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July - August 2019
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Vol. 30 No. 4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
No. 244
On the Cover: Early Augusta Brewery and Jim Healy’s FOHBC Auction Jug
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FOHBC Officers | 2018 - 2020 .............................................................................................2 FOHBC President’s Message .................................................................................................3
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Shards of Wisdom ...............................................................................................................4 History’s Corner ..................................................................................................................5 FOHBC News - From & For Our Members ..............................................................................6
Georgia glass works designed amber S.C. Dispensary flask by Bill Baab ............ 12 Buck & Rayner’s Mineral Waters from Chicago by Clint Powell ................................. 14
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The Bill & Bea Baab Collection at the Augusta Museum of history by Bill Baab ........................................................... 17
Wendell Short - A Life Well Lived ....................................................................................... 18 Dr. William H. Tutt, Fervent Patriot, Prominent Pharmacist, Politician by Bill Baab............................................................. 22 School Hall of Fame next stop for Dr. Tutt by Bill Baab................................................. 26
2019 FOHBC proposed changes to the FOHBC by-laws................................................ 27 Augusta Brewing Company wasn’t first in the city, but it was the last before Prohibition by Bill Baab ....................................................... 34
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How the Collecting Hobby Started with help from the California Goldrush by Bill Baab ................................................................... 39
Spring Waters popular with thirsty Augustans by Bill Baab .......................................... 43 The Grass Valley Soda Factory by Eric McGuire ........................................................ 44 Page 34 Page 44
FOHBC Member Photo Gallery .......................................................................................... 64
Fair use notice: Some material in BOTTLES and EXTRAS has been submitted for publication in this magazine and/or was originally published by the authors and is copyrighted. We, as a non-profit organization, offer it here as an educational tool to increase further understanding and discussion of bottle collecting and related history. We believe this constitutes “fair use” of the copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this material for purposes of your own that go beyond “fair use”, you must obtain permission from the copyrighted owner(s).
Postmaster: Send address changes to Elizabeth Meyer, FOHBC Business Manager, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, Texas 77002; 713.222.7979 x103, email: emeyer @ FOHBC.org Annual subscription rate is: $40 for standard mail or $55 for First Class, $60 Canada and other foreign, $85, Digital Membership $25 in U.S. funds. Life Membership: Level 1: $1,000, Level 2: $500, The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, Inc. assumes no responsibility for products and services advertised in this publication. See page 72 for more details.
Classified Ads ................................................................................................................... 66 FOHBC Sho-Biz - Calendar of Shows .................................................................................. 68 FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes ......................................................................... 70 Membership Benefits, Ad Rates, Donations to the FOHBC ................................................... 71 Membership Application & Advertising ............................................................................. 72
Coming next issue or down the road: •The Color Aqua•Rushton’s Cod Liver Oil•American Scent Bottles•On the Trail of Indian Medicine Bottles•Dr. Lovegoods Bitters•The Patent Jug Handle and the Summit Pottery Works•How Bleeding Kansas wound up on a Peppersauce Bottle
Martin Van Zant BOTTLES and EXTRAS Editor 41 E. Washington Street Mooresville, Indiana 46158 812.841.9495 email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com
BOTTLES and EXTRAS © (ISSN 1050-5598) is published bi-monthly (6 issues per year) by the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, Inc. (a non-profit IRS C3 educational organization) at 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x103; Website: FOHBC.org, Non-profit periodicals postage paid at Raymore, Missouri 64083 and additional mailing office, Pub. #005062.
The Antique bottle collecting hobby: the when, where, why and who by Bill Baab............................................................... 41 Virtual Museum News ....................................................................................................... 42
A. R. Cox & A. Scheidt, Brewery’s of Norristown, PA. by David Hess............................. 44 My Spring Bottle Show Tour by Elizabeth Lacy .......................................................... 54 Lost & Found .................................................................................................................... 62
Elizabeth Meyer FOHBC Business Manger 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A Houston, Texas 77002 phone: 713.222.7979 x103 email: emeyer@fohbc.org
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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 2018 - 2020
President: Matt Lacy, 3836 State Route 307, Austinburg Ohio 44010, phone: 440.228.1873; email: mlacy28@yahoo.com
Conventions Director: Lindsey Fifer, 604 Topaz, Brunswick, Ohio 44212; phone: 440.552.2454; email: lindsey_stoneman@yahoo.com
First Vice-President: Louis Fifer, 604 Topaz, Brunswick, Ohio 44212; phone: 330.635.1964; email: fiferlouis@yahoo.com
Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x103; email: emeyer@fohbc.org
Second Vice-President: John O’Neill, 1805 Ralston Ave. Belmont, California 94002; phone: 650.631.7495; email: Joneill@risk-strategies.com Secretary: Andrew Rapoza, 28240 Nancy Lane, Conroe, Texas 77385; phone: 832.928.7472; email: rapoza.2025@gmail.com Treasurer: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: jhberry10@yahoo.com Historian: Jim Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net Editor: Martin Van Zant, 41 E. Washington St., Mooresville, IN 46168; 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: Ferdinand Meyer V, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x115; email: fmeyer@fohbc.org Director-at-Large: Richard Siri, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, California 95402, phone: 707.542.6438; email: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net Director-at-Large: John Pastor, PO Box 227, New Hudson, MI 48165, phone: 248.486.0530; email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com Midwest Region Director: John Fifer, 5830 Enfield Circle, Medina, Ohio 44256, phone: 330.461.0069; email: coinop1958@gmail.com Northeast Region Director: Jeff Ullman, P.O. Box 121, Warnerville, New York 12187, phone: 518.234.1288; email: jullman@nycap.rr.com Southern Region Director: Brad Seigler, P.O. Box 27 Roanoke, Texas 76262, phone: 940.395.2409; email: drgonzo818@gmail.com Western Region Director: Eric McGuire, 1732 Inverness Drive, Petaluma, California 94954, phone: 707.778.2255; email: etmcguire@comcast.net Public Relations Director: Elizabeth Lacy, 3836 State Route 307, Austinburg Ohio 44010, phone: 440.994.9028; email: elacy@fohbc.org
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President’s Message FOHBC National Shows, as returning or new participants. Thanks Matt Lacy to all those that come out and continue to support these events. The Ferdinand Meyer V
3836 State Inc. Route 307 FMG Design, Austinburg Ohio 44010 101 Crawford Street 440.228.1873 Studio 1A mlacy28@yahoo.com Houston, Texas 77002 713.222.7979 x115 fmeyer@fohbc.org he warm weather season has finally arrived here in Northeast Ohio, and with that I am able to get out and enjoy my other itting down at my desk,been on this first back-to-work New favorite pastime. I have making many microMonday trips toafter a local Years, I conjure up a vision of a stove with lots of pots-a-cooking. stream to fly fish with good friends and fellow collectors Ed Gray The kettle labeled antique bottle events has us all looking forward to the and Louis Fifer; and the fishing has been excellent. It has been a stretch leading up to the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Botblast so far this&year in a lot great smallmouthconference bass and tle Convention Exporeeling this August. Weofhave a coordination other fish. call later in the week and plan to step it up a notch or two. We are also
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pleased that we locked in Springfield, Massachusetts for our 2017 NationFishing is Bottle not theConvention, only hobbyand heating show is the al Antique by theup! timeBottle you read thisseason message, FOHBC 2018 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo willI would have been well underway for 2019. There are so many great shows announced for Cleveland, We reallytohave ourtoteams place and love to attend, but it’s justOhio. not possible travel all of in them our motion. I After suppose we should start thinking about the withwheels a busyinschedule. attending Baltimore, Rochester and2019 Convention in the Southern Region. Planning ahead has many benefits. Mansfield, it is clear that bottle fever is abundant this year and
collectors are actively buying and selling. It is great to see the
The FOHBC is also proud to say that this March | April 2016 issue of hobby at itsand best. My hope andinshow chairswhich that BOTTLES EXTRAS is is thethat firstalltothe beclubs printed full color, are putting in the effort to host a show are seeing the same trends. only costs us an additional $184, an issue. This change prompted a few design revisions, which we hope you will notice, such as the Table of A strong and starta to theofbottle show headers. season always reminds Contents few the section We receive quiteme a few really niceFOHBC compliments on how magazine looks and that the National Showtheis fast approaching. Thehave 2019come so far in a50th relative short number of years. Oh, and lookConvention for a new secFOHBC Anniversary National Antique Bottle tion in the back of theismagazine called “Member Gallery”. in Augusta, Georgia only weeks away. I wantPhoto to extend my This new section is dedicated to the fine photography of antique bottles and admiration and gratefulness to the amazing team that is working glass. Please feel free to submit your images for consideration. We to put this show together. We had a conference call recently, and have already started work on the May | June issue and hope that you the team is doing an exceptional coveringWe allare thehere details. will consider authoring an article forjob theof magazine. to help!
Consortium member Ferdinand Meyer has been running with the souvenir and it appears to be on track be the year Within thisprogram, issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS, pleasetoread thebest proposed yet forupdates the souvenir program. seems everyinyear book bylaw and revisions that Ithave beenthat marked red. the All revisions have by the Board ofcontent! Directors.If These bylaws gainsbeen moreapproved momentum andFOHBC advertisement you have have been amended and need to by contact the FOHBC membership not yet purchased ad space inbe thereviewed program, Ferdinand as prior annual general membership at the FOHBC 2016 Nasoon to asthe possible. If you want to see meeting the exhaustive list of those tional Antique Bottlepurchased Convention & check Expo inout Sacramento, California who have already ads, the FOHBC Face- by an affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast by the eligible voters book page. in attendance, provided that a copy of the proposed changes are made available to each member in advance, either directly by mail or by timely I absolutely love traveling to theperiodical National or Show every year. They all notice in the Federation’s official on the Federation website.
have a unique theme and character to the host region. Over the years,
it has also allowed for moving visiting many I mightfor otherwise not In other news, we are ahead attractions with photography the Virtual Museum and to hope haveyear regional photography set upa in get a chance see.toThis our family will be labs spending dayregions at to photographing both in abefore standard formatThen and 3-dimenthestart Georgia Aquarium bottles on Wednesday the show. we will sionally. effortfor is the being spearheaded by Museum travel to This Augusta action packed 3-day event.Director, I alwaysAlan knowDeMaison. You may have met Alan at the Virtual Museum table during the these events are far more than a “bottle show.” The weekend is really FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show last August. about the people and life-long memories that these events create around andmember during the Convention. Federation Alicia Booth, is heading up the nomination process for the election of all Federation officers including the President, I am President(s), hopeful that collectors and dealersBusiness will support the upcoming Vice Secretary, Treasurer, Manager, Membership
Director, Relations Conventions Director, Historian, teams thatPublic put these events Director, on put a significant effort into making Merchandising Director,starts Directors-at-Large (3), and them happen. Planning two ahead of each eventRegion for theDirectors (4). Theseboard elections occur and everyshow two chairmen, years. Any and officer may run for sucFOHBC members is an extensive cessive terms. This committee has prepared a slate of nominations for amount of time for the Convention team the year before. It can be each office and is listed below. It is important to note that any member disheartening when friends and fellow collectors don’t show up to desiring to run for any office in the Federation may file a nomination support them. an advocate for our hobby with it saddens me toapform with the As Election Committee (in great accordance procedures see waning participation. The collector side of me loves it, though, as proved by the membership and instituted by the Election Committee) Iindicating tend to buy really well and add a lot to my collection when there is the office they desire to run for. The deadline for filing this less competition buyers who decide not to makeby theour trip.memberI hope is April 1st 2016.from We have seen successful campaigns ship before realize so if you toisrun a position, please letthese Aliciaevents. know. that others thatwant there nofor downside to attending You reachopportunity, her at this great emailfriends, address,and alicia@cis-houston.org. Thereand is only lasting memories. You will be receiving a ballot for voting so please take the time to vote.
