples of the script embossed bottles in both the flask and square. There are no known examples of Severa’s bottles that are embossed with both the town and the word bitters. Also known is a “label only” example on a crude square bottle that leads to speculation that the early 1880s examples of Severa’s bitters were not embossed.

The remainder of the known Iowa bitters bottles that I’ll describe are all considered to be difficult to find. This includes the Beggs Dandelion Bitters from Sioux City. Although I’m aware of around ten examples of this bottle, it remains as a bottle that is fairly elusive.

Sometime during 1880, Charles W. Beggs proposed a partnership with E. C. DeWitt who had been manufacturing and selling patent medicines to a local market.

Both men at that time were residents of Elk Point, Dakota Territory. A partnership was formed and by 1883 the patent medicine firm of Beggs & DeWitt had moved to Sioux City, Iowa. During 1886 the business was moved to Chicago and eventually the partnership was dissolved.

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the early 1880ยนs Chamberlainยนs flasks. All of the known flasks are made of aqua glass and are embossed: C. H. WARD & CO. / DES MOINES IOWA on the two sides and WARDS EXCELSIOR BITTERS on the front panel. I know of only one amber

Both men then established separate patent medicine companies, both of which were very successful.

All known examples have been blown from the same mold and are embossed BEGGS DANDELION BITTERS on one side and SIOUX CITY IOWA on the opposite side. The bottles will display various degrees of crudeness and come in a wide range of amber coloration. The examples shown here display the drastic difference in color. One bottle is a wonderful light yellow amber while the other bottle is a very dense amber with hundreds of seed bubbles in the glass to add to its character.

The next rare Iowa bitters is from the C. H. Ward Company which was located in Des Moines. Charles H. Ward had been in the wholesale and retail drug trade in Des Moines as early as 1873. From 1882 to 1889 the firm operated strictly in the wholesale drug market as C. H. Ward & Company. The business merged with another wholesale drug firm in 1889 which established the Hurlbut, Ward & Co. C. H. Ward & Company marketed its bitters using the flask style bottle and the square bottle. Several of the flasks have been dug in Iowa and are very similar to

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square example and the crudeness displayed would suggest that the bottle is 1870s vintage. An ad in the 1875 Andreas Atlas of Iowa confirms C. H. Ward as proprietor of Wardยนs Excelsior Bitters. The square bottle is embossed on three sides:

Bottles and Extras WARD¹S EXCELSIOR BITTERS / C. H. WARD & CO., PROPRIETORS / DESMOINES IOWA. Next on the list is a maverick bitters, which is a bottle that does not have the town or state embossed on the bottle.

There are many mavericks in the bitters category but this next example is well documented as being from Davenport, Iowa. This amber bottle is another crudely made square with a nice gloppy applied top and embossed on two sides: EUROPEAN HERB BITTERS / ASCHERMANN BROTHERS. The Aschermann family established a grocer business in Davenport in 1857. At various times, a saloon was also managed next door to the grocery. Ads in the Davenport city directories list C. Aschermann & Co. as manufacturers of the Celebrated European Herb Bitters, none superior in the world! The firm name of Aschermann & Co. was discontinued in 1896 and the ads for the bitters no longer appeared in the directories. Ferdinand Aschermann, one of the four brothers, continued to operate the grocery business through 1911.

Another maverick that we have attributed to Iowa is an early aqua bottle embossed DANDELION AND WILD CHERRY BITTERS. This aqua bottle is

Fall 2003 round with a double collar lip and has an early hinge mold base mark. This particular bottle has a mostly complete original label that reads: DANDELION AND WILD CHERRY BITTERS / PRICE 25 CENTS / S. HUNTINGTON, PROPRIETOR / FARMERSBURGH, IOWA. Samuel Huntington had been a dealer in patent medicines and a druggist in McGregor, Iowa as early as 1865. The small town of Farmersburgh is just a few miles west of McGregor so it’s a good possibility that Mr. Huntington had been in business there before moving to McGregor.

With so few embossed Iowa bitters to collect, the label only examples from Iowa are always a welcome addition.

Some are unique as the survival rate for labeled examples is low. Add in the history of a short lived business and the rarity factor is greatly increased.

The examples in the photo include a labeled SEVERA¹S STOMACH BITTERS from Cedar Rapids; an ACME PEPSIN BITTERS from Dubuque; an EXCELSIOR STRENGTHENING BITTERS from Des Moines; and a BARRAGAR¹S BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS from Sheldon, Iowa.

That concludes the bitters segment of collecting bottles from Iowa. I hope you¹ve enjoyed the article and perhaps you have gained a little more knowledge of some lesser known bitters bottles. As always, enjoy the search and the people you meet along the way!

