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Vol. 26

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March - April 2015

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The Passing of a Legend Charles R. (Dick) Watson Also in this Issue...

Here are Reasons Why Georgia’s been on Bottle Collectors’ Minds The Bottlers of Dubuque, The Early Years House of Hair (and so much more!)

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Table of Contents FOHBC Officer Listing Michael Anderson - A Man with PDF Cincinnati a Theory 2014-16 ................................................. 2 by Mark Wiseman........................................24 Everything Figural’d Out

by Jim Bender ....................................54 President’s Message ..........................3 House of Hair (and so much more)

by Jeff Mihalik and Tom Tokosh..................28 Classified Ads & Shards of Wisdom .............................4 Ad Rate Info .................................... 65 The Passing of a Legend FOHBC News Membership Directory ................... 67 Charles R. (Dick) Watson From & For Our Members ................. 6 by some of his many friends ........................38 FOHBC Show-Biz Part 2 of Georgia Antique Bottle Show Calendar Listings .................. 68 The Bottlers of Dubuque, The Collecting History: Here are Early Years 1854-1863 Reasons Why Georgia’s Been on

by Mark Wiseman........................................48 Membership Application ................ 72 Bottle Collectors’ Minds

by Bill Baab.......................................16

Next Issue

• Is There Really a Burton’s Bitters?

• Continued - The Bottlers of Dubuque, The Early Years 1854 -1863 • Late Persian Bottles - the “Black Glass” of the Middle East

• The Big Drink: Buffalo Springs Lithia Water • The Tommy Mitchiner Story

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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 2014-2016

President: Ferdinand Meyer V, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; e-mail: fmeyer@fohbc.org First Vice-President: Sheldon Baugh, 252 W Valley Dr, Russellville, KY 42276; phone: (270) 726-2712; e-mail: sbi_inc@bellsouth.net Second Vice-President: Gene Bradberry, 3706 Deerfield Cove, Bartlett, TN 38135; phone: (901) 372-8428; e-mail: Genebsa@comcast.net Secretary: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: (518) 568-5683; e-mail: jhberry10@yahoo.com Treasurer: Gary Beatty, 3068 Jolivette Rd., North Port, FL 34288; phone: (941) 276-1546; e-mail: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net Historian: Jim Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: (518) 673-8833; e-mail: jim1@frontiernet.net Editor: Martin Van Zant, 208 Urban St, Danville, IN 46122; phone: (812) 841-9495; e-mail: mdvanzant@yahoo.com.

Merchandising Director: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: (518) 568-5683; e-mail: vgberry10@yahoo.com Membership Director: Position Open

Conventions Director: Position Open Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; e-mail: emeyer@fohbc.org Director-at-Large: Bob Ferraro, 515 Northridge Dr, Boulder City, NV 89005; phone: (702) 293-3114; e-mail: mayorferraro@aol.com.

Director-at-Large: Steve Ketcham, PO Box 24114, Edina, Minnesota 55424, phone: (952) 920-4205; email: steve@antiquebottledepot.com Director-at-Large: John Pastor, PO Box 227, New Hudson, MI 48165; phone: (248) 486-0530; e-mail: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com Midwest Region Director: Matt Lacy, 3836 State Route 307, Austinburg Ohio 44010, phone: (440) 228-1873, e-mail: info@antiquebottlesales.com Northeast Region Director: Andrew Vuono, 34 Ridgeway Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06907, phone: (203) 9759055, e-mail: amvuono@gmail.com Southern Region Director: Ron Hands, 913 Parkside Drive, Wilson, North Carolina 27896, phone: (330) 338-3455, e-mail: rshands225@yahoo.com Western Region Director: Eric McGuire, 1732 Inverness Drive, Petaluma, California 94954, phone: (707) 778-2255, e-mail: etmcguire@comcast.net Public Relations Director: Rick DeMarsh, 3049 Galway Road, Ballston Spa, New York 12020, phone: (518) 225-3467, e-mail: ricksbottleroom@gmail.com

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President’s Message Ferdinand Meyer V FMG Design, Inc. 101 Crawford Street Studio 1A Houston, Texas 77002 fmeyer@fohbc.org ferdinand@peachridgeglass.com

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It is earl Sunda morning and I sit here reflecting at ere it is already the second day of February and I start off Timoleon s Diner in uaint eene, ew Hampshire while this Monday morning early at the office thinking about drin ing some coffee to warm me up it is degrees outside, the great Super Bowl game yesterday and watching it chill for a Texan . The an ee ottle Show starts here shortl with my family. Another cold front was coming through and I andthe willsnow e a fun conclusion to a long wee again. end ofAtottle see is headed into New England least,e ifents you that started out with a gathering at Federation mem ers Marwith choose, you can do some nice window shots of your bottles and Annie s in Stamford, Connecticut on Frida and fresh snow inuono the background.

I really enjoy it when I see bottle included the Hec ler Colum us Da Ha field e ent in ood pictures that way. It may be a long wait before we see snow in stoc alle Connecticut . I am thin ing that this Houston, like, maybe the nextesterda Ice Age. was the exact spot, two ears ago toda , that the great Feldmann storof that retellofinBottles this issue ottles andin xtras, The first draft this Iissue andofExtras came this past got its wings.

I hope ou en o the article and pictures. ohn Saturday evening from Martin Van Zant, our editor up in Indiana. and Sheila are wonderful people that represent the foundation It takes a lot of work to put each issue together and I would like andthank cornerstone of our ho group . to Martin and ourgreat editorial for looking at each issue hat a whirlwind e ents since our great and helping us prepare of it for press.

A special thanks goesintolate Bill Baab in Georgia his stellar writing and proofreading ul in eno, eforada. er time I thin of this e ent,abilities.

I am Also, the folks thatgrateful take time to and writewe articles need ae,special reminded of how I am, all should of Mart shout-out too. Please consider article.

The topic Hall, ichard Siri, the eno submitting ottle Clu anand the legions of range is that broad and we the Mart design eand Each helpers pulled off can thishelp megawith e ent. enlayout. reported a Bottle Extrassuccess issue outlines the requirements and submittal strong and financial that demonstrates et again, that our process (see page 14 thisstronger issue). We want to forward. remind our organi ation is getting andalso marching The member clubs of the ability to submit their club newsletter, 201 F H C ational in Manchester, ew Hampshire next show flyer or poster, bottle article or web for award ear is progressing smoothl with a masite oritdesign of the ta les consideration.

Details are on page 34 of this issue.

Hurry because alread eing sold. exington, entuc will e our location the deadline is June 1st.

Winners will be announced at the for the 201 ational, so ma e our plans here, too. ou can Chattanooga National banquet. Entry forms for each category can get information for oth e ents isiting our we site, be found on the Federation web site under the “Members” green F H C.org. Tom hillips, our Con entions Director, was menu bar option. e en in the southeast this wee loo ing at enues for the 201 ational. It was not too long ago that we were much more We would also like to hear from you if you have any bottle short or sighted. owItwith this ad ance planning and our pu lic news comments. is always interesting to hear from announcements, we can sta e our claim on a date that will members and we try to select a range of comments to post help in other show chairmen decide when to (see holdpage their6eofents.

As an our FOHBC News section each issue this issue). aside, now that were ottle We candid onlyou get better if wethere follow the nine pulse of ourshows hobby this and wee end, including one across the pond ur ho is so our membership. So please, set aside some time if you have strong. I seeonthe glimmer changee-mail e en with our shows. something your mind. of Contact and postal address,et s promote more and grow our ho . ring people to the along with board member telephone numbers, are postedshows. on the ottles, glass and(go positi e change are contagious.

FOHBC web site to the horizontal green bar and select the pull-down FOHBC menu item until you see “Officer List.” There Federation is also drasticall up which is Paul excit is also a “Meetmem Yourership Officers” section with biographies.

Dubay, from Poland, Maine, suggested that I change my picture in this President’s Message. I had a little fun with that one. Please see my response on page 12.

Speaking of the FOHBC weba site, we new can honestly say dri e ing. e will e announcing ma or mem ership that we the most complete and up-to-date listing ofe are later thishave month that uses a 2,000 mem er target. show dates, andnow. information thea hobby.

Again, nearing 1,200locales mem ers So if ouinare mem er, sta with goifto the bar andplease select shows.

You will us, ou green re aremenu undecided, oin There are notice so man that many shows have flyer If youottles are aand showxtras, is exciting things planned. ur images. maga ine, chairman, please submit yourwe flyer can we also site, add it the undergoing a ma or face lift, ha soe we a new to theou listing. more attention-grabber and of time read This this,iswe willof an e 1,000 mem ers plus on our aboutMuseum your Fcourse, H C may facehave oo more page,specific the Finformation H C irtual is show.

You can also find show listings in the back of each mo ing forward loo for a ma or announcement soon and we of Bottles the web to sitea is always haissue e ust sent ourand firstExtras, digitalbut newsletter large audience of more current due to our printing schedule.

You can also people. The new Federation, our F H C. advertise your show in Bottles and Extras. Most clubs do. e need new lood and persons to carr the torch. I will e The 50% member discount cannot be matched. What a reaching out to some of our mem ership for pictures of our deal. Remember, advertising pays! ottles, assistance on the we site, articles and stories for ottles and xtras, the we site, the newsletter and help on the Our FOHBC web site also has the latest information for the 2015 irtual Museum.

If ouand would li Sacramento e to olunteer, in an Antique area, it Chattanooga National 2016 National would e er much welcomed and appreciated.

Bottle Convention. These show pages are updated continuously ounew willinformation. also notice aWithin new section in the front and with this issue you willofseeottles a full-page xtras called etters to the ditor.

I am not sure wh this was advertisement for the Chattanooga National on page 27 plus not there in some form or another weChattanooga reall want to a full-page advertisement on page efore 13 fromutour hear our stories and ideas and how we can do things auctioneer, Jim Daniel. Please consider consigning someetter. items to ou can send an e mail, write a letter or call an the auction that will have a definite southern flair. We are oard really mem er, including self at an ur contact looking forward tomworking withtime.

Mr. Daniel who information is experienced isand in this maga inefor and on the wehissite. enthusiastic conducting first Federation auction. That In the anuar Fe ruar 201The issue of ottles andin xtras, we is going to be one fun night! auction last year Lexington, Kentucky was standing roomegional only and we had to add a few will e starting a two page er even iew section where sections of chairsincoming for the robust crowd. from the four regions we will highlight information that ma e up the Federation northeast, southern, midwest and Another. If areaouofhathee Federation web site that keeps is western material please forward to ourgrowing egional our Members Again the or green bar and select Director.

If ouPortal. isit the we gosite receihorizontal ed our newsletter, “Member You willews needisyour in, you ou will seePortal”. that egional now password appearingbut in aonce different canmore access a members list, in past issuesenues of Bottles and refreshing format these too. and Extras and an indexed all articles recent added e are onllistasofstrong as ourinwea estyears. lin . IWe usehave this even expres a section of past issue of The Pontil from the years 1963 to 1970. sion often in usiness and in m general con ersations with How fun it has been to read some of these old stories and news people. eep an open mind, e positi e, and tr to help, gi e about some of the legends of our hobby. constructi e criticism and mo e forward. Smile and someone will smile ac to ou. isten and ou will hear a stor . Step Speaking of history, we are also working on a “History of the forward and tell a stor . oo at our collection and find that FOHBC.” You can see this on the Federation web site under the missing ottle or lin . This is what it is all a out. ur est asset “History” menu option. This is a work-in-progress and is being isled all by of Federation our great mem ers. board member Jim Bender who has recently I am also loo ing forward the great er toottle Show moved from his Membershipto Director position replace theinlate ld Town Au urn, California in Decem er. e usuall go to and great Dick Watson who held the Historian position. Speaking the of isights parade each after this the show. lo e38. of Festi Dick, al there a wonderful articleear within issue onepage it ecause the horses, dogs, goats, people and truc s all are adorned lights forasked Christmas. er, a show One lastwith thing, we are often foremem the FOHBC logo oris aso show much etter if ou ma e it an experience. hile ou are at the a logo etc. Art can be found on the Federation Web site under show, isit a collection, go to a museum, ha e dinner with a “Members” green menu bar option. ottle friend, go on a dig etc. There are so man things ou can doStay to sta connected with your our great howrite . Ma it aor multi warm, connect with bottles, us a enote story dimensional experience.

Happ autumn and winter. and complete your plans to attend the Chattanooga National.

Late July and early August is just around the bend. Choo-Choo to Chattanooga!

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A beautiful small phial, dating from the early 17th through 18th centuries

Rathfarnham Castle, the home and country estate of Lord Adam Loftus and built in 1583 by the Archbishop of Dublin a few miles outside the city, has been the scene of an amazing archeological discovery.

Rathfarnham Castle, estate of Lord Adam Loftus built in 1583

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One of the layers of organic and manmade materials very well preserved in an air-tight and moist environment.

Earlier this fall in September of 2014, workers doing excavations to install a lift in the southwest tower ran across a hoard of artifacts sealed off under a floor of stone slabs. The floor, which is believed to have been put in place in the late 17th or early 18th century, kept the subsequent layers of organic and manmade materials underneath very well preserved in an airtight and moist environment. From organics such as tea leaves and cherry pits to manufactured goods like goblets, silverwares and bottles, the refuse has remained undisturbed for hundreds of years. It is a find every archeologist dreams of.

The habits of the aristocratic Irish elite of the 17th century are laid out like the pages of a book through the items believe to be either stashed away or discarded under the later floor and over an earlier floor from the original construction of the castle.

Although the idea has not been discussed by the archeologists

Shards of the many items along with other drinking vessels

Bottle extraordinaire Matthew Levanti will assist the Editor with Shards of Wisdom, so send in your news or bottle updates to: Matthew T. Levanti, 5930 Juarez Road. Placerville, California, 95667 m.tigue-levanti@hotmail.com

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working the site, the deposit sounds very much like the contents of a privy. Possibly this tower was once the receptacle for the waste left behind by the gentile class in need of relieving themselves and discarding the refuse from a roaring all-nighter the evening before.

Among the items typically discarded and found in the tower are wine goblets, bottles and a beautiful small phial, all dating from the early 17th through 18th centuries. Several seals have been discovered with the initials “AL” and a date of “1688” pressed into the glass. It is believed the A. L. are the initials of another Adam Loftus, a descendant of the archbishop who built the castle. The amount of artifacts found in the tower has been astounding, a true treasure trove of information. The finds will be preserved and put on display at the castle for all the public to see.

Right: Several seals have been discovered with the initials “AL” and a date of “1688” pressed into the glass Below: The amount of artifacts found in the tower has been astounding, a true treasure trove of information

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Histories Corner In Memory of Dick Watson, FOHBC Historian

The 1st National Antique Bottle & Jar Exposition 1976

The first National Antique Bottle & Jar Exposition was held in 1976 at St. Louis, Missouri. Hal Wagner and Jerry Jones served as Show Chairmen. With 140 displays and 280 sales tables, the floor was filled. Over 4,000 collectors attended the show which makes it still the best attended show in FOHBC history Watch each issue for a new installment of Histories Corner.

NEW BOOK OUT FOR MIDWEST POTTERY COLLECTORS Mark C. Wiseman, who lives in Des Moines, Iowa, has published “A History of the Des Moines Potteries” following months of research and development. The 210-page book also features additional information on potteries of Boonesboro, Carlisle, Hartford and Palmyra, all located in central Iowa.

The softbound book has 65 pages in color and lots of photos of stoneware examples from the area.

Wiseman, longtime member of the Iowa Antique Bottleers, is a member of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. He also is the author of “A History of the Moingona Potteries,” and “A History of the Eldora Potteries.”

He said the Des Moines books cost $27 plus shipping. The charge for flat rate priority mail is $6 (for a total of $33), the media mail charge is $4.50 (for a total of $31.50).

Books can be ordered from the author, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50310-4557.

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FOHBC News From & For Our Members Stolen Cat in the Tundra

Ferd, I saw my letter in the last issue of Bottles and Extras.

Sounds interesting helping with FOHBC National Show security.

I’ve thought of ideas already. Will consult with a friend who is in the casino security business. I’m sure he will have ideas, too. Off to Vegas Tuesday, then to California (big car show), then back to Vegas for the Superbowl Casino Chip Show.

Can’t wait to dig again and should when I get back as I am working with a guy doing demolition on real old houses here and he might scoop out some earth with his huge excavator, getting through the frozen tundra for me. Our little Outhouse Patrol mini excavator was stolen Christmas eve. Had some clues but nothing showing. I’m looking and the police are, too. Hopefully the crooks will get pulled over with my stolen trailer. I’m going crazy trying to find it. Hard to find these little ones which are enclosed like this. Here is a picture of Sapphire as Reggie named her. It is a Bobcat 320. Happy New Year.

ful evening. The typical setting is a lighted display case and a panel of three judges who have some experience with the chosen category. I suggest picking a diverse panel of judges for each category, which makes it more exciting. This means finding a few seasoned collectors and a few who just have a little experience with the category. For each category it is common to change up the panel of judges.

If you have the technological means, getting a video camera and projector to highlight the bottles individually works great. If not, the lighted cabinet will do just fine. I find that the viewers of the event like to be engaged and see the bottles up close. I like the method of roping off a table so that people can see them, but not handle them. When the shootout starts, a handler can move the bottles in the category at hand to the lighted cabinet. It is best to request the viewers to remain seated so everyone can see.