Most of us already know that the 2020 FOHBC National Convention President: Ferdinand Meyer V willFOHBC be heldCandidates in Reno, Nevada! We also had a conference call recently Houston, Texas withHerea isvery excited the slate of FOHBC team who will be hosting this fantastic event. The First Vice President: Sheldon Baugh recommendednext candidates convention summer will be my first time to Reno. I’m excited to Russellville, Kentucky put forth by the nominating do some site-seeing in the area, and for the events of the convention committee (Alicia Booth, Second Vice President: Bradberry the Chairperson) team hasforstarted planning. There really is a lot Gene to look forward to 2014 - 2016. Bartlett, Tennessee in the coming The slate is being years. put forth for your consideration and anyone
Secretary: James Berry
to run for office may York year for the FOHBC Thedesiring convention in Reno isJohnsville, held on anNew election be nominated by going to the board of officers. If you are passionate about the hobby, have ideas, Treasurer: Gary Beatty website and printing out a North Port, Florida or just want toThen, give please consider joining the FOHBC nomination form. mailback, or email It to Alicia Booth,is11502 board. really an awesome way toJim help the clubs, meet friends Historian: Bender Drive, Houston, Texas andBurgoyne collectors, and spreadSprakers, the wordNew about our York unique hobby. 77077. alicia@cis-houston.org Closing date for nominations Editor: Martin Van Zant Theis Request ProposalDanville, for the FOHBC April 1, 2016 atfor midnight. Indiana National Convention nominationsearly will this year to the Northeast Region. The wasAdditional distributed Director: Val Berry be printedfor alongside the slate hasMerchandising deadline proposals passed and we are currently working Johnsville, New York proposed by the nominating on an option that I am very excited about. In retrospect, to say committee and will be listed Membership Linda Sheppard I amin the excited about is anDirector: understatement. It is, May-June 2016 issuethe possibility of BOTTLEStoo and EXTRAS however, earlyalong to tell Sprakers, if it will New comeYork together or not, but I canwith saya short thatbio itof each would be aConventions real treat forDirector: us all if the stars align. Louis Fifer candidate.
Additionally, if the evaluation does not Brunswick, Ohiopan out, we will be passing the RFP bid process on to the Midwest Region. Hosting a Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer National event can be a large undertaking, and the FOHBC offers Houston, Texas a team of experienced individuals to support you every step of Director-at-Large: Bob Ferraro the way. If you have any questions about the RFP process or want Boulder City, Nevada to learn more, please reach out to me via email or phone. I’m Director-at-Large: always happy to discuss locations and ideas.Steve Ketcham Edina, Minnesota
Director-at-Large: Pastor In closing, the FOHBC has been working onJohn some great things to New Hudson, Michigan come. I am hoping for several big announcements at Augusta. We continue to face challenges in some areas,Director: but are excited about Midwest Region Matt Lacy Austinburg, Ohio I want to personally a few large upcoming innovative efforts. and publically thank all the FOHBCRegion board Director: membersAndrew and show Northeast Vuono consortiums that have been working so hard to keep the different Stamford, Connecticut areas of this organization Southern running smoothly. These are incredible Region Director: Ron Hands individuals that are truly serving the hobby. On Wilson, North Carolina behalf of the entire organization: Thank you for your efforts. Western Region Director: Eric McGuire Petaluma, California
As always, I look forward to serving you.
Public Relations Director: Rick DeMarsh Ballston Spa, New York
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Bottles and Extras This format could also include spaces for advertisement of directory listings. A description and detail format is not as simple as the template but would allow for more history or background information. This can consist of line text and text boxes to contain images. With the new versions of Windows, split screen or dual screen options will help the user to simply move files from source to document. This sample page was taken from a book I recently published on North Carolina Coca-Cola and PepsiCola Bottlers. The nice thing about the
Informational Websites: Conclusion By David Tingen
What to do with all the information gathered from the resources covered in the three part mini-series, that is the question. Do I store it on computer media, print it and keep it in a binder or create a book or booklet? This article covers some of the options and concerns. Here is a list of considerations: • What is the goal of this work? • How much time is needed for this project? • Will it be shared with others? • The cost of duplication. • Do you have the hardware/software resources needed? • Is there dedication to see it through? Once you have decided to go forward, there is some prep work to be done. Cropping and editing your images will greatly reduce the work load when starting the composition. In addition, files should be arranged in a manner that will allow for simple dragging or copy and paste function. Whether you use MS Word, Publisher or some other software, the format you choose up front is critical to the finished product. Some options would include a simple template with every page in the same format, a description with details of the target item or just a simple line listing. Whichever you choose, a simple draft of each format will help you determine the one you like best. Following are some details to consider with the above mention formats: The template format will allow for easy listing when hundreds of items are to be included. A simple layout would contain a tracing or picture block to the left and simple description on the right side of the page. Below is a sample page for the Baltimore Breweries and Bottlers book recently published by Greg Franklin.
draw box is the ability to move the box freely around or in line with the text. Also, the box lines can be removed as shown in the map and advertisement below. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works – In September of 1905, the bottling works was ready for business as exclusive agents in that area for Pepsi-Cola and Red Rock Ginger Ale. J. B. Alexander was superintendent of the works. By 1910, T. W. Thrash was shown as plant manager of the facility on St. Andrews Street. The company prospered and by the early 1920s had a large offering which included: all types of julep drinks, Whistle and Pepsi-Cola. By 1922, the Tarboro works was associated with Ahoskie. Shown here is the map location in 1913 and ad from 1905. Another format for text and images was used by David Graci in his Soda and Beer Bottle Closure Book. The images were inserted into the text lines without boxes or frames. This style
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Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works – In September of 1905, the bottling works was ready for business as exclusive agents in that area for Pepsi-Cola and Red Rock Ginger Ale. J. B. Alexander was superintendent of the works. By 1910, T. W. Thrash was shown as plant manager of the facility on St. Andrews Street. The company prospered and by the early 1920s had a large offering which included: all types of julep drinks, Whistle and Pepsi-Cola. By 1922, the Tarboro works was associated with Ahoskie. Shown here is the map location in 1913 and ad from 1905.
HISTORY’S CORNER In Memory of Dick Watson longtime FOHBC Historian
A few months back we looked at the world’s largest blown bottle. So this month let’s go as far the other way as we can with the smallest machine made bottle.
works very well when a timeline is followed or to create endless flow.
Made by an Owens automatic bottle making machine to show what they could do, this tiny bottle is smaller than a quarter. This was American engineering at its best.
The simplest by far is the line listing which is merely a list of items with descriptions. This is also a good format for the beginning of your document to determine which items to include. Shown below is an example of a publication using this format.
Watch each issue for a new installment of History’s Corner.
This example showing details and rarity is from the Baltimore Bottle Book printed in 1998. Finally, there is the issue of duplication methods and cost. If your document is composed in MS Word you can save the file as a .pdf, which is preferred by most printers. This would likely cost about four to five cents per printed side for black and white or fortyfive to fifty cents per side for color. The binding cost using spiral binding would be about three dollars. This estimate is based on 50 to 100 copies of a one hundred page document printed on 28 pound paper. Lower quantities would be more.
Also, the content and density of the images may make a small difference. Another option would be an online publishing service such as Amazon CreateSpace/Kindle Direct. The cost is very reasonable, but Amazon likes to control the supply chain. This is aimed at higher volume for publications with broad appeal. They will do a proof at very reasonable prices. Give it a try. You might like the results. Good luck.
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FOHBC News Educate yourself: Read a bottle book
To the Editor of Bottles and Extras
Unless you have a mentor highly knowledgeable about antique bottles, the best way for newcomers to learn about them is to read books and subscribe to magazines on the subject. One can also join the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. Check out the website at fohbc.org. In my opinion, one of the best books ever written on the subject is “The Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles.” It was written by Dr. Cecil Munsey, Ph.d, and published in 1970 by Hawthorn Press of New York.
Next year marks the 125th anniversary of the invention that revolutionized forever the manufacture of glass bottles — the brainchild of Michael J. “Mike” Owens, born January 1, 1859. With his bottle machine, patented in 1895, he changed the way bottles had been made virtually from the beginning of recorded time.
This a book for all collectors of antique bottles. It was one of the first ones I purchased less than a year after I began collecting old bottles and I have never regretted getting it. In fact, 50 years after entering the hobby, I still use it.
His mechanization of the glassMichael J. “Mike” Owens blowing process also eliminated child labor from glass factories, which he himself had experienced from the age of ten in his native West Virginia.
Munsey was one of the early collectors inducted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame. He delves into the early history of collecting bottles in the United States, pointing out that such collectors were few in numbers until the start of the 1950s. Today, the hobby is No. 3 behind No. 1 stamp collecting and No. 2 coin collecting. His chapters begin on the oldest bottles dating to Egyptian and Persian times and steadily advance through the annals of history and each of the more than 300, well-illustrated pages are filled with facts all collectors need to know. Munsey also authored a book on Coca-Cola collectibles, but his bottle collecting book remains No. 1 on the bucket list of collectors. You can still find the book on the Internet through sites such as Amazon and ABE. But be careful: Buy the one in the very best condition, with prices in the $25 to $30 range and including dust jackets. Public libraries in the Augusta area on both sides of the Savannah River also may have copies of the books. The federation publishes a magazine, Bottles and Extras, while another good one is Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165. Locally, my wife and I self-published three books on Augusta bottles, or those (like milks) sold in this area. All are out of print, but copies may be found in public libraries in Augusta and Evans, Georgia and Aiken, South Carolina. Bill Baab, Augusta, Ga.