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by Dave Scafani

This Baker City, Oregon brewery was actually started in 1874 by Henry Rust, and was known as the Pacific Brewery. Its peak production was 10,000 barrels per year.

In 1903, Henry Rust, almost 70 years old, decided to retire, and sold the business to Reinhard Martin. The name was changed to American Brewing and Crystal Ice Company.

The brewery, located at Third and Dewey, was closed by state prohibition in 1916.

References: The Antique Bottles of Iowa, 18461915, by Burggraaf & Southard, 1998.

Bitters Bottles, by Ring & Ham, 1998.

Mike Burggraaf got started collecting antiquebottles in 1968 when he found a Mexican Mustang Liniment bottle in an old barn. Since that time he has become an avid collector of Iowa bottles and Iowa stoneware jugs. Research on the bottles and the history that goes with them has always been an important and enjoyable segment of his collecting.

Mike is co-author of “The Antique Bottles of Iowa 1846-1915” published in 1998. He also is the current Iowa Antique Bottleers editor, which he has been doing since 1991. As always, Mike is happy to answer any questions about Iowa bottles and would be glad to have the opportunity to add a new example to his collection.

You can contact Mike by writing to 305 E. Burlington, Fairfield, Iowa 52556 or by email at: qrsglass@lisco.com.

Dave Scafani is a retired teacher and the author of “The Bottles of Jackson County.” He has been a bottle digger and collector since 1968. Dave can be reached at: 416 Greenbrae Dr., Medford, OR 97504 or by E-mail: scafanind@cs.com.

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PEPSI-COLA BOTTLES & MORE: COLLECTOR’S GUIDE, VOL. 2 with prices. All Color! $35.00 + $3.95 Shipping. All new! Over 1500 bottles - 169 pages. Vol. 2 does not contain bottles shown in Vol. 1. Contact: James Ayers, RJM Enterprises, 5186 Claudville Hwy., Claudville, VA 24076.

COLLECTING APPLIED COLOR LABEL BOTTLES, Third Edition (2002) $45 includes postage Contact: KATHY HOPSON, 1966 King Springs Road, Johnson City, TN 37601; E-mail: kathy@thesodafizz.com.

Attn: Pepsi and Mountain Dew Collectors

PEPSI : COLA BOTTLES & MORE COLLECTORS GUIDE, VOL. 2

with prices

by James C. Ayers

$35.00 Please add $3.95 for Priority Shipping ISSN: 0-964-5443-1-8

ALL NEW Vol. 2 contains over 1500 bottles - 169 pages - all color with enlargements - 800 items pictured includes over 610 total of Pepsi-Cola embossed, paper label, ACL, Back Bar Bottles and Pepsi products. Devil Shake, Diet Pepsi, Evervess, Patio, Pepsi-free, Pepsi-Light, Slice, TEEM, Tropic Surf and others. Also featured - 860 MOUNTAIN DEW bottles plus 55 competition bottles and cans.

NOTE: Vol. 2 Does Not contain bottles shown in Vol. 1 Mail to: RJM Enterprises 5186 Claudville Hwy., Claudville VA 24076 Method of Payment:

Check

Money Order

Master Card

Visa

Account Number:______________________________Exp. Date _______ Signature: ___________________________________________________ Name: ______________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________ City: _______________________________State: ______ Zip: _________ Allow 2-3 Weeks for Delivery - VA Residents - Please add 4 1/2% Sales Tax

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Classified Ads MISCELLANEOUS

Sierra Street, Fair Oaks, CA 95628; Phone: (916) 961-7174; E-mail: foabbott@comcast.net.

$500.00 REWARD! for any information leading to the return of my stolen property, ie: WILLIAM GOEPPERT & SON, aqua, “champagne” top, quart beer from San Francisco, circa 1882. Please contact: Dave Acorn, 11312 Cottontail Way, Penn Valley, CA 95946; Phone: (530) 432-2111.

WANTED: Colored Quart Scroll Flasks and Colored Quart Washington Taylor flasks. Contact: ED GRAY, 1049 8th Ave., Brockway, PA 15824; Phone: (814) 268-4503.

WANTED WANTED: Unembossed bottles with heavy streaks, swirls, striations of other colors in them. Also, unembossed bottles with millions of bubbles in the glass (frothy); and strange and bizarre colored unembossed bottles, puce's, two-tones, etc. These bottles can be any type, as long as they are unembosseed.

Contact: MARTY HALL, 15430 Sylvester Road, Reno, NV 8952; Phone: (775) 852-6045; E-mail: rosemuley@aol.com.

All Louisville whiskeys, Pre-Pro labeled whiskeys, medicines, bitters, beers, sodas, go-withs, advertising, Louisville inks, Louisville hogs. Contact: TONY HAYES (502) 262-4517.

