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On the Cover: Sacramento Whiskiana collage

FOHBC Officers | 2014 - 2016 ................................................................ 2

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FOHBC President’s Message ................................................................ 3 Shards of Wisdom ............................................................................... 4 FOHBC News - From & For Our Members .................................................... 6

Martin Van Zant BOTTLES and EXTRAS Editor 208 Urban Street Danville, Indiana 46122 812.841.9495 email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com

Book Review (Encyclopedia of Bottle Maker Marks) .................................................. 8 Betty Zumwalt: She Was There, at the 1976 St. Louis Expo by Bill Baab............ 13 Ulrich Alting - Hawaii’s First Soda Water Bottler by Eric McGuire ..................... 14 Optimistic Cynicism by Steven Libbey ......................................................... 22 Monterey An Enigma Bottle by Rick (Meech) Burchfield .............................. 34

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One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure by Jim Bender................................ 38 McDonald & Levy’s Compound Extract of Manzanita by Eric McGuire .............. 44 Sacramento Whiskiana by Steve Abbott ....................................................... 54 FOHBC Member Photo Gallery .............................................................. 64

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Coming Next Issue or down the road: FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo Report • Best of the West - Top 70 • Where in the World is H. H. Warner? • Burk’s Lightning Liniment • OK Plantation Bitters - The Big Boys • Nevada Back Bar Bottle Bonanza • Wisconsin Beer Bottle Collecting’s Patriarch, Wayne Kroll • The Color Aqua • Dr. Le Riemondie’s Southern Bitters • The Color Amber • The Wood Street Stoneys • The Dr. Craig H.H. Warner Connection • A Silver Lining in that Storm? • Savannah Bottler John Ryan’s Fame has spread across the United States

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Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Business & News

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

FOHBC Officers 2014-2016

President: Ferdinand Meyer V, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x115; email: fmeyer@fohbc.org

Conventions Director: Louis Fifer, 604 Topaz, Brunswick, Ohio 44212; phone: 330.635.1964; email: fiferlouis@yahoo.com

First Vice-President: Sheldon Baugh, 252 W Valley Dr, Russellville, KY 42276; phone: 270.726.2712; email: sbi_inc@bellsouth.net

Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x103; email: emeyer@fohbc.org

Second Vice-President: Gene Bradberry, 3706 Deerfield Cove, Bartlett, TN 38135; phone: 901.372.8428; email: genebsa@gmail.com Secretary: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: jhberry10@yahoo.com Treasurer: Gary Beatty, 3068 Jolivette Rd., North Port, FL 34288; phone: 941.276.1546; email: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net Historian: Jim Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net Editor: Martin Van Zant, 208 Urban St, Danville, IN 46122; phone: 812.841.9495; email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com Merchandising Director: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: vgberry10@yahoo.com Membership Director: Linda Sheppard, P.O. Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net

Director-at-Large: Bob Ferraro, 515 Northridge Dr, Boulder City, NV 89005; phone: 702.293.3114; email: 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; email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com Midwest Region Director: Matt Lacy, 3836 State Route 307, Austinburg Ohio 44010, phone: 440.228.1873; email: info@antiquebottlesales.com Northeast Region Director: Andrew Vuono, 34 Ridgeway St, Stamford, Connecticut 06907, phone: 203.975.9055; email: amvuono@gmail.com Southern Region Director: Ron Hands, 913 Parkside Drive, Wilson, North Carolina 27896, phone: 330.338.3455; email: rshands225@yahoo.com Western Region Director: Eric McGuire, 1732 Inverness Drive, Petaluma, California 94954, phone: 707.778.2255; email: etmcguire@comcast.net Public Relations Director: Rick DeMarsh, 159 Malta Pointe, Mechanicville, New York 12118, phone: 518.225.3467; email: ricksbottleroom@gmail.com

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FOHBC

President’s Message Ferdinand Meyer V

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ne ofdown the more persons I have metMonday along theafter wayNew itting at myinteresting desk, on this first that back-to-work is Federation Ken Previtali.

Hewith is candid, smart Years, I conjuremember up a vision of a stove lots ofcreative, pots-a-cooking. and also “Ginger Ale Man.” mayhas remember his great, awardThe kettlethelabeled antique bottleYou events us all looking forward to the winningleading displayupattothe FOHBC Antique BottleAntique Show in stretch the2013 FOHBC 2016National Sacramento National BotManchester, New Anyway, advised me when conference I started tle Convention & Hampshire.

Expo this August.

WeKen have a coordination writing Messages usestep “we” as much as or possible, as are thisalso is call laterPresident’s in the week and planto to it up a notch two. We not about “me.”

Yes, did say Ken was candid? Of course is Nationright. pleased that we locked in ISpringfield, Massachusetts for ourKen 2017 There is a much pictureand andby as the my time momyou usedread to say, earth the al Antique Bottlebigger Convention, this “the message, does not 2018 revolve aroundAntique me.” Well, Ken, I think about yourwill advice FOHBC National Bottle Convention & Expo haveeach been issue, but I’m to passOhio. a littleWe to really the lefthave because need to thisand in announced forgoing Cleveland, our Iteams in get place printwheels and offinmy chest.I suppose we should start thinking about the 2019 our motion.

Convention in the Southern Region. Planning ahead has many benefits.

[May 26, 2016] Within the last President’s Message (BOTTLE and EXTRAS May-June closed the first with 2016 “I alsoissue loveof The FOHBC is also2016), proudI to say that this paragraph March | April what I do and addictedistothe antique and glass.

That helpswhich keep BOTTLES andI am EXTRAS first tobottles be printed in full color, me oncosts schedule gets me $184 through rough and prompted bumps in the only us anand additional an the issue.

Thisspots change a few road.” Little did Iwhich know that my comments design revisions, we hope you will would notice,become such asprophetic the Tableasof on Monday, 18th we receive were hitquite with acataContents andApril a few of (Elizabeth’s the section birthday), headers. We few restrophic and floodingonin how the Houston area. It made news, ally nicerain compliments the magazine looksnational and have come schools closedshort for a number week, and county, withfor 10aothers, so far inwere a relative of our years.

Oh, along and look new secwereindeclared Federal Zones with“Member National Photo GuardGallery.” and sheriff’s tion the back of theDisaster magazine called This boat rescues. was crazy, as Houston typically gets 50 inches of rain new section isThis dedicated to the fine photography of antique bottles and a year, Please so we are water, just not inches or in one day, on We glass. feelused freeto to submit your17images forsoconsideration. our property within our house. we and had ahope flashthat floodyou have alreadyand started work on the Unfortunately, May-June issue fromconsider the north, as Bessie’s Creek to flooded.We This never hapwill authoring an article forour theeast magazine. arehas here to help! pened before as old-timers from the area told us.

Within this issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS, please read the proposed With rain all Sunday night, we already knewmarked by watching theAll news that bylaw updates and revisions that have been in red. revisions Houston shut down we stayed at the house instead of have beenwas approved by on theMonday, FOHBCsoBoard of Directors.

These bylaws driving to my studioand in the city. mid-afternoon, we heard Cooper, have been amended need to Around be reviewed by the FOHBC membership our Great barkingmembership loudly outside, as if at warning us. I ran outNaprior to thePyrenees, annual general meeting the FOHBC 2016 the back door and sawConvention the water coming rather fast. I tell you, I had notby tional Antique Bottle & Expo in Sacramento, California seen that beforevote andof thea rest was a of blur us. Icast think willeligible write anvoters aran affirmative majority allfor votes byI the ticle about this provided event in athat future BOTTLES EXTRAS issue are because, in attendance, a copy of the and proposed changes made I am not kidding, we had bottles floating in our housebyand I have available to each member in advance, either directly mail or bythe timely pictures!

I will, however, let you know that Elizabeth and I are fine, our notice in the Federation’s official periodical or on the Federation website. seven dogs are doing well and our five cats have managed to stay dry.

It’sother been news, five weeks nowmoving and weahead are in with the middle of majorfor restorations In we are photography the Virtual and renovations.

Weto(myself) packed photography close to a 1,000 to Museum and hope have regional labsbottles set upand in went regions higher as we arebottles all living I mean, format who would in to startground, photographing bothupstairs! in a standard and take 3-dimenthis Meyer family houseguests,by certainly noDirector, family orAlan friend sionally.

This effortinsanity is beingasspearheaded Museum Deor hotel. You We thank you all have and reached outthe Maison. may have metthat Alan at expressed the Virtualconcern Museum table during with best 2015 wishes and we do not hold itAntique against you if you did last not offer to FOHBC Chattanooga National Bottle Show August. house this zoo that has become our life.

Federation member Alicia Booth is heading up the nomination process Flash News: It isofficers now Thursday, and my first for theForward electionBreaking of all Federation includingJune the 2,President, Vice President(s), Secretary, Treasurer, Business Manager, Membership Di-

day back to theRelations studio in Director, downtownConventions Houston. Why my first day back? rector, Public Director, Historian, MerWell, it happened again on Saturday, May 28, 2016, my birthday this (4). chandising Director, Directors-at-Large (3), and Region Directors time, the Brazos River breached!

Another 500-year according Theseaselections occur every two years.

Any officer event, may run for sucto NOAA. The water came fromhas the opposite before andfor cessive terms.

This committee prepared direction a slate offrom nominations iteach wasoffice much and worse than the first event. is listed below.

It is important to note that any member desiring to run for any office in the Federation may file a nomination The started out normally and was(in terrifically sunny. starting apformday with the Election Committee accordance withI was procedures the grill by as our and grandchildren coming over.Committee) Elizabeth proved the daughter membership and institutedwere by the Election was out buying steaks and such when I noticed water coming from thethis indicating the office they desire to run for. The deadline for filing woods backwards, or successful north. Running to the front of our is Apriland 1stmoving 2016. We have seen campaigns by our memberproperty, I could a breach that it please was happening ship before so if see youthere wantwas to run for a and position, let Aliciaagain. know.

Areas north of us around Brenham, Texas (Blue Bell ice cream country) You and reach her at this email address, alicia@cis-houston.org.

You received 20 inches aofballot rain the We only received 3 inches or will be receiving forprevious voting day. so please take the time to vote. so. All that water moved to the Brazos River and upstream dams apparently, were opened.

FOHBC Candidates

Here is the slate of FOHBC and she rushed back, just making it up our I quickly called Elizabeth longrecommended dirt drive candidates before the path closed with rising water. To make a long forth bywe the buttoned nominating up again, moved upstairs and have been living storyputshort, headed

by Alicia As we were under renovation, we have no therecommittee since that Saturday.

Booth, Chairperson, for theappliances and short supply of everything else. We toilets, running water, 2016 power, - 2018 term. do have Internet, air conditioning and one refrigerator the contractor is leaving in until the last possible moment before we get another.

Anyone desiring to run Thank goodness! for a position may choose to runthey against one of the Again, wanted to boat rescue our clan, but we stayed put for many candidates by going to theimagine. Fortunately, there aren’t any more birthreasons, as you might website and printing daysFOHBC in the forecast, but more rain is coming. We are looking at this like a nomination form.For example, every morning and evening this past a bigoutlife adventure. email to Alicia five Then, days,mail weor (8 dogs this time as we had a house guest) swam from the Booth, 11502 Burgoyne house to the front gate. Actually, I waded in chest-deep water and the Houston, Texasgeese formation. When we reach the elevated road it dogsDrive, swam in “V” 77077. is still under about 6” of running water. We then walk north and get to a alicia@cis-houston.org stretch of higher ground we see horses, goats, llamas, cows… all being rescued. Unreal scenes. Snakes galore, too, as water moccasins are seen The closingswimming date for nomi-by. The dogs are real glad (as us) to see higher frequently nationsifisyou April know 1, 2016what at I mean. ground, midnight.

I post this for awareness and apologize for the lack of e-mail and phone nominations callsAdditional to all who have will reached out. This has been a very trying period in be printed alongside our lives.

Stay dry, the enjor your summer. I realize many of you bottle colslateare proposed by the nomlectors in Mother Nature’s way in some way or another. Make sure andand will your priorities straight. Be safe. There is a much you inating have committee insurance be listed in the May-June bigger picture.

2016 issue of BOTTLES and with amove short to the west coast. By the time you get this NowEXTRAS let’s along quickly biography of each issue, we will be only five or so weeks from the FOHBC 2016 Sacracandidate. mento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo that so many of us have planned for so long and eagerly await. There’s going to be some FOHBC members vote wait. Now, over to the east coast where Team super glass there!willCan’t by a form provided by mail.almost daily on components for the FOHBC 2017 Springfield is working The new board membersAntique Bottle Convention & Expo. The 2018 team Springfield National will beworking announcedtoafter a is even prepare for their event as they have developed a logo count at the annualmaterial for the FOHBC 2018 Cleveland National and vote early marketing Membership Meeting Antique Bottle Convention & Expo. You can catch an early preview on PageBreakfast 12. at the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Bottle Conventionweb site as the latest FOHBC news is always VisitAntique the FOHBC.org & Expo. posted.

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Bottles and Extras Falls, Rhode Island and is mounted on a walnut base. It is drawn by two horses (“matched Grays!”) and on one of its panels is inscribed “Belle of Georgia,” the name of the brewery’s flagship lager beer, as well as Augusta Brewing Company, est. 1888 on the plate. It is one of just 10 made.

The brewery was in business until 1913 when it was forced to close by Prohibition. It continued operating under the Augusta Ice and Beverage name until March 5, 1921 when it filed for bankruptcy.

Brewer’s great grandson presents wagon model to longtime collector-historian Bill Baab AUGUSTA, Ga. – J. Douglas Herman Sr., a great grandson of Augusta Brewing Company founder Edward W. Herman, recently presented a pewter model of the type of delivery wagon first used by the brewery to Bill Baab, longtime Augusta antique bottle collector and historian.

“It has indeed been a pleasure to have you as a friend for so many years and I expect to enjoy many more to come,” Herman said in making the presentation at his home near Augusta.

“I believe you have been the most significant contributor to the history of the Augusta Brewing Company (1888) and the E. Sheehan Bottling Works (1880) as well as much of Augusta’s overall history.”

Baab, 81, was named “Honorary Brewmaster of Augusta Brewing Co., 1888” by Mr. Herman. The model of a “Beer Delivery Wagon” was made by New England Pewter Co., Inc., of Central

KolaWars: Atlanta

by Dennis I. Smith A Review

by Bill Baab

A few months ago, longtime friend Dennis Smith asked me to proof read the manuscript of his latest book, KolaWars: Atlanta, so I benefitted from the “sneak peek” at its contents scattered alphabetically over 120 pages.

Dennis, an Alabama native who lives in the Far North (Buffalo, N.Y.), has been an avid collector of antique bottles for nearly 50 years, especially the many varieties containing Celery-Cola. Collectors who have attended Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors national shows have enjoyed his historical displays.

After Coca-Cola made its Atlanta debut in 1886, everybody and his uncle decided to join the parade of the city’s soft drink bottlers, usually with $$ marks etched on their eyeballs. It wasn’t that easy.

Not only after a few false steps did Coca-Cola garner a huge share of Atlanta’s soft drink market, the fact that eventual owner Asa Candler had deep pockets and was able to develop a national advertising campaign second to none was key to that business’s continued success.

There were a few other things that affected all the bottlers from Day One: No. 1, the formulas for many of the soft drinks contained ingredients harmful to the drinkers, namely cocaine, among others, and Coca-Cola was not exempt. (The writer’s father always said when seeking a Coke: “Let’s go get a Dope.”)

No. 2, the Coca-Cola Company itself, with an array of high-powered attorneys who were ever mindful of the soft drink companies whose brand names came close to duplicating Coke’s old-time script trademark. The courts were kept busy.

So Dennis looked into all of this, checked the outcomes of many courtroom dramas and, as a result, provides collectors with a treasure trove of historical information, much of it new.

J. Douglas Herman Sr. (right) makes Bill Baab an “Honorary Brewmaster” and presents him with a pewter model beer delivery wagon.