After Owens’ death in December 1923 E. D. Libbey commissioned a glass bust of the inventor in his memory
From a very poor family and lacking almost any formal education, Owens had a natural intelligence, understood engineering principles, and possessed an inventive spirit. He also had an enlightened Toledo, Ohio factory owner in Edward Drummond Libbey, a man who believed in Owens, financed his research, and advanced his name to the forefront of American industrialists. Note Owens Bottle Machine Co. (now Owens-Illinois), LibbeyOwens Sheet Glass Co., and Owens-Corning Fiberglass. After Owens’ death in December 1923, E. D. Libbey commissioned a glass bust of the inventor in his memory. It was issued only to a limited number of friends, co-workers and other associates of Owens. Shown here, the bust recently was offered at an on-line auction but initially attracted no bidders. Perhaps the opening price was too high, but an important artifact of bottle history, in effect, “went begging.” Jack Sullivan
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Schafer & Vater Nips Ferdinand I have read your article about Schafer & Vater Nips and I am hoping that you can help me. This piece has been in my family for as long as I can remember. It sat in my parents’ house for about 60 years. I have tried to find one for sale with no luck. I have found two variations on Schafer-vater.com. Do you know if this is a rare piece? Any information would be helpful, thanks
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For more examples of S&V bottles, Google “Carlopetos Schafer and Vater”. The website was created by Carlos Lopez. Although rarity and values are not referenced on the site, it does offer a good photo documentation of what’s out there. Please feel free to contact me should you have further questions. Kindest regards, Tom Lines Fake Milk Bottles
Hello: I was just wondering if you could help me with this milk bottle I bought today is it real or fake? The one on the left, thanks Ryan Brown William Carson, Middletown, RI Answer from Tom Lines Bill, I collect S&V bottles, flasks and decanters, having over 550 examples in my collection. The example you have is in nice condition. As for rarity, it is neither common nor rare but somewhere in between. The multi color glaze is the most common coloration but it is also known in a blue & white glaze...which should be considered very rare.
Lindsey’s Blood Searcher Hi all, I wanted to see if you all know if there has ever been an article published about the history of Lindsey’s Blood Searcher from Pittsburgh Pa. Thanks! Zach Baer Looking for a Dairy Bottle from Campbell and Savona, N.Y.
The S&V market has gotten soft over the past 6-8 years. So 10 years ago, your piece would have brought $75-$85. In today’s market, it may bring $45-$55.
My family had a dairy in Campbell and Savona, New York where all of my grandfather worked and his father owned and operated it up until everything was sold in the late 1990s or early 2000s. The dairy was called Allen’s Dairy and operated between the 1920s to 1970s.
The blue one I mentioned would bring $200+.
But was previously known as Home Dairy Co. When my great
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grandfather passed and the dairy switched hands, there was a lot of family tension that happened resulting in all of the glass milk bottles being smashed and thrown out by one of family members (as the story is told). I have attached an old picture of the truck that they used but I am looking for any glass milk bottles that one might have. According to the website, I figured you might be able to help me or lead me in the right direction. We are unaware of what the bottle actually looks like but do know what some of the boxes look like. Google really isn’t much of a help because I am guessing that this dairy was pretty small and only served around Campbell and Savona.
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Dear Mr. Meyer, I was hoping you could help me learn a bit more about a family heirloom passed on to me by my late Grandfather.
Any information or help would be so gratefully appreciated not only from me but my father as well. If you need more information I would be more willing to give you names and everything. Once again, thank you so much in advance. Sincerely, Mackenzie Allen Pelsy
I have a full ,16 0z bottle of Jesse Moore Whiskey, still encased in its original tin.
Help with Identification? Trying to identify whether or not this is a bottles maker’s mark.... found these pieces while exploring laurel valley plantation Sunday. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated. Emma, Louisiana
I am an amateur bottle collector, and have done a ton of research online, hoping to find a comparable item to compare it to. As you know, the bottles when empty can be quite valuable, but I have found no info on a full bottle, especially one that hasnt seen daylight since its production. I attached pics of the sealed tin, hopefully you can give me a little insight, any information at all would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Thomas Kedves To the President of the FOHBC Hi dear Matt, good morning, how are you there? Last week I have sent you a copy of this “hard copy” as enclosed to your home address and yesterday I have sent a second copy to
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Ferdinand (Meyer) so that you can see how the freshly published “hard copy” of my digital “Bibliography of Glass” looks like in reality. Please could you be so kind to mention the existence and the sale (www.erik-tonen-books.com ) of this “hard copy“ in your Magazine, the collectors/subscribers would be very happy with the information so that I don’t have done this mega work for nothing. Again a 1000 times thanks from Willy van den Bossche in Belgium. Response: Hello Willy, Yes, we got the copy and it is beautifully executed. A really great looking book. Very well done. Best of luck on the sale of your book and we hope this helps. All the best, Matt Lacy Better Meal Description for Augusta Banquet Well, it took a little longer than hoped but the “meat, chicken, veggie” option originally presented to banquet attendees has been expanded to: Glass, Beef Meal: Smoked Beef Brisket (or) Chicken Meal: Herb Roasted Chicken Breast (or) Vegetable Meal: Polenta Corn Cake with grilled vegetables, all with Mashed Potatoes, Chef’s choice of vegetables, Cheesecake, Tea, Coffee, Water, rolls & butter are included with plated dinner. Meal plates are $45 a person. Tickets are still available. Augusta Team
A Century of Cures
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The South Carolina Dispensary, through which Gov. Benjamin Ryan “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman controlled the sales of whiskey in the Palmetto State from 1893 to 1907, was sold in a variety of glass and ceramic containers. At least two – one of glass and the other pottery – came from a pair of Augusta, Georgia area firms. How is this known? Several years ago, Harvey Stuart Teal, of Columbia, South Carolina, teamed with graduate history student Rita Foster Wallace to research the dispensary system and then publish their findings in a 2005 book, “The South Carolina Dispensary & Embossed South Carolina Whiskey Bottles and Jugs.” Mrs. Wallace’s part was her exhaustive research of records in the state archives which she later used to earn her master’s in history degree from the University of South Carolina. Before the dispensary system was introduced, sales of whiskey took place in grocery stores, saloons, taverns and from dealers, using their own personally embossed bottles or stenciled jugs. Collectors like Teal accumulated large collections of “local” flasks, most of them scarce to rare since when the dispensary system came into play, “local” whiskey sales were outlawed. The first S.C. Dispensary bottles featured the SCD monogram on clear flasks as well as round clear quarts, but the governor was not satisfied with their appearance. So he sent out inquiries for new designs to various glass factories. Among those responding was the Augusta, Georgia Glass Works which had come into existence in 1891. An enterprising reporter from The State newspaper in Columbia interviewed the governor and gleaned the following:
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It’s interesting to note that the Augusta firm only sold 38,736 amber quart union oval flasks in 1893.
“Governor Tillman since his return from Washington has been busy getting samples and bids for the furnishing of official flasks and jugs at the dispensaries. . .The Augusta Glass company’s flask has been adopted. . .It has been suggested to Governor Tillman that the coat of arms of the state with the words South Carolina Dispensary be blown into each bottle and placed on the jugs.” Tillman chose the palmetto tree and not the coat of arms. It is believed he left the tree’s design to the Augusta Glass Works and the various master potters who participated. It’s interesting to note that the Augusta firm sold 38,736 amber quart union oval flasks (like the two from the Mike Newman collection pictured here) only in 1893. Teal’s book features a chart showing the numbers of half-pints and pints produced by the Augusta business and sold to the dispensary that same year. By 1894 and ‘95, the company was out of business for reasons unknown. News articles in The Augusta Chronicle never mentioned the company’s decline or the reason for it. So the dispensary system purchased flasks and bottles from more than a dozen glass factories located throughout the U.S. Meanwhile, one of the potteries approved by the governor was the Joseph G. Baynham works near Trenton in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Mention of the governor’s interest in attracting bids from potteries was published in the local Edgefield newspaper where Baynham saw it. On March 31, 1893, he wrote to Tillman: “I saw from yesterday paper where you were receiving samples of jugs for the dispensary. I will ship you a sample by next freight of my jugs. You can see the shape, and if you would like some other shape. Draw me a moddle (sic - model) something like what you want, and I can make them after that. . .assure you that I will make you a good jug. . .Yours truly, J.G. Baynham.” There was competition from the William F. Hahn Pottery, of Trenton near the governor’s home, but Baynham was awarded the contract. Collecting South Carolina Dispensary bottles and jugs continues to rank high with collectors today, especially since publication of the Teal-Wallace book.
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Buck & Rayner’s Mineral Waters from Chicago By: Clint Powell Paradise, California (again soon I hope)
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y accidental interest in the Chicago pharmacy firm of Buck and Rayner, and Saratoga style mineral water bottles in general, began in the summer of 2018. I had gotten up early one morning and, after starting coffee for my wife, I sat down and thought I would see what interesting western sodas may have been listed on eBay over night. One of the first bottles I found under “newly listed” was a light cobalt Saratoga-style mineral water bottle embossed BUCK & RAYNER’S MINERAL WATERS CHICAGO. It was badly stained, had some chipping on the lower part of the double taper lip and a short flash in the base, but was buy-it-now priced at only $18 plus postage. I didn’t know much about these mineral water bottles, but knew that I had never seen a cobalt one. I quickly tried some research but found nothing. I decided that for such a small amount of money I would take the plunge. I hit the buy-now button and made my payment. Shortly, I got an email from the seller telling me that he had only listed it ten minutes before I purchased it, and was making sure that I wanted the bottle because of the chipping and staining. I assured him that I would take it even with the flaws. I eagerly waited to see what I had bought. While waiting for this bottle to arrive, I started doing some research and found that Buck and Rayner were Chicago area pharmacists. George Buck and James Rayner met while working for Chicago druggist James Reed on Lake Street in the mid 1850s. They started their own pharmacy business in 1858 at the corner of Clark and Washington Streets. They became very successful, opening additional locations including one at the corner of State and Madison Streets. They had a mineral water bar
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They found a spring near Lake Michigan and started bottling their own mineral water in late 1875. For whatever reason, they decided to stop bottling after about 6 months and ceased bottling by mid 1876. Thus, they most likely made only one order for their bottles, making them quite scarce now. After a hundred and fifty years of breakage and loss, there can’t be many of them left around today. I was surprised at the rarity of this bottle and how lucky I was to have one on the way. I have heard of only one other selling on eBay about 20 years ago. It had damage to the lip and a hole in the bottom, and it still sold for about $500. I’m sure there are several stashed away in collections but they seldom come up for sale. When I received this bottle a few days later, I was immediately impressed and very happy I had purchased it. The color was great and the damage was minor considering the rarity of this bottle. As with most Saratoga pints, it is just 7 inches tall. I have since had it cleaned, and it turned out great. Lucky for me it was with Lou Lambert being cleaned when my house and majority of my collection was destroyed in November by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California. I have since started my collection anew, and I must say the bottle collecting community has been an unbelievable support in those efforts and has my eternal gratitude. The impressive Buck & Rayner bottle looked so great after cleaning that I have since started collecting a few other Saratoga style bottles because, as most collector know, you can’t have just one of of anything.