There is some liability to an event like this as the shootouts often contain high caliber bottles of great value. Just a word of caution so that your club is covered against any liability. If you have any specific questions or would like to talk, e-mail me or give me a call.

Very Best Regards, Matt Lacy, FOHBC Midwest Region Director

Frederick V. Rushton’s Cod Liver Oil

Thanks, James (Campiglia)

Bottle Shootout Question Hi. Matt, thanks for the attached letter that was forwarded to me from the Kansas Territory Antique Bottle and Postcard Club.

We have discussed having a “bottle shootout” competition this year at our April show and sale. Do you have any information or guidelines regarding having a “shootout?” I made the suggestion to the club and of course was nominated to look into it and administer it. I have read articles about this at the Federation show and other large shows but have not witnessed it. Any input would be appreciated.

Mark Law, KTABPCC [Matt Lacy] Hi, Mark, thanks for your reply. I would be glad to assist in seeing that the bottle shootout event comes together. I have attended a few of them now and they make for a very event-

Ferdinand, I am very appreciative and impressed with the feedback on my question regarding the F. V. Rushton / Cod Liver Oil / New York bottle that I recently acquired at a Civil War show in Nashville, Tenn. (Editor’s Note: You can read about it on the FOHBC web site).

I just received the January-February 2015 edition of Bottles and

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Extras and was reminded of how much time must be required of you and your team. Being a Civil War collector in central Kentucky, I especially appreciated the article about the Sunny Side Saloon in Lebanon, Kentucky by Jack Sullivan, which sits on the battlefield of onfederate avalry eneral ohn Hunt organ in 1863, where his 19-year-old brother, Lt. Thomas Morgan, was killed leading a charge against the Federal garrison. I had visited that site and put my hands on the bricks of the saloon about a year ago.

Having only become aware of the FOHBC since attending the National Show in Lexington, Ky., in August 2014, I cannot express enough compliments to all your staff and authors of historical bottle articles. I am already calendaring more bottle shows, more antique shops, more ea markets in to see more and to learn more. It’s truly awesome how bottle collectors are tied together on a national scale thanks to the FOHBC. Very Sincerely Ken Darnell Mt. Sterling, Ky.

Question about a swirled bottle Dear Ferdinand, you have a very enchanting website, even for non-bottle-collector. I am writing for I wonder if someone could help me with a bottle. The bottle is a recent acquisition from an old house clearance through simply liking it. It initially was picked up from Wimbledon boot fair in London, which is a second-hand/house-clearance kind of early morning market. One of the house clearance stalls had emptied an old, large London town house as they often do and the bottle was among its contents.

It’s one of those markets where you never know what you’re going to find. I have attached some pictures and it measures almost 30 cm in height, approximately 3.8 cm in diameter at its top and . cm at its base. I have tried to find a swirled bottle in a similar shape but come to find nothing. It would be lovely to hear something about it, if anything is known.

Kind Regards, Scarlett [Tom Lines] It is called a pillar mold. Early Pittsburgh factories made it as well as some English factories. I have this same form in yellow, cobalt and light yellowish green. I haven’t seen amber before. Nice bottle!

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More on PDF Cincinnati Hi Martin, this is Jerry Stehlin. I am an avid collector for over 50 year but just recently joined the FOHBC. I collect mainly Cincinnati soda and mineral waters and stoneware. Over the years, I have amassed an almost complete collection of Cincinnati squat blobs. Recently, I read the article about The Post Civil War ottlers of es oines by ark iseman. I saw the H I & BR., DES MOINES opp. PDF CINCINNATI example. PDF stands for Peter D. Ferguson.

Now I need one more, but I guess the chance on getting one of these is going go be tough. I sent three photos of my two PDF iron pontiled bottles. 1- PDF CINCINNATI dark aqua/green, 2PDH in ghost letters behind PDF A MEXICAN OFF WITH HIS H opp.

T T plain aqua.

This is a rare mold circa 1850s. So I think the Mark Wiseman article stating the marking on the back PDF CINCINNATI is not a glass house, (but) maybe their water. I wanted to e-mail Mark but didn’t see his e-mail. Hope you would pass this on to him - Jerry [Editor Note] Read Mark Wiseman PDF Cincinnati follow-up article this issue.

The extremely rare Dr. M. Bloch’s German Bitters Ferd, here is the story on this extremely rare bitters. As you can see it is a r.

H ITT . It was listed on eBay about three weeks ago. The top is half missing, plus the bottom corner on the label side. The gentleman that I purchased it from was from California. He had it for about 25 years. He use to hunt for Civil War campsites in the southern states. He found what he believes was a brigade campsite in Mississippi because of its size. In the dump area, they found two of these Dr. M BLOCHS Bitters. One was whole and the one pictured broken.

He has never seen any more surface.

I do not find any listing for one. I purchased it even though it was broken and heavily stained. I took a chance and tumbled it and this is the result. I use to see this advertisement in Antique Bottle lass ollector maga ine where this fellow advertised for “Broken Back Bitters,” but let this one go by. I am glad he did. I like it broken and all. I know you would appreciate seeing it. Best Regards, ary eatty

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years on the decorative, antique and fine arts. ur latest book is “Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900 And the Families That Owned them.”

Ferdinand, as a the show chairman of the Flint Antique Bottle Club for the past 15 years, I read with great interest the second paragraph on page three. I, too, have run across a number of dealers who feel like they want to get in, sell and get out. Seems a though they have lost the spirit of a true show. The biggest complaint I hear is they want to come in later and leave earlier. I have held the line on the times at our local show and our attendance has held up well over the years.

Just wanted to let you know I am 100 percent in agreement with you on the national show being an Expo style show of three days each year and fully believe that it will help improve the attendance problems that have occurred in the off years. Although my health has kept me from attending the national shows the past few years, I will definitely consider attending in the future if I possible can. Keep up the good work and have a great New Year.

Tim Buda FOHBC life member

Regarding Red Wing Pottery We took a hunting trip to Wyoming with my nephew and a few other friends in October 2014. We were out hunting from our 4-wheelers and stopped by an old abandoned steel bridge on the river which has its approaches reinforced with cars from the 1930s and late 1940s. A fellow hunting friends spotted an old Plymouth and wanted the hood ornament. I told him to pull up on the hood while I untangled it from other car parts. I thought I should check underneath for snakes and other critters before sticking my hands under the hood. I looked down under the hood and to my surprise, there was a crock laying over on its side and slightly buried in the dirt. I quickly pulled it from its grave and spotted the stenciling on the sides and to my disbelief it was a Red Wing water cooler.

After getting home, I went online to research the age, etc. of the crock. A few days later, my Bottles and Extras magazine arrived and lo and behold, there is a story on the Red Wing Company with pictures showing similar coolers as the one I had found.

Very nice and informative article and the collection the owners of the Red Wing wares put in the museum was outstanding. The cooler is not mint but in good enough shape for my lection of similar crocks.

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Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900: And the Families that Owned Them Dear Ferdinand: My name is Sean, and I’m writing from art book publisher Antique Collector’s Club. I don’t know how familiar you are with us, but we have been publishing extensively for 50

iven your background, I wanted to suggest this title to you and FOHBC. The book comes in a slipcase and is separated into three volumes. We’re offering a generous discount at the moment to institutions. Needless to say, we’re very proud of this one. As a follow up, I will also be sending a “we transfer” link that contains a pdf bald of the book. That should give a pretty good idea of what the book is about. Let me know of any questions. I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely, Sean Nam ACC Distribution 6 West 18th Street 4B New York, New York 10011

Original Bottles and Extras Hand Drawn Logo Hey, erd, it s cott. uess what I found I found the original Kitty Roach hand drawn “contents” page, and the original Bottles and Extras hand drawn title logo. Both are too precious to risk mailing, but I’ll try to get you some really crisp copies, if you want. ours cott

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Memphis, Yellow Fever and “The Great Bottle Treasure Map of 1880 Dear Mr. Meyer: My name is S. Wright Kennedy, and I am a third-year history h student at ice niversity. I came across your blog post entitled “Memphis, Yellow Fever and “The Great Bottle Treasure Map of 1880” and decided to send you an e-mail. We are both looking for the Sanitary Survey results.

In my master’s thesis I studied the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Memphis and located the origins of the disease in the city, using geographic information systems and some of my rough maps of Memphis: http://swrightkennedy.com/maps/. While working on

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While I could not rigorously pursue the results of the sanitary survey for my master’s thesis (time and funding would not permit it), I am now beginning my dissertation and would like to do a full archival search for the survey results. This would be a great source for mapping the mortality and sanitary environment along with studying the efficacy of the public health implementations in ilded ge emphis.

Have you had any luck in finding the sanitary survey results since your April 12, 2013 blog post? I noticed on your website that currently you are living in Houston; I live here, too. Would you be willing to meet with me to discuss the Sanitary Survey and Memphis more generally? Thank you for your time.

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inches wide. It has many bubbles and a few “pebbles” and ripples with an open pontil mark. There are no stains or scratches that I can tell from a novice point of view. The bottle looks to be in perfect condition as if it was kept in an attic. I have young kids (hockey players!), so for now I am keeping it in a safe place not on display!

I wanted to share this find with you since you are very knowledgeable on this subject. Any information or comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Amy [From early American glass authority Stephen Atkinson] It looks good, erdinand, definitely outh ersey, colonial. If it isn t istarburgh to , it is lassboro tanger s works to 1784. Tell Amy congratulations.

More on Dr. Carey Mr. Meyer, I am writing to you about your Dr. Carey article.

[FM5] After a conversation, Mr. Kennedy was connected with Reginald Shoeman who authored Memphis, Yellow Fever and The reat ottle Treasure ap of on eachridge lass.

A South Jersey Find Hello. I have been doing some research on a bottle I own. I came across your name online and thought I would contact you. I think I may have a rare piece of early American history and I am excited as well as amazed by it. I am from Rochester, N.Y., and found this bottle at a thrift shop. I am not a seller, but I am a lover of a variety of antiques and hold on to most of my finds.

This week I saw that Terry McMurray’s son had posted some Dr. Carey photos on Facebook. Today, I called Terry about some collecting issues and asked him if he or his son had ever done any research on the life and times of Dr. Carey. Terry referred me to your site and article. I am a veterinarian by profession. I have been collecting veterinary patent medicines and related advertising since 1981. I have been publishing a newsletter, “Veterinary Collectibles Roundtable” for over 20 years. During this time, I have researched and written about almost all the major veterinary patent medicine companies. Several years ago, a few of my articles were published in the FOHBC’s magazine. I am also a member of the Federation.

I am attaching pictures of this bottle. The bottle is huge, I have not seen anything this large online. The dimensions are approximately 20 inches tall (to be more exact more like 19 3/4 inches).

From the front it is about 11 inches wide, from the side about 8

r. areys . . . . also named HIT for the Horse and reat Eastern Liniment,” has always been of interest to and collected by veterinary collectors. I have never been able to obtain enough information on him to write an article myself, so I was very excited to read the information you documented in your article. I am writing to ask your permission to reprint some of your article and a few of your illustrations, as they relate to Dr. Carey’s life,

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company history timeline, and his veterinary remedies. I would give you full credit in my newsletter.

Please visit my website: www.veterinarycolliectibles.com to view some of my past articles. As further references to my effort in documenting veterinary history, please contact Terry McMurray or Dr. John Wolf. Please contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from you at your convenience.

Mike Smith, DVM [Ferdinand Meyer] Michael: First of all, I am very aware of who you are as I have been scanning past issues of Bottles and Extras and came across your many articles which I thought were excellent. You certainly can reprint anything of mine or use the material. We also welcome any of your articles for publication in ottles and xtras. ice to finally make a connection erdinand

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say, he handled some fabulous items. Also a car collector, after his house burned he lost much of his interest in bottles. His son, Frank Ritz, jr., is still an active collector whom you probably know. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pressdemocrat/obituary.aspx?pid=173422050 ric

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Garden City Brewery in Chicago Hi, Ferdinand. Attached is an image of a recent addition to my brewery/saloon/drinking scene photo collection. The condition of this original photo is not as good as I would have preferred, but where can one find another This image was taken beside the arden ity rewery in hicago. The concern was established in 1902 and closed during Prohibition in 1925. It was revived after Repeal and operated from 1933-1951.

Hi, Ferd: As you know, the National Association of Milk Bottle ollectors joined as an affiliate club last year. ur president is not so sure about renewing, now that the magazine is no longer a benefit of affiliate membership, according to a letter he received. I personally think the benefits of membership are in relation to the cost, even without the magazine. However, both the recent issue of the magazine and the website still include the maga ine as a benefit of affiliate membership. o is the maga ine included or not? Thanks much, and hope to see you in Baltimore!

Trish Manfredi Treasurer, National Association of Milk Bottle Collectors [Ferdinand Meyer] Trish: We are proud to be associated with the NAMBC. Both the FOHBC and the NAMBC should be members of each other for support. I used to see so many cool milk bottles at my fathers DELMARVA bottle show in Delaware. I personally have paved the way and designed the last couple of milk bottle articles in Bottles and Extras such as A Dairy to Excel - X.L. airy by en orrill emembering The urdue niversity Creamery by J.L. Albright and John Clelan, and War Slogan Milk Bottles - Featuring the Collection of Paul Irby by Alan DeMaison. Our relationship is so important!

It was an oversight to still have the magazine noted as a benefit. e have fixed it in the next issue. e were hearing from a number of individuals that the reason they were not joining the FOHBC was that they would pass the club magazine around. This certainly does not seem to support the hard work of our organization to grow and respect our authors and advertisers. I will deal with this in depth in the next issue of Member News. Always nice to hear from you and Peter. See you in Baltimore!

Frank (Doc) Ritz Ferd, below is a link to an obituary for Frank Ritz. Doc Ritz was a major force in the bottle collecting world during the 1970s, especially in the West Coast. If anything good was dug he would buy it for more than anyone else was willing to pay. Needless to

A close-up examination reveals the bottles on the table at front and center are labeled “Vita Malt,” “Daisy,” and “Export.” There are etched beer glasses on the table as well, and some of those same glasses are in the hands of the fellows in the top row.

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Jim Healy - A man saving history one piece at a time Martin,:The Jim Healy article was great! His work is amazing! I have a couple of New Orleans dug pieces in need of restoration.

Can you give me his phone number? I’m sure there is a waiting line but I’d like to give it a try! an riffis FOHBC member

A Christmas Gift for Matthew Steven, Eileen and I meant to ask you at the party about a good cSteven, Eileen and I meant to ask you at the party about a good collector-related Christmas gift for Matthew. We thought it would be fun to get him something to encourage his collecting, or maybe something for his collection. I know it’s kind of an open-ended questions; but any ideas on something we could do for Matthew for Christmas. Is there a magazine or something like that. I don’t

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So, any thoughts? Thanks.... Rob [Steven R. Libbey] Hi, Rob, You guys driving him all over town to privy dig or scuba dive or to bottle events is like a mini lotto win for Mathew all the time. He is a lucky kid.

Mathew has mentioned a number of times that he is liking stoneware right now. I may have some bottles and a couple of crocks in my resale lot that you can buy at a deal. I have to look. I am happy to throw something from me or the club in too if you are willing to put it under the tree. If it is up to me I wouldn’t get him any beat down stuff because he will eventually just want to replace it or his interest will refocus.

There is the Federation Of Historic Bottle Collectors (FOHBC).

They send out a 72-page, plus covers, bi-monthy magazine called Bottles and Extras. It is what I am pushing Mathew to write an article about the club dig for. Really, it would be nice for our club but it would be very cool to have him published there. Kids have neat perspectives on things and there are not a lot of them his age out there who have had the experience who can easily write the story as they see it like Mathew. The Federation magazine has a lot of general collecting and specific national information that will help Mathew satisfy the craving for information. Membership for a year is $30 and for three years is $75. I am not even sure how they can afford to publish the magazine with that membership dues rate. It’s very well done. Two-out-of state Federation members joined our club just to support the hobby.

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(Historical Bottle Diggers of Virginia) issue of the FOHBC January February 2015 and the article I submitted regarding Scuba Diving for Bottles and it looks great! Thank you for your consideration and help with making this happen. The First Aid Rescue Dive Team looks forward to adding it to the library.... Steve Kijak

Richard Siri Show Chair for Sacramento in 2016 The FOHBC Board of Directors unanimously approved Richard Siri as Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention Show Chairman on Thursday, 15 January 2015. Richard had been an ‘acting’ chair coordinating advance efforts. Point persons for tables, displays and seminars have been named. For those who do not know, Richard is a past president of the FOHBC, Hall of Famer, past National Show Co-Chair and bottle collector from Santa Rosa, California.

et me know if you want me to see what I can find for a gift.

Official FOHBC Show Photographer Announced! Mallory Boyle Mallory Boyle, daughter of Jack Hewitt, 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show Co-Chair, has graciously agreed to be our official show photographer. s you might imagine, she has been around bottles most of her life. You can see her work and read about her at this link: http://malloryboyle.wix.com/mhbphotography

Scuba Diving for Bottles Mr. Van Zant, I just had the opportunity to see the bottle clubs

We are getting quite a few requests for tables and information.

Please visit FOHBC.org and click the 2016 FOHBC Sacramento National Bottle Convention image for information. Tables go on sale one week prior to the 2015 Chattanooga National Show in early August. Hotel room reservations are open now. Again see web site.