(Bea Baab photo)

Copies of original ads, paper labels, the bottles themselves, many in color, fill this book’s pages. It all makes for a most enjoyable,

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and sometimes eye-opening, read.

A few examples (by permission of the author): Afri-Kola, originated in 1900 by Atlanta entrepreneur Lee Hagan. The Coca-Cola Company objected to the use of “Kola,” claiming it had exclusive rights to the word “Cola” and its derivatives.

At least one Atlanta bottler didn’t mess around: “Dope” was a trademark registered in the state of Georgia in 1906.

Atlanta businessman Thomas H. Austin introduced Koca Nola in 1904.The earliest ad appeared in the March 15 Atlanta Constitution as “Coca Nola.” It was quickly changed. The drink was advertised as “Delicious & Dopeless.” That turned out to not be the case.

Only a few of the dozens of soft drinks can be found in Atlanta nowadays, but collectors of antique bottles don’t care. Their shelves are loaded with glass of the past. Perhaps many were not aware of the histories behind their bottles. This book provides lots of answers.

It’s available from the author via e-mail celerycola@yahoo.com, or by snail mail (personal check or postal money order) at P.O. Box 1913, Buffalo, NY 14225. Cost is $30 plus shipping: $4 media mail, or $5.75 priority mail. Dennis accepts PayPal to books@ kolawars.com.

Eyeballing an eye in a dump can be sort of eye-opening

by Bill Baab

I have found the antique bottle hobby to be very interesting, especially the digging part. You never know what might be uncovered with the turn of a spade.

getting down on my knees to examine it, it was sort of disconcerting to find another eye staring back. “Whoa!” I said, or something like that. I called Whit over to check it out.

I picked up the blue-eyed eye, saw that it had sharp corners and knew it wasn’t a spare eye for a human being. More than likely, it was originally inside a doll’s head or a toy stuffed bear’s head (blue-eyed bear? More than likely a blue-eyed blonde doll).

My digging buddy, Drew (Whit) Whitaker and I were digging in a small town landfill not far from our homes, uncovering everything from straight-sided Cokes to local Hutchinson sodas and an occasional jug.

In the hole I was enlarging, a Hutchinson Coca-Cola (block lettering) from the coastal city of Brunswick, Georgia popped out. At the time, it was the only one known. Earlier, I had dug a Chattanooga, Tennessee “Coco-Cola” Hutchinson. Turns out the variant with the correct spelling of Coca-Cola was the rare one.

Since I’d dug the Brunswick Coke, I gave the other one to Whit, my longtime digging buddy and personal friend until his death a few years ago.

He and I took the Brunswick bottle to a meeting of the original Southeastern Bottle Club in Decatur, Georgia where I wowed everybody.

Getting back to our dig: I noticed something shiny in the dirt and,

Artificial eye, one of two for a doll, startled Baab by peering at him from dirt pile.

(Bea Baab photo)

The glass eye sits on a shelf in my bottle room, bringing back memories of a good time. It is accompanied by a china hen’s nesting egg, the top of a Panther Springs bottle (the springs were located near Augusta, Georgia, but we have never found a bottle) and my FOHBC Hall of Fame plaque.

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FOHBC News From & For Our Members Mighty Fine Spaghetti Dinner in Downieville

tool. Thank you for your help,

Ferdinand, I wanted to thank you for your hospitality at last year’s Downieville Antique Bottle Show. You and Jerry Forbes had mighty fine wine and spaghetti over at your river house (rented). I wanted to tell you that I enjoyed your article on The Color Puce (Jan Feb issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS). I had a furniture finishing shop here in Sacramento and we made our own stains. Rose Lake worked to make puce, in the shop we called it “Pucelaneous.” We used a lot of the earth colors, raw umber, burnt umber, raw sienna, and burnt sienna. Looking forward to the National Antique Bottle Convention in Sacramento.

Jeff Strong Baltimore, Maryland

George Wagoner Carmichael, California

I remember your father and he was a great guy Hi Ferdinand, First of all, I want to tell you, I remember your father and he was a great guy. I have been collecting bottles since the early 70s and met your father back then at the Baltimore Bottle Club. I was reminding my wife about him and she remembers once when the Baltimore Bottle Show was at the Timonium Fairgrounds. She and I were there early to help along with some additional people. The doors were locked so someone went over to security to have them unlock but they were told only Ferd Meyer could authorize it. So I went over to the security building, told them I was Ferd Meyer and asked them to open up, which they did. I let Ferd know what happened and he did not mind.

Antique Bottle Club of San Diego FOHBC Membership Drawings Hi Ferdinand: We had our meeting last night and here are the five winners of the FOHBC memberships. I was pleasantly surprised.

Of the approximately 40 members present, only about 10 were not FOHBC members already. Thought that was great! The winners were Terry Monteith (El Cajon, Calif.), Ken Gallo (Santee, Calif.), Camile Horak (San Diego, Calif.), Jim Walker (San Diego, Calif.) and Carol Serr (La Mesa, Calif.)

Mike Bryant Antique Bottle Club of San Diego

New Show: Central Texas Antique Bottle Show Thank you Ferdinand. I don’t have a flyer yet. Our daughter is supposed to help me with that. We think Texas is ready for another bottle show and want to try Waco because it is centrally located. There is a local collector base and hopefully we can draw some collectors from Austin, Dallas and West Texas who don’t travel to the Houston bottle show.

Jay Kasper Shiner, Texas

J. J. McBride - King of Pain

The Sonora Stomach Bitters (pictured above) was dug by me and my digging partner Rob Crew, in Baltimore a couple weeks ago.

It was in a wet brick-lined outhouse about 8-10 feet deep with the Sonora Bitters being on the bottom. Most of the bottles in the outhouse were around 1880s with the Sonora and a few others at the bottom being older. Unfortunately, I never bother to take photos when I dig.

The patina on the bottle is pretty cool as it makes it look like the bottles dug in the Benicia mud flats in the 70s which is neat because of the bottle embossing of Sonora. I checked with Jeff Wichmann at American Bottle Auctions and he was not sure if it was west coast or not. I believe there is also a Sonora, Texas. I’m not sure if Sonora stands for the town or was used as a selling

Hi Martin: This is in response to Fred Holabird’s letter to the editor regarding the article J. J. McBride, King of Pain (Jan Feb issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS). Certainly Mr. Holabird is a well known Nevada bottle book author and we all look forward to his new book Ghost Towns and Medicines, which we have been anxiously waiting since 2012.

The author of this article and associate researcher Mr. Jon Aurich, owner of the Florence Mine in Goldfield, Nevada and of Strange Inheritance Fame, did not just dash off this article but in contrary spent many months researching this man and this Nevada medicine. As long time collectors of virtually all things Nevada, we both have advanced knowledge and understanding of research.

J. J. McBride could not be found in the San Francisco Directories of 1870, 1871, 1872, and 1873. Neither did we find any of his advertisements in newspapers of the West or East. In addition, extensive search of books on medicines and cures, and also check-

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ing with several major Nevada bottle collectors, not one example of this bottle was found.

However, he was found with the help of the wonderful docent ladies at the University of Nevada, Reno, Historical Society; 1) as a resident of Elko, Nevada in Howard Hickson’s Histories, 2) in the book Sagebrush Doctors by Edna B. Patterson, 1972. Both these references were given in the article. In addition, his advertisements were found in The Elko Independent on Wednesday, April 13, 1870. Microfiche copies were unsuitable for publication because of blurriness. I have included copies of these for your perusal. Now, certainly Mr. Holabird could be right, and also in spite of our extensive research and knowledge of Nevada bottles, we could be wrong. It would be very clarifying if Mr. Holabird could produce the directory and advertisements he contends exist, and produce just one bottle like ours which he states were sold by the millions.

It seems a mystery as to why McBride would choose a one-horse town like Elko which in 1870 must have had a very small population to run any advertisement at all. Respectfully, James D. Jacobitz, M.D., San Francisco, California Jon Aurich, Jr.

List of Pigments for Coloring Glass This list of pigments for coloring glass is found in many references. [Editor note: List is in conjunction with the article within the May June BOTTLES and EXTRAS issue “More on the Color Orange in Antique Glass” by Ken Previtali]

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Information Request: Baltimore Glass Works Bottles Dear Ferdinand, I’m with an exhibit design firm in Louisville, Ky, Solid Light, who is working with Sagamore Spirit in creating exhibits for the new rye whiskey visitor’s center. We are in search of Baltimore Glass Works or Maryland Glass Works-made historical whiskey flasks to purchase in order to create an historically based bottle sculpture. Also, if not Baltimore Glass Works made, then others would work that are typical of the time period. I’ve been able to purchase some really nice examples, but only one Baltimore Glass Works bottle on Ebay. I thought as a collector, you may know who has bottles for sale that aren’t advertised on the web.

We are staying with the clear glass with the aqua/greenish/ bluish/ tint bottles interspersed with only a few of the amber glass but very transparent bottles. I’ve attached some examples of bottles I’ve purchased on Ebay thus far to give you a visual.

Hopefully, you have a bit of time to consider this request! Thank you in advance!

Robbi Ray, Research Coordinator Solid Light, Louisville, Kentucky [FM] Robbi: Best to visit a bottle show in your area. See link to FOHBC show listings at FOHBC.org. The Baltimore Antique Bottle Show is a monster each March. You could complete your task in a few hours.

Book Review: North Carolina Brewers and Bottlers, 1774-1908 Bill (Baab): I was honored and pleased to read such a gracious review of my little book. Thank you. Also, wanted you to know I am well underway with my next three books: Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works of North Carolina, Lesser Known Bottling Works of North Carolina (Chero, Christo, Mint, etc.) and Independent Bottling Works of North Carolina (Not franchised by any specific brand). All three will cover a period up to 1925 with some independents as early as 1850. If you are willing, I might ask for your review and input. I have purchased a high end digital camera and have started experimenting with different images and formats. Again, thank you. Regards, David Tingen Raleigh, North Carolina

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Encyclopedia of Bottle Maker’s Marks available online and in hard copy

By Bill Baab

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by Julian Harrison Toulouse? It answered a lot of questions about the glass companies that manufactured bottles and jars in the 19th and early 20th centuries, especially identifying the marks on the containers’ bases.

It also left a lot of unanswered questions during those days before the Internet.

So a group of like-minded individuals formed the Bottle Research Group (BRG) and began researching and publishing stories in BOTTLES and EXTRAS, many of which readers are sure to recall.

The group is more than a decade old and consists of Bill Lockhart, Bill Lindsey, Carol Serr, Pete Schulz and Beau Schriever.

Schulz has health issues, but the others are still active.

Lockhart and his wife, Wanda, are traveling the country in a recreational vehicle and arrived in the Augusta area on April 1 (No fooling!). Staying at Mistletoe State Park in McDuffie County on Clarks Hill Lake, they joined us for lunch on April 2. We took them to the Augusta Museum of History to check out the Bill and Bea Baab Bottle Collection, followed by a brief tour of Augusta.

During our conversations, we learned they are compiling upto-date information for their Encyclopedia of Manufacturer’s Marks on Glass Containers. When complete, the Encyclopedia should be about 6,000 pages in length.

The work is available on two venues – online and hard copy (print) formats. The internet version is available on Lindsey’s website: www.sha.org/bottle. Once there, click on Makers Marks in the left column, or you can go directly: www.sha.org/ bottle/makersmarks.htm.

Scroll down to access the Encyclopedia, which is set up in alphabetical order according to the way the glass firm used its name. For example, A.G. Smalley is listed under “A.” Each letter section also has a table with the marks for that letter. The “A” table has the Circle-A logo, ABCo., A.B.G.M.Co., etc. It is completed to the “G” section plus a pat of the “H” firms.

The BRG set the price just slightly above the cost of the printing. Cost of each volume varies according to size.

It also is available in printed form through Lulu.com. Lulu is an online printing service. It prints books and mails them out to people who order. To order, just type Lulu.com in your internet browser. That will take you to the Lulu.com home page. Near the top is a search box. Just type in Bill Lockhart. That will take you to a list of all the books currently in print for the Bottle Research Group, or Lockhart.

In addition to the BRG publications, Lockhart has written several books on El Paso bottles (dairies, breweries and drug stores) and New Mexico bottles (Alamogordo dairies and soda bottlers, Deming soda bottlers, Southwestern Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (With Mike Miller) and The Remarkable T.L. Reber, Soda Bottling in the Black Range and Silver City, New Mexico, with Zang Wood.

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Sacramento Shootout at the Lions Gate Hotel Club Ballroom, Thursday evening, August 4th, 2016, 8:00 - 11:00 pm The Sacramento Shootout bottle competition will be held at the FOHBC 2016 National Antique Bottle Show & Expo in Sacramento, California after the Generals House Reception. There will be three (3) categories.

Each category will have three (3) judges. Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. The categories are Jesse Moore Sole Agent (cylinder fifths), U.S.A. Hosp. Dept. quarts and Hostetter’s Bitters (limit 4 entries per category per competitor).

Security will be provided. For additional information contact Richard Siri, Sacramento Convention Chair, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, California, 707.542.6438, rtsiri@sbcglobal.net or visit FOHBC.org

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August 3 -6, 2017 •Thursday-August 3: Springfield Regalia bottle competition at the Sheraton Monarch Place Hotel • Friday-August 4: FOHBC Membership Meeting Breakfast, Educational Seminars, Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Early Admissions, FOHBC Cocktail Hour & Banquet • Saturday-August 5: General Admission, Live Bottle Auction • Sunday-August 6: General Admission & Display Awards

General Admission on Saturday and Sunday, August 5th and 6th: $5, Early Admission on August 4th, at 1:00 pm, $60 ($45 for FOHBC members)

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one seldom receives at banquets). Some 500 were in attendance and sounding applause was awarded to the co-chairmen for all their time and efforts in making the Expo such a great success.

This in itself was evidence that all attending were having the times of their life and wished to express their appreciation for someone’s efforts in making it all possible.

“The event was great, but the nicest part of it was getting to meet soooo many people. People that you read about or articles written by them, the collectors of many years, as well as the newcomers.

All interesting people and all sharing our hobby - absolutely fascinating that so many people can all share a common interest.

Betty Zumwalt:

She Was There, at the 1976 St. Louis Expo

By Bill Baab

Betty Zumwalt, the 2008 inductee into the FOHBC Hall of Fame and author/ co-author of several books, was among the collectors who were fortunate to attend the 1976 St. Louis Antique Bottle & Jar Expo. This was the show which gave birth to the 29 others that have since taken place.

Here’s what Mrs. Zumwalt, who lives in Salem, Oregon, had to say: “It was the greatest! The weeks, months and years of anticipation - all worth it.

“Collectors from all over the U.S. plus England and Canada were present. There was something for every collector whether the smaller items, the rare and not so rare, the go-withs, all within any type of budget. Everyone went home with something, including some of the great souvenirs offered by the Federation.”

One of the souvenirs was a reproduction scroll flask featuring the Federation eagle logo on one side and crossed flags on the other, with appropriate descriptive embossing.

“The displays showed great time and effort in workmanship and thought. The bottles on display were outstanding! It was a once in a lifetime chance to behold some of the rarest, crudest, most beautiful bottles. Quite an education in just one show.

“The banquet was the highlight, the night of honors and awards and a fine fashion show by participating, nattily costumed individuals. Plus an unusual circumstance, a really fine dinner (which

“We feel so lucky that we were able to attend the Expo and represent our club at the Federation meetings. It took several years of planning for us and lots of saving, but we wouldn’t have missed it for the world!”

Mrs. Zumwalt, the keynote speaker at the 2016 FOHBC Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention and Expo, August 4-7, 2016 in Sacramento, California, the 30th show of its kind, authored many articles in the Glassblower, monthly publication of the Northwestern Bottle Collectors Association of Santa Rosa, California.