Moulton items! I collect bottles and related items with my name on them and am interested in purchasing anything which I do not have. TOM G. MOULTON, 1911 Preservation Dr., Plant City, FL 33566-0945; Phone: (813) 754-1396; or E-mail: corkscru1@aol.com.

WANTED: Montana collector needs hutch/blob sodas, flasks, stoneware and medicines from Montana. E-mail KEN BROWN at montsodas@centric.net or call 1-888-875-1700; 6225 Sawmill Gulch Rd, Missoula, MT. 59802.

CHAPEL ANTIQUES Specializing in antique furniture, bottles, Western Relics, Etc. --BUY OR SELL-- Contact: CHAPEL ANTIQUES, 112 N. Curry St., Carson City, NV 89703; Phone: (775) 885-8511.

WANTED: A light, bright, yellow or nearly yellow Lightning Fruit Jar lid for a quart. Contact: STEVE ABBOTT, 8060

libottle@optonline.net

WANTED: South Carolina colored sodas and Charleston, South Carolina pontiled medicines. Always looking for Superior Soda Waters (Eagles) in odd colors Contact: CHIP BREWER, 550 Seaward Drive, Charleston, SC 29412; Phone: (843) 795-9018; E-mail: JessBrewer@comcast.net.

WANTED: Southern colored sodas; quart USA hospital department bottles; Louisville double eagle flasks in colors other than aqua; Drakes 6-log Plantation bitters in olive or green.

Contact: MIKE NEWMAN, 3716 Pebble Beach Dr., Augusta, GA 30907; Phone: (706) 868-8391; E-mail: thenewm@aol.com.

WANTED: Oregon beer and whiskey bottles. Also wanted are milk, soda, pharmacy bottles from southern Oregon towns Medford, Jackson and Ashland. Contact: DAVE SCAFANI, Phone: (541) 773-6503 or E-mail: scafanind@cs.com.

WANTED: Barber waste vases, personalized barber bottles,

$ REWARD $ Will Pay TOP DOLLAR for a

30 Below

ACL Soda From San Diego, CA

(631) 589-9027

Mark Smith 10 Holmes Court Sayville, N.Y. 11782-2408

WHISKEY FLASKS WANTED ALL SHAPES, SIZES AND COLORS FROM NEW YORK, BROOKLYN & LONG ISLAND

Mike Bryant (858) 581-2787 sdmike@san.rr.com

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Classified Ads occupational shaving mugs, other unique barber items. Special interest in Mary Gregory items. Contact: REID G. PALMER, 2110 Ashmore Drive, Ames, Iowa 50014; Phone: (515) 292-9508 (evenings).

WANTED to buy George B. Evans cobalt bottles, and Nelson Fry, with the eye and the eyebrow, or any good cobalt or purple bottles. Contact: DONALD FINGER, 3227 Cynthiana Road, Georgetown, KY 40324; Phone: (502) 863-0689.

WANTED: Missouri bottles, Hutches, blobs, druggist, dose glasses and colored Bixtys. Contact: PAUL & JEANETTE LAWRENCE, Phone: (573) 468-4924; E-mail: PLJLbot@fidnet.com.

KETCHUP, PICKLES, SAUCES 19th Century Food in Glass 498 pages of pictures & research of glass containers the early food industry utilized.

Smyth Bound - $25.00 to: MARK WEST PUBLISHERS PO BOX 1914 SANDPOINT, ID 83864

Churchill’s Antique Bottle Cleaning Service Introductory Offer: Will clean one bottle at no charge ! (minus postage) Try me risk free!

Less than 10 bottles: $15 each.

10-14: $12.50 each.

More than 15: $10.00 each.

MARK CHURCHILL PO Box 7023 Grand Rapids, MI 49510

(616) 248-3808 E-mail: mdiscoidalis@aol.com

WANTED: Columbia dark amber fruit jar without lid, 2 aqua Globe lids, original Texas Mason 2-piece lid with map of Texas. Amber Atlas E-Z Seal lid. Blue/ green lid for Knolton Vacuum fruit jar, dark amber lid for Lightning Trade Mark fruit jar. Contact: LEONARD KASTNER, P.O. Box 23, Lexington, TX 78947; Phone: (979) 773-2666.

WANTED: D. Brannan San Antonio stoneware items. Pre-Prohibition California winery items including bottles, go-withs, advertising, ephemera, etc.

JOHN O’NEILL 1805 Ralston Avenue Belmont, CA 94002; Phone: (650) 6317495 or E-mail: joneill@croins.com.