A DeGurley’s Herb Bitters bottle

I was trying to research a bottle I wish to sell and found your website go to peachridgeglass.com and search e urley . I would like to contact John Panella or any other collectors of Deurley s itters bottles. The bottle my family has is a e urley s Herb Bitters bottle. It was found on property we once owned in West Virginia. It appears to be a dark brown in color (would guess it’s dark amber) and is intact and in great shape except for a small chip (hole) in one of the bottom corners. I have enclosed two pictures of it, and can send you more if you are interested. ne side says e urley s Herb itters , one side has anufactured Baltimore MD” one side has windows on it and one side is plain. Any help would be appreciated. - Robert

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I Can’t Believe my Mom Dressed me in Yellow! ood fternoon erdinand, Having been in the printing business for over 30 years, I also appreciate color and organization. I’ve run presses and operated binderies and I know how hard it is to reproduce the subtle colors of glassware, starting from the lighting and the camera - then to prepress, and on to the presses. The skill of the pressman to control the color and then to the bindery technicians to cut, fold, stitch and final trim the maga ine for mailing is what determines the quality of the product. I don’t know if you’ve ever visited a printing company and taken a tour of how this is all done, but it is an eye-opener. Although, today, most every part of this operation is computer controlled, it still takes skilled people to produce a great looking magazine. And ours is! (I’m impressed that you are still using such heavy stock. Most magazines have gone to much lighter weights to save paper and mailing costs.) s far as the logos are concerned In roup , I would vote for oncept , because of the color. reat color is a big percentage of the hobby In roup , it would be oncept , because it frames the subject with large, easy to read type. The small squares in the corners hold the type together without being distractive and the duotone horse and rider don’t overpower the colorful bottles. In roup , through , I don t particularly like any of them. The dome and the bottles just don’t blend together at all. roup , oncept pictured below is my IT display. The colors of the state seal blend perfectly with the colorful bottles. I just don’t like the typeface of the N.A.B.C. line or the color of the “2016 SACRAMENTO” lines. The blue doesn’t stand out enough. How about pulling a brownish tint out of the seal for this type, or a green from the bottles? The N.A.B.C. line would look better to me if was an antique font, taller and skinnier, maybe like Concept D.

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youthful looks forever, I would like to see a currant picture of our President on page 3. If I, and other newcomers to the club, were seeking you out by your picture in the magazine, they would never find you. I d like to see a more recent, residential, picture.

Thank you for letting me share my opinions with you. I hope I didn’t offend.

Paul Dubay Poland, Maine [Ferdinand] Paul: So nice to hear from you. I know exactly who you are, and I remember meeting you and our picture together.

Being in the design business I certainly have been in many small and large print shops. Was fascinated early on watching one of my client’s brochures that I had designed being prepped and run through a Heidelberg Press. Kind of like a great steam locomotive. reat comments on the logo. ery constructive and professional. Chuckled when I read what you said about my picture. I told my wife and she said he never liked it herself an I use this picture? I can’t believe my mom dressed me in yellow!

Anyway, please write to me anytime. I sure hope to see you in Chattanooga though a lot of miles to get there too. I hope to put your comments in the magazine if you allow? The March April issue has already been designed though. Have a nice weekend and thank you for taking the time to comment.

FOHBC News - From & For Our Members Did you receive many Christmas (or if you prefer, Holiday) gifts for the Virtual Museum? If more people don’t step up to the plate, I’m going to have to resort to making another donation to get you over the halfway point.

Ferdinand, we met at the Kentucky show (I was the guy that won the door prize at the “Run for the Roses”. It was actually my wife’s ticket that won). Although we all would prefer to keep our

The editors of Bottles and Extras and the FOHBC Board of Directors want to encourage your questions and comments. Please send us a note, question or comment. We want to hear from you!

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WANTED: Articles for upcoming issues of our stellar Bottles and Extras.

Our editor, staff and designers eagerly await to help you in any possible way.

Tell us about your collection or someone else’s. Tell us your digging and picking story. rite a fictional bottle story. Tell us about an area of antique bottle and glass collecting. Tell us the story behind one of the merchants who sold your bottles or about a glass factory. Write an auction or show report. Tell us about a club outing. Really, the sky is the limit. Don’t be shy. Young or old, new to the hobby or a veteran, please step forward.

Thank You! To submit a Story, Send a Letter to the Editor, or have Comments and Concerns about Bottles and Extras, please contact the Editor, Martin Van Zant. mdvanzant@yahoo.com

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byby BillBill Baab Baab Mike Newman from Martinez Georgia Mike Newman shown here proudly holds a clay dug pot hejug dug. This is holding a freshly not the real caption

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uring the winter of 1967-68, I was among a group of waterfowl hunters and outdoor writers invited to participate on a duck hunt on Georgia’s Cumberland Island. Rick Ferguson, who was related to the Andrew Carnegie family and who owned Greyfield Inn on the privately owned island, wanted to conduct waterfowl hunts and needed some press.

“Bluebird days,” meaning bright blue skies and temperatures in the 70s, greeted the group, who knew few ducks would be flying. So Ferguson gave us a tour of the island and we saw the ruins of Dungeness, a home replicating the Carnegie mansion in Scotland, which had burned a dozen years before our arrival.

On a side yard, we spotted dozens of round-bottomed bottles and Ferguson told us to pick up a few as souvenirs of our visit. Curious as to why the bottles were designed that way, I stuffed two into my jacket’s game pouch. When I returned to Augusta, I researched the bottles and learned about the bottlecollecting hobby in which I’ve been involved ever since.

Cumberland Island has since become a national seashore under the protection of the National Park Service. The public can go onto the island, but not dig for bottles.

Fast forward into the 1970s. I discovered Augusta’s Robert Portner Beer Depot under which I and friends found dozens of John Ryan and local sodas (E. Sheehan, Clinton Bottling Works) and beers (Augusta Brewing Company), as well as aqua and amber blob top beers shipped by the railroad carload from the Alexandria, Va., Portner brewery.

Meanwhile, a lot several acres in size adjacent to the Augusta Mill Supply Co., on New Savannah Road was cleared by bulldozer and hundreds of bottles popped onto the surface. A Realtor friend, knowing my interest in collecting bottles, gained permission from the landowner so that I and fellow members of the Georgia-Carolina Empty Bottle Club were able to shovel-dig the lot. This also took place in the Seventies through the mid Eighties.

More than 80 different embossed Augusta drug store bottles were excavated, helping form the foundations of several collections.

Meanwhile, a feature story, “Digging Up Savannah,” about the adventures of city residents Mastapoulos brothers, was published in the Atlanta Journal-

Tom and Mabel hicks are collectors turned dealers; here they are at the 2009 Atlanta show. (Bill Baab Photo)

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Constitution Sunday magazine and attracted the attention of Tom Hicks, of Eatonton, Ga. “I didn’t have much money back then (in the late 1960s), but I thought it was a neat hobby and decided to get involved,” Hicks said during a 2005 interview. Since then, he and his supportive wife, Mabel, have been fixtures at bottle shows all over the country.

He credits pioneer Georgia collector Rick Meyer for being the only person “who truly tried to help me. He was publishing lists of bottles for sale and told me to get what I wanted and pay later, but I never did and wished that I had. I did buy several (John) Ryans from him and remember paying $35 for eagle sodas.” Eagles nowadays cost several hundred dollars.

One of Tom’s favorite memories involved going down into a Savannah privy hole after a backhoe had shaved off the top soil.

“A crowd had gathered ‘round as I pushed my probe into that wall of black dirt. A big chunk fell away and the crowd hollered when they saw the whole wall was blue with John Ryan sodas.

I pulled out a crock bottle and was amazed to see John Ryan’s name debossed on it. There was another next to it. At the time, those were the only Nos. 4 and 5 John Ryan crocks known to exist.”

Tom has always wondered whatever happened to the hundreds of John Ryans dug by the Mastopouloses. His friend, veteran collector Tommy Mitchiner, once estimated that he’d sold “at least 5,000 Ryans” over the years.

Bottles and Extras readers will recall reading about the digging adventures of Bobby Hinely in Savannah and on Hilton Head Island, S.C., in past issues. He got away from the hobby for a few years, but has returned. He attended the FOHBC Manchester, N.H. show last year and was scheduled to be at the Lexington, Ky., show last August.

Hinely described what early digging in Savannah was like during the 1960s in the April 1972 newsletter published by the Southeastern Antique Bottle Club of Atlanta: “The Indian Street area covered four blocks in downtown Savannah just one block from the busy waterfront area. During the 19th century, the street was lined with taverns, saloons and low class hotels which catered to sailors.

“In the early Sixties, the U.S. Post Office Dept., decided to relocate and the Indian Street site was chosen for the new building. The entire area was razed during which several trash dumps were uncovered. When the area was completely cleared for construction to begin, a dispute arose about the chosen site and the property lay undisturbed by progress for almost three years.

Ed Gray shows off small River Swamp Chill & Fever Cure dug in Augusta, 2004. (Bill Baab Photo)

have been found in all of Savannah in the five years since Indian Street was closed to diggers (1967). In a two-day period, the Spell Brothers and the Cowarts dug several hundred Ryan sodas, mostly of the ‘1866’ period. Only two other bottles were found in this particular hole and they were both Savannah bitters.”

There was yet another area on the outskirts of Savannah that quickly caught the attention of bottle collectors. This was the famous Brown Farm, which was a prison farm, and it was also a landfill for more than 100 years. Legend has it that Robert Mitchum, a famous actor, was once incarcerated there.

Longtime collector Rick Meyer, who now resides in Savannah, remembers the Brown Farm. “I was just 18 at the time when I heard from someone that you could pick up 19th century sodas off the top of the ground at the farm. The place was wooded and overgrown, but it was easy to pick up James Ray and Herman Winters sodas and round-bottomed ginger ales,” he said.

“Word of the bottles found spread among the small group of collectors in town. Carroll Spell, Charles Cowart and myself decided to give Indian Street a try. The first bottles I dug were green John Ryan sodas.

“No crown tops, no screw caps (with the exception of Mockingbird Food jars), lots of crocks, ginger beers, torpedo sodas and dose bottles were found there. I’d go to the Brown Farm because it was a place of quick rewards, but I should have gone to Indian Street,” Meyer said ruefully. “The bottle layer at the farm was six feet down so we had to move a lot of dirt.”

“It is a fact that more John Ryan sodas were dug on this site than

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Super-rare amber John Ryan round-bottom ginger ale now in Charles Matzen collection in Savannah, Ga. (Bill Baab photo)

Youmans who became nationally famous for his knowledge of Savannah’s 19th century soda water industry.

“I was intrigued by the Savannah sodas and had never seen an 1852 bottle put out by John Ryan. I guess I had 300 of the better Savannah bottles at any one time,” he said during a 2001 interview at his home and bottle shop in Soperton, Ga., north of Savannah. He put together a collection of John Ryan’s bottles and exhibited at the FOHBC Expo in Toledo, Ohio in 1992 and later at bottle shows in Baltimore, Deland, Fla., and Knoxville, Tenn.

Youmans once placed seven John Ryan Ginger Ales on shelves adjacent to a tall china cabinet, “having promised a friend in Atlanta to sell him the collection for $4,500.”

He was awoken early one January day by the horrible sound of glass shattering on the dining room’s tile floor. He hadn’t given a thought to the presence of his daughter’s cat, called Cloyster.

It liked to focus its off-colored eyes – one was blue, the other green – on high places.

“The cat was apparently trying to jump from the window sill over the microwave oven, then to the white shelves where the bottles were sitting, to reach the top of the china cabinet,” Youmans determined. “She knocked off the best two Ryans (one was green, the other chartreuse) and left the cheaper ones, which I let my friend have for $2,500. That cat cost me $2,000!”

Following the “CATastrophe,” Cloyster was excommunicated from her home and now (presumably) happily resides in a Soperton nursing home where everybody loves her.

“They may love her, but they don’t have any $1,000 bottles to break!” Youmans growled.

However, there was a brighter side to this story: “I’d put an attic-mint John Ryan / 1867 / Atlanta, Ga., cobalt soda and a honey amber John Ryan round-bottom ginger ale inside the china cabinet. Had she broken those, I probably would have wanted to send her to a much higher place – Pussy Cat Heaven – than that cabinet!”

Later, he sold the Atlanta Ryan for nearly $10,000 and the amber round-bottom (one of two or three known at the time) for $6,500 before his death on Sept. 30, 2002, at age 67.

Among the early Atlanta area collectors was Ed Gray, of Marietta. He remembers metal detecting for Civil War relics as the Port Royal golf course was being constructed on Hilton Head Island.

“I started bottle collecting in 1967-68. As a relic hunter, I kept finding old bottles. Some of us would go onto the golf course after dark, stay off the greens and work the rough. I remember the first bottle I found was an Atwood’s Jaundice Bitters. It was laying on top of a mini ball that had signaled to my metal detector.”

Gray was president of the Southeastern Bottle Club in Atlanta when he discovered Maddox Park in 1971. Actually, a telephone company repairman found it and alerted Ed. Bobby Hinely was among the park’s first diggers. He and John Joiner dug a test pit at the dump about 1971 and John found an Atlanta Hutchinson.

“The depth of the sloping dump was never reached. The fill consisted of mostly cinders from fireplaces and furnaces and the bottles and jugs would run thick and thin,” Hinely said.

“Maddox Park was listed in the City of Atlanta Expenditures for 1889 that indicated the land three miles west of Atlanta between the old Mayson and Turners Ferry roads was to be used as a landfill,” Hinely recalled. “It had become a public park named after Gov. Lester Maddox.”

Gray phoned the park superintendent and got permission to dig for a year, promising to level it off and re-seed it. “I don’t know what happened, but that year quickly expanded into two and I think it was still being dug 20 years later.”

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You had to be a club member to dig and our membership went through the roof!”

The park was shovel-dug for awhile until someone got the bright idea of bringing in a backhoe with front end loader.

Diggers were charged $15 each and the backhoe would quickly scoop out a trench of fill to reach the bottle layer. After a day’s dig, the backhoe operator used the front end loader to fill the holes, saving diggers hours of back-breaking work.

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Most of the bottles and jugs were from the 1890s, but some from earlier times were found, leading Hinely to think someone had cleaned out a basement or shed where those artifacts had been stored for 20 or 30 years and threw them into the trash that was hauled to the dump.

Among the finds were two 1867 Atlanta John Ryan cobalt sodas, an amber square Life Everlasting Bitters from Atlanta, a pontiled Price’s Patent Candle Co., 16 different Atlanta Hutchinsons, a Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla, a few 1870s colored Atlanta sodas and a remarkable number of jugs, some salt-glazed, some signed by potters, and several R.M. Rose (with stenciled rose) Distillers jugs from Atlanta.

The dump was closed to diggers in 1972, the land restored, but even today some diggers are risking arrest for trespass by sneaking in.

Hinely has a question: “Where was the sanitary landfill located prior to the 1889 dump?”

If anyone has found it, they are keeping mum.

Other well-known Georgia collectors include Bill Wrenn, of Watkinsville; Mark Williams and Jeff Weinberg, both of Athens; Mike Newman and Walter Smith, Augusta; Jack Hewitt, Lawrenceville, and John Joiner, Newnan..

A wall in Bill Wrenn’s Watkinsville, Georgia home contains a mixture of merchants’ jugs, mini jugs and Georgia flasks. (Bill Baab photo)

Wrenn has probably the best collection of mini jugs in the state, many of which were manufactured by the Bauer Pottery in Paducah, Ky. Merchants’ jugs and Georgia whiskey flasks are other parts of his vast collection. He also lucked up on getting an Anna Pottery pig.

If it’s got Bludwine on it, it’s probably in Williams’ super collection. Henry C. Anderson founded the company in the spring of 1906, according to Wikipedia, in his hometown of Athens, Georgia.

Legend has it that its name was later changed to Budwine at the insistence of the U.S. Government, whose spokesman said the original name “sounded too much like medicine.” Truth is, the name change came in 1921 when Athens ice cream parlor owner Joseph Costas was the chief operating officer of the company. A company statement said the drink could not be improved, but that wasn’t true of its name.

Mark Williams, Athens, Georgia, shows off just a part of his vast Bludwine (Budwine) collection.

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locations in Georgia until the mid 1990s when production stopped for various reasons.

Weinberg has put together a super collection of straight-sided script Georgia Coca-Colas, including a number of bottles from rare small towns. He also picks up items not related to his major collecting interest, such as a rare glass Bludwine syrup jug. As noted, the drink originated in his home town.

Mike Newman started collecting in 1981, which his wife, Julie, likes to remind people “was just after we got married. My father owned a furniture store at the time and I had worked there as warehouse manager since my graduation from the University of Georgia in June, 1980. We had recently hired a guy my age named Keith MacNeil as a furniture delivery guy.

“He and his brother-in-law, Jim Parkerson, had become interested in bottle collecting and would meet after work to search along Goodrich Street. The city was dumping out there at the time and tearing through ‘old’ refuse primarily from the 1940s through the 1960s. However, the equipment would occasionally turn up something from much earlier. After I showed an interest, they asked me to join them on these late afternoon excursions.

“I began bringing home many pure junk bottles covered with tar and creosote and Julie wasn’t very amused. But, I did eventually stumble across an Augusta Brewing Co., mug base Hutchinson beer. I later heard about the mill supply dump and started digging there. A collector named Tim Danforth showed up one day and invited me to his home to see his collection. It was there I fell in love with colored sodas and purchased my first few examples. One was a very rare ‘donut lip’ green John Ryan that I later discovered had a ground-down blob top.