Many had to deal with pickles and other foodstuffs, topics of which helped make her famous, especially after publication of her book, “Ketchup-Pickles-Sauces, 19th Century Food in Glass.” It has become the standard for that segment of bottle collecting.

Here are just a few of the mouth-watering subjects she covered: Bunker Hill Pickles (Skilton Foote & Co.), Welch’s Grape Juice, Baker’s Chocolate, Shriver’s Oyster Ketchup, Atmore’s Mince Meat, Milwaukee Pickle Co., Yorkshire Relish, Brand & Company A-1 Sauce, Sanborn, Parker & Co. and Boston Pickles.

The St. Louis show set the standards for those that followed.

There were 140 outstanding displays of bottles and fruit jars, many of which had never been in the public view. There were 280 sales tables visited by 4,000 collectors. It was just what the hobby needed to push out of the doldrums, assuming said doldrums existed.

Mrs. Zumwalt, 83, who got involved in the hobby in 1957, fell in love with pickle bottles early on. “We dug in the Benicia, California mud flats and the pickle bottles found there were just gorgeous in iridescence,” she remembers. “But they were unembossed. Later, when I discovered embossed pickles, I was astounded. I soon started my collection of foodstuff bottles that eventually led to my book.”

Mrs. Zumwalt noted that she did most of her digging in books about bottles, because “curiosity of when, who and how got the best of me. I never got the ‘gold rush’ fever of digging.”

2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo Betty Zumwalt, will be the guest speaker discussing “50-year celebration of achievement” at the FOHBC Banquet, held on Friday evening, Aug. 5th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Lions Gate Hotel Club Ballroom. Tickets available at FOHBC.org

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world sheltered by the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, and considered to be the most isolated island chain in the world. (1) Many U.S. mainlanders have little or no knowledge of its history, and it is not the intention herein to give an in-depth history lesson, but to just tie in Hawaiian events at about the time leading to the California Gold Rush and the manufacture of Hawaii’s earliest known embossed bottles.

View of Honolulu Harbor and Punchbowl Crater. (c. 1854) Approximately five years after the arrival of Ulrich Alting.

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Most 19th century U.S. whaling ships regularly sailed between New England and the Sea of Japan off the coast of Asia, then the prime hunting ground for sperm whales. Before the widespread use of petroleum oil, whale oil was the main source of fuel oil for illumination. At the time, it was also the best industrial lubricant for machinery. Sperm oil was considered the finest whale oil and it often sold double or triple the value of other whale oils.

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The number of visits from American whaling ships to Hawaii increased dramatically throughout the first half of the 19th century.

The first two American whalers arrived in 1819, and just three years later, 60 whale ships anchored in Hawaii. For the next two decades, the ports of Honolulu and Lahaina would experience brisk shipping traffic. On average, both ports had visits from about 100 ships per year.

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The American whaling fleet’s visits occurred twice a year, from March until May and from October until December. They arrived in Hawaii after an 8,000-mile journey from New England and spent, on average, between three to five years away from their home ports.

The most successful decade for the American whaling fleet based in the Hawaiian Islands was from 1845 to 1855. In 1846, a total of 736 whalers had anchored in the island kingdom, and that figure would never again be equaled. However, the most successful year commercially was 1852, when 373,450 barrels of whale oil were collected.

It was also the mild climate and tropical setting that drew adventurers from both sides of the Pacific. As the Hawaiian population soon became a classic melting pot of peoples from afar that blended with the earlier Pacific island settlers, native population declined due to disease and the foreign population steadily grew to a point that imported goods from around the world had an increasing market. An early participant of this entrepreneurial spirit was Isaac Montgomery. He was born 1816 in Ireland and settled in Honolulu by the early 1840s. He married a part Hawaiian woman named Kepane Winship (2) in 1842 and became a successful merchant who, in 1843, hired Moby Dick author, Herman Melville, as a bookkeeper during his adventuresome trip abroad.

Montgomery opened a general merchandise store on King Street in Honolulu for awhile but on September 7, 1849 he purchased a huge tract of land from the High Chieftainess Miriam Kekauonohi, (aka Kekuanaoa) who had inherited the property through her grandfather, King Kamheamea I. Gaining the favor of Chieftainess Miriam Kekauonohi, who ruled the Island of Oahu at the time, Isaac Montgomery purchased the 2,244 acre division of land called, Puuloa, within the larger division called Honolulu, located at the western entrance of Pearl Harbor. Montgomery paid $11,000 for this strategic parcel on September 7, 1849. (3) Montgomery had been leasing this parcel for salt production since 1847 as well as operating his general merchandise store in Honolulu. At the time of the land purchase, Montgomery liquidated his store, auctioning its contents in August 1849.

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his store in 1849, Alting sold nearly anything he could find and published advertisements in the local paper for his goods which initially came from Bremen, Germany, perhaps along with Alting himself.

The exact date of Alting’s arrival in Hawaii has not been determined, however; it is assumed that it was very near the first announcement of the opening of his store on December 8, 1849.

Early records belie the fact that he ever conducted a soda water business, were it not for the existence of his bottles.

Almost one year after the establishment of Alting’s general merchandise store, he took on a partner that shines at least some light on his connection with the soda water business. Edward Heeren was a ship captain whose name is first documented when he commanded the Bremen registered schooner Athen from San Francisco to Honolulu, with its arrival on December 26, 1850.

Alting had probably already had some business dealings with Heeren since the two entered into a partnership in Honolulu on November 5, 1850, a month before Heeren was first documented in Hawaii, where they continued in the business of selling general merchandise at the old location of Isaac Montgomery’s store. It is most likely that the two partners first met on a trip to Honolulu where Heeren was the ship captain and Alting, with his initial cargo of goods for sale, was a passenger. Heeren continued to captain ships to Honolulu for awhile, which might explain the importation of what was probably the first soda water machine in Hawaii in January 1851. (4)

Notice of the partnership of Ulrich Alting and Edward Heeren. This partnership included the existing business of Alting and possibly could have been the beginning of the soda water operation that included the use of the bottles that Alting had already purchased and brought to Hawaii.

The Alting and Heeren partnership was dissolved on June 28, 1851, and Alting continued with the business of general merchandise. He added a few lines to the bottom of his advertisement of general merchandise goods for sale. It now included . . . “1 large soda water machine complete, white bottles, corks, 1 large store, 55 x 25 complete” (5). While questions still remain, this statement strongly suggests that Alting, along with Heeren, had been bottling soda water, etc., for sale. Further evidence is noted about one month after dissolving the Alting/Heeren partnership when Heeren announced that he had entered into the business of manufacturing soda waters.

The earliest documentation of Ulrich Alting in Hawaii is in the form of this advertisement in the Polynesian on December 8, 1849.

The site of Montgomery’s general store was soon occupied by a new resident with the name of Ulrich Alting. Virtually nothing is known about this man; however, in recent years his name has become famous among glass collectors as the first person to have bottles blown for the Hawaii trade. From the beginning of

Edward Heeren advertised the manufacture of his new soda water venture with his partner Wm. Anderson, beginning in July 1851. A business of this type would nearly always require at least two people. In simplistic terms, one would manufacture and bottle the product and another would deliver.

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Edward Heeren’s new partner in his soda water venture was Wm. Anderson whose presence in Hawaii appears to be wholly undocumented. (6) Heeren and Anderson continued in the manufacture of soda water until February 1852, when the business went bankrupt. On April 17, 1852, F.W. Thompson, one of the island’s auctioneers, announced the sale of . . . “a splendid soda machine, &c., &c.”, which was undoubtedly the same machine originally used by the partnership of Alting and Heeren.

The successful bidder for the soda water machine is not noted in the local newspapers but it had to have been none other than Henry McFarlane, a highly successful Honolulu business man who probably had expectations to use it either in connection with his hotel or his liquor business. Regardless, Heeren was successful in acquiring the soda water machine back from McFarlane with the intent of re-opening his previously failed soda water business. On June 17, 1853, Heeren advertised that . . . “having re-taken his old Soda Water machine from H. McFarlane, Esqr., is now prepared to supply hotels and bar rooms with this article in cilinders (sic) as well as for families, in bottles.”

Edward Heeren remained in the soda water business until about February 1856 when the last of his long running newspaper advertisements in the Polynesian disappeared. He apparently left the Islands as there is no more documentation for him.

Meanwhile, Ulrich Alting continued his general merchandise store without Edward Heeren as his partner. The first hint that Ulrich Alting may have considered leaving Hawaii is found in a small ad in the Polynesian on August 2, 1851, wherein he states, . . . “WANTED - Bills of Exchange on England and Europe, for which the highest price will be paid by the undersigned.” This implies that Alting was willing to purchase unpaid debts on English and European companies, at a discount, presumably with the intent of collecting the bills personally, upon his return to Europe.

The discovery of gold in California came just a few years before the establishment of Alting’s general merchandise store in Honolulu. A local newspaper received news from the myriad of ships, mostly whalers, of the amazing discovery of riches in California, often acting as a second-hand witness to the overwhelming discovery, first reporting the amazing exodus from all parts of the world to the gilded land and later reporting on the huge economic impact California had on Hawaii, acting as a vacuum of goods that would normally have been sold to the Hawaiian market.

California’s instant wealth diverted much of the Pacific shipping, thus leaving Hawaii with little. One writer, noting the huge numbers of people arriving in California, continued his observation by stating, . . . “In addition to the above, there has been a large number of vessels and crowds of passengers, from all parts of the world, which would nearly double the number specified above.

What the result will be, is a problem which no philosophy can solve; for nothing like it has ever occurred since the creation of the world.” (7) Though poorly documented, the California gold rush surely enticed many of Hawaii’s residents to abandon the Islands, causing further economic instability. Documented economic statistics

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show the greatest downturn to have occurred in 1851, when recession became apparent in Honolulu. One newspaper writer noted . . . “Honolulu has now five Auctioneers, a number we should judge, quite adequate to the wants of the city; especially in these depressed times in commercial affairs.” (8) A few months after Alting made his request for purchasing outstanding bills from Hawaiian merchants, he made his final announcement in the Polynesian, requesting that his own accounts be settled as he was intending on leaving Hawaii. (9)

Ulrich Alting’s final notice in the Polynesian, signaling his exodus from paradise, with all indications that his business was not what he had hoped for. His entire stay in Hawaii was no more than two years.

While the preceding information sheds some light on the bottles produced by Ulrich Alting, and narrows the probable date of manufacture to between 1849 and 1850, we can feel confident that they were made no later than 1851, when Alting left Hawaii.

An important consideration, since the business location is not embossed on the bottles, is whether they were used at another location, either before or after Alting’s tenure in Hawaii. This is not likely since none of the bottles have been reported elsewhere to date. It is not likely that they were made for a German market since the bottles are embossed in English. It is possible that they could have been used in England or Australia, though unlikely.

Of equal interest is where the bottles may have been manufactured. As noted above, if Alting did use them in the English market they would probably have been blown there as well. The only other logical source of manufacture would be one of the Germanic countries. If blown in Germany it would have been logical for Alting to use English words if they were to have been used solely for the Hawaiian market since that was the dominant language of commerce in Hawaii at the time, even if the bottles were blown in Germany. By the mid-1850s both England and Germany were capable of producing mold blown bottles without the use of a punty rod. Either location are candidates for manufacture, but it is most likely the bottles are of German manufacture, since Alting was most probably from a Germanic country.

Alting produced two different styles for his bottling activities.

One variant is the egg, or Hamilton style. It is eight inches in length and formed in a two piece mold with an applied blob top.

There is no indication of a pontil scar on the base. It is embossed on two lines running from base to top; SODA WATER / ULR. ALTING. The lettering is rather thin and includes serifs. The color is a very dark olive green that appears black in all but the strongest light.

The second variant is also eight inches in height and is styled in a common soda water configuration in a two-piece mold with applied blob top. The base is slightly domed and appears to have no signs of empontilling. As in the previous variant, the lettering

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is weak with the same style font. It is embossed in three lines, vertically from top to bottom; SPARKLING / LEMONADE / ULR. ALTING.\

6. Only one person by this name was found in the local newspapers and he was sentenced to hard labor for conspiracy and fraud for eighteen months in January 1851. He was described as “a shopkeeper or small retail merchant in Honolulu.” (Polynesian, January 25, 1851).

While both variants are extremely rare, a few more of the egg style have been found. It is likely that both examples were blown in the same quantities.

They were probably shipped in barrels and packed in excelsior or saw dust for their journey from Bremen to Honolulu.

7. Polynesian (Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii) February 23, 1850 8. Ibid, December 1, 1851 9. Ibid, December 5, 1851

Notes: 1. Actually, it really isn’t the most western state as Alaska holds that honor. Hawaii just seems most westerly because of its isolation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

2. Kepane was the daughter of Capt. Nathan Winship, part of the Winship family of Boston and Brighton, Massachusetts. Capt. Winship sailed the ship Albatross to the Pacific in 1809, with the intent of establishing a trading fort on the Columbia River in what is now Washington State. Four days into construction the site was inundated by flood waters. The second attempt was foiled by hostile Chinook warriors. After collecting seal skins along the Pacific coast, by 1811 Winship arrived in Hawaii and, aside from some trading trips to Canton, China, spent several years there before returning to Brighton, where he died in July 1820.

3. Polynesian (Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii) March 13, 1858.

4. Friend (Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii) February 20, 1851.

5. Polynesian (Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii) August 2, 1851

Left: Both variants of Ulrich Alting’s bottles made for the Hawaiian market, circa 1849-1851. (Collection of Michael Mackintosh)

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Above: Alting’s SPARKLING LEMONADE bottle. Lemons were a popular fruit used by seamen for the prevention of scurvy. As well as refreshing, this product may have been produced with that in mind.

Left: The base of the SPARKLING LEMONADE bottle appears to be smooth with only a central “dot” which likely served as an air vent.

Below: Embossed SODA WATER / ULR. ALTING, this bottle, along with its variant counterpart, has come to represent the earliest known bottled product for the Hawaiian market.

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– Steven R. Libbey (mrbottles)

Before a bottle is found it must be, “L₀�t.”

(Imagined) As the 17th Madison, Wisconsin Infantry organized at Camp Randall March of 1862 one company member packed pulmonic balsam knowing more than any weapon or warrior, disease was the most prolific killer of The Civil War. Pulmonic balsam immediately cured the most-violent Coughs, Colds, Croups and all complaints of the Lungs and Throat, as if by magic. A few others packed mineral water to reinvigorate on their journeys. We can’t say what the mineral waters did, they weren’t well enough documented here in Wisconsin.

Where did the patriots of Madison’s heroic 17th ‘get’ these bottles full of goodness? Wherever the bottles were lost, ONE, started in Wisconsin.

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Bottles without cities, unfettered by concrete documentation, regardless of assembly of circumstance, have too wishful effervescent flavors for my palate. It’s always colored or pontiled or one of a kind Civil War era or earlier bottle pedigree ‘proven’ circumstantially.

time. Could they have commissioned bottles?

This super city-less bottle with super sketchy documentation is purported to be the oldest, rarest and best ever Wisconsin soda bottle. I’ll save my faith for the sweet baby Jesus until conclusive evidence is found on bottles, is all.

Wisconsin collectors have no cobalt, pontiled, sided soda bottles UNLESS the city-less iron pontil Taylor Bro. from Chicago is Milwaukee

City-less colored sided pontil bottle heritage is purposeful, regardless of accuracy.

"Wisconsin collectors have no cobalt, pontiled, sided soda bottles UNLESS the city-less iron pontil Taylor Bro. from Chicago is Milwaukee too" too. Yes, Taylor Brothers had an office in Milwaukee AND a huge business in Chicago with a half dozen Chicago marked pontiled bottles. If AnheuserBusch sells a bottle of beer in Milwaukee is the bottle from Milwaukee? We have no green pontiled mineral water bottles unless a business opened late enough to not be in the 1849 directory and out of business soon enough to not be in the 1851 directory, ordered embossed bottles from the East Coast? An M. Kom lived thirty miles south west of Milwaukee roughly the same trip in 1850 as driving Milwaukee to California now. He traveled EAST for two days to get to his Great WESTERN bottling works. AND he moved to Chicago from Burlington in 1852. There was a ship and a spring and a railroad named Great Western at that

Once a bottle has an accepted pedigree based on circumstantial conclusions, interest and values rise. I’ve witnessed the king makers who lay royal scepters atop some bottles declaring, MILWAUKEE review equally inconclusive evidence of bottles they don’t own with cynicism.