SHOPS AND SERVICES DHN COLLECTIBLES OF MAINE, bottle collecting since 1967! BUYING & SELLING EARLY NEW ENGLAND BOTTLES & POSTCARDS! Visit our online store at www.dnhcollectibles.com

and stop at our booth in YORK ANTIQUES GALLERY - RT. 1, YORK, MAINE. For questions or to visit, call (207) 363-2908 or email: flookout@maine.rr.com. DAVE & DIANE HILTON, 8 Camden Ave., York, ME 03909.

CHAPEL ANTIQUES Specializing in antique furniture, bottles, Western Relics, Victorian oak and walnut furniture, Victorian glass collectibles, Etc. Contact: CHAPEL ANTIQUES, 112 N. Curry St., Carson City, NV 89703; Phone: (775) 885-8511.

STEEL SPRING PROBES. Length: 36” x 48”, diameter: 1/4” to 5/16”, “T” handle 1” diameter and ring 4” above tip, both welded. $37.50 - includes S/H. $3 extra for rush shipping. Cashier’s check or money order to: R. L. Wilcox, 7422 Park Drive, Mechanicsville, VA 23111; Phone: (804) 746-9854; E-mail: Wilcox7422@aol.com.

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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Membership Benefits Individual Membership Open to any individual that has an interest in bottles, flasks, jarks or related items, some of the benefits of membership are: • A full year subscription to the quarterly 68-page publication Bottles & Extras, which is continuously full of specialty articles, regular columns, classified advertising, show reports and a listing of bottle shows nationwide.

• Quarterly newsletters detailing news of the Federation and the hobby.

• Free advertising of “For Sale” items in Bottles and Extras (a trial period of 1 year duration, beginning with the Summer (July) 2003 issue. Restrictions apply - ads may be up to 100 words, items must be of $25.00 or greater value, and free advertisements are limited to the first 100 received, based upon date mailed.)

• One free ad of 60 words each year for use for items “Wanted”, trade offers, etc.

• Advice on publishing your book / manuscript, and a forum for your articles.

• The opportunity to obtain “Early Admission” to the annual Federation shows.

• Access to the informational FOHBC Slide Show Presentations.

• Associate membership is available to to spouses and children aged 19 to 21 with Individaul Membership for $5 per member per year.

• Plus more...

Affiliated Club Membership Available to any club, association or organization which has ten or more members and has an interest in bottles, flasks, jars, or related items, some of the benefits of affiliated membership are: • A full-year subscription to the quarterly magazines and newsletters, plus...

• A 50% reduction in display advertising in the magazine and the newsletter.

- In addition to this, there is a free ¼-page advertisement in the newsletter and free posting of the ad on the Federation website, www.fohbc.com, as a part of the advertising package when you advertise your show in the magazine.

• One complimentary individual membership per year is provided to Affiliated Clubs for their use as an honorarium, raffle item, door prize, etc.

• The Federation will post links from our website into your clubs website free of charge and will assist with creation of a web page for you, as our webmaster’s time allows. You supply the photos and general text and we will do our best to get you up and running!

• A show ribbon for Most Educational Display at your show.

• Access to the informational FOHBC Slide Show Presentations.

• Each year, the Federation elects members to the Honor Roll and Hall of Fame to recognize their individual contribution to the hobby of bottle collecting. Our clubs are encouraged to sponsor individuals for these honors.

• Participation in the Elmer Lester Contest for the most active club.

• The Federation sponsors annual writing contests for individuals belonging to member clubs as a means to recognize their outstanding contributions. There are also contests for club newsletter design and show flyer design.

• Plus more...

MERCHANTS OF MEDICINE NOSTRAM PEDDLERS - YESTERDAY & TODAY NEW IN 2003!

Written by Dewey R. Heetderks, M.D. • Limited Edition hard cover book • Lavishly illustrated with over 300 color pictures • 120 pages - plus index • A great coffee table book

For more information, contact: Dewey Heetderks 4907 N. Quail Crest Grand Rapids, MI 49546 E-mail: DHeetderks@aol.com Phone: (616) 949-0713 Post Paid

$35 U.S.

$40 Non-U.S.

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Bottle and Extras Membership and Display Advertising Rates Membership in the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors includes:

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FREE ADS

Individual Subscription / Membership Rates for One Year Re-up time? Check the back of your issue for a renewal label

2nd Class $30.00 Inside U.S. $35.00 to Canada $45.00 to Overseas

Send to : Kathy Hopson

B&E Editor 1966 King Springs Rd Johnson City, TN 37601 or Email : kathy@thesodafizz.com

First Class $45.00 Inside U.S. $49.00 to Canada $60.00 to Overseas

Name ___________________________________________________ Associate Member Name(s) $5 additional each:_______ __________________ Street____________________________________Apt.#_____________ City _____________________________________________________ State _____________ Zip __________ Phone (_____)______________ Collecting Interests: _________________________________________ E-mail Address: ____________________________________________

Category - “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership per year.