Straight-sided Coca-Cola specialist Jeff Weinberg, Athens, Georgia, displays rare Bludwine syrup jug. (Bill Baab photo)

Augusta’s Walter smith (holding an amber LAND drug store bottle) has been a serious bottle collector since 1968. (Bea Baab photo)

“Tim took me down to Gordon, Ga., where I met Tommy Mitchiner and I soon was buying sodas while developing a long friendship. I soon met Bill Baab and was invited to see his awesome Augusta collection and remember he gave me a Clinton Bottling Works blob top soda.”

Newman went on to establish an awesome Augusta antique bottle collection on his own and later put together a world-class historical flask collection.

“My bottle collecting days didn’t start in Georgia until 1977,”

recalls Jack Hewitt. “That is when we moved to Atlanta from Louisville, Ky. My Dad, John Hewitt, started bottle digging in 1966 when we lived in Jacksonville, Fla. There was an article in that city’s newspaper about people digging up old bottles during renovation of the Gator Bowl. The arena set on top of the old Jacksonville dump.

“My older brother, Johnny, talked my Dad into going down and trying to find some. They went down a dug up a bushel basket full of bottles and my Dad was hooked. He learned there was a

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bottle club in Jacksonville and joined it. Not long after that, the club decided to have a bottle show and he became the first show chairman.

“Every year after that, until we moved to Louisville, we attended the Jacksonville show and many others. The bottles he’d found earlier sparked an interest in other bottle go-withs, including pottery and advertising, and eventually he started collecting and deal in in general antiques. But his first love was bottles.

“In 1977, Chevron transferred our family to Atlanta. My Dad was from Jesup, Ga., and Mom was from Alma, Ga., so we weren’t far from our parents’ homes. We became active in the Southeastern Bottle Club in Atlanta. The next year, Dad took over the chairman’s job for the annual club show, a position he held until his death in 1987.

“He was attending a show in Nashville, Tenn., when he had a heart attack and died during the show. I used to joke with my Mom years afterward that the only thing I inherited from him was the show chairmanship.

Joiner started collecting bottles after reading the Savannah digging article published by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution of Nov. 6, 1966. “It stated that sodas were selling for $25 and I remembered seeing one in a local shop for $5,” he said. “I headed right down there and bought it.

“A few months later when I went to Savannah about selling it, I found that the aqua James Ray sodas were so common, they were selling for 50 cents apiece.

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meeting. That is where I met Bobby Hinely, Hopkins Kidd and about 20 other people. The club was organized and its first bottle show was held the next year. Even our governor, Lester Maddox, came to that one.

“In the late 1970s, I was restoring an old house and sold my bottles to help pay for it. I “flew” out of that hobby and into collecting commercial airline items since I worked for Delta. I collected for about 20 years, doing shows across the country and co-chairing local shows.

“In 1994, I was chairman in Atlanta for the largest international show ever held – with 400 tables, flights on a DC-3 and airport tours.

“About 12 years ago, I decided to get back into bottles and Southern pottery. I began helping Jack Hewitt with the Atlanta bottle show.

My wife, Wanda, and I collect chestnut flasks and Edgefield District (S.C.) Pottery.

Walter Smith, 70, was bitten by the collecting bug when 7 or 8 years old. The Augusta native became a serious antique bottle collector in 1968. He met a number of like-minded folks including Joe and Jeannette Garrison, Charles King, Charlie Nicholson (who was a picker for pottery authority Georgeanna Greer), Maxey Tarpley and O’Neal “Boogie” Yonce.

He later decided to collect anything and everything Augusta, including memorabilia from the World War I era Army base Camp Hancock (“I’ve got a ton of stuff”) and, of course, bottles.

“Augusta’s history has always inspired me,” he said.

He became close with salvage companies and through them, gained access to 19th century Augusta buildings slated for demolition. In return, he showed them how to remove valuable mantles and other fixtures and weaned them away from the “bulldoze everything” mentality.

Among his collecting highlights is the trip into a 19th century downtown building that had housed Tucker & Perkins Photographers. The building had an elevator shaft with a door on the top floor. He and Tarpley, with the help of a ladder, soon found their way into a room that was packed with case after case of cobalt, open-pontiled bottles with labels containing photographic solutions. Among the finds in the “loaded” room were early photos and other, related stuff.

He and a friend also explored the basement of the Edward Sheehan Excelsior Bottling Works on Augusta’s main drag, Broad Street. They found northern blob top sodas as well as E. Sheehan bottles from the company that went out of business after the elder Sheehan died in1922.

His Sheehan bottle collection numbers nearly 40 different examples.

Next: The Tommy Mitchiner Story.

Jack Hewitt displays early crock with bird in cobalt slip. (Bill Baab photo)

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“The Post Civil War Bottlers of Des Moines”, “Bottles and Extras, Vol. .”

26 No. 1, January-February 2015”, I describe the “Gehring & Br. Des Moines, PDF Cincinnati” bottle.

The back side “PDF Cincinnati” I postulate to be “(presumably the glass house that made the bottles)”. .”

Cover - Bottles and Extras, Vol. 26 No. 1 January-February 2015

PDF Cincinnati a Theory

by Mark C. Wiseman

PDF Cincinnati

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Mr. Jerry Stehlin, a colletor of Cincinnati soda and mineral water bottles, kindly sent along photos of his two PDF Cincinnati Mr. Jerry Stehlin a colletor of Cincinnati Soda green, and mineral bottles.

One a “PDF Cincinnati” in dark aqua/ with a very water bottles kindly sent along photos of his two PDFbehind) Cincinnati early tapered top, the second a “PDF,” (ghost letters bottles.

One a “PDF Cincinnati” in dark aqua/ green, with a very “A Mexican Off With His Head”, and “Ferguson’s Carbonated early tapered top, the second a “PDF”, (Ghost letters behind) Water,” also with the early tapered top, maybe even cruder. Mr.“A Mexican Off WithPDF His was Head”, and “Ferguson’s Carbonated Stehlin indicated for Peter D. Ferguson.

I was trulyWater”, also with the early tapered top, maybe even cruder.

Mr. Stehexcited there were at least two other “PDF” bottles, and wanted lin indicated PDF was for Peter D. Ferguson.

I was truly excited to know more about them. The Public Library of Cincinnati there were at least two other “PDF” bottles, and wanted to know and Hamilton County just happens to have downloadable City more about them.

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton Directories for Cincinnati from 1818-1941, (Yes they are PDF’s, County, justa happens have downloadable City Directories amazing!), very nicetoweb site.

So I began to search for Peterfor Cincinnati from 1818-1941, (yes they are “PDF’s amazing!), D. Ferguson, first around 1865, the age of my “Gehring & Br.a veryMoines” nice webbottles, site. Sowith I began to searchunder for Peter D. Ferguson, Des no matches Ferguson or under first around , the age of my ehring r. es oines mineral water manufacturers. I realized that the tapered lip was bottles, with noMexican matches War underwas Ferguson mineral water very early, The in 1848,orsounder I jumped back to manufacturers.

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I could not find Mr. Ferguson in earlier directories, he was listed in the 1850-1851 Williams City Directory: “Peter Ferguson, s.s. Pearl b. Race and Elm”, and or “Peter Ferguson, n.s. 5th b. Main and Sycamore”, However Mr. Ferguson was not listed under Mineral Water Manufactures, a different name was at his former address: “Henry Alwes, s.s. Pearl b. Vine and Race” Apparently Mr. Alwes ran this Mineral water Manufacturing business for many years after Peter Ferguson gave it up, because in 1864 “H & J Alwes 127 w 2d” is still listed, but no Peter Ferguson is listed in Cincinnati after 1851. So how do

“Sketches and Statistics of Cincinnati in 1851, by Charles Cist”, that described the Cincinnati bottling works of 1851.

these 1865 and 1849-1850 bottles match Up? A puzzle. I found an interesting article in another book available at the Cincinnati Library’s web site. In “Sketches and Statistics of Cincinnati in 1851, by Charles Cist”, that described the Cincinnati bottling works of 1851.

Then, by chance as I was scouring other years directories and books of the same age for clues I came upon the following Here are the front and back views of these bottles from Mr. Jerry Stehl, “PDF”, (Ghost letters behind) “A Mexican Off With His Head”, and on back “Ferguson’s Carbonated Water”, also with the early tapered top, maybe even more crude , the second a “PDF Cincinnati” in dark aqua/ green, with a very early tapered top.

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Hemingray (Gray H & Bro) res Covington” “Gray A. Hemingray & Bros, res Covington” I’ve not found any proofs but it is reasonable to guess that possibly Mr. Peter D. Ferguson in 1849 contracted the Gray & Hemingray glass company in Cincinnati to make some soda bottles for his use. Then it could be possible that Chas Gehring in 1865, from Des Moines contacted the Hemingray & Brothers Glass Company in Cincinnati, to make him some soda bottles. Then it could be possible that the Hemingray Glass company had an old soda bottle mold laying around, with “PDF Cincinnati” on one side but nothing on the other side, so to save time and money cut “Gehring & Br. Des Moines” on the other side and made him some bottles.

(Besides, Mr. Peter D. Ferguson was long gone from Cincinnati, why should he care, or likely ever know?)

It’s only a theory, what do you think?

1869 Boyd’s Handbook of Cincinnati

advertisement in the “1869 Boyd’s Handbook of Cincinnati” “Hemingray” meant mostly insulators to me, so I checked the other earlier Cincinnati directories to see if they were in business back into the 1850’s. Besides, my “Gehring & Br. Des Moines” bottle and one of Jerry Stehlin’s bottles were a dark aqua/green in color maybe a “green“, Hemingray type color.

The 1864 City Directory listed: “Hemingray Brothers & Co., (Robert H., Samuel J. H., R. Evans, and James L. Foley) manufacturers of Flint and Green Glass: Warehouse 20 E.2d” The 1857 City Directory listed: “Gray, Hemingray & Bros. (R. G., Robert H., Samm. H, & A Gray) manufacturers of Flint Glass Ware, 14 Main. The 1850-1851 City Directory listed: “Robt. Hemingray (Gray H & Bro) res Covington” “Samuel

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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors presents the 2015 National Antique Bottle Show 300 tables at the Chattanooga Convention Center Exhibit Hall Host Hotel: Marriott Chattanooga at the Convention Center, July 31: Banquet and the Battle of Chattanooga competition, August 1: Seminars, Dealer Setup/Early Admission, Live Auction, August 2: General Admission - $5

Contact: Jack Hewitt 770.963.0220 or John Joiner 404-538-6057

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Tim had known about this site for several years and during that time had permission to dig half of the property. It was a three-story Victorian mansion duplex.

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Tim tells me that the other guys (Jim and Luke) will not be able to start the dig until late Saturday afternoon, so Tim and I meet for breakfast and then head over to the site to begin the dig. The privy is directly behind the mansion and is very obvious by the sinking going on in the yard. This privy is one of the larger brick-lined pits that we have dug. After removing the sod, we noticed that it was at least 6 feet across, probably a 4-seater. Of course, the top 10 feet of the privy is loaded with material such as several concrete fence posts, brick patios and boulders, all of which have sunk over the years. Some of the fence posts were 8 feet down. It’s a very hot and humid day and extremely uncomfortable digging.

What is really motivating us is that given the size and superior construction of this home, more than likely the residents had money and that often translates into better bottles to toss out.

We actually find a couple of blown era bottles at the base of the fence posts and brick patios. One was a nice hair/dandruff bottle from Cincinnati. Not too shabby for the first finds.

Slightly sinking privy in front of the air condition

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At that point and still in the 1890s era, we decide to cover it up and head home for the night. We accumulated about 200 bottles, all fairly common with the exception of the fruit jar.

The next day, we again meet for breakfast and Jim finally shows up. What happen yesterday was that he wrote down the wrong address and was cruising around the back alleys of Pittsburgh North Side looking for us. There was this “crazy” lady also walking the alley and since Jim Jim looking for smalls in the barrels.. in the rain!

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kept driving by multiple times while looking for us, this lady thought Jim was a stalker. Apparently there were screams, hollering, frantic movements and Jim needed to leave the area and went home. There’s always a story to tell with all the characters running around that part of town.

We head back to the site but it’s raining hard. Yesterday was so nice that we didn’t bother to cover the cans and mounds of dirt with tarps and everything is sucking up water. This will make the cleanup and dumping of the dirt back into the hole so much harder. Oh well, we all have to stay in our trucks while we wait out the heavy part of the rain. After about an hour, it is still raining but we have to finish the pit today so we put up a couple small sun shades to at least stop some of the rain and proceed to get busy.

After about an hour of digging down on one side and hoping for a change in time period, Tim pulls out a couple of glass house whiskeys from the 1870s. This confirmed that an older layer was near. He finds a really cool cobalt hair bottle (Nuttals Crystal Discovery for the Hair with embossed star) and a few smooth-base sodas. We all get pumped as we are now into the hinge mold era and no telling what may be found. Every bucket now seems to be filled with bottles but as with the upper part of the privy, most of the finds are household bottles with very few medicines or liquor bottles (as compared to the amount of other finds). We are at least finding some good bottles. The better bottles include another Crystal Discovery (minor lip chip), two Mrs. S.A. Allen’s World Hair Restorers (one in yellow and one light orange amber), High Rock Congress Water (with rock and in a nice emerald green), an Aromatic Schnapps in peach amber, a complete large X-Bazin pot lid with nice embossing on the lid and the base, a rare B. Kroll / Bottler /Allegheny City blob top quart beer in amber, two poisons (cobalt lattice and The Pick! Check out all the bottles

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green Lyons powder), and a bunch of other nice finds including an iron pontil medicine (later research indicated it was from Cleveland). We hit bottom at 20 feet.

It never stopped raining that day until late in the afternoon.

This made the fill in a very messy and strenuous job. The cans of dirt were twice as heavy, and, when dumping, the mud can stick to the can and try to pull you into the hole with it. When we got all the cans emptied and the dirt and rocks put back into the hole, we were still very short on fill. When we were four feet from the top of the hole, we installed the steel plates. We had to remove all of the bricks from the walls and install 2 x 6-foot treated lumber. The lumber needed to extend beyond the brick lining. The steel plates were overlapped and installed over the lumber. While Luke and Jim cleaned up, Tim and I drove around the neighborhood looking for fill dirt. We luckily found a spot that had material and we filled about six more garbage cans with dirt. Once all that work was completed, wefilled in the top of the pit with the dirt we found, put the grass back on top and were good to go.

A different angle of some of the bottles we pulled from the privy.

We typically meet after the dig to split up the finds and when we have hundreds of bottles, as in this case, we have a spot well suited for setting the bottles up for picking. Several bottles and pottery were put aside for the owners. Throughout the two days, we documented the dig with movie clips and pictures.

Given that we also found an early pontil nurser bottle, two large douches (I don’t mean Luke or Jim), other hair bottles like 7 Sutherland Sisters and many small hair dyes along with all the other mainly household bottles, this all seemed to indicate that this privy was mainly used by females. Based on the types of bottles found, the family probably had a lot of women. We typically find more soda and medicine bottles.

Considering all of the many ketchup bottles found, you have to wonder whether they were covering up the spoiled meat taste!

All in all we had another very successful dig! A special thanks to the owners for letting our passion continue to live.

Yet another close up, check out the hair bottles.

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- Newsletter Contest

Get more information by contacting Val Berry 518.568.5683 or vgberry10@yahoo.com

- Show Poster / Flyer Contest

Download the applications by visiting FOHBC.org, scroll across the top to “Members”, scroll down to “FOHBC Club Contests” and left click.

- Writer’s Contest - Club Website Contest

All winners and awards will be announced during the banquet at the FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Chattanooga, Tennessee this coming July 31st.

Thanks and Good Luck!

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Bidding Begins: March 9, 2015

Closes: March 18, 2015

Including Early Glass, Historical Flasks, Bitters, Utilities, Whiskeys, Black Glass, Medicines, Sodas and More For more photos and information please visit www.hecklerauction.com

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The Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club will host its 21st Annual

Utica Bottle Show & Sale Sunday May 3, 2015 at the Utica Maennerchor in Marcy, NY (map available at our web site) New location

Show details

Directions from NY Thruway Exit 31

Utica Maennerchor 5535 Flanagan Road Marcy, NY 13403 (2 miles from Thruway)

Show hours: 9 am – 2:30 pm Admission: $3 Dealer tables (6 ft.): $20 Lunch available

From toll plaza, turn right onto N. Genesee Street. nd At 2 light, turn left onto Riverside Drive.

Go 0.1 mile and stay straight to go onto River Road.

Go 1.4 miles and turn right onto Flanagan Road.

Go 0.3 mile until 5535 Flanagan Road is on the left.

For information and dealer contracts: Call Peter Bleiberg at (315) 735-5430 or email pmbleiberg@aol.com or visit www.mohawkvalleybottleclub.com

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he news passed quickly on the internet and by telephone on the last days December. Shock, sadness and memories flooded the airways as news spread on the death of a legend of our hobby, Dick Watson. My wife Elizabeth started crying as she had found this special fondness for Dick as he had for her. I thought our Board meetings would never be the same without this anchor to our hobby.