Optimistic/circumstantial documentation of antique American glass does move research forward. The optimists, like bloodhounds, get onto the scent of gun smoke and follow it directly to the conclusion they started with. Somehow it seems to always boil down to ownership. Many times owner optimism leads to indisputable proof, many times ‘optimistic-validating-conclusion ofbottle-origin’ requires others to suspend disbelief.

Furious? Thinking, “Why you baggen on the hard work and the doubtful conclusions historian collectors are forced to make after bottlers or glassworks or label makers forgot the city mrbottles?” Consider, if every antiquity had a cynical historian as gate keeper to its documented history, many artifacts would struggle for collector attachment. ‘This’ works, ‘documentation’ motivates collectors to carry the objects forward to future generations like Cuckoo bird eggs compel loving care.

Who better to make a cynical collector rethink faith in ‘The Ethereal Origin of Local Bottle That Doesn’t Say Local’ than an LSU campus minister?

– Taylor & Brothers Chicago Courtesy of Jim Hall

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"I think I found the BEST BOTTLE of my LIFE!!!"

Enter Ande Johnson, “When I was interviewing to come to Baton Rouge I had seen a ‘ditch’ or dry creek bed I wanted to check out. For many reasons (3 small children included) I didn’t get around to it. Research proved there was history in that ditch dating back to the 1700s. I just never got there until a couple of weeks ago. It was going to be a long week. I had a window after work and decided to finally go check out this place.

As soon as I got there I noticed some really good Civil War-era bottles broken in half. I was excited hoping to find a dump or a trail to the Mother lode. The Mother lode never materialized in terms of quantity of bottles. (Author’s note – YET!!!) After walking some 50 yards I saw aqua right in middle/side of the ditch. Laying on the side of this ditch was partially covered in dirt, a small aqua medicine bottle. My first thought was it’s a TOC medicine like so many I’d found. When I picked it up I immediately saw the open pontil mark on the bottom of the bottle. I was almost in denial as I wiped the dirt away with my shirt

to see it was embossed, Dr Bourbon’s! It looked like it was in incredible condition. I carefully put the bottle in my pocket, scared to death I might trip and break it. I looked around for a few more minutes. My thirty minute window of hunt time was up, I got in my truck.

On the way home I stopped to get fuel (Author’s note – as a digger diver I have to wonder is Andy talking carbohydrates or gas?) and started googling Dr Bourbon’s, Balsam, Pulmonic, Medicine, etc. At that point after getting very little/ no matches on Google I realized I might have something very special. I went home so excited to tell Owen and Knox my 7 and 5 year old boys AND treasure hunting partners.

My first words, “I think I found the BEST BOTTLE of my LIFE!!!” They were as excited as me. That evening I did more searches and found the only info on a Dr Bourbon’s at Peach Ridge Glass. I got on antiques bottles.net, a site I love, to check in and learn at. I was excited,

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"I looked at the post and assumed it isn’t likely the same manufacturer. The bottles I knew said Bourbon and then apostrophe S" I finally had something to post and get feedback on. When I woke up the next morning I was amazed at the feedback. At this point I emailed mrbottles who owns the two Dr Bourbon’s pontiled bottles referenced on Peach Ridge Glass to get his thoughts on if these bottles could be related.”

What happened to the bottle forum? (Topic for a FOHBC article?)

I received three emails about a forum post at Antique Bottles.net. (Once, the most vigorous conglomerate of excited active American bottle collectors) I looked at the post and assumed it isn’t likely the same manufacturer. The bottles I knew said Bourbon and then apostrophe S. The bottle in the forum said Bourbon. So a guy in the 1850s with a proprietary cure decided not to use the possessive on his Pulmonic Balsam bottle like he did on both of his Forest Bitters bottles? Sure, the only thing that didn’t seem ‘right on’ was that the bottle was not colored and figural. AND the guy who posted it “Adhdigger” didn’t bother to post pictures of the side or sides embossed Pulmonic Balsam.

Kind of key to the bottle description he wrote, I thought, and a pretty huge omission. I figured

Adhdigger saw my bitters bottles, assumed it was the same Bourbon, added the S to his posting because his picture didn’t have one and that he had seen a very similar bottle with pulmonic balsam embossed and assumed it was the same-kind-of-bottle even though it didn’t say pulmonic balsam on THIS bottle. Still, extremely interesting, worthy of a detailed look. (My suppressed ‘optimist collector self’ surfacing) The internet worked as it should.

There were links to my bottles on Ferdinand Meyer’s site Peach Ridge Glass in the forum.

And that links back to me so that was cool.

I posted most of what I know about Dr Bourbon’s Aromatic Forest Bitters to Antique Bottles.net.

Madison, Wisconsin is perfectly clearly embossed on both the iron pontiled quart and pint bitters bottles. I dug in to see what I could find. First emailing a collector with a cracked example of the bitters asking if the pulmonic might be Madison, Wisconsin. I also emailed a famous Wisconsin bottle researcher and author who lives in Madison. Both gentlemen have done a lot to document city-less and state-less

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bottles accurately. I tried googling Dr. Bourbon Pulmonic Balsam AND again with the ‘S that wasn’t in the forum picture. I got the forum and my mrbottles.com. Searching generically for “Bourbon” I realized Bourbon is more than a name of a Dr who made bitters, (and potentially Pulmonic Balsam) in Madison in the 1850s by the nearly sixty five million results. Adding Dr to Bourbon brought it down to manageable twelve million results, PROVING bottles without cities are from a city is harder than you might guess considering how often it is done. I added the possessive apostrophe S achieving another hundred thousand results bringing it up to twelve million nine hundred thousand.

from Baton Rouge. My bottom line; In the last couple of years, I’ve repatriated to Wisconsin; a Wisconsin Territory jug FROM Nevada, an 1870’s figural pig bottle FROM Washington State another figural Pig FROM California and two strap sided Milwaukee Flasks FROM Florida among others. Anything FROM anywhere ended up everywhere in the nineteenth century.

A bottle found in a city and state is from that city or state.

It had been seven months since the second and third Hermann pig came home, I was eager for more repatriating. Not being able to prove or disprove the bottle was Madison my inner optimist decided to see if Ande would sell. I made a generous offer. Ande said it was the best bottle of his short yet now famous bottle hunting career. I told Ande, “If you love it, you are as good an owner as anyone, don’t sell.”

“If you do sell, I would love the opportunity

The protagonist of this story is and will always be from where it was found. Regardless of where it is from. All bottles circumstantially documented rely on reported origin of find. A bottle found within two hundred miles of optimistic point of origin may as well have been pried from the hands of the proprietor as they filled it in the circumstantially documented business location.

Next, I searched the internet for every derivation of “Dr. Bourbon’s” and “Pulmonic” and “Balsam” and “antique” and “bottle” I could think of. The results, when they existed, were my mrbottles. com, Ferdinand Meyer’s Peach Ridge Glass and the Antique Bottle.net post Ande created.

"A bottle found in a city and state is from that city or state" The bottle is Civil War-era and it turned up in Civil War-ravaged Louisiana so I searched for Madison regiments serving in Baton Rouge, (where Ande reported finding the Pulmonic Balsam) during the Civil War. Establishing a line of travel may be enough pedigree to make an offer to purchase on speculation. Google immediately yielded; The Wisconsin Sixteenth and Seventeenth Volunteer Infantry Regiments were all over Louisiana and as close as 90 miles

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to ‘reunite’ it with the two whole Dr. Bourbon bottles known.” Ande said he would contact me if he did sell.

The investigation to prove this bottle is NOT Madison, Wisconsin was ON. While there may be thirty or more antique American Pulmonic Balsam bottles there are no other antique Dr. Bourbon bottles from anywhere documented.

Talking to Jon Steiner I asked, “Do you think, it could be Madison?” Jon pointed out, “The chances of two doctors with the name, Bourbon, making quack remedies in separate parts of the country at the narrow time period of embossed American pontiled bottles seems pretty slight.

It more likely than not is Madison, Wisconsin.”

My inner optimist took complete control, I contacted Ande and doubled my offer contingent on meeting that weekend. I wanted to see a bottle that the pictures didn’t show well. I was paying Ande a premium for unquestioned purchase authority.

In the car emailing from my cell with Draga (my wife) driving I was thinking Kentucky NOT Louisiana. I blame the subconscious confusion on the FOHBC 2014 show! If we met half way it would be fourteen hours of driving apiece.

By the time I went to bed Ande guaranteed the bottle was perfect. We agreed to expedite shipping instead of a meeting. I sent the check, Ande sent the bottle. Fastest turnaround ever!

Optimism always prevails The bottle arrived the next day. Be it The-Fever collectors with no city marked pontil bottles get or intuition inspired by seeing it, I was certain this Bourbon bottle IS the same Dr. Bourbon.

There IS an apostrophe S after Bourbon! The possessive was as good of circumstantial evidence documenting a city-less bottle’s city of origin as I’d seen in at least a few months…

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"the quack cure IS the Doctor Bourbon I KNOW" The possessive and the quack cure IS the Doctor Bourbon I KNOW. Now to prove it. Tick---------- tock, days and no response from the two people who might have an opinion. Ande was going to send his story of finding the bottle for me to eventually incorporate into a story that would ‘prove’ the bottle was Madison. ;) While waiting I did more “research.” Where to look? Grasping at straws I found the Madison Historical Society and sent a question. My question; Message: Hello, I have two Dr. Bourbon’s Aromatic Forest Bitters bottles from Madison Wisconsin. Dating to the late 1850s early 1860s.

There is almost no information available on the company. Is there any resource I can access that is likely to have any information on the company?

There are the two bottles and one ad with limited information. Being pointed in the right direction or any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks, Steven (I expected to have to create and overwhelming body of conjecture and circumstance to “prove” inconclusively the bottle had a relationship to Dr. Bourbon’s Aromatic Forest Bitters or Madison or Wisconsin.)

The response; Hi Steve: Thank you for getting in touch with the Wisconsin Historical Society.

I checked Newspaper Archive, a subscription digital database, using the phrase “Aromatic Forest Bitters” and found 130 entries. I checked through them and they appear to have all been placed in a local Madison paper between 1856 and 1857.

I’m attaching one of the advertisements for your information. They may change, but do appear to have been placed frequently in the newspaper.

As a Wisconsin resident, you also have access to Newspaper Archive. It is available through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Badger link website. You might want to speak with a local librarian to get you started with it, although it is available to you at home through your computer. A bit of initial instruction may help though.

I hope this is helpful.

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Yes, helpful!

Teach a man to fish and feed him for life.

I have already tried to verify other bottles sans state or city are Wisconsin with no luck. I highly recommend newspaper archive to every researching collector!

I just started popping through the pages Newspaper Archive served up. In less than minutes there was no need for a smoking gun, I was beholding a metaphorical ‘photograph of a manufacturer’s full confession written in his own hand at the scene of the crime in a mixture of Pulmonic Balsam and Aromatic Forest bitters.’ Dozens, literally dozens of ads from all over Wisconsin PROVE beyond optimistic desire or cynical doubt Dr. Bourbon’s Pulmonic Balsam is only the second whole, embossed Wisconsin pontiled medicine bottle and IS absolutely FROM the same Doctor Bourbon Madison, Wisconsin.

Retrospect from Ande Johnson, “I wish I could say that my finding the Dr. Bourbon’s medicine bottle had something to do with my brilliance or my incredible bottle digging skills. However, like most treasures this bottle was right where everyone was, yet where nobody was looking. (Author’s note – Ande is mistaken. He found it because of his prodigious instinct. He will undoubtedly find more historic glass. People with the shine do) I just happened to look. I moved to Louisiana over a year and a half ago from Orlando. About 5 years ago I got a metal detector which was a catalyst for

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m any good thi ngs i ncl ud i ng a l ove for finding tr easur es, hi stor y, a nd esp eci al l y “ol d ” bo t t le s .

If you k now a nythi ng a b out O r l a nd o there is not a l ot of op p or tuni ty to fi nd thi ngs o lde r than the 1 8 9 0 ’s. I w or k ed har d to fi nd ev e ry b ottl e that w as m a d e b efor e 1 9 0 0 a nd I e njo ye d a l ot of the T O C b ottl es I found . W hen I mo v e d to Ba ton Rouge I w as extr em el y exci ted t o be l i vi ng i n a p l a ce tha t ha d Eur op ea n hi st o ry d ati ng b ack to the 1 7 th centur y and tons o f Ci vi l W a r hi stor y. Si nce I ha ve b een here I ha ve gotten the op p or tuni ty to fi nd a b u nc h o f ci vi l w a r r el i cs and som e p r etty cool soda and m i l k b ottl es. I ha ve found som e hear t bre ake rs ( b r ok en ci vi l w ar er a fl a sk s, w hi sk ey’s e t c ) som e p onti l ed .

After w eek s of cor r esp ond i ng w i th m r b ot t le s ther e w er e m a ny thi ngs goi ng on that he lpe d m e m a k e a d eci si on to sel l to hi m . F i r st , we ar e i n the p r ocess of a d op ti ng and w e ne e d m oney to hel p b r i ng our tr ea sur e hom e. Two , m r b ottl es cl ea r l y a p p r eci a ted thi s b ottle as m uch as I d i d ( i f not m or e) a nd hi s p as s io n and r esear ch w er e p henom ena l . T hi r d and las t , ei ther I p ut i t i n m y sa fe w her e no one c o uld see i t or r i sk one of m y k i d s b r eak i ng this b ottl e ( w hi ch al m ost hap p ened w i thi n 24 ho urs of havi ng i t) .

I no l onger ow n the b ottl e. I d o ha ve a fe w r ep l a cem ents tha t m r b ottl es sent m e to dis play and to b e p hysi ca l r em i nd er s of m y “Bes t Bottl e Ever ”. I al so ha ve som e m oney to he lp us m ove for w ar d i n the ad op ti on p r ocess and m r b ottl es has a l l thr ee k now n to exi st who le D r Bour b on’s.”

ANDE’S DR. BOURBON’S PULMONIC BALSAM IS THE THIRD KNOWN EXAMPLE OF ANY EMBOSSED PONTILED WISCONSIN MEDICINE BOTTLE AND ONLY THE SECOND WHOLE.

The other whole being Fess Milwaukie and the damaged being Uncle Sam’s Cough Cure Oconomowoc.

There are not

even shards of any other example! This Dr. Bourbon’s has a quack remedy proudly

embossed on it and it may be the earliest pontiled bottle from the state of Wisconsin. I don’t really believe it’s the oldest pontiled bottle from Wisconsin BUT if I write it maybe other people will?

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EVERY BOTTLE HAS A STORY THE Dr. Bourbon’s Pulmonic Balsam’s story circumstantially proves optimistic cynicism is undeniably deniably a way to prove or disprove where any artifact is or isn’t FROM. This bottle’s story, this individual bottle, will always be FROM Baton Rouge, FROM the Legendary and Prodigious Louisiana Ande Johnson History Hunting Family, FROM Madison, FROM Wisconsin and is proudly served up to you FROM mrbottles.com and FROM the Wisconsin Antique & Advertising Club.

See it in 3D at Wisantique.com

– Steven R. Libbey (mrbottles)

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Monterey - An Enigma Bottle - UPDATE Refer to FOHBC.org | Members Portal to read original article

This is a follow-up to Mr. Harvey Teal’s article in the November - December 2007 issue (Vol. 18, No. 6) of BOTTLES and EXTRAS, called “Monterey - An Enigma Bottle.”