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The Bill & Bea Baab Collection at the Augusta Museum of History By Bill Baab I broke into the hobby (pun intended) of collecting antique bottles in 1969 and, thanks to the support of my wife, Bea, the collection of mostly Augusta bottles from 1840 to 1950 ballooned to more than 500 by the early 21st century. We soon reached the eighth decade of our lives and started thinking about the eventual disposal of the collection. We were born in the North, me in Glenside, Pennsylvania, and she in Bangor, Maine. While I was mostly raised in Augusta after my father was transferred South to Atlanta in 1937 and to Augusta in 1940, Bea lived in and was educated in Massachusetts. After graduation from Boston University and Sargent College as a physical therapist, she moved to Augusta where she was employed at the Forest Hills Veterans Administration Hospital. I started my journalistic career at The Augusta Chronicle in 1955 as a 20-year-old copy boy, working my way onto the news staff by 1957. In 1964 after a four-year absence, I returned to the newspaper as outdoor editor / sports writer and retired from that position at the end of January 2000. I continue to edit the newspaper’s popular fishing page and write an occasional outdoors-related feature. What all this boils down to is that Bea and I love Augusta and would not live elsewhere.
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Tickletummy” (now deceased), is on the wall and marks the collection’s location. So now a cross-section of the Bill & Bea Baab Collection is available for viewing by the general public, who also can enjoy the treasure trove of Augusta-related exhibits within the museum. In 2017, the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors headed by President Ferdinand Meyer V, of Houston, Texas, decided to hold its 2019 National Show and Expo in Augusta on Aug. 1-3. Host hotel is the Marriott just a few blocks from the museum, which also is the site of the show’s VIP reception during the evening of Thursday, Aug. 1.
So in 2014, we decided on our legacy to leave the city: we would donate our entire collection of antique bottles (and a few pieces of local pottery) to the Augusta Museum of History. A couple of years earlier, we had donated more than 80 embossed Augusta drug store bottles dating from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries. Lots of Augusta bottles to look at with Baabs’ Collection on display So in February of that year, I began the transfer of 531 bottles from display cases and shelves in our home on The Hill to the museum. Many of the bottles (all empty) are considered rarities by antique bottle collectors. Nancy Glaser, executive director of the museum, had two stateof-the-art display cases constructed and installed on the second floor. The cases were well lighted by special lamps that did not generate much heat and many of the bottles were anchored by special collars so they could not be jarred and overturned. A color photo of my wife and I and our Yorkie, “Princess Augusta
This year marks the group’s 50th anniversary and coincidentally our 50th year in the hobby. In 2011, the FOHBC inducted me into its Hall of Fame and earlier I was recipient of a pair of President’s Awards for my contributions to the hobby.
Ms. Glaser also decided to expand our exhibit cases and the number of bottles on display to celebrate the FOHBC’s coming to Augusta. One case is devoted to the history and artifacts of the city’s first major brewery, the Augusta Brewing Company (1888-1921), given the general interest in craft breweries. Augusta now has two – Riverwatch Brewing Co., and Savannah River Brewing Co. We hope the public in general and bottle collectors in particular enjoy viewing our displays, with individual bottles dating from the 1840s. Bea and I have donated more than 5,000 individual Augusta-related artifacts to the museum over the last several decades, including her 1966 wedding dress.
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Wendell Short – A By Wendi Short and Jerry McCann
In the early 1970s, Wendell Short dominated the fruit jar category at important bottle shows with his knowledge, jar offerings, charm and supporter of the hobby. He generously gave help to fellow collectors; supporting newer collectors with guidance at a time when there were few resources available except for the OBX (a monthly antique bottle magazine out of Bend, Oregon) and the local area antique bottle clubs and their annual shows. Wendell stood out at these shows, a tall confident figure with an amber Perfection jar lid dangling from his neck. This talisman attracted collectors who were in awe of the possibility there was an amber version of this very collectible 1880s jar (at this time yet to be reported in amber). This article will discuss the story behind this historically important fruit jar, rarely seen and one that has eluded most collectors. Wendell was more than a collector, much more. He was a farmer, paratrooper, pilot, upholster, auctioneer, inventor and recycler…friends to many, brother, husband, father… passionately helpful to all. His story shows us that in our hobby we are blessed to be in the company of individuals with complex, interesting lives. If we take the time to know our fellow collectors we may be surprised by their diverse backgrounds and talents. Despite these differences, we all mingle together like the best of fast friends.
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boy named Wendell, a horse named Dolly and a sister named Linda combined to give Wendell an opportunity to develop his imagination and problem-solving skills. The family homestead had no indoor plumbing with indoor luxuries to match. He plowed, made hay, fixed things, always scrutinizing the different solutions that were possible; often constrained by limited resources, but compensated by his overwhelming limitless amounts of genius and energy…he did not shy away from work. With this real world background he found school less than challenging, was generally ornery and slacked in school whenever possible. In spite of, or perhaps because of, he seemed popular, was good looking (in that slicked back “duck tail” wavy, gel-set hair way). His sister was the recipient of his good natured teasing (that continued throughout his adult life). As she described him, “he was a good brother, he was always wanting to be funny or aggravate the teachers…ornery, mischievous, but good to me as a brother…never put me down, but teased me constantly, and laughed a lot.” Anyone who met Wendell at the early bottle shows was also exposed to his humor and laughter… not easily suffering fools, but always recognizing others’ feelings. As an entertaining conversationalist he charmed his family and anyone who knew him as a fellow bottle/jar collector. His formal education ended with his high school diploma. His adult career began as an Army paratrooper (enlisted) at Ft. Bragg,
N.C. After his service he was employed at Scott AFB in their material shop. He worked with the larger sewing machines, again on parachutes. Thus he became good at the larger, commercial sewing machines. With this acquired skill he started his own upholstery business in Mascoutah, Illinois. Apparently his experience as a paratrooper also fueled a love of aviation that worked its way back into his life in later years. He learned to fly and became a private pilot at the mature age of 45. Taking his daughter Wendi for flights to Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas to enjoy the illustrious “$100 hamburgers,” thus he instilled his love of aviation into his daughter (both she and her dad had over 1,000 flight hours as PIC …Pilot in Command), and supported her career as an air traffic controller for the FAA. As a born inventor, Wendell could easily create new and innovative solutions that carried him through his business as a “will upholster anything,” followed by a successful career as a licensed Illinois auctioneer. This business involved the whole family using the skills of his wife Darlene and daughter Wendi. These family experiences proved useful for setting up and selling at antique bottle shows. Wendell would scour the room while Darlene held down the table. Later in his life (during years of illness of his beloved Darlene)
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amber Perfection fruit jar…more than 40 years after Wendell suggested it existed. Search for the Amber Perfection fruit jar
Wendell Short proudly displaying his personal collection circa 1970s
his hiatus from collecting resulted in him selling the bulk of his fruit jar collection and establishing another career as a major recycler of aluminum, turning trash into treasure. Known as “The Can Man” Wendell (as always) worked hard, back breaking days creating Mascoutah Recycle, always getting the job done…and winning the “Quality Recycling Award” in 1995 and 1997. With the death of Darlene in 2000 he sold the homestead in Mascoutah and moved to Belleville, Illinois, finishing his life in “retirement” in a complex in Collinsville, Illinois. For Wendell, living in Collinsville provided new opportunities to find treasures for free, fixing things for other residents (no charge). He went shopping for those residents who were immobile, driving his friends to doctor visits…and spending more time with his daughter, Wendi. Finally, all these years later, there he was back attending bottle shows in Belleville, Illinois wearing his signature amber Perfection jar lid around his neck…just like the “good old days” showing the same winning smile, still enthusiastic about the hobby and fellow collectors. …and now about that lid and the elusive Wendell’s Cessna 172
The 1970s were an exciting time for being a bottle/jar collector. Modern antique bottle collecting began in the 1960s on the west coast with organized clubs, digging and unlimited enthusiasm. As it spread eastward, new bottle clubs were formed, antique bottle magazines sprang up (Old Bottle Exchange, Bottle News, Bottle Trader, Antique Bottle World) creating a hunger to know more about the history and availability of known bottles/jars and to search for the many yet to be reported/discovered examples. And there standing tall at the Midwestern bottle shows was Wendell Short fielding all questions, sharing everything he knew about collecting fruit jars; soliciting information about his holy grail of fruit jar collecting…finding an unreported amber version of the Perfection fruit jar. Wendell had obtained an amber Perfection lid (complete with Perfection embossing and patent date). Thus began his 40-year search for the elusive jar. The first jar to be discovered was an amber quart embossed Phoenix Surgical Dressing Co. Milwaukee, Wis. This jar was topped with the amber lid identical to the one he carried around at the bottle shows. Near the end of the 19th century after Louis Pasteur’s germ theory was gradually being accepted as fact companies began to
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Phoenix Surgical Dressing contained in a Perdection closure patented jar
market to hospitals and doctors gauze that was processed to be germ free...usually by introducing iodine or other corrosive, anti bacterial agents to the gauze which would be used to wrap up wounds or surgical incisions. Generally these companies used colored glass containers in either amber or more rarely cobalt blue. The reason glass was used was because the chemicals in the contents would harm metal containers. Also you could see through glass and identify the product. Fruit jar closures worked well since they sealed the chemicals in, and could be resealed if contents remained. Blue and amber colored glass probably was used for easy identification, alerting the user to be careful in handling and using the jars contents. Many different patented fruit jar closures have been used on gauze jars, made in colors not found on the home canning version. So it was assumed that this jar was the dead end for Wendell’s search...the fruit jar version was never made. But the story did not end there as eventually a jar was discovered...an amber pint version of a fully embossed Perfection fruit jar! The holy grail of amber jars did exist, Wendell was on target with his search...well almost. The example shown in the photo is so rare I have yet to see another. It is likely that this jar too was a product container for the Phoenix company’s dressings, using a paper label over the Perfection embossing. It would have been easier for the Phoenix Dressing company to place an order with Illinois Glass
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Co. to just manufacture an amber version of the Perfection fruit jar eliminating the need to create of a special mold with the embossing for the Phoenix Dressing company. Collectors are not usually bothered as to why a jar was made since its intended use seems like a distinction without any difference. Most of the rarest colors of known fruit jars were probably made for an intended use other than home canning. One of the most desirable and valuable fruit jars is a cobalt blue Millville Atmospheric Fruit Jar ($30,000+) which almost certainly was made to be used as a drug container...or even made as a curiosity by an imaginative glass worker to take home. Actually the common aqua version is just as historically important; the home canning version available for a mere $50-$75. Collectors have a specialized view of the world not shared by the rational world. Oh well, collectors are not rational. By the way, chemicallytreated dressing gauze was damaging to human tissue, so although it was good that it was “bacteria free,” in many cases it may have done more harm than good. Treated gauze eventually fell out of favor, substituted by gauze that was heat-treated to provide sterile dressings that would not harm the patient. In addition, examples without embossing have also been reported with paper labels for surgical dressings. So Wendell was rewarded for his search…not the amber Perfection fruit jar
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So Wendell was rewarded for his search…not the amber Perfection fruit jar that he never owned, but friendships made while seeking his treasure.