Category - “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 100 per issue.

(Use extra paper if necessary.)

Single Issues and Back Issues of the magazine alone: $5.00

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Please note that the Club Subscription Membership Rate for One Year is: $50.00

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Membership information, forms and an online payment method are also available from the website @ www.fohbc.com

Enclose the Appropriate Amount and Mail to: FOHBC, 1021 W. Oakland Ave, Suite 109, Johnson City, TN 37604 Make checks payable to: The Federation of Historic Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) Please Note: Allow 6-8 weeks from the time you send in your payment until you receive your first issue of Bottles and Extras.

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Ads Manager : Bill Wrenn 1060 Calls Creek Drive, Watkinsville, GA 30677 Phone: (706) 769-8995 E-mail: minijug@charter.net

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Makes checks payable to: The Federation of Historic Bottle Collectors ALL ADS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE 50% Discount for FOHBC Club Show Ads

CLASSIFIED ADS 10-cents a word 15-cents a bold word. $2.00 MINIMUM

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THE FINDLAY ANTIQUE BOTTLE CLUB 27th ANNUAL

ANTIQUE BOTTLE & COLLECTIBLES SHOW & SALE October 19, 2003

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“The Old Barn” - Findlay, Ohio I-75 to Exit 159 then 1 mile West on Rt. 224

Admission $2.00

Under 12 - Free

DEALER INFO: Fred Curtis 1635 Washington Ave. Findlay, OH 45840 (419) 424-0486 Bottles Fruit Jars Insulators Advertising Small Antiques

Stoneware Collectibles No Early Admission Free Parking Refreshments Free Appraisals

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GREAT EASTERN U.S. FALL Antique Advertising, Book & Paper Show October 4 & 5, 2003 Sat. 9:00 to 5:00 - Sun. 9:00 to 2:00 Agricultural Hall, 17th & Chew Streets Allentown Fairgrounds Th Allentown, PA Two-is is a Sh Day e ow h t It’s

Big One !

Satisfy your passion for Antique Advertising and Paper of all Types, Featuring a very large section of Postcards.

Enjoy this two day show in the newly renovated Agricultural Hall.

You must stay over to shop the whole show!

See Over 200 National Dealers!

Contact: Joyce Heilman Ad (215) 529-7215 m G.E. Productions $6 iss .0 ion 23 S. 7th Street 0 Quakertown, PA 18951

The State of Franklin Antique Bottle & Collectible Assoc. and the Morristown Parks & Rec. Dept. presents

LAS VEGAS ANTIQUE BOTTLES & COLLECTIBLES CLUB

ANTIQUE BOTTLE SHOW & SALE

PROUDLY PRESENTS OUR 39TH ANNUAL

e T h irst F

At the Talley-Ward Civic Auditorium

Morristown, Tennessee

COLLECTIBLES SHOW & SALE FEBRUARY 20-21, 2004

October 11th, 2003

PLAZA HOTEL

9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

NUMBER ONE MAIN STREET - LAS VEGAS 1-800-634-6575 MENTION SHOW FOR DISCOUNT ROOM RESERVATIONS PLEASE MAKE SHOW & ROOM RESERVATIONS EARLY EXPIRES JANUARY 19, 2004 BOTTLES - JARS - POSTCARDS - TRADE TOKENS PAPER GOODS - IINSULATORS - GLASSWARE - MARBLES NEVADA MEMORABILIA - DOLLS - ADVERTISING MATERIAL CASINO COLLECTIBLES - VINTAGE JEWELRY - TOYS SMALL ANTIQUES - MATCH COVERS - AND MUCH MORE

SHOW HOURS

Bottles, Glass, Antiques and Collectibles, etc.

Early Buyers $10.00 Tokens, Script, Postcards, Tobacco Tags, Advertising Signs and Tins, ACL Sodas, Jumbo, Fruit Jars, etc...

Contact: Bill Henderson Charlie Barnette showprobill@chartertn.net brisbotls@chartertn.net (423) 581-8386 (423) 968-1437

EARLY BIRD FRIDAY - FEB. 20 Noon - 6PM $10

For More Information Contact Show Chairman: Mike Presley 6768 Greengrove Drive Las Vegas, NV 89103 Home: (702) 364-9336 Cell: (702) 524-0301 E-mail: bapres@aol.com

GENERAL ADMISSION SATURDAY - FEB. 21 9AM - 5PM $4

Dealer Setup: Friday, Feb. 20 8am - Noon

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FOHBC SHO-BIZ FOHBC Sho-Biz is published in the interest of the hobby. Federation affiliated clubs are noted. Information on up-coming collecting events is welcome, but space is limited.