Earlier this year, in the beginning of spring, I was delighted to see that a large auction house in South Carolina was offering a very unusual bottle. I then had to register with this auction house and sign up to bid. Weeks later, and nearly at the last minute, I remembered that this was on the auction block and I could bid live online. I won it! Many days went by since the auction end and when it arrived, I was shocked and surprised, too.

Because I had a Monterey bottle in our collection and it was, at one time, for sale, but not currently, I assumed that the one I won this spring was embossed the same. It was not embossed on the base as others that have been found. I really didn’t pay much attention to the auction listing that was listed as such: 19th century. unusual, in the shape of a potato or possibly other figure.

H5” W3 1/2” L7” Private Upcountry, South Carolina Collection.

After handling it and comparing it to our other like bottle, I wrote a letter (yep, snail mail) to Mr. Teal to get his thoughts about this discovery. The letter was as follows: Hello Mr. Teal, I am writing with regards to your November-December 2007, Bottles and Extras article, “Monterey – An Enigma Bottle”.

About a year and a half ago, I discovered one of these in an antique mall, nearby here in central Virginia. Oddly enough and considering the setting by which it was offered, I acquired it for less than five dollars. The actual price was $4.20 with tax and this was in an antique bottle collectors/dealers booth! Included

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with this letter are some photos and it is the one pictured on the right with the longer neck. This would be, as described in your article, as the ”larger” of the two known sizes.

The above bottle is actually for comparison in these pictures.

The true reason for writing to you is because of the discovery of the bottle pictured on the left in the photos, with the shorter neck. It is much larger than the largest known Monterey bottles. Not including the neck, it is 6 ½ inches long, 3 ½ inches wide and 4 ½ inches tall. So, this is a much larger size than the previous large known variants.

The first one I washed with soap and water, but this one I have left the years of grime and interior contents stain, to show its age. I acquired this bottle online from a large auction house in South Carolina that described it as from a local collection. It was not advertised as a Monterey bottle when it was offered, but I recognized it immediately. The auction house also didn’t list the size either or it wasn’t correct when it was listed. When it arrived here, I soon realized that it was much larger and another shocker was that it was not embossed Monterey on the base/bottom.

It is actually so crude that it doesn’t even sit straight. The bottom is kind of rounded, with honest wear and rocks from side to side a bit.

The lip is also thick, sheared and ground, as if made this way, with a cork closure, which may not be original.

Although not embossed as such, it is truly a Monterey bottle, larger and different. Have you seen or heard of another? Was it an earlier variant and they switched to smaller sizes? Was it a prototype? Who knows, but I’d love to know your thoughts and comments.

Now, I had never met or talked to Mr. Teal before and shortly after mailing this letter, we talked via phone and this turned out to be a true treat. We talked about all sorts of collecting and exchanged past finds, etc. and of course, the Monterey bottles. By the end of the conversation, his words really stuck with me. He stated, and I totally agree, that although this bottle has the same finger holds, same form, color, texture... it is not embossed “Monterey” on the base, like other sizes found to date. With this being said, he said “I would describe it as a Monterey-like bottle” until it can be proven as a true variant.

Either way, and as far as I/we know, this is the only one known and in this size. Known as the “Monk’s Remedy” bottle, this or any of the few known Monterey bottles are the only 19th Century South Carolina colored figural bottles from this state.

Sure, it’s not the prettiest bottle because it is the shape of a stomach, but you have got to love it, just because it is unusual.

Please see the photos included... and if anyone has one of these or more information (other than the articles), please contact Mr. Teal and/or myself.

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By Jim Bender FOHBC Historian

FOHBC 2017 Springfield National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo Co-Chair

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Webster’s dictionary describes the word “Treasure” as some-

thing valuable such as money, jewels, gold, silver and old bottles that are hidden in a safe place. I added “old bottles” to the list.

Today’s biggest hit reality TV shows are about hunting treasure of some kind. Gold Rush and The Curse of Oak Island have set a new standard for the great hunt of treasure. The most visited stories on bottle web sites are digging stories. Everybody loves the thrill of the hunt.

If you live in the upper northeast of the country and collect old bottles, the name Rick Carney is a name I am sure you know.

If you don’t know Rick you should. Every time I would go to one of Norm Heckler’s summer barn auctions I would see a guy showing an unusual bottle or something he had found. A few times I would check it out and he had some very cool stuff. This man is Richard Carney or Rick as most people call him. I also noticed he would buy a lot of badly damaged bottles and boxes of fragments of bottles. “What does he want that stuff for?” I thought to myself.

One day at one of Norman Heckler’s sales, Rick put out a table at the morning tailgating that happens before most auctions.

Norm encourages people to tail gate and believes it is fun and good for the hobby. I must agree with him. Oh, remember the great outdoor tailgating parties at Heckler’s before the Keene, New Hampshire show? Boy, do I miss that! Anyway, Rick had the nicest stained glass lamp made from Success to the Railroad

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flasks. I remember asking him, “please don’t tell me you cut up flasks to make a lamp?” He then explained that his artwork is made from badly damaged bottles that were headed to the trash.

My next question was, “where do you get them all?” The answer was from diggers, at the auctions and mostly from diving.” Now I am interested in this for sure. Diving for treasure!

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Some time had passed and I started to see Rick’s art work show up at different people’s houses I visited. So I decided to do some research and visit Rick at his home. I am glad I made the visit.

Not only did I learn some things about diving and stained glass art, I also got to be friends with a very cool guy.

Jim Berry and Rick Carney

Rick has been diving for over 30 years looking for treasures.

Bottles were his first interest as he has collected bottles longer than he has been a diver. Like myself, he first started digging old bottles as a young kid and selling them to make money. As time passed and he got into diving, it was a perfect fit. Rick finds all sorts of stuff diving, but bottles are what he mainly is after. If you visit his web site at www.seaglassofmaine.com, you can see a video of Rick in action as well as some of his fantastic artwork.

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his fragments business card so he can be contacted if you have something to sell. Let’s face it, rather than throwing it back into a hole where it’s lost forever, why not change it to a piece that can once again be viewed and enjoyed.

As a side note, I was able to talk Rick into doing a custom stained glass insert for one of our kitchen cabinets. Linda and I never liked the clear glass door that was put in when the house was built. Liking the apple theme in her kitchen, I had a stained glass hanging lamp made years ago to hang over our kitchen table.

We both love the way it looks and I always wanted an insert to replace the clear glass one in the cabinet. A few photos to Rick and about two weeks later, we have a great door that matches our lamp just fine.

Rick has already spoken to me about a booth in 2017 at the FOHBC 2017 Springfield, Massachusetts National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo. I am co-chairing the show with my good friend, Bob Strickhart. We both look forward to seeing Rick there with his bottle artwork. It becomes clearer to us every day that we are building an event that will be one for the history books.

Rick ran a copy machine repair company for 25 years. That was in his past life, as he likes to say. About 10 years ago during a dive and throwing broken bottles off to the side, he said a light went off in his head: “I should be able to use these great broken bottles for something.” This was the start of Old Bottle Sea Glass of Maine. Rick spends almost as much time in the water as on land, with days of over ten hours in the summer being a common thing. Art glass has become Rick’s full time job as well as his passion. Along with his wife Cindy, the business has grown from a hobby to a full business. Although bottle art glass is one of his main things he does, he does do other forms of art as well. Stoneware, china, pottery and metal items are also used. You see, one man’s trash truly becomes another man’s treasure.

Rick encourages diggers to save the broken bottles they find and he will buy them by the bucket full. I have included an image of

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Richard checking out a few of his favorites in his collection.

In just a few more months, we will have contracts ready. I look forward to handing them out and signing up people at the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo. We have had so many people asking for contracts that I am sure we will sell out. My advice to all is not to wait. Bob and I will try to accommodate everyone, but we do have limits and the response to the show so far is fantastic. We have many room nights already booked which helps us plan ahead.

We have also learned that the new MGM Casino is underway. It is being built right next door to the MassMutual Center. This will give us just one of many options of things to do. We should have a full release of events by late 2016. This will be that Expo of old time that we all want so badly.

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Left: Historical flasks with obvious issues await to be transformed into pieces of Ricks art.

This page: Double eagle historical flasks used in four panels of a table lamp.

Below: Rick holding up an interesting historical flask sidelight piece.

Art glass has become Rick’s full time job as well as his passion. Along with his wife Cindy, the business has grown from a hobby to a full business.

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July - August 2016 Below: Unique framed glass pieces for sale in the workshop gallery.

Above: Unique framed glass pieces for sale in the workshop gallery.

This page: Aqua bottles, including bitters, make up this intricate glass bottle window that was recently added to the Meyer collection in Houston, Texas.

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McDonald and Levy’s Compound Extract of Manzanita

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By Eric McGuire

In recognition of the City of Sacramento, California, being the birthplace of what we now know as the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, it is only fitting to explore the background of one of the first embossed bottles produced for use in that city. It is true embossed bottles were made for the earliest days of the Pacific Coast market; e.g., soda bottles were created for proprietors in both San Francisco and Sacramento as early as 1850, but only one embossed medicine bottle can be positively documented from the California gold rush period of 1849-1855 - McDonald & Levy’s Compound Fluid Extract of Manzanita.

While the proprietary is described as containing “compound extract of manzanita,” the exact formulation is a mystery. Manzanita belongs to the genus Arctostaphylos, which is comprised of over 60 North American species of small to medium sized brushy plants that exist primarily in the chaparral landscape of the western states. The common name translates from Spanish as “little apple.” The fruit is usually the size of small to medium sized peas and actually tastes somewhat reminiscent of bitter green apples.

The early Indian population of the West used them as a dried and ground meal and as a medicinal tea. But assuming the product was indeed compounded from some species of manzanita, it probably was made from the leaves, not berries.

Common in Northern California are manzanita species ArctoAn example of the leaves and berries of the manzanita plant as found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

staphylos glauca and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, the latter known as Bearberry. The Greek genus name, Arctostaphylos, and the Latin species, uva ursi, both translate the same - “bear grape;” and may have been assigned to this variety of manzanita from the notion that bears relish the fruit. Rather than the berries, the dried leaves are the only part of the plant used in western medicine. The leaves are moistened with glycerin and percolated with a 50:50 hydro-alcoholic mixture. The drug has mildly astringent, diuretic and anti-diarrheal actions. Since McDonald and Levy call their preparation compound extract, at least one other ingredient was added, most likely an opiate to more effectively control diarrhea the primary symptom indicated in their therapeutic claims.

The oldest of twelve children, Richard Hayes McDonald was born June 21, 1820 in Mackville, Washington County, Kentucky to James McDonald and Martha Shepard Peter. His father was a farmer so his early years in Mackville were oriented to the farming life. Good farm land was a premium item in those early years, and with six boys in the family it was not likely young Richard would inherit his family farm. He foresaw that he would need to learn a trade or move west to settle in a new area. At an early age Richard was creative and industrious, as well as frugal with the money he earned by odd jobs on the farm. Though he seemed to have a dose of wanderlust, Richard realized that he must educate himself in order to be successful. (1) In a letter dated March 9, 1844, he wrote to a cousin about his concerns for future success and happiness: “Mackville got too small for me, and I left it some time ago, and have come to the country to give myself more room, and have been going to school here some few weeks and expect to go several months longer…

Though many of my golden moments have fleeted by into eternity laden with almost every folly of youth, there are many to come yet, if my hopes should not be snipped by a premature frost in the days of my youth, and I intend to improve the future by the follies of the past.” (2) In the fall of 1844, he reportedly attended medical school in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a good student, well praised by his teachers, but by 1846, he depleted his funds and decided to go into the profession prior to graduating. McDonald headed to Nauvoo, Illinois to practice medicine.

In spite of the extreme religious unrest that beset Nauvoo in the 1840s, McDonald’s business was a success and he soon partnered with Dr. Clemens Gillihan in order to keep up with the patient load. (3) As the turbulence in Nauvoo continued it also

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consumed McDonald. Although he was not Mormon, he tolerated their beliefs and possibly was considered a sympathizer to their cause. Fearing for his life, his partner, Dr. Gillihan, vacated Nauvoo, leaving McDonald alone. As the city was ravaged by the anti-Mormon contingency it became so destabilized and inharmonious that McDonald decided to close up shop and move to a more hospitable place, with Mississippi as his goal. Moving south he reached Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. Circumstances, and the weather, forced McDonald to stay in Prairie du Rocher for an extended time, and the people of this unique French enclave played upon his good nature to stay as he became a huge asset to this town that was in need of a doctor and where illness was so prevalent.

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ner of the Alaska Commercial Company shortly after the United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. This company is credited with “opening up” Alaska with a number of stores that sold and bartered goods with Alaskan residents and became extremely successful.

The journey across the plains and mountains of the West took a huge emotional and physical toll on many of the participants. All manner of hardships were encountered, not the least of which was the cholera. Of the 165 people in the train, 42 died before reaching California, with nearly all of those succumbing to the dreaded disease.

McDonald acquiesced to their wishes and he soon prospered, both in friendship and monetarily.

However, the talk of the town soon became the fabulous riches found in California. He stayed the course as many of the young men of the town decided to take a chance on the rumors and head for California. As the winter of 1848 dragged on, McDonald himself became prone to illness and thought it best to move to a healthier climate. Amid continual stories about the gold rush in California he finally determined to close his practice in the spring for a quick sojourn to California, with the idea of returning to Prairie du Rocher after perhaps a year.

McDonald headed for St. Louis where he heard about Turner, Allen & Co. assembling their Pioneer Line of wagons for the westward trip to California. He proceeded to meet the team about ten miles West of Independence, Missouri, where the journey was to begin, and paid $200, including food and transportation. After several weeks delay the train set out for California on May 13, 1849. From the beginning the wagon train was beset with problems, not the least of which was a persistent cholera outbreak that claimed the lives of six passengers even before the train left.

While the wagon train participants were congregating for their western odyssey, new friendships and alliances were undoubtedly forming throughout the group. McDonald became one of a trio of young men who pledged to stick together for the journey.

Surprisingly, one of the group, Louis Sloss, was a German immigrant who had lived in Kentucky for awhile and knew McDonald’s family back in Mackville. The third of the trio was Charles Herman Swift who also had a medical background. He later distinguished himself as a judge and also was a two-term mayor of Sacramento from 1863 to 1871. Sloss became a founding part-

From left to right, Richard H. McDonald, Louis Sloss and C.H. Swift, three companions who all had the same dream of heading overland to California in order to find their fortune. This engraving was created some thirty years after the trip and was included in R.H. McDonald’s 1881 biography. All three men had the incredible luck to achieve their dreams which was something few 49ers could boast.

Witnessing the slow progress of the wagon train, the trio decided to swap their seats for some horses and pack mules and head for California on their own. Passing Fort Laramie, about 250 miles past the future site of Omaha, Nebraska, McDonald, Sloss and Swift quickly moved ahead of their fellow travelers, but became more exposed to the elements and Indians due to a lack of numbers. In the face of considerable hardship the party followed the California Trail westward down the Humboldt River, across the Forty Mile Desert and met the Truckee River along which they followed, thus turning more westward.

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They happened upon the site of the Donner Party tragedy, witnessing the remains of that horrible event. McDonald’s biography notes, “When Dr. McDonald was about to leave he noticed a skull the shape of which interested him somewhat, so he took it and fastened it to his saddle; but in descending one of the steep mountain paths near Truckee, the horse ran under the limb of a tree and crushed the skull between the saddle and the limb so that he threw it away.” The facts are somewhat questionable since the town settled later as Truckee is several miles east of the site of the Donner Party tragedy, which means McDonald would have had to double back several miles. Regardless, one must wonder which person’s head, likely a Donner Party member, so fascinated McDonald.