Over the years Wendell supported the local bottle shows with his fruit jar displays
In remembrance, Wendi wore Wendell’s Perfection lid at the 2019 St. Louis Show
that he never owned, but friendships made while seeking his treasure. He was a true pioneer promoting modern fruit jar collecting and having a life well lived. Notes on the history of Gauze jars (surgical dressings)
in the healing process. By the beginning of the 20th Century “germ theory” was generally accepted and companies such as Phoenix Surgical Dressing Co., Bauer & Black and Johnson & Johnson marketed surgical dressings that were not only sterile, but also were impregnated with known anti bacterial materials.
The use of dressings to help a wound heal go back several thousand years, when knowledge of the causes of infection, disease and healing were very limited. However it was understood that washing and cleaning was important along with the application of remedies utilizing wine, honey, moldy bread, mushrooms, etc. seemed to forestall infection and aid
The problem with this approach was that although initially successful in retarding infection, harsh chemicals might damage wound tissues interfering with the healing process and furthering future infection. The modern approach to surgical dressings focuses on moist, sterile dressings without corrosive chemicals.
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Dr. William H. Tutt,
fervent patriot, prominent pharmacist, politician By Bill Baab
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Beautiful Amber medicine embossed on side reading Dr. Tutt’s
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ative Augustan William H. Tutt loved his city and his fellow residents thought highly of him. He was born August 31, 1823, one of at least two sons to parents whose names are unknown. He is believed to have attended and perhaps was graduated from the Academy of Richmond County, probably in 1839 or 1840. Then he entered the Medical Department of the University of Georgia ideally located next door to the academy in the 500 block of Telfair Street. He earned his Medical Doctor degree in 1843, according to a list of graduates at the MCG Library. Both academy and medical college buildings are still there. Physicians’ salaries were on the low side financially speaking, so in 1845, Dr. Tutt decided to become a pharmacist and soon began concocting his own series of patent medicines which were to bring him fame and fortune. Research indicated his first drug store where Louis A. Gardelle’s pharmacy was located (in 1898) and he remained there until 1850 when he and his family moved to New York City. He advertised in the Daily Chronicle and Sentinel (later called The Augusta Chronicle) extensively from nearly the first day he was in the drug business. In 1853, he was in business with his older brother, Benjamin F. Tutt, who was a pharmacist in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1860, he sold his part of the drug business to his brother who died in 1871 and when the Civil War broke out, he was at his factory in
The other side of the medicine embossed Augusta, Ga.
New York City. Dr. Tutt applied for passports to return South and his wife and children were able to do so, but the federal government wasn’t about to allow a medical man to go. So Dr. Tutt was forced to take a roundabout course. He sailed from New York to Bermuda and then bought passage on a blockade-running steamer to New Orleans. He returned overland by train and stagecoach to Augusta. During his absence from Augusta, rumors had been spread that he had become a Union sympathizer. Upon his return, he caused this note to be published on July 1, 1863 in The Chronicle: “A CARD – To my fellow citizens – Having heard since my return to my native state, that it was at one time reported here, that I had, while in New York, ‘given dinners to Black Republicans; hung out the Union Flag from my windows; presided at some of the political meetings of our enemies, and given other indications of disloyalty to the South.’ I deem it a duty to myself and to my children to deny emphatically the truth of these report, and to declare that I have never said or done anything calculated to give rise to them. My warmest feelings, on the contrary, were enlisted in our Confederacy. If I did not return South as soon as I desired, it was because of the impossibility of doing so, having with me my wife and four small children, and the Federal Government having repeatedly refused my petitions to cross the lines. But now that I am once more at home, it grieves me to think that any of my fellow citizens have listened to such slanderous reports.” Dr. Tutt received a pardon from the federal government on Nov. 23, 1865. In 1868, Dr. Tutt took Civil War veteran R.H. Land as a partner. Land had been in charge of Dr. Tutt’s pharmaceutical laboratory. In October of that year, investigators with the credit reporting agency R.G. Dun reported that Dr. Tutt “is said to own real estate
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Dr. Wm. H. Tutt’s Golden Eagle Bitters
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Expectorant, an early amber medicine
Sarsaparilla & Queens Delight, also an early Amber Medicine
worth $25,000 to $30,000 and his drug firm is considered good in every respect.” Dr. Tutt and Land broke up in 1870 and Tutt continued the business on his own. The Tutts returned to New York in 1872, selling his drug store stock to the pharmaceutical firm of Charles H. Greene and (Tutt son-in-law) Dr. Henry Rossignol, but that firm lasted less than three years, prompting Dr. Tutt’s return to Augusta in 1875 to pick up the pieces. On May 4 of that year. Dr. Tutt took Lincoln County, Georgia native Rem Remsen as a partner and reopened his latest business as W.H. Tutt and Remsen at 264 Broad Street. A year later, Remsen is described “as a young man of good character, but little means. He is the son-in-law of Tutt whose estimated worth is $40,000 to $50,000. Tutt lives in New York and Remsen attends to business in Augusta.” Remsen had wed the Tutts’ youngest daughter Ella. In 1883, at age 60, Dr. Tutt retired from the drug business and “conveyed to Mr. Rem Remsen his interest in the present firm.” The new name of the firm was Remsen and Tutt. Dr. Tutt continued his New York business until 1888 when he sold out and he and his family returned to Augusta. The physician’s next goal was an idea for investments apparently hatched while he was in New York where he saw the successful operations of many grand hotels at nearby Saratoga and elsewhere. He cast his eyes on Summerville in Augusta’s hill section. It was first settled just before the Civil War by Augusta residents of means who left downtown properties along the Savannah River, especially
after a yellow fever epidemic had broken out. Dr. Tutt’s discreet inquiry revealed Summerville residents would not approve of such a commercial undertaking (such as a luxury hotel). It would spoil the non-commercial atmosphere of the neighborhood. So he quietly searched for property suitable for a hotel and, as luck would have it, Mrs. Anna McKinne Winter’s vast property on Hickman Road at its intersection with Walton Way and overlooking downtown was available. Mrs. Winter’s five children were grown and she was looking to downsize to a smaller home. Dr. Tutt bought the property on May 28, 1888 for $12,500. Summerville residents thought that Dr. Tutt planned to replace Mrs. Winter’s home with one of his own, but the building soon grew out of all proportion and it soon became evident that it was a hotel. More land was added to the original four acres, the ground landscaped and trees and grass planted. “A great-spreading, four-storied frame building with towers and turrets, staircases and verandahs overlooked the city of Augusta, its Victorian splendor ready to receive the Yankee elite,” said a newspaper description of the building called the Bon Air. SOURCES: Various archival issues of The Augusta Chronicle, established 1785, to the present. Works Progress Administration during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s term in office. Employment was given to journalists who compiled local histories, including that of Dr. William H. Tutt. Copies of the studies may be found in the AugustaRichmond County Library’s Georgia Room.
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School Hall of Fame next stop for Dr. Tutt
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Native Augustan Dr. William H. Tutt will be honored by his high school alma mater on October 17 when the Academy of Richmond County inducts him and nine others into its Hall of Fame. He was one of two sons born in 1823 to parents whose names have been lost in the mists of time. While early graduation records are not in existence, he is believed to have graduated before his 18th birthday (1841).
building on Baker Avenue at Walton Way in 1926 where it remains today. After graduation, Tutt entered the Medical College of Georgia located next door to the academy and is listed as a graduate in 1843 at age 20. Both the original academy and medical school buildings are still extant.
Fifty years before, President George Washington visited Augusta and is known to have delivered the commencement address at the all-male school chartered in 1783. The school later became a military institution.
Joining Tutt in the ARC Shrine are Dr. Louis Battey Sr., William Henry Cato Jr., Laverne Lewis Gaskins, Don Grantham, Philetus Harison, U.S. Marine Corporal Leonard O. “Pete” Fletcher, Don P. Giddens, Edward W. Hagler, Thomas Hagler Jr., Roy V. Harris, Brig. Gen. Regionald G.A. Neal and Kessel D. Stelling Jr.
It was moved from its Telfair Street location to a new
Dr. Tutt’s presentation will be made by Bill Baab.
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Proposed changes to the FOHBC By-laws As discussed in recent Board Meetings, the FOHBC is looking to refine the board officer election procedure. Highlighted below are the proposed changes to the FOHBC By-laws, which in summary allows the secretary to cast a singular vote when presented with an uncontested ballot of proposed officers on an election year. These changes are published for membership review, and will be voted on during the General Membership meeting at the FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention in Augusta, Georgia, on August 2, 2019. Many thanks to Jim and Val Berry for initializing these changes. Article VIII – Terms and Elections A. The nomination and election of all Federation officers including President, Vice President(s), Secretary, Treasurer, Business Manager, Membership Director, Public Relations Director, Conventions Director, Historian, Merchandising Director, Directors-at-Large (3), and Region Directors (4) shall be held every two years. Any officer may run for successive terms. B. For the purpose of nominations, the President shall appoint a three (3) to five (5) member Nominating Committee at the annual convention meeting the year prior to the election year. (Per Article V, F: The Nominating Committee shall be composed of at least one member from each geographical region.) This committee shall prepare a slate of nominations for each office, listed in this Article, and these shall be published in the March/April issue of the official FOHBC periodical of the following year. Also, any member desiring to run for any office in the Federation may file a nomination form with the Election Committee (in accordance with procedures approved by the membership and instituted by the Election Committee) indicating the office they desire to run for. The deadline for filing this is April 1st of the year that the elections are held, unless otherwise stipulated and approved by the full membership of the Federation. C. For the purpose of elections, the President shall appoint a five (5) person Election Committee to oversee and conduct the elections, and these shall be conducted in the following manner: 1. A ballot shall be prepared by the Election Committee with the nominated slate of officers, including those received on a nomination form, and this ballot shall bear the Federation seal so that it may not be duplicated. These ballots shall then be disseminated to FOHBC members and affiliated clubs in good standing (dues current as of May 1st of that year). As outlined in Article III, each Individual Membership, Associate Membership, Digital Membership, new and existing (remove the word “existing”) Life Membership shall have one vote, (for example, for a husband, wife and two children, ages 16 and 18, possessing one Individual Membership and three Associate Memberships, that family shall be entitled to four votes). 2. In such case whereas there is no opposition to any elected position, a motion shall be made and seconded for the FOHBC Secretary to cast one ballot for the nominated slate of officers, therefore, eliminating the need to conduct the election process described in C number 1 above. 2. Each Federation affiliated club shall be entitled to one vote per club, which is to be cast by a Federation representative of the club at the direction of that representative’s club. 3. These ballots shall then be returned to the Election Committee by a designated date and shall remain unopened until the annual convention meeting. The membership may, upon majority vote, make other arrangements for the return of the votes, if deemed necessary, at some future time. 4. The Election Committee shall open the ballots and tally them at a time stipulated at the convention. Any Federation member and/or candidate may view this process. Once the votes have been counted the Election Committee chairperson will then announce the results at the general membership meeting at a time designated by the presiding President, the results having been previously certified by the Election Committee as true and correct. The newly elected officers will take office at the conclusion of the annual convention at which they have been elected. 5. All nominees on the ballot shall be voted on by the entire membership and club representatives with the exception of the Region Directors, who shall be elected by a majority vote of only the members and clubs within their respective regions. 6. The person receiving the most votes shall be elected to the position under consideration. There will be a run-off only in the event of tie votes, and this procedure, if occurring, shall be set by the Election Committee. 7. From time to time, it may be necessary to slightly alter the election procedure, and, if this is necessary, it may be done by a majority vote of the members in attendance at an annual general membership meeting. An amendment to these bylaws to do so shall not be required. 8. Appointments by the President may fill any position not filled by this process.