The purpose of this article is to celebrate Dick’s life from memories submitted from a few of his many friends. Everbody knew Dick.

[Bradley & Stow Funeral Home] CHARLES R. WATSON, of Medford, N.J., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 29th, 2014.

He was 82 yrs. of age. Born in Camden, N.J., he had resided in Medford for the past 56 years, moving there from Runnemede, N.J. He and his late wife, Elma, were avid collectors of historical bottles and other antiques and enjoyed fishing at the Jersey Shore. He was the owner of Charles M. Watson Co. in Philadelphia, Pa., a family-owned electrical contracting business that is now in its fourth generation of ownership. He is the husband of the late Elma J. Watson (nee Pearce) and is the father of Charles J. & Cathleen Watson, Stephen D. & Donna Watson and John R. & Kristina Watson, all of Medford, and Richard J. & Brigitte Watson of Tabernacle, N.J.

Dick Watson’s Bitters Bottles Book

[FOHBC Board Member Biography] Richard Watson, FOHBC Historian for the past 23 years, was a Federation Life Member and was elected to the FOHBC Hall Of Fame in 1968. Dick has been collecting since 1959 and was fortunate to know a number of the early collectors. He collected bottles of many types plus three-mold decanters, patent models, fruit jars etc. He was also a longtime board member of Wheaton Arts, formerly Wheaton Village, and was a board representative for the Museum Of American Glass where he is the museum coordinator for annual FOHBC displays. He was the author of Bitters Bottles in 1965 and Bitters Bottle Supplement, 1968.

[Jim Bender - Sparkers, New York] I learned yesterday, December 29, 2014 at 4 p.m., that our hobby lost one of its true legends and much more importantly to me, I lost a dear friend. I was at work and I received an e-mail from another good friend Bob Strickhart saying he was on vacation and had no real internet service or way to tell me but wanted to get word to me that Dick had passed. I was in shock and in disbelief to say the least. Dick had been in a car accident just before the FOHBC 2014 Lexington National Antique Bottle Show and it took its toll on him.

He had gone through a rehab and seemed to be getting better. I had talked to Dick just before Christmas and he was looking through a box of soda bottles he had just bought. This was a great thing for me to hear because a few months ago he had told me he didn’t need any more bottles. Anyone who knew Dick knew how much collecting meant to him. For him to be

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giving up was a very upsetting thing to hear. I am glad he bought and enjoyed those bottles.

I received three other phone calls yesterday. One was from my friend, Mark Vuono, and another came from my friend, Ferdinand Meyer, FOHBC president. It was nice to hear from them and their concerns about how I was feeling. Steve, one of Dick’s sons, also called me to tell me what had happened.

Ferdinand had asked me to help write an article about Dick and his life in the hobby. I agreed, but knew we needed more than my input so I asked some of Dick’s other good Watson in his early days at a bottle show friends to help out. You can read years. Then when Elma passed away, I saw Dick one day and we their comments as you read on. really talked for the first time. He invited me to his home and the I will be the first to share my thoughts with you. I choose to share beginning of a friendship that I will always cherish began. Over the past 10 years. he became one of my best friends and I learned my thoughts about Dick the man and not Dick the great bottle to love him like a second father. We would talk for hours each collector. Great collector – yes, he was, for 55 years. Great man week on the phone and visit each other’s house whenever we he definitely was. I was a person who was lucky enough to share could. a part of my life as what Dick called a good friend.

I first met Dick and Elma Watson when I was around 17 years I finally had grown up enough to look past the great bottles and old at the Fonda, N.Y. bottle show. They were both very nice collectables and see the man. I feel so honored to say I really got to me. I would see them from time to time and never really felt right talking with them. I felt I had nothing to offer them and they to know Dick. He shared so many stories and his knowledge with me. For the people who never knew Dick, I feel so sorry for your were collecting way over my head. This is what I will call being young and foolish. As time passed, I was collecting mineral water loss. bottles, a category Dick loved and amassed the best collection Let me share this with you: There truly was one thing in Dick’s ever assembled. I would sell Dick a bottle now and then and we life he loved openly and to the fullest. That was Elma his wife. would talk. Our relationship remained that way for nearly 30 In my whole life I can say I have never met a man who loved his wife more than Dick Watson did his. He spoke of her all the time and how lucky his was to have her and shared his life with her. She backed him whenever he needed her no matter what. He felt she made his life complete and when she passed a huge hole in his life formed which never got filled. The second most important thing to him was his boys. He was proud of all of them and would do whatever he could to make their lives secure and complete. Family was Dick’s main concern. He wanted his grandchildren to have good lives as well and would help them out whenever possible . I had nothing but great respect for him and those feelings.

Watson in the 1970’s at a bottle show

Another thing that was of huge importance to Dick was history. I can honestly say he knew more about history than anyone I have ever met.

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Just a few bottles from the Watson Collection

He loved to read and learn things ever day of his life. He loved to share his knowledge with people. Dick always felt our history was slipping away from us and people just did not share his compassion for the past. I learned something from Dick every time we spoke.

Friendship to me is of great importance and I believe that is why Dick and I got along so well. We both understand that good friends sometimes tell us things we may not want to hear. Dick like myself was outspoken about things at times but people always knew where he stood. A good many times he would tell me I was crazy or tell me he thought I was wrong. That’s why I loved him so much. Along with that came trust. His trust in me and my trust in him. Dick told me many times he would go visit Charlie Gardner and they would not be home so he would let himself in and wait for Charlie to come. I used to think how Charlie must have trusted Dick a lot. So one day on one of my visits to Dicks I arrived to find a note on the door. “Jim, I will be gone awhile. You know how to let yourself in. Drinks and food in the refrigerator, see you in a few hours.” As I walked in I realized life had gone full circle like Dick always said it did. Dick Watson was the Charlie Gardner of my generation. His overall collection is the best in the country, having great bottles in all categories. He also was a trusting friend. I could sit here and tell stories and share things about his collections for hours. Maybe someday I will write an article about Dick and his bottles, but today it is about Dick my friend and a man I know loved me and I surly loved him. I will miss him dearly. I hope everyone realizes what a great loss this is. He always told me he wanted to see his Elma again. I am sure they are together right now talking about collecting something.

[Bob Strickhart - Pennington, New Jersey] When you lose a good friend like Dick Watson, the most immediate reaction is pain, hurt and tears. But as you start to think about the loss and you somehow get past the initial sadness, you begin to find a smile and thankfulness for just knowing a guy like Dick. I was truly honored to know that Dick considered me his friend. And so I pass along some thoughts of this friend that hopefully will show his true character.

Dick and I logged many a mile together on our way to bottle shows, auctions and other bottle functions. We spoke on the phone at least once a week. We had some conversations. We spoke about everything. Bottles, of course, was the number one topic, but as our friendship grew, the conversation often included every other topic you could think of. Dick’s days in the Navy, his relationship with his Dad and the business that is now a 4-generation business, his many other collections, politics, going fishing, his kids and always at least a few Elma stories. Through all those stories, I couldn’t help but become more educated, not only about bottles, but so many other areas. You see, it was Dick’s way of schooling you, sort of taking you under his wing and giving you things he thought in his heart were important.

And to Dick, there were a lot of important things.

The education started so many years ago when Dick and Elma suggested that I become a life member of the Federation. Who could turn that kind of invitation down? “Learn about the glass and surround yourself with the people who know glass” was the message. “These things will make you a better collector.” Turns out that I’m not only a better collector, but a better human being

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because of the bottle family and especially because I knew Dick and Elma.

I came to understand how absolutely important the Federation was to Dick, not because he wanted to be a big shot in an organization, but because he truly believed in the Federation and its mission to educate and improve the hobby. You cannot convince me that there ever was a stauncher supporter of the FOHBC and this bottle hobby. He believed in it and wanted you to know why. And if Dick wanted you to know and understand something, you were going to know and understand! Dick’s son Steve laughed at one point when we wanted to find a word that described Dick. We both came up with stubborn, but Steve said he and the rest of the family settled on “strong willed.” If you knew Dick, you’d have to agree. But know this, Dick was in an all out teaching mode. It wasn’t for personal pride or power, he wanted this hobby to succeed because he knew how important the fraternity is. Understanding that the glass has importance is one thing, but it is really more about the people, what I call the bottle family.

Dick explained to me many times how when Elma passed away so prematurely, she told him that in no uncertain terms that he was to continue to collect and grow the collection. You have to admire the absolute intelligence of Elma. She knew that the hobby, the glass and the people in the glass world would get Dick through in many ways even after she was gone. What a couple they were and what a special woman Elma was. And so, Dick collected, and worked for the betterment of this hobby.

And taught with his “strong will.”

Lots of natural lighting to show off the many beautiful bottles.

Dick collected right up to his last days. About a week before Christmas, I kept a promise to go and visit Dick after he was released from a stint in the hospital and rehab. I thank God I kept that promise and didn’t put it off. I brought liverwurst and root beer. We had the best visit, talking bottles and eating liverwurst sandwiches which Dick really loved. It was really a fun and happy time. It started getting late and I had to get home. As I was leaving, the UPS delivery lady shows up at the door. Dick started to smile and said “they’re here, those soda

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bottles I told you about!” So, I got the package in and opened it up, and then got Dick situated so he could open each bubblewrapped bottle. He was like a little kid on Christmas morning.

That was the last time I saw Dick. The vision of him opening up those bottles will be with me for as long as I live, and so will the lessons that this wonderful friend gave me.

[Jim and Val Berry - St. Johnsville, New York] We first met Dick about 20 years ago when we went on a bus trip with the Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club, Utica, N.Y. He and Elma graciously opened their home to about 30 of us excited bottle collectors to see their collection of wonderful antiques and bottles. They were wonderful hosts and enjoyed it as much as we did. Since becoming members and officers of the Federation, we got to know Dick very well. Often staying at his home, Jim and Jim Bender helped Dick several times with putting on bottle displays at the Wheaton Museum in New Jersey. In our travels, we would often call to see if we could “stop by” to visit and see what’s new and just to talk. He never turned us down. One time we had our granddaughter with us and she couldn’t believe the bottles and other ‘stuff’ he had. He even gave her a gift to take with her. We loved hearing the many stories Dick had to tell and are even able to tell some of our own based on our experiences visiting him.

We have many fond memories of Dick and enjoyed dining with him when we were at FOHBC shows. Dick will truly be missed as a fellow bottle collector, Federation officer, but especially as a friend.

[Dave Brown - Newark, Delaware] I was so sorry to learn of Dick Watson’s passing. Dick was a great guy with knowledge of the hobby that can’t be replaced. I live across the Delaware River from Dick and never missed a chance to see his collections, whether it was going by myself or taking a group from the Tri State Bottle Club. Dick and I traveled together to the fruit jar gatherings in Muncie, Indiana. It was always fun. Dick would pick me up in Delaware on I-95 and we would drive to Virginia and travel with Dan Corker and Bo Trimble. We would be gone a week and see some of the best fruit jar collections in the country on our way to Muncie. We will be thinking about Dick and missing him on this year’s trip.

[Gary Beatty - North Port, Florida] I have known Dick for 45 years and it has been a privilege on my part to be counted by him as one of his friends. Dick and Elma were always the greatest couple to be around. Adam Koch did me the greatest favor when he introduced me to Dick. Over the years I can say the fellowship we had together in this great bottle hobby was irreplaceable and far more valuable than the bottles. Dick and I and a host of others worked together to form the National Bottle Museum. Dick was honest and above board about all his dealings with others. Betty and I spent some time on the Jersey shore with Dick and Elma.

Dick made great chowder. “WOW,” was it ever good! In 1997, I nominated Dick Watson & Doc Ford, for induction into the FOHBC Hall of Fame. Part of my speech was, “You can borrow knowledge but you can’t borrow character. That has to come from within.” Both men had great character. I will sorely miss Dick and all the great conversations we shared. He now joins Elma. He is gone but I will never forget him.

A visit to Shupps Grove, and a meeting with friends was a yearly highlight

[Adam & Phyllis Koch - Akron, Ohio] Another giant in our hobby is gone!!! We have had the privilege of being counted as one of Dick and Elma Watson’s close friends for 25 years. Dick was the epitome of a true bottle collector. He and Elma started collecting over 50 years ago. In that time they had accumulated one of the largest and varied bottle collections ever put together. Dick was not just a bottle collector, but a collector of many things. His collections included bottles of all varieties, stoneware, tobacco cutters, picking tickets, etc., etc. Each collection would rival any others. For those of you who were blessed to visit their home you got quite a treat.

We will always cherish the many fishing trips to their shore house in Tuckerton. We spent many days on the bay not caring if we caught any fish, just enjoying each other’s company. One of those trips we were on the boat and Dick hit a wave, it knocked Phyllis off her seat and wedged her between the seat and the storage bin.

Elma said “Jesus, Dick, are you trying to kill her?” Of course he felt so bad. Another time we were out and all at once Dick says pull the lines in, it’s getting dark, we better head back. The three of us looked at each other at one time said Dick, take your sunglasses off. We laughed so much when we were together The last fishing tale, Dick and Adam were clamming while Elma and I stayed in the boat. We were talking and laughing at a guy who was stuck on a sand bar and didn’t notice until Dick came back and yelled, “What are you guys doing? You let the boat get stuck because the tide went down.” We all had to push the bost off the sand bar.

Dick was most proud of his family. He and Elma had four sons, their wives (whom they rhought the world of) and grandchildren.

The kids were often at the shore when we were there and we really enjoyed their company. These are the memories we hold dear to our hearts. We will truly miss Dick as we do Elma. They were like family.

[David Olson - Carver, Massachusetts] The trip of trips with my friend Dick Watson occurred on July 2012. We were on the road six plus hours. To the Watson residence. The door is open, I drag my bag in and plop down to chew the fat a little about bottles then stock market, cranberries, his boys and family and their work.

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Richard might have them all. And so much more.

Pushing farther south the concrete waterways are so impressive and the trucks loaded with onions. Dick and I had stops in California in the military. A very different look. Turning east we call on the ex-mayor of Bolder City, Nevada, Bob Ferraro. The barrels and colors are to kill for and his Nevada collection is second to none. Lunch with the Mayor and we’re off .

Knowing the Hoover Dam is close by, I ask Dick if he has seen it? It’s a must see, so a U-turn and down we go. Oh, no, it’s not “1982,” we get pulled for inspection. OK, let’s see what you have got. I start to unpack with 3 boxes out (stop). Question: what are you two up to, we tell them about the bottle show and visiting collections. (get out of here!). I drop Dick off on top of the dam. A must see in your life! East we go and go some more. I call Bob Barbour of Kansas and leave a message. He calls back with a please come by. As we pull in the driveway, bitters fill the bay window. Inside we find lovely bottles on shelf after shelf and in the kids room, too.

Dick with Janet Finch, enjoying a display of bottles.

Supper time, we skip down to the little Italian sub shop. Back at the house it’s world news which soon turns to politics. If you know, Dick you now have a smile on your face.

Friday morning we are off to Shupp’s Grove, Pennsylvania for the bottle feast. Two fun-filled days, but we must pack for we need to be in Kentucky Sunday. Mid-afternoon, we find our very good friend Sheldon Baugh. Check out his collection at his office, then his house. Dick comments (about) so many unlisted bitters.

Dinner and down early. Sheldon takes us to breakfast at Dairy Queen, on the way Dick and I are wondering what’s for breakfast.

Dairy Queen doesn’t do breakfast on the east coast. Half the town is there, it was great.

Dick needs to be in Reno for Thursday morning so there will be no more stops (except) just gas. On time we meet Sheldon in the lobby only to find out there are no more rollaway beds. I draw the short straw (not really), still don’t know who paid. Reno was outstanding buying, selling, meeting new and old friends. Bill Taylor invites us to Oregon too see his colection. I say to Dick, I’ve never seen a redwood; his reply, you’re driving. Arriving at the Taylors, smiles all around. To the bottle room we go, after a while Dick takes a seat. Bill and I pass him this bottle and that, he points to a cabin and the conversation goes on and on. If there was a bottle on the trip, this was it -- I think he would have paid a king’s ransom.

East and back on our side of the big muddy. Dick remembers an old friend in Ohio (sorry, I have forgotten his name). He calls, again with the message. He calls back “I’m very busy, you need to give me a time.” I put the address in the GPS, how’s 11 o’clock the next day? OK! Dick and Elma had been there some twenty-five years earlier.

A lot of old storytelling going on, I’m listening but not hearing a word. My eyes are dancing all over the room, some rare and outstanding jars. Home and the moral of this trip: stay home, you never know when two old men will come by to see your collection. To my friend Dick Watson. R I P. [Bob Ferraro - Boulder City, Nevada] I will share several personal experiences I had with Dick in the late 50’s and early 60’s. While digging for bottles every practical weekend, I came across a number of unknown bitters. I would call Dick and he would either say, I am familiar with it or can you send me a photo. I was so impressed with his knowledge about so many of the bottles I was finding and his willingness to share details about the bottles.

Additionally, I was pleased to find that his and Alma’s soon to be released book on bitters referenced me as having found the unknown bitters at one of my Nevada digging sites. They have always been some of my favorite collectors.

[Steve Ketcham - Edina, Minnesota] When we think about the founding pillars of the American antique bottle collecting hobby, Dick Watson immediately comes to mind. With his pioneering efforts in writing “Bitters Bottles” and “Supplement to Bitters Bottles,” Dick led the way and set the bar high for quality antique bottle research. It was my privilege and pleasure to serve on the FOHBC board with Dick and his wonderful wife Elma back in

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the 1970s and 1980s. In serving the hobby and the FOHBC, Dick was always a thoughtful, insightful, and passionate leader.