From Donner Pass, the trio descended the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and reached a point near Nevada City described as “Steep Hollow” on July 18, 1849, thus marking the date which the party celebrated their time of arrival in California. They continued on along the banks of the American River and eventually reached Sacramento, described as a tent city with only one frame structure. They pooled their money, rented a space seven feet in width along a street where they lived and began a partnership dealing in horses, mules, oxen, milk cows, wagons, harnesses, and anything else they could procure to sell to the miners. One needs to keep in mind that the large majority of miners entering Sacramento were just off the ship and were in short supply of transportation animals and many other items that the partnership was able to acquire and resell.

That first winter of 1849-50 was witness to the typical flooding so common in this region due to heavy rainfall and snow melt originating in the nearby mountains. The floods completely decimated their livestock inventory so the partners decided to go their own way in this new land, but vowing to stay friends for life.

McDonald next determined to try his hand in the business of medicine but was soon seduced into extracting gold from the nearby hills. His efforts in sluice mining lasted no more than a couple of months and netted about five dollars per day. This back-breaking work was not what McDonald had hoped for and soon returned to Sacramento - his first, and only, experience in mining.

After a failed partnership with one Dr. Thorp, Richard McDonald turned to the drug business by himself and purchased a lot at 137 J Street in Sacramento. “Here he erected a great blue tent, where he gathered and arranged his stock of medicines and chemicals.”

(4) McDonald’s biography further notes that he became successful at both the retail and wholesale drug trade and was obligated to find a partner to share the work load.

“He took into partnership Dr. L. Levy . . . . who assumed an equal interest in the wholesale and retail drug business and the office practice . . . . Dr. Levy gradually devoted his time more and more exclusively to his professional practice, and finally gave up the drug business entirely and returned to Missouri.” (5) Perhaps it was failing memory or a result of errors in McDonald’s biography; however, some information should be clarified about Dr. Levy, who played an integral part in the preparation, at least,

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of the medicinal product that became known as COMPOUND EXTRACT OF MANZANITA. His name was Lewis Levy, born in St. Mary’s, Camden County, Georgia, on February 23, 1807.

He was raised in the mercantile trade which was successfully run by his father, Lewis C. Levy. The elder Levy moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania early in Lewis’ life and remained there until 183. Our subject then moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and then moved to Trenton, Tennessee, where he followed in his father’s trade as a merchant, in partnership with Hugh D. Neilson, and later with his brother-in-law as Fite & Levy. His mercantile interest soon waned and Levy took up the study of medicine, beginning his practice in Trenton about 1843. (6) Like so many others, Levy was entranced by the word of gold in California. In 1849, he was part of a small group of men from Trenton, Tennessee who chipped in $250 each to secure a place on a wagon train to California. A group of seven men were recruited from Trenton and five more from nearby Yorkville. The men left Trenton with four covered wagons and sixteen mules, all loaded with the equipment and food they felt was necessary. The departure date was April 18, 1849, with Levy leaving his pregnant wife and his four children - not knowing if he would ever return. After several days they reached Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, and boarded a riverboat headed for St. Louis, Missouri.

Realizing the importance of having protection in numbers, the group banded with another small party of five more “forty-niners” from Williamson County, which is near Nashville, Tennessee. The whole group then took the steamboat Alton to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they proceeded overland on their westward journey. After reaching Fort Hall, in what is now southeastern Idaho, the group took a two week respite before heading out on the trail to California. While the trip could hardly be called uneventful, there were no deaths reported on the journey. When they reached what was described as “the hot springs,” fully realizing that their wagons would be nearly impossible to pull over the remaining desert and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, they packed their mules with as much as they could and abandoned the wagons. It is likely the party used the Truckee Route, so the hot springs referenced were probably what is now called Steamboat Springs. They ascended to the top of the Sierra Nevada Mountains ten days later. Their downslope descent into the gold country finally came to an end when they began washing for gold at a place that later became known as the City of Auburn, California. (7) Although well documented, the connection between McDonald and Levy, with regard to how and when it happened, still remains a bit of a mystery. The first documentation of the partnership of Doctors McDonald and Levy occurred on October 3, 1850 when a federal census taker noted them living together in Sacramento and both working as druggists. Levy’s tenure in Sacramento is not well documented with sources differing from two to several years. It can only be determined that his presence was short-lived in this city compared to McDonald. To be sure it was a hard life to endure. If the floods weren’t enough, the partners had to endure fire as well. The largest of the gold rush era fires to visit Sacramento occurred on November 2nd and 3rd of 1852. Thousands of structures were lost, including the drug store of McDonald and Levy, and at least six people lost their lives.

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In an advertisement published one month after the fire, McDonald presented his dedication to the citizen’s of Sacramento by pronouncing the opening of his new store. (Sacramento Daily Union, November 30, 1852)

The Daily Alta of San Francisco, California reported on the destruction of Sacramento by fire which occurred on November 2 and 3, 1852. The long list of economic losses included the drug store of R. H. McDonald estimated at $20,000. This image shows only part of the article.

Without a doubt, the fabulous riches extracted from the earth of the adjacent “gold country,” which was the impetus behind the initial construction of Sacramento, played an important part in the seemingly immediate reconstruction of the city. The Sacramento Daily Union, which was able to save its presses and enough paper for a few issues, published a special edition on November 7, 1852, describing the beginnings of healing the scars of the conflagration:

The bustle of preparation and of re-building renders our city a spectacle of industry seldom witnessed. Thousands of men are actively engaged - frame after frame of buildings are seen going up, and the beholder who passes along the street can scarcely return again without seeing some new canvas or other temporary building up and almost ready for occupancy. The ruins of those splendid brick blocks which so ornamented our city, at frequent intervals on J and K streets, are rapidly being removed. In a few days the bricks will again be occupying a position in some newly devised edifice. Our citizens have too much energy to permit them long to lie idle, cumbering the ground.

Showing amazing resilience, McDonald set about to rebuild his drug store, which also meant procuring new stock, presumably purchased in San Francisco. Exactly one month after the fire, McDonald was again ready to transact business.

The next blow to Sacramento, including McDonald’s Miner’s Drug Store, was in the form of flood. The annual flood stage of the Sacramento River was at times, quite severe. The winter of 1852-1853 was no exception. Despite the heavy expense paid to create a nine-mile long levee to protect Sacramento, the city, once again, found itself under water. Amid great economic loss, some desperate merchants relocated their stores to the nearest dry ground and a refugee city of sorts was born. The Sacramento Daily Union of January 5, 1853, touched upon this attempt to stay dry:

A New Town -- Many of our readers may be ignorant of the fact that a new town is rapidly springing up on the banks of the American river, some four miles east of this city. Those interested in its prosperity have not yet bestowed upon it a patronymic, although “East Sacramento” and “Hoboken” have both been proposed. If either of these names is to be adopted let it be the latter, say we - for compounds are always to be avoided. They are destitute of both euphony and brevity.”

And so the settlement was called Hoboken, and became the new town borne out of the flooding of Sacramento. Not to be left out of the uncertainty of the long term fate of Sacramento, Richard H. McDonald joined a number of the other town merchants who opened a branch store in Hoboken. Nearly as quickly as it was created, Hoboken was soon abandoned. Apparently the citizens of Sacramento had enough faith in restoring the city to let Hoboken return to the pastures it once was. The Sacramento Daily Union of February 19, 1853, just shy of two months after its birth, reported on the fate of the new town, stating . . .

Hoboken has had its day - has answered the ends for which it was created - and will soon be classed among the things past never to return.”

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In a state that often experienced instant towns, it was no surprise that Hoboken quickly sprang from the Sacramento River flood waters. This contemporary engraving includes one tent structure simply signed, DRUGS - very likely R.H. McDonald’s branch Miner’s Drug Store.

While this statement may technically be true, the area that was once Hoboken now resides within the city limits of Sacramento, and is well urbanized.

Amid the obstacles presented to McDonald and Levy, as well as many other of the residents of Sacramento, business moved forward. It is likely that in 1853, Dr. Lewis Levy gave up his dream of great fortune in California. Having witnessed more than his share of hardships it was also about this time that the idea of creating the COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT OF MANZANITA was begun. Necessary elements for the product’s introduction into the market apparently were formulated just prior to Levy’s exit from California, which would explain why the partnership name is branded onto the product when there is no evidence of Levy residing in California after 1853. It is documented that he returned to his family in Trenton, Tennessee. He became a well respected physician in town, had a total of twelve children and died in Trenton on November 4, 1879. (8) Some lead time would have been necessary to market the COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT OF MANZANITA. A glass manufacturer had to be contacted, either in person or by agent, and the custom embossed bottles ordered and paid for. The bottle mold would have to be designed and cast, and the bottles blown and shipped, undoubtedly from the eastern United States. Another

In a special section of the Sacramento Daily Union of January 17, 1853, that was devoted to the new town of Hoboken, California, R.H. McDonald advertised the opening of his branch Miner’s Drug Store.

element, not necessarily as time-sensitive, was legal deposition of product name protection—in case the medicine was a runaway hit and subject to rampant imitation. For the latter, McDonald chose to register a copyright for the name and labeling of his product with the Federal Northern District Court, located in San Francisco.

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Above: McDonald’s Miner’s Drug Store was located at 139 J Street in Sacramento, seen here on the left. This engraving, reportedly created in 1853, prominently shows his mortar and pestle sign that McDonald often incorporated in his advertising.

Below: In a close-up view of McDonald’s drug store in the 1853 engraving the oval “shingle” of Doctor Levy can be seen above the front door

The aquamarine, pontiled bottles, relatively small at 4.5 inches in height, would have taken several months to manufacture and deliver to Sacramento, but the product would have been marketed at least by 1854 and was likely very short lived. Today they are highly collectible, for obvious reasons.

Additional tumultuous chapters of Richard Hayes McDonald’s life, including his involvement with Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters, failure of his Pacific Bank, and ultimate self-imposed exile in Canada, constitute another significant story. The telling of those adventures, however, must be relegated to a later time.

Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters advertising trade card

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The label for COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT OF MANZANITA was registered with the clerk of the Northern District Court of California on December 16, 1854, by R.H. McDonald.

The pictorial engraving implies the native use of manzanita by showing two Indians in a mountainous setting next to a bush. Just visible in the foliage is the representation of a bear, acknowledging the plant’s common name - bearberry.

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Embossed COMPOUND / FLUID EXTRACT / OF MANZANITA / DRS McDONALD & LEVY / SACRAMENTO CITY / CALIFORNIA. Relatively scarce, it has been found throughout the gold country of California, and is a significant artifact of California’s medical history. It is doubtful that the product had a long tenure in the drug stores of California. Even though McDonald was a big

While the biographical information on R.H. McDonald is somewhat aggrandized by his son, it is perhaps the greatest resource on the life of R.H. McDonald up to their dates of publication roughly 1879 to 1881.

2. Supplement No.1 to Edition B of the MacDonald Genealogy, etc., by Frank V. McDonald, Cambridge Press, Cambridge, MA. 1880, pg. 39 3. Clemens Gillihan was born May 7, 1822, in Washington County, Kentucky, and died in Iola, Allen County, Kansas, September 13, 1899.

4. A Biography of Richard Hayes McDonald (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1881), pg. 87. Various numbers have been assigned to the address of McDonald’s store, including 137, 139 and 140 J Street. The reasons may include re-numbering by the city, errors and property consolidation.

Photo: R. H. McDonald

Notes: I extend my great appreciation to Frank Sternad as a material contributor to this story, including his editorial expertise.

1. R.H. McDonald’s oldest son, Frank V. McDonald, is owed considerable credit for publishing several books on his family with a special focus on his father. Much of this article was enriched by these writings, and they may be found online as well.

5. Biography of Richard Hayes McDonald (Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1881), pp. 87-88 6. The Milan (Tennessee) Exchange, November 20, 1879 7. Volunteer Forty-Niners - TENNESSEANS AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH (Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville & London), 1997 8. The History of Dyer, Gibson, Lake Obion, and Weakley Counties, Tennessee. Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887

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McDonald’s 1881 biography included his portrait surrounded by vignettes of his varied occupations and stages throughout his life. It includes, clockwise, from top left; farmer, schoolboy, physician, medical student, country merchant, rope-maker, banker, miner, druggist, captain, blacksmith, miller and (center) overland telegraph contractor.

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SACRAMENTO WHISKIANA

“Bottles! Bottles, Everywhere, But Not a Shot To Drink,� so quoth the ancient booze bottle hoarder. Sacramento whiskey bottles, flasks, shot glasses, jugs, nippers, advertising on shelves, in cases, on the wall, in boxes in the attic!

Where did they all come from? And how did they end up in this house? Many a spouse of a collector has asked similar questions and ended up with no satisfactory answers.

By Steve Abbott

[Fig: 1] Sacramento Glop tops: Snow Flake Whiskey, H.C. Kirk & Co. Bourbon Whiskey, J. Hahn & Co. Kentucky Whisky & Jockey Club Whiskey (G.W. Chesley)

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In the present case, the answers follow long and winding courses, just as the Sacramento and American rivers wind their ways from the rural gold discovery region to their confluence in urban Sacramento. Collections which started out in one direction, shifted to others by chance findings, opportunities, and acquaintances. An 1850s apple parer found at a garage sale was the first stop along the way, followed by lithographs of the Gold Rush. Then memorabilia of the small town in which I lived, Fair Oaks, California.

And then the femme fatale: whiskey bottles.

One day while browsing through the stock of Sacramento’s major ephemera dealer, the dealer, Herb Kaplan, asked me what I collected, and I replied, “Just a small smattering of things I like.”

He offered me some advice. The best thing for a novice collector is to collect something that no one else collects. Well, as far as I knew, that certainly left the field wide open.

My wife stopped by a garage sale one day and bought an unembossed blob top beer bottle with stopper for fifty cents. Soon after my wife’s find, I stopped in an antique store and found a clear embossed Sacramento whiskey for seven dollars. About the same time, I saw an advertisement in the newspaper about an antique bottle show. Naturally, thinking that my beer and whiskey bottles must be rare antiquities of immense value, I went to the 49er Historical Bottle Association show in Auburn, California where I found neither my beer nor my whiskey were rare or valuable. But

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what a show! Two buildings filled with bottles of every description. One dealer in particular caught my attention, Bob Barnett, the major whiskey dealer in the west, whose tables held several Sacramento whiskies in the inexpensive range, and I bought one.

With three Sacramento whiskies, I now had a collection. I asked around who the expert on Sacramento bottles was and was told that it was Peck Markota, now a FOHBC Hall of Famer. I met Peck, and he invited me over to his house to see his collection, mostly blob top sodas and medicines, but a few whiskies and beers. When I asked him who the major collector of Sacramento whiskies was, Peck replied, “No one collects Sacramento whiskies.”

That moment gave birth to my collecting future. Herb Kaplan’s advice to the novice collector was to collect something that no one else collects, and Peck Markota’s advice that nobody collected Sacramento whiskies, plus prices like $7 and $20 sealed my collecting fate. Additionally, there was the opportunity for research into Sacramento and California objects, which was absolutely free. Naturally, the apple parers, Gold Rush, and Fair Oaks collecting didn’t come to a screeching halt, though two of the three collections eventually ended up in the hands of others, the Gold Rush collection staying in my home and providing the ambiance of a back drop for the Sacramento whiskies. And I must hasten to add that Peck didn’t clue me in on the values of the

[Fig: 2] California Favorite bar bottles (Ge. Wissemann): A, A variant, AA & C. Shot glasses A, AA, AAA & C.

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most desirable Sacramento whiskies, of which he only had one. It would take decades for me to acquire the others. [Figs: 1 & 3]

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best example of this is the Fred Raschen glop top described in John Thomas’ book Whiskey Bottles of the Old West. John describes it as a heavily whittled, red amber glop top dug near Eureka, California. I asked John three times about this bottle, which he claimed to have seen. Even John called it a freak since it couldn’t have existed prior to 1899, far past the glop top period. To my knowledge, no one else has ever seen this bottle or part of one, so its actual existence is still a question in my mind.