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2019 FOHBC 50th FOHBC
Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center & Augusta Convention Center
Southern Region
Augusta Georgia Greetings from...
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Info: FOHBC.org Thursday, August 1st: Mike Newman Open House, Augusta Museum of History Reception, Sweet Georgia Peaches Bottle Competition
Friday, August 2nd: FOHBC Membership Meeting Breakfast, Educational Seminars, Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Early Admission, FOHBC Cocktail Hour & Banquet
Saturday, August 3rd: $5 General Admission (8:00 am to 5:00 pm) and Display Awards. Show ends at 5:00 pm
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NEWMAN
Mike Newman Open House Thursday early afternoon, August 1st 2019
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Please join Mike at his home early afternoon, noon to 3:00 pm for an Open House to see his fantastic bottle collection. This is an important collection of a wide variety of the best of Georgia and South Carolina pottery and soda bottles. Mike also has a remarkable collection of inks, flasks and bitters bottles. The presentation and lighting is museum quality.
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Light lunch fare and refreshments will be served.
Mike Newman 600 Medinah Drive Martinez, Georgia 30907
OPENING EVENT 2019 FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention | Augusta, Georgia
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FOHBC Augusta Museum of History Reception Thursday, August 1, 2019
VIP Reception 3:30 – 6:30 pm Augusta Museum of History 560 Reynolds Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901
Dave the Slave Pottery
Note for attendees: VIP is defined as dealers, assistants, displayers, early admission, seminar givers and approved volunteers.
You will also be able to see the spectacular Bill and Bea Baab Bottle Collection housed at the museum. Many examples of a collection of 531 bottles from a brewery, patent medicine men, mineral water and soda water bottlers, mostly from Augusta, are placed in public view.
Please send in your contract today and add this to your Convention agenda!
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Jim Healy comes through again with two new creations for our upcoming 2019 50th Anniversary
Georgia Peaches Jug
Augusta Antique Bottle Show!
Augusta Canal Jug Silent Auction & Raffle Both jugs will be at the Augusta show for inspection. Our plan is to have a Silent Auction for the Georgia Peaches Jug and a Raffle for the Augusta Canal Jug. We would sell tickets for $2 each or 3 for $5.
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AUGUSTA CANAL The city’s first 100 years (beginning in 1735) saw it become a tobacco and cotton distribution center, with the adjacent Savannah River making Augusta one of the world’s largest inland cotton centers. After the railroads came into the picture, river traffic diminished and one of the city leaders recommended a canal be constructed to provide hydropower for textile factories and a plentiful supply of water for the city. The canal was built in 1845 and enlarged 30 years later to meet high demand for hydropower needed by growing industries. The canal is essentially intact today.
PETERSBURG BOATS The 19th and early 20th century town of Petersburg existed at the confluence of the Savannah and Broad rivers in what is Elbert County, Ga., today. After Clarks Hill Lake was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (it opened to the public in May 1952), the reservoir inundated what was left of Petersburg. The town’s main claim to present day fame are the Petersburg Boats built by an unknown resident. The boats are 57 feet in length, seven feet in width and shallow in draft. They could carry up to 10 tons of merchandise, generally cotton, corn and other agricultural products. A huge wooden blade at the end of a sweep oar steered the boats which were propelled by the Savannah River current and by men walking atop the gunwales and pushing long, iron-shod poles into the river bottom. A reproduction boat was constructed by local folks in the early 1990s, launched with great ceremony into the Augusta Canal and, to everyone’s surprise except the builders, floated upright.
Canal Jug concept and background information by Bill Baab
CONFEDERATE POWDER WORKS: Early in the Civil War Confederate States President Jefferson Davis realized the Confederacy’s need to supply its own gunpowder. He selected Col. George Washington Rains to build a powder works, arsenal and government foundry. Augusta, Georgia was chosen because of the city’s central location, canal transportation, access to water power, railroads and relative security from attack. Today, a lone chimney along the canal stands as the only reminder of that munitions factory. For those interested in reading about the factory, see “Never for the Want of Powder, the Confederate Powder Works in Augusta, Georgia,” by numerous authors and published in 2007 by the University of South Carolina Press.
Recommended reading:
The Brightest Arm of the Savannah, The Augusta Canal, 1845-2000, by Dr. Edward J. Cashin, printed by the Augusta Canal Authority, 2002.
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part of Augusta’s history makes the claim that the Augusta Brewing Company, established in 1889, was the first ever such organization in the city. That isn’t true, but it was (1) the longest in operation, (2) the first to name a flagship beer and (3) the first one to establish branches in other states. It also was the first to sell its products in a foreign country. In the July 2, 1850 issue of The Augusta Chronicle, the following advertisement occupied a bit of space: SOUTHERN BEER. Augusta Brewery. “The subscriber would inform his friends in this city and in the interior that he is now prepared to furnish, from his brewery, articles of summer beer.” (s) P. Lamback. There was no mention of the type of beer, or if it had a name, or if it was sold in bottles, but we know it was sold in kegs. An ad dated Sept. 14, 1853: “Please return empty beer kegs belonging to the Augusta Brewery.” (s) Edward Girardey. Lamback is no longer mentioned, but the company continued in business. On Oct. 23, 1853, the Augusta Brewery advertised for sale: “Malt for cattle. . .also, a constant supply of yeast for bread. (s) E. Gipsy. And on March 4, 1854: “French calf skins for sale at moderate prices from the Augusta Brewery.” It was selling everything except beer so the inevitable happened starting June 21, 1855: “Will sell one large copper pot (900 gallons), one maul for crushing malt, one copper pump 5 inches in diameter, two fine force pumps, one cooling vat 12 by 95 feet, three vats, six beer troughs and one lot of iron-bound casks and barrels.” All was from the estate of Martin Frederick and was signed by Edward Girardey, who may have been the
Bsckground image, Augusta Brewing Co.
company’s attorney. No bottles, literature, or any memorabilia of that type exist from that Augusta Brewery, but certainly that is not the case with the later Augusta Brewing Company. The latter’s beer was sold in pint and quart bottles first dating to the 1890s. Colors ranged from aquamarine, shades of amber, lime green and yellow. Quart blob top beers embossed with the company’s logo, LAGER BEER and THIS BOTTLE IS NEVER SOLD were on the market before the turn of the 20th century. There was no deposit system and few bottles were ever returned to the brewery, even though technically one bought the beer, but not the container. Along came Hutchinson bottles with their unique seals and the brewing company’s bottles are known in clear glass, aquamarine, lime green and yellow. They did not contain beer, but some of the brands of soda water the brewery eventually manufactured or sold. The invention in 1891 of the metal crown with its cork liner banished Hutchinsons forever and 20th century “crown top” brewery bottles are known only in aquamarine. Many of the brewery’s bottles will be on display at the Augusta Museum of History, Broad and Sixth streets, during the 50th Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors National Show and Expo Aug. 1-3 at the Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. In addition to bottles, the Augusta Brewing Company gave away calendars, wooden-handled
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corkscrews, match safes, bartenders’ knives and even ceramic mugs made by a now defunct Baltimore pottery. All sported the brewery’s name. Along came Belle of Georgia, first advertised in 10-foot-high letters painted on the sides of the brewery building in 1896. It
was to become the flagship brand and its sister brand, “Belle of Carolina,” became its “export beer.” The latter was sold through the South Carolina Dispensary system, which that state had established as a liquor monopoly in 1893. The Augusta Brewing Company also sold its Export Beer in North Carolina branches in Raleigh, Salisbury and other cities. There was even a Belle of Florida beer. As the 20th century and its crown-topped bottles became the norm, bottles appeared bearing colorful paper labels featuring the image of a young woman and Belle of Georgia in bright bold lettering. There are more paper labels in various styles loose in existence than there are paperlabeled bottles. After the end of the SpanishAmerican War in 1899, brewery officials traveled to Cuba to set up a branch and sell their beer. It was a success, but no records exist as to how long such sales were extant, or who sold the beer.
Augusta Brewing Bottles - Photos Courtesy of Mike Newman
The brewery continued in operation until 1916 when prohibition laws grew stronger, some prohibiting interstate liquor and beer sales. So the company was forced to change its name to Augusta Ice & Beverage Company and tried to exist by selling ice, ice cream, chocolate milk and soft drinks. Earlier, it had established its wholly owned subsidiary, Dixie Carbonating Co., designed for its soft drink line that included Upper Ten Ginger Ale, Koca Nola and Pepsi-Cola. Bottles embossed Augusta Ice & Beverage Co., and Dixie Carbonating Co., exist and are collectible. The brewery filed for bankruptcy on March 5, 1921.
Postcard depicting the brewery
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Select Antique Bottles & Early Glass at Auction
Bidding Bidding Begins: Begins: January July 78th
Closes: January July 17th 16th
Select Auction 177 Including: Early Glass, Bottles, Flasks, Bitters, Inks, Utilities, Soda and Mineral Water Bottles, Freeblown and Pressed Glass, Fruit Jars, Whiskeys, Medicines & More
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FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention Thursday, July 30 - Sunday, August 2, 2020 Grand Sierra Resort & Casino Reno, Nevada For information: Richard Siri rtsiri@sbcglobal.net
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RICHMOND ANTIQUE BOTTLE SHOW AND SALE SATURDAY - OCTOBER 5, 2019 Chesterfield County Fairgrounds 10300 Courthouse Road Chesterfield, VA 23832-6615
48 Federation Of Historical Bottle Collectors Member
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General admission: $3.00 Early entry at 7:30 AM is $10.00
YEAR OF FAMILY FUN
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Bottles, Go-withs, Breweriana & Collectibles Show contacts: Marvin Croker (804) 275-1101 4718 Twila Lane, N. Chesterfield, VA 23234 Ed Faulkner (804) 739-2951 Email: RichBottleClub@comcast.net Directions: From Rt. 288 - Take the Rt. 10 (Iron Bridge Rd.) East exit, towards the Chesterfield Courthouse complex. Turn left at the first light onto Courthouse Rd. (about 1/4 mile), beside the new courthouse. Go one mile to the show on the right, opposite L.C. Bird HS.