Please send at least four months in advance, including telephone number, to: FOHBC Sho-Biz, c/o Ron Rasnake, 6301 Lilyan Parkway, Fort Pierce, FL 34951, or E-mail: RonOldGins@bellsouth.net. Show schedules are subject to change. Please call ahead before traveling long distances.

All listings published here will also be published on our web site at http://www.fohbc.com.

OCTOBER 2003 OCTOBER 4 BUFFALO, NEW YORK Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association’s 5th Annual Show & Sale (Sat. 9 AM – 3 PM, Admission $2) at the Erie County fairgrounds Health Expo Building, Hamburg, New York. INFO: PETER JABLONSKI, PH: (716) 8342249, E-mail: psjablon102@cs.com or JOE GUERRA, PH: (716) 674-5750, E-mail: jmguerra3@aol.com or ED POTTER, PH: (716) 674-8890. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB *

OCTOBER 4 McHENRY, ILLINOIS Chicagoland Insulator & Collectibles Show (Sat. 9 AM – 4 PM) at V.F.W. Post 4600, 3002 West Route 120, Mchenry, Illinois. INFO: RAY HEIM, 7532 Salem Rd., Wonder Lake, IL. 60097, PH: (815) 653-3218, E-mail: Wildwolves3@webtv.net or RUSS FRANK, 1820 Woodlawn Park Ave., Mchenry, Il. 60050, PH: (815) 344-5854, Email: Rfrank@owc.net, Website: http:// home2.owc.net/~rfrank/index.html. **Listing Courtesy of Crown Jewels of the Wire**

OCTOBER 4 – 5 POINT PLEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia Bottle Club’s Antique Bottle Show (Sat. 9 AM – 5 PM, Sun. 10 AM – 3 PM) at the West Virginia State Farm Museum near Point Pleasant, West Virginia (take Fairgrounds Rd. off Rt. 62 North).

INFO: CHARLIE PERRY, 39304 Bradbury Rd., Middleport, OH 45760, PH: (740) 992-5088 or 992-3730, E-mail: perrycola@eurekanet.com. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB *

OCTOBER 4 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Richmond Area Bottle Collectors Association’s 32nd Annual Show & Sale (Sat. 9 AM – 3 PM, early admission 7:30 AM) at the Showplace Annex, 3002 Mechanicsville Trnpk., Richmond, Virginia. INFO: JUDY FOLES, 12275 Cedar Ln., Ashland, VA 23005, PH: (804) 798-7502, E-mail: judyfoles@mail.com. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

ALAN BLAKEMAN, BBR, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Nr. Barnsley S74 8HJ, England, PH: 011 44 122 674 5156.

OCTOBER 5 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Huron Valley Bottle & Insulator Club’s Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 2 PM) at the Washtenaw Community College Morris J. Lawrence Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan. INFO: EARNEST GRIFFIN, 1200 S. Harris, Ypsilanti, MI 48198-6513, PH: (734) 482-8029, E-mail: CLGriffinY@aol.com. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

OCTOBER 5 DELAWARE, ONTARIO, CANADA The 2nd Annual Delaware Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 1 PM) at the Delaware Community Center, 2652 Gideon Dr., Delaware, Ontario, Canada. INFO: BOB DULONG, PH: (519) 676-5819 or JIM BUTLER, PH: (519) 245-3102.

OCTOBER 5 DRYDEN, NEW YORK Finger Lakes Bottle Collectors Association’s 34th Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM, early admission 8 AM) at the Dryden Fire Hall, Rte. 13, Dryden, New York. INFO: JOE HALL, E-mail: chall83@infoblvd.net or DAVE GUNTREN, PH: (607) 734-6300, E-mail: bottlecrzy@aol.com. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

OCTOBER 10-11 MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE The State of Franklin ABCA & the Morristown Parks & Rec. Dept. presents their 1st Antique Bottle Show & Sale at the Talley-Ward Recreation Auditorium in Morristown, Tennessee, October 10th, Noon to 6 PM set-up, October 11th, 7-9 AM set-up. Doors open FREE to the Public at 9 AM on the 11th. Early Buyers $10. INFO: BILL HENDERSON, PH: (423) 581-8386, E-mail: showprobill@charter.net or CHARLIE BARNETTE, PH: (423) 368-1437, E-mail: brisbotls@chartertn.net. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

OCTOBER 5 ELSECAR, ENGLAND Autumn Extravaganza Antique Bottle Show & Sale (Sun. 10 AM – 3 PM, early admission 8:30 AM) at the Elsecar Heritage Center, Nr. Barnsley (M-1 jct. 36), S. Yorkshire, England. INFO:

OCTOBER 10-11 MESA, ARIZONA Phoenix Antique Bottles & Collectibles Club’s Annual Show & Sale (Fri. 2 PM – 5 PM early admission 11 AM - 4PM; Sat. 9 AM – 4 PM) at the City of Mesa

Community & Conference Center in the Superstition Ballroom of the Rendezvous Center, 263 N. Center St., Mesa, Arizona.