Questionable bottles aside, there are around eighteen Sacramento companies that produced embossed fifths, pints, and quarts. Add to these brands various embossing patterns, colors, and labels, and the collection exceeds 100 bottles of this type.

The only fugitive in this collection is a THEO. BLAUTH / WHOLESALE WINE AND LIQUOR DEALER / SACRAMENTO (Barnett 55). We know this bottle existed because the Wilsons have a photograph of it in their book Western Spirits Bottles of the Old West, though I know of no one who knows where it is nor of any digger who has ever found part of one.

[Fig: 3] Sacramento picture whiskies: Chesley’s Jockey Club Whiskey and Buffalo Old Bourbon (Geo. E. Dierssen & Co.,). Shot glass: Jockey Club and Buffalo Old Bourbon.

The first step in building the collection was to buy Bob Barnett’s book Western Whiskies. All of the known extant fifths, pints and quarts were listed there, in addition to a few variants, some of which may or may not exist. Bob took some of his information from others, who, while well intended, may have listed some inaccurate information, an easy enough thing to do in the early accumulation of all that was known about whiskies at the time. The

Thomas’ book on picnics, shooflies, and coffins provides the most complete listing of these flasks, but omits the later “dandies.” John cataloged all of the early flasks, less the Arcade Hotel shoofly, of which only two are known. Mike Dolcini dug a badly fractured one and gave it to Peck Markota, who was glad to have it then, as I am now, though I am still in pursuit of the unfractured example. The number of listed flasks in the collection plus the dandies, paper labeled ones, nippers, and “give aways,” now exceeds seventy. [Fig: 4] As with bottles and flasks, the number of kinds of shot glasses can also be quantified to around fifty-five. Barbara Edmonds

[Fig: 4] Paper labeled Sacramento flasks: Atherton Whiskey, Yellowstone Whiskey, California Favorite Bourbon Whiskey (Florine Wine & Liquor Co.), Mellwood Whiskey, Golden Grain Bourbon (M. Cronan Co.)

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[Fig: 5] Left Top: Leather covered Sacramento flasks: Fred Boitano Whiskey, B.W. Houchin (J. Harbinson), Columbia Cafe (Faust & Magennis), Dunning’s Buffet.

[Fig: 6] Left Bottom: Paper labeled Sacramento fifths: Lindley & Co. Gold Ribbon Whiskey, Silver Sheaf Whiskey (Fred Raschen Co.), Old Colonial Bourbon Whiskey (Ebner Bros Co.), J.B. Sefton Bourbon Whiskey (M. Cronan & Co.)

in her books Old Advertising Spirits Glasses and Historic Shot Glasses: The Pre-Prohibition Era lists most of them, missing only a label-under-glass California Winery and H.W. Co. (H. Weinreich). My collection of over fifty is still missing the California Winery, a California A Favorite, a C&K Whiskey, and better examples of a few others. [Figs 7 & 8]

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A collection of back bar bottles poses a different problem. First, no one ever cataloged the kinds of back bars anywhere, let alone Sacramento. Then there is the question of which bar bottles are truly Sacramento and have Sacramento enameled or gilded on them or which ones were were Sacramento brands, but don’t have Sacramento on them, or which ones were national brands sold by a Sacramento agent. Compound these problems with how few were ever produced. Usually a distiller or distributor only gave away fancy bar bottles to saloons when the saloon bought a barrel of whiskey. This number of “never sold” bottles compared to the number of retail bottles sold is minuscule. Nevertheless, this collection counts more than forty bar bottles which can actually be attributed to Sacramento use. At least five other kinds are known in other collections, variants of Shadow Brook, James Woodburn, Donnelly. A California Favorite AAA, George Wissemann is reported to have changed hands years ago. There is a matching AAA shot glass, so the bottle probably does exist. [Figs: 9 & 16] Jugs, which may or may not have contained some form of drinking alcohol, is another category never cataloged. An early publication, Dictionary of Spirits and Whiskey Bottles by John Fountain (FOHBC Hall of Fame) and Donald Colcleaser, shows two, an Eagle Winery and an H.L. Dean, but the collection now contains, not only these two, but eight others, plus recent searching has uncovered at least six more: Pacific Pottery, Sacramento Pottery, Tyler Grocery, Florin Wine & Liquor, B.W. Griffiths & Son, and Elk Grove Winery. There will be a seminar on Early California Stoneware by John O’Neill during the FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo in Sacramento this coming August. [Fig: 18]

[Figs: 7 & 8] Above Top: Sacramento shot glasses: Golden Grain Bourbon (M. Cronan), Covington Grove (James Woodburn) & Old Buck (Josiah Harbinson). Above Bottom: Golden Grain Bourbon (M. Cronan), Silver Sheaf (Fred Raschen) & Golden State Bourbon (Fred Raschen).

NIPPERS and “GIVE AWAYS” is a small field. No one knows exactly how many kinds were given away or if a small fee was charged for them, but there are clearly three Sacramento nippers known and at least eight leather covered, token, or label-under-glass varieties. [Figs: 11 & 12] The gaudiest whiskey collectible is advertising, ranging from paper calendars to selfframed metal signs, stained glass windows, trays, and “give aways.” Being the gaudiest esthetically also often means the largest spatially speaking and costliest monetarily.

So the limits of space and money constrict this area of collecting to the smallest proportionately. There has always been an argument about how many angels can dance on the head of pin, but the argument about how many pieces of advertising can go on a wall was settled long ago. Poe’s raven croaked, “Nevermore.” The author’s wife less euphonically commanded, “No More!”

Nevertheless there are a few choice pieces of framed Sacramento saloon advertising [Fig: 9] Left: Sacramento bar bottles: Jockey Club (Dierssen), Colonial Whiskey (Ebner Bros.), Silver Sheaf (Fred Raschen), C.&K. Bourbon (Casey & Kavanaugh), Golden State (Fred Raschen).

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[Fig: 10] Sacramento jugs: Fred Raschen Co., 1/2 Gal., Gal. & 2 Gal examples.

[Figs: 11 & 12] Left: Sacramento nippers: Tango (Lanagan & Fouse), One of the Boys (Ancil Hoffmann), Dancing Couple (Schapp and Blackford).

on the wall [Fig: 13] and a horizontal coffee-table type display case with “smalls” in the living room.

A collection of the ephemera which goes along with bottles and flasks is almost important as they are. Often it is this kind of material which validates the claim of local use. For example, many bar bottles only have the name of the brand of whiskey on them, not the name of the distributor nor the name of the city. A local business billhead or photograph which has the name or picture of a whiskey brand sold by the dealer is proof enough that this whiskey was sold locally. A national brand such as Sunny Brook was sold everywhere. A photograph of men unloading crates of Sunny Brook in front of a Sacramento wholesale house is proof enough of the brand’s use in Sacramento.

As all collectors know, having an object is not nearly as much fun as acquiring it. And no collection of objects is complete without the stories of how the objects were acquired. A few follow.

Probably the rarest picture whiskey from Sacramento is the three barrels, “M. Cronan Kentucky Standard” of which only one was known for years and was in the hands of a hoarder who would never sell anything. A friend, major bottle collector, and dealer, Mike Henness, had just purchased a number of bottles from an old collection in a small mountain town. He called me the next day to ask if I had a Kentucky Standard. Of course I did not, but he put me in touch with the owner with whom I maintained regular contact, but to no avail for years. An unexpected letter from the owner came one day to say that she was in the hospital, wasn’t sure she was going to survive, and thought I should have

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the bottle upon a reasonable offer. The offer was made and the bottle acquired. But the story doesn’t end there. A few months later, I was giving a talk to my bottle club on the Sacramento whiskey dealer Michael Cronan. All the Cronan objects were on the table, which collapsed, breaking two of the three known Kentucky Standard fifths and a rare Cronan shot glass. Strangely, within a month another fifth was dug by friends and offered to me. So now there are at least two known examples. [Fig: 18] A shot glass broken in the above accident also has an interesting story. I had overheard at an antique street sale that a dealer had a Cronan “Golden Grain” shot glass and would be taking it to the Santa Rosa bottle show. I got there early and parked myself by the dealer’s table. When the glass appeared, I bought it. But years later, with the catastrophic table collapse, the glass was gone. A friend who ran an antique shop which specialized in primitive country objects told me that she had a customer who visited her shop once a year during tax preparation season. This customer, whose name she did not recall, collected some shot glasses. One day, by sheer accident, I was in the shop when the shot glass owner happened by on her yearly visit. At the time, I was preparing an article for BOTTLES and EXTRAS on Sacramento shot glasses and asked if I could take a photograph of her glass. She accommodated me, but would not sell me the glass. Years later, the shop owner called to tell me the woman had been in and left me something. It was the Golden Grain, gratis.

An advanced saloon collector had a small celluloid Sunny Brook [Figs: 13, 14 & 15] Left: Sacramento whiskey advertising wall.

Below: Two small brewery display cases with tip trays, beer glasses, etc.

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[Fig: 16] Wet bar: Sacramento back bar bottles and shot glasses, and multicolored enameled small back bar bottles

/ Hall, Luhrs / Sacramento sign, which I coveted, but which he would not sell. The owner told me to put my card on the back of the sign, and if he ever sold it, he would give me chance to add it to my collection. It turns out that one of the richest men in America had bought a valley in Colorado, in which there was an abandoned mining town, which he wanted to totally restore, utilizing authentic objects for decorations. The megabucks town restorer met the advanced saloon collector and bought much of

[Fig: 17] Sign: Sunny Brook Whiskey, Hall, Luhrs & Co.

his great collection for use in his restored town. But true to his word, the collector put the Sunny Brook sign aside and, as promised, offered it to one of the least rich collectors in the country.

[Fig: 17] Some experiences began badly, but ended well. One of the main Sacramento area scroungers told me he had a rare Sacramento jug, “Eagle Winery,” and promised again and again for several years to let me at least photograph it. Surprisingly two years ago, he brought it to a bottle show where he was a dealer. When he walked in, he touched me on a shoulder and said quietly that he had brought something for me, but needed some time to set up. When I finally saw him sitting at his table, I approached at the very time he was handing a customer a sack. I asked to see the jug, but he said he had just sold it. I let loose with a flurry of words, including the vernaculars for despicable, unethical, unscrupulous, etc. The buyer of the jug, Bob Hansen (the Colorado Jug Guy), heard the details of the verbal barrage and later told me to stay in contact with him. About a month later, he sold me the jug for exactly what he paid for it, not cheap, but priceless for a Sacramento collection. There are roses among the thorns! There is much more to describe in the “smalls” category of this collection. But as the grounds for collecting whiskey objects became sterile, the grounds for collecting small brewery objects became more fertile, and a number of these objects, along with whiskey

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“smalls” fill a coffee table display case.

No more cases, wall space, or room on shelves bring this collecting hobby to a speed used on ships in the Navy as “All Ahead Dead Slow.” But there is still room to squeeze in a few objects…and more empty boxes in the attic.

Thanks to Jeff Wichmann for photographs and to Tom Martin and Jane Dolcini for use of advertisements, and B.J. Richmond for proofreading.

Other articles by Steve Abbott, Sacramento whiskey collector: California Favorite: The Life & Enterprises of George Wissemann.

BOTTLES and EXTRAS: Happy Camp, California, June 1992.

A Collector’s Guide to Sacramento Whiskey Dealers 1849-1919.

The Haunted C&P Press: Fair Oaks, California.

1993.

California Whiskey Trademarks 1964-1916. The Haunted C&P Press: Fair Oaks, California, 1995.

Lad from the Old Sod: Mike Cronan, Sacramento Whiskey Dealer. Antique Bottle and Glass Collector: East Greenville, Pennsylvania, October 1996.

Fair Oaks Fruit Company The Triangular Bottle.

BOTTLES and EXTRAS: Johnson City, Tennessee Summer, 2004.

Sacramento Shot Glasses.

BOTTLES and EXTRAS: Raymore, MO, May-June 2007.

The Schwartzonian, BOTTLES and EXTRAS: Houston, Texas, January-February 2016.

William T. Cutter, Jr. Whiskey.

BOTTLES and EXTRAS: Houston, Texas, 2016.

[Fig: 18] Clear picture whiskies: Booth & Co. (embossed anchor), & Kentucky Standard (Embossed barrels), M. Cronan

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Top: Outstanding Western figural bitters. Three Lacour’s Bitters Sarsapariphere and two Cassin’s Grape Brandy Bitters.

Warren Friedrich Left: Having some fun with the camera in the bottle room and wanted to share a photo. Demijohns sure make a handsome display and provide the biggest bang for the buck in the bottle collecting world!

Gene Ainsworth Bottom Left: Fruit Jar Reflections.

Mike Holzwarth Right: Western Green.

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July 16 Richmond, Rhode Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club Tailgate Swap Meet, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Free set-up for members and potential new members. Free coffee, donuts and pizza for participants.

Bring your own tables! Show Address: Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138), Contact Info: William Rose, 508.880.4929

Lake United Methodist Church gymnasium, 1711 Fourth Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401, (Corner of 17th Street & 4th Avenue), Dealer Set-Up & Early Buyers: Friday, July 22nd – 2:00 to 7:00 pm & Saturday, July 23rd – 7:00 to 9:00 am, Public admitted FREE, Saturday Lunch available on site, Information: Bob McGraw – 205.345.7821 or Bill Johnson – 770.823.2626. bj3605@ comcast.net

July 16 & 17 Adamstown, Pennsylvania 16th Annual Shupps Grove Bottle Festival, Saturday & Sunday, 6:00 am to dusk, early buyers Friday 3:00 pm. At the famous “Shupp’s Grove”, 1686 Dry Tavern Road, Denver, Pennsylvania 17517, Contact: Steve Guion, 717.626.5557, affinityinsurance1@ windstream.net

Muncie, Indiana 47th Annual National Insulator Association (NIA) Convention and Show (Friday Members only – you can join at the door) 135+ Dealer tables, 25 Displays. This year it will be held at the Horizon Convention Center, Muncie, Indiana 47305. For hotel reservations call the new Courtyard by Marriott adjacent to the Horizon Center and mention NIA for special rates: 765.287.8550. For more show information visit: www.nia.org/national Hosts: Bob Stahr, 630.793.5345 or email: bob@hemingray.com and Rick Soller: 847.782.8602, email: com574@clcillinois.edu

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July 22 & 23 Houston, Texas Houston Antique Bottle, Advertising & CollectibleShow & Sale at the Crowne Plaza Hotel – 12801 Northwest Frwy. Houston, Texas 77040 (Hwy 290 – Tidwell/Hollister Exit) Hotel is on the west side of Hwy 290, Open to public on Saturday, July 23, 2016, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm, Admission: $4, Early Admission: Friday July 22nd – 4:00 to 10:00 pm, $10 per person, For show and table information contact: Barbara J. Puckett, 907 W. Temple, Houston, Texas 77009 713.862.1690 (home) or 713.409.9940 (cell) Bpuckett77009@ Yahoo.com

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July 23 Castle Rock, Colorado 51st Anniversary Antique Bottle Collectors of Colorado Show at the Douglas County Fairgrounds at Kirk Hall. 500 Fairgrounds Drive, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104, $3 Admission, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Dealer set-up 7:00 am – 9:00 am, Early Dealer set-up on 22 July 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Info contact: Jeff Johnson 303.681.3776. Antique Bottle Collectors of Colorado July 23 Tuscaloosa, Alabama NEW SHOW Tuscaloosa Antique Bottle, Pottery & Advertising Show, Saturday, July 23, 2016, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, at the Forest