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How the collecting hobby started with help from the California Gold Rush By Bill Baab
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f it hadn’t been for the glass works industries and their products in the eastern, midwestern and northeastern parts of the United States during the first half of the 19th century, the hobby of collecting antique bottles might have been delayed indefinitely. Had that industry not existed, there would have been nothing to collect since there wouldn’t have been any historical flasks in existence, not to mention early glass bottles containing patent medicines and other potable liquids. But the record shows that fairly wealthy individuals like Stephen Van Rensselaer, Charles Gardner and a comparatively few others started on the road to discovery when early glass pickings were easy and relatively inexpensive, especially during the Great Depression. Their knowledge did not stop with the acquisitions. No, they embarked on the fun part of the hobby called research and in their days before the Internet Age original sources were still in existence. Many men who had worked in the glass blowing industry were still alive during the early 20th century and glass factory records had not yet been discarded as some unfortunately were later. As the story goes, Mr. Gardner had a collection of antique firearms coveted by Mr. Van Rensselaer and during the former’s visit to the latter, Mr. Gardner saw an array of antique glass and was hooked. A trade was made and in 1929, Mr. Gardner started on the path that eventually led to his research and development of an antique bottle collection others later described as the best in existence at the time. But when did the hobby start to involve the masses? History tells us that in the mid 1840s, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California and after word spread by various means across the country, other Americans decided they wanted a share of the riches. Enter the 49ers and the Gold Rush. Eventually, Gold Fever subsided and miners went their separate ways, not realizing they’d left behind the equivalent of thousands of dollars of artifacts in the shapes of bottles that had contained whiskey, soda water, mineral water and patent medicines buried in landfills and in outhouse (privy) holes.
Back then, those glass containers were as commonplace as today’s Coca-Cola bottles and no one gave them a second thought until the 1940s and ‘50s. Certain individuals were fascinated by hunks of glass colored purple by the sun they had found during hikes into the desert areas and decided it might pay to check out the ghost towns in existence around what had been the gold fields. Quite naturally they discovered the 100-year-old garbage dumps and the only stuff remaining were fragments of dishes, bones from cows and hogs and, of course, empty bottles. But what bottles! All were blown by mouth and most hailed from the aforementioned glass factories east of the Mississippi River. The containers’ crudity, wide arrays of colors and embossings were a part of the magic that caught the eyes and imaginations of the men and women destined to become the hobby’s pioneer collectors. Others in the rest of the country were beginning to find ancient landfills of their own and, by the time in 1952 John and Edith Tibbitts organized the Antique Bottle Collectors Association of California at their Sacramento home, the hobby’s participants could be measured in the thousands. Today, the hobby has spread across oceans into the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and north of the U.S. into Canada and Newfoundland. There may be millions of bottle collectors and others who also pursue the products of early potteries. In 1969, the Tibbittses’ creation had outgrown itself and so evolved into the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs (later Collectors) involving people from coast to coast. The first national bottle show of interest took place during the American Bicentennial Year of 1976 in St. Louis. This year, the FOHBC will celebrate its 50th year with its National Convention and Expo to be held Aug. 1-3 at the Mariott Hotel and adjacent Convention and Visitors Bureau showroom in downtown Augusta. It will mark the first time the event has been held in Georgia. The show will be open to the public for a nominal fee.
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Articles for BOTTLES and EXTRAS Our editor, staff and designers eagerly await to help you in any possible way.
Tell us about your collection or someone else’s. Tell us your digging and picking story. Write a fictional bottle story. Tell us about an area of antique bottle and glass collecting. Every bottle has a story. Tell us about the medicine men, merchants, or proprietors who are related to our bottles or about a glass house. Write an auction or show report. Tell us about a club outing. Really, the sky is the limit. Don’t be shy. Young or old, new to the hobby or a veteran, please step forward. Thank You!
To submit a Story, Send a Letter to the Editor, or have Comments and Concerns about BOTTLES and EXTRAS, please contact the Editor, Martin Van Zant. mdvanzant@yahoo.com
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The Antique Bottle Collecting Hobby: The When, Where, Why and Who By Bill Baab
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obbies have always been an important part of the lifestyles of people from all walks of life.
Before I entered my early teens, I collected U.S. postage stamps. Over the years, I added coins, insects (butterflies, moths, beetles), snakes, sea shells, birds’ eggs, juvenile series books (Tom Swift, Horatio Alger et al), the works of English war correspondent and author G.A. Henty, the Golden Age of Mysteries books (192050), and an interest in the history of Augusta, Georgia. Today, I am still interested in U.S. postage stamps and the postal history of Augusta as sidelines to my main hobby dating back to 1969: the collecting of antique bottles, mostly from Augusta. The antique bottle hobby is said to rank worldwide in popularity as No. 3 behind the collecting of stamps and (No. 2) coins. There are bottle collectors throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada, South and Central America, Australia and New Zealand. And in each one of the 50 states. Where did it start? In this country, there are two possibilities: California and New England. In the former during the early 1950s, folks began exploring the 1840s-60s California Gold Rush ghost towns and antique bottles and some pottery were among the artifacts that survived. One-hundred-fifty-year-old trash dumps and outhouse pits called privies produced most of the finds. In the latter, the New England industry that produced historical flasks and other examples of early American glass started in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Many early glass factories were established in the Midwest and Northeast. There were a number of men in the early 20th century who started what turned out to be outstanding collections. Many bought and sold these early containers of whiskies, sodas, patent medicines, preserves and condiments through auction houses, thus spreading their availability to the public at large. Owners of antiques stores started stocking old bottles along with pottery such as whiskey jugs and the hobby began to take off.
However, in the early days there was no one organization to promote the hobby such as the American Philatelic Society for stamp collectors. That started to change with the organization on Oct. 15, 1959 of the nation’s first club devoted to the collecting of antique bottles. John and Edith Tibbitts, who lived in the heart of the Gold Rush Country in Sacramento, California, organized the Antique Bottle Club of California in their home. Word spread and collectors from North, South, Midwest and East joined like-minded people in the Far West and the ABCA began to get too big. “We grew to over 3,000 families from coast-to-coast,” Tibbitts said later. So some of the club’s eventual officers began to speak of forming a Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs, the idea being the uniting of the dozens of individual clubs across the country. That took place in 1969 and later the name was changed from Clubs to Collectors. The first national show and convention was held in St. Louis during the nation’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration. The National Antique Bottle & Jar Exposition set the standard for the rest of the expositions and national shows to follow. It was decided to hold expositions every four years and the 1980 (Rosemont, Illinois), 1984 (Montgomery, Alabama) and 1988 (Las Vegas, Nevada) Expos followed. But many collectors grew restless in between the expos and the idea of holding national shows every year in the respective geographical regions was acted upon. The first national show of the new era was held in 1991 in Memphis, Tennessee. One of the most popular shows was held in 2016 in Sacramento, the place where the hobby got its jump start. “Back to Our Roots” was the theme. In 2017, the National Show and Expo was held in Springfield, Massachusetts, and in 2018 it was held in Cleveland, Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie. So here we are in Augusta, Georgia, the first time for the show in the Peach State, so collectors in the South should make the most of it. The Aug. 1-3 event will be held in Augusta’s Marriott Hotel and adjacent convention center.
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The fourth gallery, fruit or canning jars, we are severely lagging with write-ups for each of our wonderful pieces. We decided that with some coordination, we can conjure up the history or information from Jerry McCann’s Fruit Jar Annual, Douglas Leybourne’s Red Book and Greg Spurgeon’s North American Glass auction house which specializes in fruit jars.
Virtual Museum Ne ws By Richard Siri
The FOHBC Virtual Museum has been established to display, inform, educate, and enhance the enjoyment of historical bottle and glass collecting by providing an online virtual museum experience for significant historical bottles and other items related to early glass. **************** Federation members will sometimes ask, “What’s up with the Virtual Museum? Why isn’t it up and running at this time?” I suppose that individuals or groups who have contributed money to the project want to know if they will get their money’s worth? Ironically, the only new spinner that you can find now is a teaser spinner on the FOHBC web site home page. We just added this component where the image is changed out each week. It certainly does catch your attention. OK, what’s the hold up? We, the Virtual Museum board, want to present categories or galleries that show many bottles that also have background history or information to compliment the bottle. Therein lies the problem, history. It takes time to research, validate and submit this information. The category for bitters, our first gallery, has enough information for the bottles included in the gallery as Ferdinand is a bitters collector and has plenty of support information, so Ferdinand has this gallery under control. It should be known by now that Ferdinand had a serious fall and broke both his legs so he has been kind of laid up. With lots of time on hand (no pun intended), Ferdinand has been setting up other galleries. To assist him, we have engaged one of Ferdinand’s studio designers to freelance some of the web site coding work which should help. Our planned second gallery is for historical flasks which was one of the first groups imaged. So far, only a few flasks are documented with historical information, so very little has been completed. The spectacular flasks, for now, sit on virtual shelves. The spirits gallery which includes whiskies, bourbons, gins etc. is being worked on by Eric McGuire. This will be our third gallery. Eric is moving forward nicely and we are looking good here. Eric, as some of you know, is a first rate researcher who has written many articles for Bottles and Extras.
Initially, we were thinking about only opening a gallery if it was 100% complete. This has become unrealistic. We are now thinking about opening our initial galleries with however many completed pieces are done. Completed pieces meaning the 3-dimensional imagery and support information. Incomplete specimens will sit statically on shelves waiting to be completed. This should encourage gallery visits and the developers of the information for each piece. Target balls and related information, our fifth gallery, is being furnished primarily by Ralph Finch and from the Target Ball auction catalog by John Pastor with American Glass Gallery. The spinners are in deep development and we are confident with our resources for information. We will use the food bottle books by Betty Zumwalt and others for that category, our planned sixth gallery. One great book of hers is Ketchup-Pickles-Sauces, 19th Century Food in Glass. There is also a good book on Western blob sodas by the Markotas that has the history of the bottles that includes names, dates and places or origin. This will be a nice group to spin for our planned seventh gallery which will also include Eastern, Midwestern and Southern sodas. The Virtual Museum strives to provide information along with the spinning images. We don’t want to overwhelm with technology without having depth and purpose. We want to wow, give wonder and to educate. We want to show provenance and the known history behind the bottle. A bottle means so much more when you tell the story behind it. With historical flasks, the history might be what’s embossed on the bottle, or the person or event or glass works associated with the flask. Who sold it and what did it contain? There are a few that even have the merchants name embossed on them. This adds to the history and write-up a great deal. There are a lot of collectors out there that have researched bottles and glass from their area and know the history about them. We need content providers to assist with a category and that’s the challenge. With all that said, we the Virtual Museum team, want to present to the bottle world and our membership, an experience with value. Please bear with us as we endeavor to make this happen. This is the biggest project ever in bottle collecting. Nothing of this scale is without challenges and setbacks. We should applaud our progress which we have achieved at every milestone. We are as excited and motivated as day one and thank you all for understanding our challenges and realizing our passion and dedication to see this project through. Please support the FOHBC Virtual Museum!