One-to-one, Dick was a leader as well, befriending and encouraging hundreds of bottle collectors to enjoy the hobby and collect the best they could afford. Whenever Chris and I attended a bottle show, Federation or otherwise, it was always a priority to seek out Dick for a visit.

A couple of years ago, we were fortunate enough to visit Dick at his Medford, New Jersey, home. We spent the day viewing the many collections Dick assembled over the years. His passion for preserving history in dozens of collections was evident on every floor and in every corner of the house. Flasks, bitters, mineral waters, decanters, glass blowing tools, stoneware, political memorabilia, early paper, and even strawberry picker tokens were all reflections of Dick’s far-flung interests. All the while, Dick took care to share his knowledge with us, and we ended the day with a lively discussion of the bottle collecting hobby as we Dick at Shupps Grove in 2013 with friends Eric, Dave sat among his many prizes in a room lined with windows filled with great old glass. It was a day to remember, and it saddens us to know we will not see Dick at the next show.

The hobby has lost a benefactor. Many of us have also lost a friend.

[Sheldon Baugh - Russellville, Kentucky] Dick Watson was a giant in the bottle collecting world. I started collecting bottles in 1966 and although bottle books were scarce.

I found a book on Biters Bottles by Dick&Elma Watson and a paper back book by Ed Bartholomew. I was hooked and have been since. When I met Dick and Elma I found them to be great people and became good friends immediately. Dick was interested in other collectors bottles and the things they collected.

He was complimentary of people and their collections even though his was much better,he was a mentor to many young people and helped them to grow their collections. The FOHBC has grown and will continue for having Dick Watson as an officer Dave Olson, Dick Watson and Steve Swiechowicz talk bottles and member these many years. I will miss into the night

[Gene Bradberry, Memphis, Tennessee] On December 29, 2014 the hobby lost a true collector and friend to Bottle Collecting.

Dick Watson of Medford, NJ passed away at the age of 82. He and his wife Elma (who predeceased him in 2002) were truly some of the best people I have had the privilege of knowing through the hobby. Dick was a person of very high integrity and a Collectors-Collector, as was his wife Elma who I had become staunch friends with. I visited them on numerous occasions for two or three days at a time and we certainly had a great time going JUNKING at the many shops in the area. What a treat to get up in the morning to one of Elma’s fabulous breakfast spreads and eat in their fabulous bottle room and just be amazed at the fabulous collection that Dick and Elma had amassed.

WHAT A TREAT! Dick will surely be missed by the collecting hobby as well as by me personally. It was a truly honor and treat to have known them both. I look forward to seeing them again on the other side as I know that they are both there. My condolences to their family and I wish them the best in the these trying times. My God have his hand on you and guide you through these difficult days ahead. Again, a true gentleman that Keene, New Hampshire. Behind his table, ready to talk bottles with the passing crowd words cannot do justice to.

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The Bottlers of Dubuque,

The Early Years, 1854 - 1863

by Mark Wiseman

During my research of the 1850’s in Dubuque I found the foluring my research of the 1850’s in Dubuque I found the

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lowing articles and advertisements while reading early Dubuque following articles andatadvertisements while reading newspapers on microfilm the tate Historical ibrary. early Dubuque newspapers on microfilm at the State Historical Library.

The Dubuque Weekly Miners Express newspaper dated January The Dubuque Weekly Miners Express newspaper dated January 11, 1854, contains in the “New Advertisements” column an ad for 11, 1854, in the Advertisements” column ad for the ew contains rug tore of “New an oren elcher. The ad is an dated the “New Drug Store’ of Van Doren & Belcher.

The ad is dated anuary , . See Fig:1 January 7, 1854. See Fig:1 The pril th, Dubuque Weekly Miners Express newspaper The Aprila 26th, Miners Express contains small 1854 articleDubuque on page Weekly that reads Healthynewspaper ummer contains a small article on page 2 that reads “A rink - an oren and elcher have establishedHealthy a oda Summer ountain, Drinkwhich – Vanthey Doren Belcher established a Sodabeverage Fount, from areand prepared to have administer the cooling from which old theyfashioned are prepared administer the cooling in a regular quarttoglass.

They also keep thebeverage article in a regular old fashioned quart glass.

They also theparts article in bottles by the quantity and propose to furnish itkeep to all of in bottles by the quantity and propose to furnish it to all parts of the city, and cheap as it can be secured in t. ouis or elsewhere. the city, and cheap as it can be secured in St. Louis or elsewhere.”

See Fig: 2 See Fig:2 lthough this newspaper dated pril th does not appear Although this newspaperadvertisement dated April 26th 1854 does later not appear to have a corresponding to this article, issues to have a corresponding advertisement to this article, issues of this weekly newspaper do have one which is dated later to have of this weekly newspaper do have one which is dated to have commenced on pril th, . See Fig: 3 commenced on April 24th,1854. See Fig:3 o the firm of an oren

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So thebusiness firm of Van Doren were tore starting in & Belcher , but also innot the only odain the aterDrug Store business starting in 1854, but also in the Soda Water business. There must have been bottled soda waters and mineral business.

There soda watersand andthey mineral water coming upmust fromhave t. been ouis bottled on the steamboats, realwater coming up from St. Louis on the steamboats, and they i ed they could compete with the t. ouis bottlers in ubuque. realized they could compete with the St.soda Louis bottlers in Although there are not now known any bottles embossed

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Fig: 2 - The Dubuque Weekly Miner’s Express, April 26, 1854 Fig: 4 - The Dubuque Weekly Miners Express, August 23, 1854

Fig: 3 - The Dubuque Weekly Miner’s Express, June 28, 1854

Dubuque. Although there are not now known any soda bottles embossed “Van Doren & Belcher”, somewhere in the ground in Dubuque they may be buried. Another advertisement arrives in the newspapers at about this same time dated April 21st, 1854 from the “M.T. Shirgi & Co.” who advertise themselves as bottlers of Porter, Ale and Beer. Once again there could be a bottle with this firm’s name, and these advertisements also start in the Weekly Miners Express at a date following the inception date listed on the advertisement. See Fig:4

Fig: 5 - The Dubuque Weekly Miners Express, June 28, 1854 Fig: 4 - The Weekly Miners Express, June 28, 1854

Meanwhile, the firm of Van Doren & Belcher were continuing to advertise their drug store business with two new advertisements running simultaneously with their previous advertisements in the Weekly Miners Express. The first smaller advertisement began on June 7th , 1854, and the larger advertisement starts on June 21st, 1854. These advertisements do not mention the soda water business but run in advertising sections of the newspaper in close proximity to the “Soda Water” ad.

The Dubuque Weekly Observer is now available beginning on July 1st, 1854, and contains on that date an advertisement and an article for Van Doren and Belcher’s Soda Water.

The Dubuque Weekly Tribune newspaper dated September 27, 1854 contains an advertisement for “C.S. Belcher & Co., Wholesale and Retail Druggists”. This ad indicates it was first run on June 19th, 1854, for the firm of “Van Doren & Belcher”, located on “Main Street one door from the corner of 6th”. The

Fig: 6 - The Dubuque Weekly Miners Express, June 28, 1854

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Fig: 7 - The Dubuque Weekly Tribune, September 27,1854

Fig: 9 - Dubuque Daily Express November 17, 1855

The March 12, 1856, Dubuque Daily Republican newspaper contains an article announcing that the firm of “Messrs. Belcher & Co.” have returned to Dubuque, to their old stand at No. 117 Main Street, and are now in the bottled Mineral Water business, as their new advertisement (dated March 12th) indicates. The article indicates that this firm would be well known to the older citizens

Fig: 8 - The Dubuque Daily Observer, November 1, 1854

ad indicates they carry items you would expect a drug store from this time frame to sell including, drugs, medicines, paints, oils, glassware, dye stuffs, chemicals, patent medicines, Brandy, Sherry, Fig: 10 - The Dubuque Daily Republican, March 12, 1856 Wines, Holland Gin, and that they were agents for “Dr. James McClinticks Celebrated Family Medicines”. There is no mention of Soda or Mineral Waters. The November 1st , 1854 newspaper the Dubuque Daily Observer, contains an advertisement for “C.S. Belcher & Co., Late Van Doren and Belcher, Wholesale Retail and Druggist”, at the same address, and which advertises their listed stock and items in a very similar fashion to the earlier advertisement. (See Fig:8) The difference being that Mr. Van Doren had left the firm between Sept. 27, and Nov. 1, 1854.

Unfortunately the available newspaper coverage for 1855 is limited, and this advertisement runs only through December 7th, 1854. The November 17, 1855 Dubuque Daily Express newspaper contains a “Notice to the Public” in the Miscellaneous column that indicates that “Messrs Van Doren and Belcher” had sold their stock and drugs to Jno. P. Quigely and that Mr. Quigely was continuing the business at the same address. (See Fig:9) The advertisement is dated April 6, (1855), unfortunately earlier issues of this newspaper in 1855 are not available.

Fig: 11 - The Dubuque Daily Republican, March 12, 1856

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Fig:12 - The Dubuque Daily Express and Herald, May 22, 1856

of Dubuque. But now Belcher & Co. was back and in the “Bottled Soda” or “Mineral Waters” business.

The Dubuque Daily Express & Herald dated May 21st, 1856 contains an advertisement for C. Hornung’s Depot for Ales and Porters, at No. 104 Main Street, “Goods Delivered Free of Charge”, this advertisement runs only though May 29th, 1856.

Fig: 16 -The Dubuque Daily Express & Herald, June 20, 1856

Herald relates this offices good experience with C.S. Belcher & Co.’s soda pop drinks.

Both the Dubuque Daily Express & Herald newspaper and the Dubuque Daily Republican newspaper dated June 20,1856 announce that C.S. Belcher & Co. have removed their business to the basement of the Mungett & Whitney’s dry Goods Store, at the Corner of Main and Seventh Streets. (See Fig:15,16)

Fig: 13 - The Dubuque Daily Republican May 24, 1856.

Fig: 17 -The Dubuque Daily Express & Herald, June 20, 1856

Also, in the Dubuque Daily Express and Herald of June 20, 1856 is a new advertisement for “C. Hornung, No.104 Main Street” which indicates he had Ales in barrels or bottles at low rates.

These advertisements run through July 16th, 1856, then disappear and I have not found any more ads, or references to this firm in the 1856 newspapers.

However, there is one listing for the firm in the 1857-1858 Dubuque City Directory: Fig: 14 - The Dubuque Daily Express & Herald, June 11, 1856

On May 24th, 1856, The Dubuque Daily Republican relates how what a heat wave that Dubuque was experiencing and follows this with another article extolling Belcher & Co.’s Sarsaparilla Pop and Soda drinks. (See Fig:13) The June 11th, 1856 newspaper Dubuque Daily Express &

Fig: 15 - The Dubuque Express & Herald, June 20, 1856

“C.Hornung & Co. Ale & Porter dealers, 7 bt Iowa and Main”. This would appear to be a different address in 1857 than in 1856, at least two examples of his large very dark glass quart Ale bottle are known to exist. (See Fig:18, 19) The bottles are embossed “Hornung & Co., Dubuque” on the shoulder, and have an irregular kick-up base.

The July 1st, 1856 Dubuque Express & Herald newspaper has another article on “Belcher & Co.’s” Mineral Water,

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BALTIMORE ANTIQUE BOTTLE CLUB 35th Annual Show and Sale

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Doors Open -8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Physical Education Center Essex CampusCommunity College of Baltimore County 7201 Rossville Blvd. (off exit 34, I-695) Baltimore, Maryland 21237 Free bottle appraisals

Bottles, Jars, Stoneware, Advertising, Breweriana, Small antiques The Largest one-day Bottle show in the world!—over 300 tables

Admission $5

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Rick Lease - Show Chairman

Telephone: 410-458-9405 Email: finksburg21@comcast.net For Contracts: Andy Agnew Telephone: 410-527-1707 Email: medbotls@comcast.net

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NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUE BOTTLE CLUB Presents Our 49th

Annual Show & Sale Sunday, April 12, 2015 9:00 am - 2:00 pm at the The Elks Club 282 Durham Road (Rt. 108 (Exit 7 off Spaulding Turnpike) Dover, NH 03820

Bottles, Insulators, Fruit Jars, Crocks, Pottery & Small Collectibles 50 Plus Sales tables 50/50 Raffle, Food & beverages

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42nd Annual Antique Bottles & Collectibles Show & Sale Saturday, March 28, 2015 9 am to 3 pm

Dealer Setup: Friday, March 27, 2015 - 3 pm to 7 pm and Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 7 am - 9 am

For Information Contact: Gerry Sirois (207) 773-0148 Jack Pelletier (207) 839-4389

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2603 U.S. Hwy 98, Daphne, AL 36526 Located on the SW corner of Whispering Pines Road and U.S. Hwy. 98 in Daphne, Alabama

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Stamps, Coins, Civil War Relics, and Insulators

FREE ADMISSION For More Information Contact: ROD VINING

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Michael Anderson posing with some of his great figural bottles.

A Man with Everything Figural’d Out

I have known Michael Anderson for many years. We both started out collecting about the same time in the early 1970s, just kids digging dumps looking for bottles to sell and make money.

By Jim Bender

Michael started out with his dad digging at the old family homestead located along the Hudson River Valley. Michael told me once he and his dad saw names like Swamp Root Cure and Golden Medical Discovery, they were BOTH hooked. ichael stopped digging and collecting for five years when he joined the Navy. Yes, Michael is one of our nation’s veterans.

Thank You, Michael!

Once done serving our country, Michael began collecting Saratoga type mineral water bottles. During that time he became extremely close with a fellow bottle collecting neighbor and unknowingly started a lifelong friendship with legendary mineral water collector Gerry Strubel. Michael and Gerry were close, father and son close. Gerry mentored Michael in the art of col-

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lecting. Professionalism and knowledge were the foundations to Gerry’s and Michael’s passion. Michael told me that in the early days of his desire to build a collection, many of the good bottles are there strictly because of Gerry’s help.

Michael told me that Gerry was the only person that he knows who T understood his passion for collecting figural bottles.

I saw Michael and Gerry sharing a table at many bottle shows over the years. Michael, like many collectors, has always done shows to raise money to support his collecting.

Once Michael had gotten a fairly good size collection of mineral water bottles, he decided to switch to bitters bottles. He started out with square bottles which were easy to buy at the time. Later, he began to buy some figural bitters which he really liked the best. ichael told me with figural bottles, your collection always has a variety of things to see. o by , he was collecting figural bottles of all kinds. ichael has many other types of bottles, but figural bottles by far lead the way. Michael is what I call a real collector. He collects the complete realm of figural bottles, acquiring anything from one dollar to several thousands of dollars Which PROUDLY reside in his collection. His personal favorites are his Busts and Bon-Bon containers. The Bon-Bon containers were used to hold candy. I

never knew what they were until Michael explained to me how they were used. When it comes to Bust bottles, Michael clearly has them covered. He tells me he has recorded a total of 105 Bust bottles. There are busts of 69 men and 36 women he is aware of.

He currently has all but four men and four women which are all non-American-made bottles. Two of Michael’s bust bottles are extremely rare. His cobalt blue Rev. James Granger is the only one known and his Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev bust of a famous Russian general who was known for his heroism during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877 -1878 is the other rarity. Michael has corresponded with a collector from Russia and feels the Skobelev is his most valuable bottle at this time.

Huge is not really a word to describe the collection. Michael has put together over , different figural bottles. Two thirds of his collection is kept in boxes because he has never had a house big enough to put everything out at once. Just looking at the one-third of his collection took me almost five hours and I can guarantee you I missed a lot of stuff.

When I asked how he did it he told me in the beginning it was hard for him to compete with guys like Harold Krevolin and Jim hillips, both legendary figural collectors. ichael is a working man who has spent most of his life as a machinist at the Watervliet (N.Y.) Arsenal. He knew he had to study the bottles and

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Mike displaying The Glasshopper, a 1969 newsletter for figural collectors.

Mike in front of just one of the many shelves of bottle-related material.

Michael kept telling me: it’s more important that people know I saved this stuff and I am protecting history. That is far more important than how many bottles I have.

Just a handful of Mike’s collection of old photos.

If they only had color back in the day.

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learn everything he possibly could about figural bottles.

Knowledge is king, as I have been told many times before.

Michael’s passion for knowledge was quickly elevated after serving in the Navy when he joined the National Bottle Museum Society. Quickly rising through the ranks he soon became vice president and then president of the National Bottle Museum in the early 1980s. He was also the NBM’s show chairman for seven years. Michael has a lifetime membership in the NBM and has had several on and off memberships in the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.

One of Mike’s milk glass bottle cases.

Now this brings us to Michael’s real passion. Michael clearly has the best grouping of information on bottles I have ever seen held by one person privately. Once in his office, I became a believer. There are files and files on bottles and related articles.

He has closets with shelves and shelves of binders filled with past auction results by date. I mean past auctions from nearly every auction house I have ever heard of. He has shoeboxes and shoeboxes of photos he’s personally taken on visits to fellow collectors’ homes. Michael told me that when he visits these homes he NEVER takes a photo of a bottle he already has a photo of. He states he has over 10,000 photos on his computer and he knows where they all are. Michael told me that he can’t remember people’s names, dates or personal events, but he can remember the names of almost every bottle he’s seen and all of the 4,000-plus bottles in his personal collection.