July 31 Ankeny, Iowa 47th Annual Iowa Antique Bottleers Show and Sale, in conjunction with the “Beer, Soda & Bottle Collectibles Mega Show” at the FFA Enrichment Center, Des Moines Area Community College Campus, 2006 S. Ankeny Blvd., Ankeny, Iowa, Admission $2 (9:00 am to 2:00 pm) Contact: Mark C. Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50310-4557, cell: 515.344.8333, markcwiseman@msn.com August 4 – 7 Sacramento, California FOHBC 2016 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo – Western Region at the McClellan Conference Center, Host Hotel: Lions Gate Hotel. Room Reservations – Show Information: Richard & Beverley Siri, Show Chairman & Co-Chair, 707.542.6438, rtsiri@sbcglobal.net or or Eric McGuire, Western Region Director, etmcguire@comcast.net Contracts: Warren Friedrich, 530.271.5757, warrenls6@sbcglobal.net. More info at FOHBC.org, FOHBC National Convention – Western Region

August 13 Lincoln, Alabama 1st Annual Lincoln Bottle Show (New Show) at the Old Lincoln Gym, 181 Magnolia Street, Lincoln, Alabama 35096, Saturday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, No Early admission, Set-up: Friday August 12th 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm and/or Saturday August 13th 7:00 am – 9:00 am, Free to Public, Vendors $20 a table, Lincoln Parks and Recreation, Contact: Jake Smith, 29 Water Tank Drive, Talladega Alabama 35160, 256.267.0446, syl_bottleguy@ yahoo.com August 15 – 21 Bouckville, New York 45th Annual Madison-Bouckville Antique Show, Outdoor antiques and collectibles including two huge bottle tents! Over 2,000 dealers and vendors located on scenic Route 20, Bouckville, New York, Contact: Jim Burns, 315.527.3269, Jim Bartholomew, 585.705.8106 August 21 Poughkeepsie, New York Hudson Valley Bottle Club 29th Annual Mid Hudson Bottle Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm; early buyers 8:00 am, Show Address: Poughkeepsie Elks Lodge 275, 29 Overocker Road, Poughkeepsie, New York, Contact: Mike Stephano, 27 Rogers Road, Hyde Park, New York 12538, 845.233.4340, mjsantique@aol.com

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September 4 Westford, Massachusetts The Merrimack Valley Antique Bottle Club’s 42nd Annual Show & Sale, Sunday, September 4, 2016, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, early buyers 8:00 am, at the Westford Regency Inn, 219 Littleton Road (Route 110), Westford MA. Info: Cliff Hoyt: 978.458.6575, email choyt48@comcast.net or Maureen Crawford, 978.897.7327 September 10 Downieville, California Downieville Antique Bottles & Collectibles Show at the Downieville School Gym, Downieville, California 95936, One Day Show. 8:00 am – 10:00 am, Early Lookers for $10, FREE 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Set up: Friday, 3:00 – 5:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am, Downieville Antique Bottle

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Indiana, 46052, Show hours: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Set-up 7:30 to 9:00 am, Admission $2, Early Admission: $20.00, Show information & contact: Martin Van Zant, 208 Urban Street, Danville, Indiana 46122, 812.841.9495, mdvanzant@yahoo.com

October 1 Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia 21st West Virginia Bottle Show at the West Virginia State Farm Museum, Fairgrounds Road, Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, 9:00 am till 2:00 pm, Info: Charlie Perry, 7072 Kanawha Valley Road, Henderson, West Virginia 25106, 740.612.9029, perrycola@ suddenlink.net

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September 11 Richfield, Ohio 46th Annual Ohio Bottle Club Show & Sale at the Days Inn and Suites, 4742 Brecksville Road, Richfield, Ohio (Ohio Turnpike Exit 173), 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Set-up: 7:30 am to 9:00 am, Early Admission: 7:30 am to 9:00 am, Early Admission $20, Regular admission $3 (9:00 am to 2:00 pm). Info: Louis Fifer, 604 Topaz Lane Brunswick, Ohio 44212, 330,635.1964, fiferlouis@yahoo.com or Matt Lacy, 440.228.1873, info@antiquebottlesales.com website: ohiobottleclub.org

18th Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association Annual Show and Sale at the Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew, New York 14043, Sunday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Set-up: 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, 716.674.5750, jguerra3@ roadrunner.com

October 2 Chelsea, Michigan Huron Valley Bottle and Insulator Club 40th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Admission $3 for adults, children 16 and under, Free. Show Address: Comfort Inn Conference Center, 1645 Commerce Park Drive next to the Comfort Inn, Chelsea, Michigan (Exit 159 off I-94), Contact Info: Mike Bruner, abbott4girl@sbcglobal.net or Rod Krupka, 248.627.6351, rod.krupka@ yahoo.com

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September 16 & 17 Aurora, Oregon Bottle, Antique & Collectibles Show & Sale, Bottles, Fruit Jars, Insulators, Crockery, Pottery, Glassware, Antiques, Advertising, Coins, Tokens, Jewelry, Pre-Pro Liquor & Brewery Items, Marbles, Paper, Souvenirs, Collectibles, Memorabilia and more!, Free Appraisals, Friday, September 16, 2016, 12:00 – 5:00 pm set-up, $5 Early Bird Admission, Dealer drop-off at 11:00 am, Saturday, September 17, 2016, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Admission by donation, American Legion Hall, 207 Main St. N.E., Aurora, Oregon, For more information and/or table reservations contact: Scott Slowter: 503.645.0560 or Mark Junker: 503.231.1235 or Bill Bogynska: 503.657.1726 or email billbogy7@gmail. com, Oregon Bottle Collectors Association, Meetings 2nd Friday of the month, Sept. – June, in Portland, www.obcaorg.org

September24 Richmond, Rhode Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club tailgate swap meet, 9:00 am to 3:00pm. Free set up for members and potential new members. Free coffee, donuts and pizza for participants.

Bring your own tables! Show Address: Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138), Contact Info: William Rose, 508.880.4929

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September 17 Santa Ana, California Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club’s 50th Annual Antique Bottle, Fruit Jar, Antiques & Collectibles Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3.00 pm, Early Bird $10 at 8:00 am, Free General Admission! Santa Ana Elks Lodge, 212 Elk Lane, Santa Ana, California 92701, Contact: Don Wippert 818.346.9833, donwippert@ yahoo.com or Dick Homme, 818.362.3368, Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club September 17 Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis Circle City Antique Bottle, Advertising and Antiques Show, Boone County Fairgrounds, 1300 E. 100th S, Lebanon,

October 8 Coventry, Connecticut Southern Connecticut Antique Bottle Collector Association’s 45th Annual Show, 8:00 am to 1:00 pm., Show Address: The grounds of the historic Coventry Glass Works, 289 North River Road, Coventry, Connecticut 06238 (corner of Rt. 44 & North River Rd) Contact Info: Bob, 203.938.3879, rdsrla@optonline.net

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September 24 Moriarty, New Mexico 29th Enchantment Insulator Club/New Mexico Historical Bottle Society 29th Annual Insulator, Bottle, Barbwire and Collectibles Show and Sale at the Moriarty Civic Center, 202 South Broadway, Moriarty, New Mexico 87035, Saturday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, Early admission: Friday 4:00 – 8:00 pm except for dealers, displayers, and helpers who get in free.

Dealer setup & trading Friday 4:00 – 8:00 pm & Saturday 7:30 – 8:30 am, Early admission $10 Friday, free on Saturday, Enchantment Insulator Club/New Mexico Historical Bottle Society, Contact: Michael Gay, EIC President & Show Chairman, 5516 Kachina NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87120, 505.480.0085, cdn102@centurylink.net October 1 Richmond, Virginia Richmond VA 45th Antique Bottle Show and Sale, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, $3, Early Admission 7:30 am $10 at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Road, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832, Info: Rich-

October 16 Findlay, Ohio Findlay Antique Bottle Club’s 40th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm; early bird Sunday 7:00 am – $10. From I-75, take exit #157, follow signs for Rt. 12, approx. 5 miles. Website: Findlay Antique Bottle Club, Show Address: The Sterling Center, 4570 Fostoria Avenue, Findlay (behind the Humane Society). Contact Info: Fred Curtis, 419.424.0486, finbotclub@gmail.com October 16 East Scriba, New York The Empire State Bottle Collectors Association presents the 18th Annual Fall Antiques, Bottles & More Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Setup: 7:00 am, Scriba Fire Hall, U.S. Route 104, East Scriba, New York, 2 miles East of City of Oswego. Admission $3 donation, Contact: Barry L. Haynes, P.O. Box 900, Mexico, New York 13114, 315.963.0922 or 315.963.3749

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More show-biz October 21-22 Waco, Texas NEW SHOW 1st Annual Central Texas Antique Bottle Show at Red Men Hall, 4521 Speight Avenue, Waco, Texas 76711, Saturday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Early admission Friday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Set up: Friday Noon – 6:00 pm, Cost of admission for show & early admission: Sat Free Admission, Friday $20. Contact: Jay Kasper: Jay’s Emporium, 305 E. 12th Street, Shiner, Texas 77984, 361.649.8221, jamast@att.net

Saturday and $20 for Early admission of Friday, Contact: Corey Stock, Assistant to Show Chairman, 13533 Mandarin Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32223, 904.268.9316, stock1866@yahoo.com

Bottle Show, Holiday Inn Hotel, 700 Myles Standish Blvd., Exit #9 off of Route #495, Early Admission: 8:30 am – 9:30 am, $15 per person, General Admission: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm, $3 per person. The Little Rhody Bottle Club

Eastside Spectacular #10 Brewery Collectibles Show – Antique Bottle & Jar Show at the BelleClair Fairgrounds. Questions: Kevin Klous, 908 Daniel Drive, Collinsville, Illinois, 62234. Questions: 618.346.2634, whoisthealeman@aol.com

April 2 Hutchinson, Kansas 10th Annual Kansas Antique Bottle & Postcard Show, State Fairgrounds, Sunflower South Building, Hutchinson, Kansas, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Free Admission, Set-up Saturday at Noon to 9:00 pm. Info: Call or text Nicolee Ebmeier, 620.931.0843

Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits November 12 Club Information Belleville, Illinois Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom November 13 Club Information Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania

October 23 Bayport (Long Island), New York NEW SHOW The Long Island Antique Bottle Association is pleased to announce a Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Donation $3. Show Address: Girl Scouts of Suffolk County Juliette Low Friendship Center, Lakeview Avenue, Bayport, New York, Contact Info: Mark & Laura Smith, 10 Holmes Court, Sayville New York 11782-2408, 631.589.9027, libottle@optonline.net

Pittsburgh Antique Bottle Club 47th Annual Show at the Rostraver Ice Garden, 101 Gallitin Road, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania 15012, Sunday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Early admission: Sunday, 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Set-up: Sunday, 7:00 am, General admission: $3, Early admission: $25, Pittsburgh Antique Bottle Club, Contact: Bob DeCroo, Treasurer, 694 Fayette City Road, Fayette City, Pennsylvania 15438, 724.326.8741

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October 30 Matteson, Illinois 47th Annual 1st Chicago Bottle Club Show & Sale at the Holiday Inn Matteson Conference Center, 500 Holiday Plaza Drive, Matteson, Illinois 60443, Sunday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, No early admission, Dealer set-up will begin at 7:15 am, $3 Admission, Children under 16 Free, 1st Chicago Bottle Club, Contact: John Vlahovich, Show Chairman, 139 Concord Court, Dyer, Indiana 46311, 630.390.9679, jvlahovich@att.net

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November 06 Elkton, Maryland The Tri-State Bottle Club’s 44th Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show (Tabletop Antiques) at the Singerly Fire Hall, Route 279 & 213 (I-95, Exit 109 A), Elkton, Maryland 21922, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, General Admission: $3, Children Under 12 Free, Contact: Dave Brown, 302.738.9960, email: dbrown3942@comcast.net November 12 Jacksonville, Florida 49th Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida Show & Sale at the Fraternal Order of Police Building, 5530 Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32207-5161, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Early Admission is on Friday from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Set-up on Friday: 2:00 pm until 8:00 pm and Saturday starting at 7:00 am, Cost of admission: FREE on

November 19 Terre Haute, Indiana The 20th Annual Illiana Antique Bottle & Pottery Show & Sale at the Vigo County Fairgrounds, 3901 S. US Highway 41, Terre Haute, Indiana, Saturday, Free Admission 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Early Admission $10 at 7:00 am. Contact Doug Porter, 5403 Darwin Road, West Terre Haute, Indiana 47885, 812.870.0760, Historical Bottle Auction on Friday night December 2 & 3 Roseville, California 49er Historic Bottle Assn. 39th Annual “Best Of The West” 2016 Antique Bottle, Insulator & Western Collectible Show with antique bottles, insulators, western advertising, period photographs, saloon & gold rush relics and so much more… at the Placer County Fairgrounds, 800 All America City Blvd., Roseville, California, Friday: Dec. 2, 2016 “All Day Pass: $10”, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Saturday: Dec. 3, 2016, “Free” 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Info: Mike – 916.367.1829

2017 January 8 Taunton, Massachusetts The Little Rhody Bottle Club Annual Antique

May 19 & 20 Lake City, Florida The Florida Antique Bottle Collector 4th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectable Show and Sale, Saturday, May 20th (8:00 am – 3:00 pm), Dealer set-up Friday, May 19 at Noon, Early Buyers Friday, May 19th (3:00 pm – 7:00 pm), Columbia County Fairgrounds, Exit 427 off I-75 South, Hwy 90 East, Lake City, Florida, Admission $3, Information: Brian Hoblick, 386.804.9635, Email: hoblick@aol.com or Ed LeTard 985 .788.6163, Email: eandeletard@aol.com

For Sale August 3 – 6

Springfield, Massachusetts FOHBC 2017 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo – Northeast Region at the MassMutual Center, Host Hotel: Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place hotel. Show Information: Jim Bender, Show Co-Chair, 518.673.8833, jim1@frontiernet.net or Bob Strickhart, Show Co-Chair, strickhartbob@ aol.comVisit Web Page, FOHBC National Convention – Northeast Region

2018 August 2 – 5 Cleveland, Ohio FOHBC 2018 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo – Midwest Region at the Cleveland Convention Center, Host Hotel: Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center, Show Information: Louis Fifer, Show Co-Chair and FOHBC Conventions Director, 330.635.1964, fiferlouis@yahoo. com or Matt Lacy, Show Co-Chair, FOHBC Midwest Region Director, 440.228.1873, info@antiquebottlesales.com, Visit Web Page, FOHBC National Convention – MidWest Region

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Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits Club Information 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:

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• 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...

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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 Federations’ National Antique Bottle Conventions, 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:

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

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Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information 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

Shards of Wisdom Name_________________ Address_______________ City__________________ Zip _ ____________Country Telephone_____________ E-mail Address_________

Wanted

Collecting Interests_ _ ____________ _ ____________ _ ____________ Addtional Comments_ ___ _ ____________

State_____

Do you wish to be listed in the online membership directory? (name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No

FREE ADS

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.)

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Would you be interested in serving as an officer? { } Yes { } No 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 - Standard Mail $40.00 - Standard Mail for three years $110.00 - First Class $55.00 - Digital Membership (electronic files only) $25.00

Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; ph: (713) 222-7979;

Canada - First Class $60.00

or better yet, email Elizabeth at: emeyer@fohbc.org

Other countries - First Class $80.00

Article Submission Requirements:

- Life Membership: Level 1: $1,000, Includes all benefits of a regular First

Class membership. No promise of a printed magazine for life.

- Level 2: $500, Includes all benefits of a regular membership but you will not receive a printed magazine, but rather a digital subscription.

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

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Signature ______ Date___

Please make checks or money orders payable to FOHBC and mail to: FOHBC Membership, Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002 Effective 8/2015

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; email: emeyer@fohbc.org

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. Professional-grade 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.

American Glass Gallery

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Seeking quality consignments for our 2016 auction schedule!

Please consider the following benefits to help ensure your consignments 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 will be included in our Fall Auction #17.

For more information, please give us a call or visit our website.

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.

FOHBC.org

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Items Pictured From Our Upcoming Premier Auction, Fall 2016 www.hecklerauction.com info@hecklerauction.com 860-974-1634 79 Bradford Corner Road, Woodstock Valley, CT 06282