INFO: MICHAEL MILLER, 9214 W. Gary Rd., Peoria, AZ 85345; PH: (623) 486-3123, E-mail: helgramike@earthlink.net.

OCTOBER 11 BURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA Burnsville Nicollet Junior High School’s 7th Annual Benefit Antique Bottle, Advertising & Stoneware Show & Sale (Sat. 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM) at Burnsville Nicollet Junior High School, 400 E. 134th Sat., Burnsville, Minnesota. INFO: STEVE KETCHAM, 400 E. 134th Sat., Burnsville, MN 55337, PH: (952) 707-2653, E-mail: sketcham@burnsville.k12.mn.us.

OCTOBER 11-12 SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA Northwestern Bottle Collectors Association’s 37th Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM, early admission Sat. noon) at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds Finley Hall Bldg., Santa Rosa, California.

INFO: NBCA, P. O. Box 1121, Santa Rosa, CA 95402 or BEV SIRI, PH: (707) 5391169. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

OCTOBER 12 BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA Bedford County Antique Bottle Club’s 26th Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 1 PM, early admission 7 AM) at the Bedford County Fairgrounds, 4H Building, Bedford, Pennsylvania. INFO: LEO McKENZIE, PH: (814) 623-8019 or SALLY CORLE, PH: (814) 733-4598.

OCTOBER 12 KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE Yankee Bottle Club’s 36th Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM, early admission 8 AM) at Keene High School, Arch St., Keene, New Hampshire. INFO: CREIGHTON G. HALL, 382 Court St., Keene, NH 03431, PH: (603) 352-2959.

OCTOBER 18 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA The 6th Annual Savannah Bottle Show & Sale (Sat.) at the National Guard Armory, Eisenhower Dr., Savannah, Georgia.

INFO: DAVID POWELL, 2617 Salcedo Ave., Savannah, GA 31406, PH: (912) 354-3576, Web site: http:// www.savannahshow.com.

84 OCTOBER 18 AYLESBURY, ENGLAND National Society Collectors Fairs Annual Autumn Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale (Sat. 11 AM – 1 PM, early admission 9 AM) at the Aylesbury Civic Center, Aylesbury, England. INFO: PAM BALL, 2 Pound Cottage, Blackthorn, Bicester, Oxon, England OX25 1TE, PH/FAX: 011 44 186 924 1107.

Fall 2003 OCTOBER 26 GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS 1st Chicago Bottle Club's 34th Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 2 PM) at the Ramada Inn & Suites Convention Center, 780 E. North Ave. (1/2 mile west of I-355), Glendale Heights, Illinois. INFO: JOHN E. PANEK, 1790 Hickory Knoll, Deerfield, IL 60015, PH: (847) 945-5493, E-mail: paperbottl@aol.com.

Bottles and Extras sion 7:30 AM) indoors at the Farmer’s Curb Market, 501 Yanceyville St., Greensboro, North Carolina. INFO: DAVID JACKSON, PH: (336) 288-2677 or REGGIE LYNCH, P. O. Box 13736, Durham, NC 27709, PH: (919) 789-4545, E-mail: rlynch@antiquebottles.com, Web site: http://www.antiquebottles.com/ greensboro/. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

OCTOBER 18 - 19 CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON Washington Bottle Collectors Association’s Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM, early admission Sat. 2 PM – 7 PM) at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, I-5 exit 79, Chehalis, Washington. INFO: PETE HENDRICKS, PH: (253) 874-6345 or WARREN LHOTKA, PH: (206) 329-8412, E-mail: wlbottleguy@yahoo.com.

OCTOBER 19 SCRIBA, NEW YORK Empire State Bottle Collectors Association’s 5th Annual Fall Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM) at the Scriba Fire Hall, U. S. Route 104 E., Scriba, New York.

INFO: BARRY L. HAYNES, P. O. Box 900, Mexico, NY 13114, PH: (315) 9630922 or 963-3749.

OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 1 CANYONVILLE, OREGON Presenting the Jefferson State Bottle & Insulator Show, hosted by The Siskiyou Antique Bottle Collectors Association and the Jefferson State Insulator Club. Seven Feathers Resort & Casino in Canyonville, Oregon (on I-5, 100 miles north of California border). Dealer setup: Fri: 3-7pm and Sat. 7-9am. Early buyers: Fri. 4-7pm and Sat. 8-9am $10 per person.