Michael houses a set of past newsletters called “The Glasshopper,” which was published by the Figural Bottle Collectors Club in 1969. Michael has albums of patents with drawings and more bottle books than has the National Bottle Museum. There are hundreds of books from all over the world and every book is bottle-and/or glass-related.

Very Rare Milk Glass Clock with Stopper and paint

One of a kind cobalt blue Hot Air Balloon bottle

Michael has written several articles on figural bottles over the years, mostly for “Antique Glass & Bottle Collector” magazine.

He has worked in the past closely with the Smithsonian Institute with some glass exhibits related to figurals. One was the “Corn for the World” exhibit for which he loaned several corn-shaped bottles.

Michael has been working on a book on figural bottles for years.

He wants to make it the most complete book he possibly can and uses his own comprehensive collection as proof. Michael has black and white photos of great collections back as far as the 1920s. He shared photos with me of the Mrs. Frank F. Bennett collection. I had never heard that name, but the photos are breathtaking. There were rows of Indian Queens and bottles I have only dreamed about. Michael told me that he had traced the “Family Tree” of figural collectors during his book research. It starts with the Bennett collection. She was a silent screen actress with disposable dollars she decided to spend on collecting glass figural bottles. Her collection was huge because in her day the bottles were practically given to her.

Michael literally has proof of the rarity of some of the rarest bottles by following the bottles during their moves from collector to collector. He has repeatedly stated that certain bottles are much rarer than people realize. Explaining how most

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figural bottles were manufactured for very specific events in history and or were one-time seasonal events such as Christmas give-aways. He goes on to say that figural bottles are the most underrated, undervalued, underappreciated bottles to collect, making them affordable for the time being. He feels that once the public learns the truth through his book; the value of these works of art will climb drastically.

He says that if flasks and bitters bottles can sell for tens of thousands of dollars because they are considered works of art, wait until you see what will eventually happen to the real beauties of the glass world -- figurals. Every collection has what the collector feels is his or her BEST bottles to show off the highlights of their collection. Odds are great that they are figurals such as Indian Queens, Cabins and Busts. Also, never forget that figurals cover most all categories of bottle collecting -- figural milks, figural inks, figural bitters, pictorial flasks, candy containers and the list goes on!

Dog riding a pony bottle

One thing Michael kept telling me: it’s more important that people know I saved this stuff and I am protecting history. That is far more important than how many bottles I have. It is very important to him that all his hard work gathering information and saving it will be shared someday.

Michael shared an interesting story with me about one of his bottles. He sat down a cute clear bottle shaped like a dog riding on a pony. He then asked me what I knew about. “Nothing,” I said. He explained to me that back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many open-aired shows were held across the country.

One of the most famous was Prof. Gentry’s Dog and Pony Show which was originally called “Gentry’s Equine and Canine Paradox” in 1886 when it first started. As these type shows got more popular the term “Going to a dog and pony show” became a popular saying. We still hear it today. The small clear bottle was sold at the shows as a souvenir. So you see, many figural bottles have a story to tell if you take the time to find out.

Very rare black bear on a pole bottle

I asked Michael what he’s most proud of pertaining to his collection. Without hesitation, he replied that he set out to achieve a goal to have the most complete collection of glass figural bottles ever assembled by one person. He feels that he has achieved that distinction with one added original unintended result: They are all in 99.5 percent MINT Condition. Many have original paint and original closures. Michael stated that this is what sets HIS collection above all others. He is truly PROUD of what he’s accomplished. I have to admit that I am, too!

I have included photos of some of Michael’s bottles. I took photos of things that I felt people may not get to see anywhere else. I also found out the huge amount of history that is involved in these bottles. Please enjoy the photos and if you have a question on a figural bottle, Michael is your answer man.

Miscellaneous rare figural bottles.

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Flasks and bitters bottles can sell for tens of thousands of dollars because they are considered works of art, wait until you see what will eventually happen to the real beauties of the glass world -- figurals.

Mike returns a rare milk glass Hessian soldier bottle.

Clevenger Washington Bottles in all known colors

Rare cobalt blue and milk glass bust bottles

Rare Milk glass hand with neck facing straight up

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GARDENS ORLANDO ORLANDO GARDENS 4300 4300Hoffmeister HoffmeisterAve Ave Louis, St.St. Louis,Missouri Missouri E X P A N D E D Space 130 Sales Tables + Displays Admission $3.00 - $1.00 off with flier Kids FREE 9 am to 2 pm NO early Admission Food & Drinks available

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Classified Ads FOR SALE Advertise for free: Free “FOR SALE” advertising in each Bottles and Extras.

One free “WANTED” ad in Bottles and Extras per year. Send your advertisement to FOHBC Business Manager, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002 or better yet, email emeyer@ fohbc.org DEALERS: Sell your bottles in the B & E classified for free. Change the bottles and your ad is free month after month. Include your website in your ad to increase traffic to your site. Send your advertisement to FOHBC Business Manager, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002 or better yet, email emeyer@fohbc.org FOR SALE: New (Double) back printed and bound, “A History of the Edora Potteries”, 200 pages, “A History of the Moingona Potteries” on the back 100 pages, 300 pages total. Detailed research on the Stoneware, Terra Cotta, Brick and Tile Manufacturing Company’s in Hardin County Iowa and the potters.

Photos of the stoneware, cost is $23 plus shipping. Media mail add $4.50, Priority add $6.00. Mark C. Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, DesMoines, Iowa 50310-4557 or (515) 255-2620.

FOR SALE: 30 cases, embossed and painted label sodas from 30’s to 60’s with cases. $20 each, send for list: John Humphrey, 187 Hunt Road, Afton, NY 13730 or call (607) 639-2470.

WANTED WANTED: Lancaster Ohio Beers, especially E. Becker Brewing. Also any Washington Brewery, Washington D. C. I don’t have. Also does anyone have a “B E MANN’S ORIENTAL STOMACH BITTERS” for sale?

Contact Gary Beatty (941) 276-1546 or “tropicalbreezes@verizon.net”

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WANTED: Burgess bottles, jugs, advertising signs, or anything with the name Burgess. I also collect Sunnyside, Utah items and Utah coal signs. Contact Steve Burgess (801) 731-8566 or by email at sjbu1@msn.com WANTED: Dr. Kilmer, I NEED YOUR LUNGS! Your lung bottle that is! Also, Clyde home, its late, your shelf is ready! Colored flasks, bottles and jars. John M. Spellman (315)398-8240 cell or write to 985 Olive Drive, Casselberry, Florida 32707.

WANTED: HARTLEY’S /PERUVIAN BARK/BITTERS/ W.D. SOUDERS & CO/MUNCIE, INDIANA. Cabin Brand Pure Deepwell Beverages/Property of Cabin Creek Land Co., Decota, West Virginia. West Virginia Hutches. John Akers, 700 Jane St. Charleston, West Virginia 25302 (304) 343-8716 or email mulecreekjohn@aol.com. OLD BOTTLE PAGE on FaceBook.

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WANTED MEMBERS: Join the ANTIQUE POISON BOTTLE COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION today! For details see our website at poisonbottleclub.org or contact Joan Cabaniss at (540) 297-4498.

WANTED: Globe Compounding – Nature’s Liver Regulator and Nature’s Lung Elixir; Peruvian Diarrhea Remedy; Frost’s Expectorant & Cough Balsam; Cy-Do-Line; North Star Lung & Throat Balsam – Jas. Murison & Co.; Minnesota Oil of Life Co., Minneapolis; Pyro Dentin Eucalyptol Chem. Co.; Knowlton’s Liniment, Spink & Co.; Quaker

17th Annual Show & Sale Gray, Tennessee off I-26, Exit 13 Appalachian Fairground Saturday: May 2nd, 2015 9:00am through 3:00pm Free Admission & Prizes!

Bottles and extras Sarsaparilla; Sapphine – Andrus Building; Mederine. Call or email Boyd at 763-3140257 or email at boyd.beccue@charter.net.

WANTED: Old crock/jug with name MORTON (any size). My dad’s name was Morton. If have, want to sell, email picture.

Contact Darlene Furda at (818) 889-5451 or email dfurda@roadrunner.com.

WANTED: Damaged Washington Bar Flask Tonopah, Nevada. Must be priced right. Dave Deto, PO Box 118. Yosemite, CA 95389 (209) 626-9846.

WANTED: Earnestly seeking a ‘Black Cock’ gin bottle, with label showing a young woman holding a black rooster.

Bottle is circa 1887 and sold by a St Louis company. I think it was Levy & Co. Will pay good price for bottle with label. It has historical interest to me. Will also pay for good images of this bottle, especially from catalogs, brochures, etc. Lewis L. Laska 901 Church Street, Nashville, TN 37203 (615) 491-2928

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FOhBc MeMBership DirectOry 18 Members gained this period. The names below represent persons agreeing to be listed in the printed membership directory.

Some of those listed agreed to be listed in the membership directory but not the online directory.

Lewis L. Laska 901 Church Street Nashville, TN 37203-3411 (615) 491-2928 Martha G. Bernstein 1560 Brentwood Drive Troy, MI 48098-2713 (248) 939-5517 Scott Von Schilling 2530 Juniper Lane Maidens, VA 23102 Daniel Goldstein 1009 Wellington Terra Chesterfield, MO 63017

Richard Sheaff 344 North Road Bethel, VT 05032-9153

Donald R. Aklema PO Box 791 Mauldin, SC 29662

Milton Wrobleski 309 Storrs Road Mansfield Center, CT 06250

BC Artifacts LTD 11768 80th Avenue Delta, British Co. V4C 1X9

Craig Smith 1692 South Dixie Drive Dayton, OH 45414

Willie C. White II 4736 Hessmer Drive Metairie, LA 70002 (504) 343-0672

Chris Lampman 356 Brown Street Vacaville, CA 95688 Timothy W. Hayes 1430 102nd Avenue Plainwell, MI 49080 (269) 694-1555 Whiskey flasks and medicine bottles

Steve Kijak 3971 Spotswood Trail Penn Laird, VA 22846 Paul Bata 1291 Eddie Drive Niles, MI 49120 Tom Askjem 16813 16th Street NE Buxton, ND 58218

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Calendar of shows and related events FOHBC Sho - Biz is published in the interest of the hobby. Federation affiliated clubs are connotated with FOHBC logo.

Information on up-coming collecting events is welcome, but space is limited. Please send at least three months in advance, including telephone number to: FOHBC Sho-Biz, C/O Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; e-mail: emeyer@fohbc.org, Show schedules are subject to change. Please call before traveling long distances. All listings published here will also be published on the website: FOHBC.org

March 8 Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club’s 35th Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm., web: baltimorebottleclub.org, Physical Education Center, CCBC-Essex, 7201 Rossville Boulevard, (I-695, Exit 34), Contact: Rick Lease, 410.458.9405, finksburg21@ comcast.net or Andy Agnew (for contracts), 410.527.1707, medbotls@comcast.net March 13 & 14 Chico California 49th Annual Chico Bottle Show at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair Street, Chico, California, 95928, Friday Set-up: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm, Saturday Show: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Early admission: $5 on Friday, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm. Free Admission on Saturday. Contact: Randy Taylor: Show Chairman, P O Box 1065, Chico, Califiornia 95927, 530.518.7369, rtjarguy@aol.com March 15 Flint, Michigan 46th Flint Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show at the Dom Polski Hall, 3415 N. Linden Road, Flint, Michigan 48504, Sunday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm., No Early Admission, Cost of admission: $2, Flint Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club, Contact: Tim Buda, Show Chairman, 11353 Cook Road, Gaines, Michigan 48436, 989.271.9193, tbuda@shianet.org March 15 St. Louis, Missouri 45th Annual Antique Bottle Show – St. Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Association at the Orlando Gardens, 4300 Hoffmeister Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, No Early admission, Admission $3, $1 off with flyer. Kids free. Food and drinks available.

Show Chair: Patt Jett, 71 Outlook Drive, Hillsboro, Missouri 63050, 314.570.6917, patsy_jett@yahoo.com March 20 & 21 Morro Bay, California 47th Morro Bay Antique Bottle Show and Sale at the Morro Bay Veterans Hall, 209 Surf Street, Morro Bay, California 93442, Friday 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Saturday. 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, No Early admission, Set-up: Friday, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, Free Admission, San Luis Obispo Bottle Society, San Luis Obispo Bottle Society on Facebook, Contact: Richard Tartaglia, Show Chairman, 1546 Hillcrest

Place, San Luis Obispo, Caliornia 93401, 805.543.7484, dirtydiver53@gmail.com March 20 & 21 Deland, Florida The Deland M-T Bottle Collectors Club presents their 45th Antique Bottle, Insulator & Table Top collectible Show. *** New!!!!

Longer Show Time Hours on Saturday *** Location is SR 44 & I-4 at the Volusia County Fairgrounds (Exit 118) Deland, Florida, Dealer set up: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm Friday. Fee for early buyers, Friday 3:00 pm -7:00 pm and before 8:00 am Saturday is $20. Regular show Admission and parking for all buyers on Saturday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm is FREE. (160 Sales Tables will be available for this show) For table reservations, please contact: Asst.

Show Chairman: Brian Hoblick, 11721 NW County Road 236, Alachua, Florida 32615. hoblick@aol.com, 386.804.9635, Show Chairman: Dwight A. Pettit Jr., 386.956.8033, pettit9119@bellsouth.net Show contract available at our website www.m-tbottleclub. com.

March 22 Wilmington, Ohio Wilmington Antique Bottle, Fruit Jar & Insulator Show (Formerly Columbus, Ohio Show) at the Roberts Centre, I-71 & US Route 68, Exit 50. The Roberts Centre was the location for the 2010 FOHBC National show that featured nearly 300 tables. 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Admission $4, No Early Buyers.

Information: Joe Hardin, 937.728.9930 or jkcollectables@gmail.com March 22 Bloomington, Minnesota 44th Annual Minnesota Antique Bottle, Advertising, and Stoneware Show & Sale Sponsored by the North Star Historical Bottle Association. 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Admission: $5 (no early admission) NEW LOCATION! Knights of Columbus Building, 1114 American Blvd. West, Bloomington, Minnesota 55420 Contact: Jeff Springer, 651.500.0949, springer_ associates@yahoo.com March 22 Brewerton (Syracuse) New York 45th Annual Empire State Bottle Collectors Association’s Spring Bottle Show and Sale, will be held on Sunday from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm at the Brewerton Volunteer Fire Hall, 9625 US Route 11, Brewerton, New York 13029.

Donation is $3. For information contact: Keon Kellogg, show chairman, 315.963.8681 or e-mail: kkell32369@aol.com March 28 Daphne, Alabama The Mobile Bottle Collectors Club’s 42nd Annual Show & Sale, will be held on Saturday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Daphne Civic Center, 2603 US Hwy 98, Daphne, Alabama 36525. Free Admission and Bottle Appraisals.

Dealer Set-up is Friday, March 27, 2015 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 9:00 am. See Info & Contract Packet. For more information contact: Rod Vining, 251.957.6725, E-mail: vinewood@mchsi.com March 29 Enfield, Connecticut Yankee Polecat Insulator Club, Antique Insulator, Bottle & Collectibles Show at the American Legion Hall, 566 Enfield Street (US Route 5), Enfield, Connecticut (Exit 49 off I-91) 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Insulators, Bottles, Railroadiana, Telephone & Telegraph Collectibles, Lightning Rod Equipment. Free Admission. Contact: John Rajpolt rajpolt@ earthlink.net March 29 Tylersport, Pennsylvania The 21st Annual Bucks-Mont Bottle Show and Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers at 8:00 am at the Tylersport Fire Company, 125 Ridge Road, Tylersport, Pennsylvania, Contact: David Buck 215.206.5878 or Greg Gifford, 215.699.5216 April 4 Belleville, Illinois 16th Annual Antique Bottle & Jar Show & Sports Collectibles combined with Breweriana Blowout XVI at the Belleclair Fairgrounds – Belleville, Illinois, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm.

Free Admission at 9:00 am, Early Admission at 7:00 am – $20. For information call Bill 618.466.3513 (h) or 618.444.4343 (cell) or Bob 618.377.5686 (h) or 618.580.5475 (cell) April 10 & 11 Antioch, California 49th Annual Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society Show & Sale at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds (Sunset Hall), 1201 West 10th Street, Antioch, California 94509, April 10th (Friday) 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm, April 11th (Saturday) 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Early

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(More) Sho-Biz admission: April 10th (Friday) 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm $10, Set-up Friday 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Cost of admission for show & early admission: Friday $10, Saturday FREE, Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society, Contact: Gary & Darla Antone, Show Chairpersons, 752 Murdell Lane, Livermore, California 94550, 925.373.6758, packrat49er@netscape.net April 11 Kalamazoo, Michigan The Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club’s 36th Annual Show & Sale, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, early buyers 8:00 am at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake Stret, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Contact: John Pastor, PO Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165, 248.486.0530, jpastor@americanglassgallery.com or Mark McNee, 269.343.8393, April 11 St. Clairsville, Ohio The Ohio Valley Bottle Club’s annual Bottle & Table-Top Antiques Show, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, early buyers 8:00 am at the J.B. Martin Recreation Center, 102 Fair Avenue, St. Clairsville, Ohio Exit 216 off I-70, Contact: Tom Chickery, 740.695.2958, tchick65@gmail.com April 12 Hutchinson, Kansas Kansas Antique Bottle & Postcard Show at the State Fairgrounds, Sunflower South Building, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Free Admission, Awards for Displays, Dealer set-up: Saturday, April 11, 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Dinner at 6:00 pm, Auction following dinner. Information: Mike McJunkin, 42 Sunflower, Hutchinson, Kansas 67502, 620.728.8304, scarleits@cox.net (see flyer for more contact names) April 12 Dover, New Hampshire New England Antique Bottle Club 49th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers 8:00 am, Elks Club, 282 Durham Road (Rt 108), Exit 7 off Spaulding Turnpike, Dover, New Hampshire, Contact: Gerry Sirois, 207.773.0148 or Jack Pelletier, 207.839.4389 April 18 Salisbury, North Carolina 9th Annual Piedmont Bottle & Pottery Club Show at the Salisbury Civic Center, 315 S. Martin Luther King Avenue, Salisbury, North Carolina 28144, Saturday 8:00 am – 2:00 pm, No early admission, Set-up: Saturday 6:30 am, Free admission, Piedmont Bottle & Pottery Club, antiquebottles.com/piedmont, Contact: John Patterson, Show chairman, 704.636.9510, ncmilks@carolina.rr.com

April 19 Rochester, New York 46th Annual Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association’s Bottle, Paper, Postcard, & Table Top Antiques Show & Sale at Roberts Wesleyan College Voller Athletic Center, 2301 Westside Drive, Rochester, New York 14624, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Admission $4, www.gvbca.org, Show and Dealer Info: Aaron and Pamela Weber, gvbca@frontierNET.net 585.226.6345 April 19 Harrisonburg, Virginia 44th Historical Bottle Diggers of Virginia Antique Bottle Show at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 4808 S. Valley Pike, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, No Early admission, Admission for show: $3 at door, Historical Bottle Diggers of Virginia on Facebook, Contact: Sonny Smiley, Club President, 540.434.1129, lithiaman1@ yahoo.com April 19 Rochester, New York 46th Annual Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association’s Bottle, Paper, Postcard, & Table Top Antiques Show & Sale at Roberts Wesleyan College Voller Athletic Center, 2301 Westside Drive, Rochester, New York 14624, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Admission $4, www.gvbca.org, Show and Dealer Info: Aaron and Pamela Weber, gvbca@frontierNET.net 585.226.6345 FOHBC Member Club May 2 Gray, Tennessee 17th Annual “State of Franklin” Antique Bottle Show off I-26 on Exit 13, Saturday, Appalachian Fairgrounds, Gray, Tennessee, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Set-up time: 7:00 am – 9:00 am, Free Admission & Door Prizes!, www.sfabca.com, Contact: Carl Bailey, 423.282.3119 May 3 Antioch, Illinois Antique Bottle Club Of Northern Illinois, 40th Annual Antiques, Bottles and Collectables, Show and Sale at the Antioch Senior Center, 817 Holbeck, Antioch, Illinois 60002, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, no early admission. Set starts at 7:oo am. Free admission. Contact John Puzzo Phone 815.338.7582 or e-mail at johnpuzzo@ sbcglobal.net May 3 Marcy, New York The Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club will host its 21st Annual Utica Bottle Show

& Sale on Sunday at the Utica Maennerchor in Marcy, New York, 9:00 am – 2:30 pm, Admission $3, Information: Peter Bleiberg, 315.735.5430, pmbleiberg@aol.com or visit mohawkvalleybottleclub.com May 9 Mansfield, Ohio The Ohio Bottle Club’s 37th Mansfield Antique Bottle & Advertising Show & Sale at the Richland County Fairgrounds, Trimble Road exit off of U.S. Rt. 30, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Donation $3, Early Admission: $25 during dealer set-up Friday May 8, 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Information: Matt Lacy, Chair, 440.228.1873, info@antiquebottlesales. com or Louis Fifer, Co-Chair, 330.635.1964, fiferlouis@yahoo.com May 9 Coventry, Connecticut The Museum of Connecticut Glass 11th Annual Outdoor Bottle and Glass Show, Rt. 44 & North River Road, Coventry, Connecticut Rain or Shine, on the historic early 19th century glass factory grounds, including Exhibits and Tours. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, early buyers 8:00 am. www.glassmuseum.org Contact: Noel Tomas, 860.633.2944 Noel.Tomas@ glassmuseum.org May 9 & 10 Adamstown, Pennsylvania 2nd Annual Shupps Grove Diggers of America Show. Saturday 7:00 am Dealer Setup, Sunday Dawn to Dusk. Bottle diggers, relic hunters, scuba divers, metal detectors/farm dump finds, privy diggers and much more!! The Famous “Shupp’s Grove”, 1686 Dry Tavern Road, Denver, Pennsylvania 17517, Contact: Steve Guion, 717.626.5557, affinityinsurance1@ windstream.net May 15 & 16th Kent, Washington Washington Bottle & Collectors Association 4th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show at Kent Commons 525 4th Avenue N., Kent, Washington 98032. Early Buyers $5 admission, May 15th (Friday) 1:00 – 5:00 pm, Free admission May 16th (Saturday) 9:00 – 3:00 pm. Dealer set-up 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Friday. Contact Show chairs Pete Hendricks 253.335.1732 or Niel Smith 206.783.0215, E-mail: wbcaweb@gmail.com May 16 Aiken, South Carolina The Horse Creek Bottle & Pottery Club will hold its 7th annual Antique Bottle and Pottery Sale 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the H. Odell

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(More) Sho-Biz Weeks Activities Center, 1700 Whiskey Road, Aiken, South Carolina. No early buyers. Small antiques and collectibles, free parking, free admission, free appraisals. More information: Geneva Greene, 803.593.2271.

May 16 Lake City, Florida 2nd Annual Antique Bottle & Collectable Show & Sale at the Columbia County Fairgrounds, 438 SR 427, Lake City, Florida, Dealer set-up on Friday, May 15 from 12:00 – 7:00 pm. General admission: $3, Early Buyers Admission: $20 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm on Friday. For show and dealer contracts call Brian Hoblick 386.804.9635 or Ed LeTard 985.788.6163.

May 17 Washington, Pennsylvania Washington County Antique Bottle Clubs 41st Annual Show & Sale at the Alpine Star Lodge, 735 Jefferson Avenue, Washington, Pennsylvania 15301, Exit 17 off I-70.

Admission $3. Info: Ed Kuskie, 352 Pineview Drive, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 15037, 412.405.9061, bottlewizard@comcast.net May 30 & 31 Santa Rosa, California 49th Northwestern Bottle Collectors Antique Bottle & Collectible Show at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa, California 95404, Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm & Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Early Admission $10 Saturday 9:00 am – 10:00 am during dealer set-up. Set up: Saturday 9:00 am – 10:00 am, $3 General admission. $10 Early Admission, Northwestern Bottle Collectors Assn., www.oldwestbottles. com, Contact: Lou Lambert, Show Chairman, PO box 322, Graton, California 95444, 707.823.8845, nbca@comcast.net June 13 San Diego, California San Diego 2015 Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale at Al Bahr Shrine Temple, 5440 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego, California 92111, Dealer set-up: 7:00 am, Early Bird: 8:00 am – $10, General Admission: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm – $2, Free Admission: Noon to 3:00 pm., Kids under 12 free with adult, Mike Bryant, Show Chairman, Info: Jim Walker, 858.490.9019, jaw@internetter.com, www. sdbottleclub.org July 17 & 18 Reno, Nevada Reno Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club 52nd Annual Show & Sale at the Grand Sierra

Resort, 2500 East Second Street, Nevada Conference and Exhibition Center, Free Admission, Saturday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Friday, Dealer set-up: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, Friday, Early Bird: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm $10.

Information Marty Hall, rosemuley@att.net July 18 & 19 Adamstown, Pennsylvania The 15th Annual Shupp’s Grove Bottle Festival, Saturday & Sunday 6:00 am to dusk, early buyers Friday, 3:00 pm, The famous “Shupp’s Grove”, 1686 Dry Tavern Road, Denver, Pennsylvania 17517, Contact: Steve Guion, 717.626.5557, affinityinsurance1@ windstream.net July 25 Birmingham, Alabama The Alabama Bottle Collectors’ 10th Anniversary Bottle, Folk Pottery and Collectible Show will be Saturday, 8:00 am thru 3:00 pm at the Bessemer Civic Center located at Exit 108 on I-20/59…FREE PUBLIC ADMISSION. Dealers and Early Buyers are welcome Friday afternoon, July 24th from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Selling starts at 4:00 pm. More information can be found at www.AlabamaBottleCollectors.com or email ALBottleCollectors@Hotmail.com or call Tom Lines, Show Chairman at 205.410.2191.

July 31 -- August 2 Chattanooga, Tennessee FOHBC 2015 National Antique Bottle Show at the Chattanooga Convention Center, Sunday August 2, with dealer set-up and early buyers on Saturday. The Chattanooga Marriott Downtown will be the host hotel and is connected to the convention center. The banquet/bottle competition, seminars, auction, and membership meetings will be held at the Marriott. Jack Hewitt and John Joiner are serving as show co-chairpersons. Contracts and Information FOHBC National Show

August 8 Vicksburg, Mississippi 18th Vicksburg Bottle & Antique Show, 4137 Frontage Rd Exit 4-B, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39183, Saturday Only, Public 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Set-up: Saturday 7:00 am – 9:00 am, Cost of admission: $2, Vicksburg Collectors of Misissippi, Contact: Russell Schaffer, 111 Peach Street, Flora Mississippi, 601.618.5093, E-mail: russll2@bellsouth.net August 10 – 16 Bouckville, New York 44th Annual Madison-Bouckville Antique Show, Outdoor antiques, collectibles including two huge bottle tents. Over 2000 dealers and vendors located on scenic Route 20, Bouckville, New York. Contact: Larry Fox, 585.307.4608 or Jim Mitchell, 813.684.2834 September 27 Depew, New York 17th Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association Annual Show and Sale at the Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew, New York 14043, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Set-up: Sunday, September 27th 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Cost of admission: $2, children under 12 free, Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association, gbbca.org, Contact: Joe Guerra, Secretary, 29 Nina Terrace, West Seneca, New York 14224, Phone: 716.674.5750, jguerra3@ roadrunner.com

August 2016 August 4 – 7 Sacramento, California FOHBC 2016 National Antique Bottle Convention at the McClellan Conference Center, Host Hotel: Lions Gate Hotel. Room Reservations Information: Richard Siri, Show Chairman, rtsiri@sbcglobal.net or Ferdinand Meyer V, FOHBC President, 713.222.7979 x 115 or e-mail: fmeyer@fohbc.org More info at FOHBC.org FOHBC National Convention

Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a 501C(3) charitable organization? How does that affect you? It allows tax deductions for any and all donations to the FOHBC. You might also consider a bequest in your will to the FOHBC. This could be a certain amount of money or part or all of your bottle collection. The appraised value of your collection would be able to be deducted from your taxes. (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney) I give and bequeath to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, 1605 Clipper Cove, Painesville, OH 44077, the sum of $____________ to be used as its Board of Directors determines.

The same type wording could be used for bequeathing your collection or part of it, however, before donating your collection (or part of it), you would need the collection appraised by a professional appraiser with knowledge of bottles and their market values. This is the amount that would be tax deductible.

Thank you for considering us in your donation plans.

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Membership Benefits The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors cordially invites you to join a dedicated group of individuals and clubs who collect, study and display the treasured glass and ceramic gems of yesteryear.

The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is a non-profit organization supporting collectors of historical bottles, flasks, jars, and related items. The goal of the FOHBC is to promote the collection, study, preservation and display of historical bottles and related artifacts and to share this information with other collectors and individuals.

Federation membership is open to any individual or club interested in the enjoyment and study of antique bottles. The Federation publication, Bottles and Extras, is well known throughout the hobby world as the leading publication for those interested in bottles and “go-withs”. The magazine includes articles of historical interest, stories chronicling the hobby and the history of bottle collecting, digging stories, regional news, show reports, advertisements, show listings, and an auction directory. Bottles and Extras is truly the place to go when information is needed about this popular and growing hobby.

In addition to providing strength to a national/international organization devoted to the welfare of the hobby, your FOHBC membership benefits include: • A full year subscription the Federation’s official bi-monthly publication, Bottles and Extras • One free ad per yearly membership of 100 words for use for “wanted” items, trade offers, etc.

• Eligibility for a discount at FOHBC sponsored shows (National or EXPOs) towards “early admission” or dealer table rent • Access to a knowledge of the world of antique bottle collecting unavailable elsewhere • Contact information for clubs devoted to the study of historical bottles • A forum for your writings, articles, and editorials regarding the hobby • Participation in the nomination and selection of Federation members for the Honor Roll and Hall of Fame • Federation-sponsored writing, show poster, and newsletter-design contests • Free publication assistance for your book or manuscript • And more...

We encourage Affiliated Bottle Club memberships by offering these additional benefits to your group: • Display advertising in Bottles and Extras at an increased discount of 50% • Insertion of your bottle club show ad on the Federation website to increase your show’s exposure • Links to your club website free of charge, as well as assistance with the creation of your website • Free Federation ribbon for Most Educational Display at your show • Slide programs for use at your club meetings • Participation in Federation sponsored insurance program for your club show and any other club sponsored activities Finally…

We need your support! Our continued existence is dependent upon your participation as well as expanding our membership. The Federation is the only national organization devoted to the enjoyment, study, preservation, collection, and display of historical bottles.

The FOHBC welcomes individuals who would like to contribute by running for Board positions or by sharing their expertise and volunteering their talents in other areas of interest such as contributions to our publications, assistance with the Federation’s National and EXPO shows, or through membership promotion.

If you haven’t yet joined our organization, please do so and begin reaping the benefits. If you are already a member, please encourage your friends and fellow collectors to JOIN US!!

For more information, questions, or to join the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, please contact:

Jim Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: (518) 673-8833; e-mail: jim1@frontiernet.net or visit our home page on the web at FOHBC.org

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FOHBC Individual Membership Application For Membership, complete the following application or sign up at www.fohbc.org (Please Print) Do you wish to be listed in the printed membership directory? (name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No

Name ____________________________ Address ____________________________ City _____________ State __________ Zip _____________ Country _______ Do you wish to be listed in the Telephone ___________________________ online membership directory?

Email Address ________________________ (name, address, phone number,

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Category: “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership year.

Category: “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 1 ad per issue.

(Use extra paper if necessary.)

email address and what you collect)

Collecting Interests ____________________ { } Yes { } No ____________________________ ____________________________ Would you be interested in ____________________________ serving as an officer? { } Yes { } No

Addtional Comments __________________ Would you be interested ____________________________ in contributing your bottle

knowledge by writing articles for the Bottles and Extras? { } Yes { } No

Membership/Subscription rates for one year (6 issues) (Circle One)

United States - second class $30.00 - second class for three years $75.00 - first class $45.00

Canada - first class $50.00 Other countries - first class $65.00

(all first class sent in appropriate mailer) Add an Associate Membership* to any of the above at $5.00 for each associate for each year

Name(s) of Associate(s) _________________________ *Associate Membership is available to members of the immediate family of any adult holding an Individual Membership. Children of ages 21 or older must have their own individual membership. Associate(s) Members enjoy all of the right and privledges of an Individual Membership

Signature _________________________Date_______ Please make checks or money orders payable to FOHBC and mail to: FOHBC Membership, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002 Effective 9/2011

Affiliated Club Membership for only $75.00 with liability insurance for all club sponsored events, 50% discount on advertising in the Bottles and Extras, plus much more, Contact: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; e-mail: emeyer@fohbc.org

Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; ph: (713) 222-7979; or better yet, email Elizabeth at: emeyer@fohbc.org

Article Submission Requirements: All Bottles and Extras articles or material need to be submitted on CD (preferable) or an email using a compressed (zipped) file. The file must be created by Microsoft Word, Publisher or Adobe N-Design so the editor does not have to retype the work. High-resolution digital images are our preferred format. Please submit digital images on a CD according to the instructions below. We will accept e-mail submissions only if the image resolution is acceptable. The e-mail or CDs must have only ONE subject per transmission to minimize confusion. Each image must be accompanied by a caption list or other identifying information. Professionalgrade equipment is a must to achieve the size and quality image we require. The highest setting on the camera should be used for maximum resolution and file size. Only high quality images will be considered. Please do not send photographic prints or scans of images—the color and quality are generally not up to par compared with digital images or slides scanned by our imaging department. We will consider exceptions for photos that can’t be easily found, such as older historical images.

We rarely use slides anymore and prefer not to receive submissions of slides due to the time and liability involved in handling them.

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We are currently seeking quality consignments for our 2015 auction schedule!

As a consignor, please consider the following benefits to help ensure your valued items reach their highest potential: w Competitive consignor rates and low buyer premiums w Broad-based and extensive advertising w Experience, knowledge, honesty and integrity w Attention to detail and customer service

These fine bottles are to be included in our Spring, 2015 Auction.

For more information, please feel free to contact us at your convenience.

American Glass Gallery • John R. Pastor • P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165 phone: 248.486.0530 • www.americanglassgallery.com • email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com

FOHBC C/ O Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002

Please CheCk your information and notify us of errors.

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