Saturday: FREE Public Admission 9am to 5pm. INFO: KEITH LUNT, PH: (541) 773-2404, E-mail: keith@antiquebottletrader.com or SCOTT MORRELL, PH: (541) 608-1043, E-mail: nslater@medford.net.

OCTOBER 19 FINDLAY, OHIO Findlay Antique Bottle Club’s 27th Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM) at The Old Barn, Route 224 (1 mile west from I 75 exit 159), Findlay, Ohio. INFO: FRED CURTIS, 1635 Washington Ave., Findlay, OH 45840, PH: (419) 424-0486.

NOVEMBER 2003 NOVEMBER 1 CLAWSON, MICHIGAN The Metropolitan Detroit Antique Bottle Club's 27th Annual Antique Bottle Show & Sale, (Sat. 9:30 AM - 3 PM), at the Clawson Knight's of Columbus Hall, 870 N. Main St., Clawson, Michigan. INFO: MICHAEL BRODZIK, PH: (586) 7717111. E-mail: botmike@aol.com or BRUCE HECKMAN, PH: (248) 6411701, E-mail: skeetbeer@aol.com.

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OCTOBER 26 ALBANY, NEW YORK Capital Region Antique Bottle & Insulator Club 2003 Annual Antique Insulator, Bottle & Tabletop Collectibles Show (Sun. 9 AM - 2:30 PM) at 1848 Shaker Meeting House (part of the Shaker Heritage Society), Albany Shaker Road (next to Albany Airport) Albany, New York. INFO: BOB LATHAM, 463 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211, PH: (518) 4631053 (evenings & weekends), E-mail: blath@capital.net; or FRAN HUGHES, PH: (518) 377-7134, E-mail: fhughes3@nycap.rr.com.

NOVEMBER 2 ELKTON, MARYLAND Tri-State Bottle Collectors & Diggers Club’s 31st Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM) at the Singerly Fire Hall, Routes 279 & 213 (I-95 exit 109A), Elkton, Maryland. INFO: WARREN CAVENDER, PH: (302) 998-0690.

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NOVEMBER 16 SPRINGFIELD, OHIO The annual Heart of Ohio Bottle & Jar Show (Sun. 9:30 AM – 3 PM, Free Admission) at the Heart of Ohio Antique Center, U. S. 40 at I-70 exit 62, Springfield, Ohio. INFO: JOHN BARTLEY, P. O. Box 53, North Hampton, OH 45349, PH: (937) 964-8080, E-mail: jbartley@woh.rr.com.

NOVEMBER 30 BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors Association’s 30th Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM, early admission 7:30 AM) at Bethlehem Catholic High School, Madison & Dewberry Ave., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. INFO: BILL HEGEDUS, 20 Cambridge Pl., Catasauqua, PA 18032, PH: (610) 264-5945.

DECEMBER DECEMBER 5 - 6 AUBURN, CALIFORNIA 49er Historical Bottle Association's 26th Annual Show & Sale (Sat. 9 AM – 3 PM, early admission Fri. 2 PM – 8 PM) at the Gold Country Fairgrounds, Auburn, California. INFO: PAT PATOCKA, P. O. Box 326, Penryn, CA 95663. PH: (916) 663-3681. ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

OCTOBER 26 CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO, CANADA Cambridge Bottle Show (Sun. 9 AM - 2:30 PM) at Duncan Macintosh Arena, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. INFO: ROBIN NEWTON-SMITH, PH: (519) 623-6302, E-mail: info@nsaauctions.com.

** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

NOVEMBER 7-8 TULARE, CALIFORNIA Sequoia Antique Bottle & Collectible Society 36th Annual Show & Sale (Fri. 10 AM - 6 PM, Sat. 9 AM - 4 PM). Tulare Veteran's Memorial Building, 1771 E. Tulare Ave., Tulare, California. INFO: RICHARD SIMON, 2244 S. Church St., Visalia, CA 93277, PH: (559) 734-3179.

NOVEMBER 9 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Southeast Bottle Club’s 2nd Annual Show & Sale (Sun. 9 AM – 3 PM, early admis-

MARCH 2004 MARCH 7 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND The Baltimore Bottle Club 24th Annual Show and Sale (Sun. 8 AM - 3 PM, Admission $3) at the Physical Education Center, Essex Campus of the Community College of Baltimore County, 7201 Rossville Blvd. (off Exit 34, off I-695), Baltimore, Maryland 21237. INFO: BOB FORD, PH: (410) 531-9459, E-mail: bottles@comcast.net, Website: www.antiquebottles.com/baltimore ** FEDERATION MEMBER CLUB **

Always remember that the show listings are always Current and Up-to-Date on the website at: www.fohbc.com

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