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Spring waters popular with thirsty Augustans By Bill Baab
Historic Windsor Spring - Spring House
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he Windsor Spring Water Company was established in 1905 nine miles from Augusta “in piney woods 300 feet above the city” in south Richmond County by W.H.T. Walker Jr., a son of the Confederate general of the same name killed during the Civil War Battle of Atlanta in 1864. The spring’s name reportedly originated from British soldiers who camped there during the American Revolution and named the spring after Windsor, England. In 1905, George M. Clarke and his family moved to the site and occupied a historic home, “Seclusival,” built in the early 19th century by Freeman Walker, a future U.S. Senator. Clarke bought the land and spring in 1907 and went into partnership with the junior Walker. Clarke delivered hundreds of gallons of Windsor Spring water in 5- and 10-gallon bottles daily to businesses in Augusta and area, as well as the coolers on stands to mount the bottles. The writer can recall holding a paper cup beneath the cooler’s spout, pressing a button to release the water and watching bubbles rise as air replaced the water. “When Papa came home at night (after making deliveries over mostly clay roads), he’d be as red as the roads,” recalled his daughter, the late Ella Clarke Nuite. Clarke eventually bought out Walker. So 114 years later, the spring still flows and the water company is still in business. The purity and freshness of the spring water tasted better than “city water” to lots of folks, which is why even today bottled water is so popular with the masses.
Top Image: Two Clark Children standing at the Spring Bottom Image: ephemera from the Windsor Spring
The 10-gallon aquamarine demijohns embossed WINDSOR SPRING WATER, AUGUSTA, GA. were manufactured by the Illinois Glass Company and are popular with today’s collectors. There is an example complete with cooler and stand in the Bill & Bea Baab Collection in the Augusta Museum of History. Other Windsor Spring collectibles in the collection include one-gallon and half-gallon table water bottles capped by porcelain Lightning stoppers, carafes etched with the Windsor Spring name for the same purpose and booklets extolling the value of drinking the water. Shortly after the end of WW II, Fender’s Spring Water Company was established and its waters sold to the public in 10-gallon demijohns embossed FENDER SPRING WATER, AUGUSTA, GA. An example is in the Baabs’ collection. In 1952, the company name was changed to the Crystal Spring Water Co., and a labeled demijohn also is in the museum collection.. Other spring water companies served Augusta area residents, including Daniel Spring in Greene County, Georgia; Mertins’ Crystal Water Company in nearby Beech Island, S.C., Panther Springs in south Richmond County, Harris Lithia Springs in Laurens County, South Carolina, Benscot Lithia Springs, Bowles Crystal Spring and Flowing Wells Water Company. Bottles, some embossed, some labeled, are in existence for all except Panther Springs (a porcelain top marked by its name exists) and Bowles Spring. (Images courtesy of https://csrlt.org/)
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Grass Valley, in Nevada County, sprang forth seemingly overnight with the discovery of gold in its vicinity
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ust as with many of the early towns of California, the bucolic sounding Grass Valley, in Nevada County, sprang forth seemingly overnight with the discovery of gold in its vicinity. Named in 1851, Grass Valley survived the playing out of easily accessible placer gold first exploited by the mass of humanity that descended on California’s Mother Lode in 1849. Rich ‘hard-rock’ deposits were located deep underground which resulted in continued mining for many years. With ongoing economic support Grass Valley developed into a well established city that has survived to this day. While still autonomous it has nearly grown together with its neighbor, Nevada City, which was equally successful in its longevity, and which also became the seat of government for Nevada County. A rather mild climate, compared with the sweltering summer heat of the nearby Sacramento Valley, its sylvan landscape and historical charm, have drawn many people to the area – especially retirees. In its early years a relatively stable and increasing population attracted a number of businesses associated with city living, including soda water companies. This article explores the history of the most dominant and best known of those establishments, named the Grass Valley Soda Factory. Begun possibly as early as the city itself, it was managed by just two individuals during its lifetime – from about 1851 to about 1887.
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James Alexander Farrell was born in Dublin, Ireland, about 1823. Little is known of his early life but family lore states that he and four siblings immigrated to the United States in the late 1840’s. James and his sister came to California but the sister married and went to Australia. His brothers reportedly lived in Mississippi and Texas. Farrell was reportedly living in Grass Valley as early as 1856, and “was engaged during all the time in manufacturing soda and mineral water.” (1) Although not found in the 1860 Grass Valley census we do know he was there in 1861 when a local newspaper noted, “J. A. Farrell of Grass Valley, was thrown from a horse recently and badly hurt. His spine was injured” (2) His business interests throughout the early 1860’s are obscure until another unfortunate incident occurred in 1866. “As we go to press we learn that Jack Johnson who drives the Soda wagon for J. A. Farrell, of this place, was robbed of $14 near Penn Valley this morning.” (3) It is not known what type of bottles Farrell was using for the first decade of his soda water business. The Pacific Glass Works didn’t begin operations until 1863, but all of the known bottles with his name embossed have attribution traits of the California factories along with an embossing feature that would indicate the earliest production date of about 1867. The lettering style on his bottles contain the telltale curved leg “R’ commonly used by an unknown San Francisco mold engraver. The first known work of this engraver cannot be dated to any earlier than 1867 with any degree of certainty - to date. It must be assumed that Farrell was
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using either unembossed soda bottles, or possibly pirated bottles, to serve his customers during his early years. A former Grass Valley resident, William E. Deamer, had moved back to town in 1865 and entered into the restaurant business. Deamer and Farrell had probably been friends or acquaintances from the 1850’s and after Deamer moved back their friendship was rekindled. It is significant to note that Farrell, who was unmarried, was even living at the residence of Deamer, his wife and two children in the 1870 Grass Valley census record. In the same year this close relationship lead to Farrell leasing the Grass
In March of 1870, J. A. Farrell gave notice in the local Grass Valley newspaper that he had leased his soda factory to Wm. E. Deamer. (Morning Union [Grass Valley, Calif.] March 29, 1870)
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Grass Valley, Nevada County, California. Page from an atlas that pictures the Grass Vally Soda Works and the Residence of Wm. E. Deamer
Valley Soda Factory to Deamer, and it appears that Farrell then stayed on and either worked with or for Deamer in a less demanding capacity. Perhaps this unusual working arrangement gave Farrell a little more free time to indulge in other civic activities, for which he was known. The 1870 U.S. non-population census schedule for Farrell notes that for the previous year ending on June 1, 1870, he filled 8000 dozen of soda, for a value of $6000. Also produced was $1100 worth of cider and cronk. The total number of bottles in his inventory the he working with was noted as 500 dozen bottles with a value of $250.
The soda works was apparently quite successful under Deamer’s management, although he was reaching beyond a comfortable sphere with regard to bottle retrieval. It was even noted that, “W. E. Deamer is supplying Truckee with his delicious soda water.” (5) The town of Truckee, about 50 miles from Grass Valley, was established as a key element of the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1867. It is
In March of 1870, J. A. Farrell gave notice in the local Grass Valley newspaper that he had leased his soda factory to Wm. E. Deamer. (Morning Union [Grass Valley, Calif.] March 29, 1870) This unusual switch in operational management of the Grass Valley Soda Factory continued on with no known issues. Farrell was soon elected Deputy County Assessor which included the nearby Bridgeport, Bloomfield and Rough and Ready Townships. Unfortunately, Farrell’s health took a turn for the worse and he had to relinquish his post. (4)
The notice provided by J.A. Farrell apprising the people of Grass Valley that he was back in charge of the soda factory. (Morning Union, [Grass Valley, Calif.] April 4, 1873).
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located on the lee side of the highest point of the railroad, in the ‘snow shadow” to the East of Donner Pass, at elevation 5,817 feet. The pass itself, at elevation 7,200 feet, is often blanketed with huge amounts of snow which was not a reasonable site for a critical working railroad station. Truckee quickly became a popular spot, not only for railroad workers but for tourists to experience the grandeur of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. By March of 1873 Farrell again took over management of the Grass Valley Soda Factory. There is no indication that Deamer completely abandoned his interest in the soda factory so it was probably just a titular switching of roles.
Farrell had demonstrated traits of a troubled individual as noted in his inquest. His doctor testified that Farrell was “extremely sensitive about the trouble that he gave his friends, on account of his habits, and that he frequently lamented that he did so.” He also confided in his doctor that, at times, he had taken laudanum in rather large doses. From various statements given it is apparent that Farrell had issues. The local gas-light keeper was one of the last persons to have seen him alive. He noted that when encountering Farrell the previous midnight he, “carried him to the corner of Richardson and Church streets; he leaned on my shoulder. I left him at the corner, and then returned and lit the gas in the Engine house.” W. E. Deamer found his lifeless body in the morning. Deamer also noted at Farrell’s death inquest, in referring to the soda works, he stated. . . . “No one sleeps there regularly, excepting Mr. Farrell. Mr. Berg slept there one or two nights last week – sometimes a friend slept there when deceased was on a spree”.
Farrell must have been feeling an economic pinch when he resorted to posting this notice in the Grass Valley Morning Union of May 1, 1873, imposing a charge of one dollar per dozen for unreturned bottles.
It is still inconclusive why Farrell took a managerial hiatus from the pressures of his soda works. As his life and work unfolded it did become apparent that Farrell was burdened with issues that could be assigned to both mental and physical health. This may have been the primary reason why he leased the works to Deamer for a few years. Once he did return to his management activities Farrell noticed a decided loss of bottle inventory, which probably added to his concerns. This age old issue of bottle loss had always been the bane of the soda bottler, since it was a relatively expensive concern. No more than a year and a half after taking over management of the Grass Valley Soda Factory, the town was rocked by an inexplicable tragedy. In an apparent moment of irrationality James A. Farrell decided to end his life with a bullet to his head, on October 18, 1874. This act came as a complete surprise to the townspeople and a grand jury inquest was held to help determine what had actually happened. The newspaper covered the probe and noted; “He had faults, but they leaned always to virtue’s side. He was open handed and warm hearted. Never did anybody apply to him for assistance but that it was rendered on the instant and with liberality. He ought to have been worth a comfortable fortune by this time, pursuing the business that he did; but what he received he gave freely and generally with good judgment. No one can know why he committed the rash act of self destruction; no one can imagine the torture of body or mind that would drive one from an association of the best friends on this earth to the unknown association beyond the river.” (6)
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Deamer was selling liquor and manufacturing soda water in Oroville, California, with B. C. Wallis, prior to moving to Grass Valley. (Weekly Butte Record, (Oroville, Calif.) July 13, 1861). The partnership was terminated in March 1864, and Deamer moved to Grass Valley in 1865, opening a series of restaurants.
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That Farrell’s death was somehow ‘accidental’ was dispelled by Cornelius Taylor, a local attorney. He was visited by Farrell about a week before his suicide. Farrell directed Taylor to draft a will for him. Taylor stated, “He directed me as to the contents of the will, and I drew it; he executed it. He assigned no reason for making the will, excepting what is stated in the will.” This writer did not examine Farrell’s will, however, it is apparent that Wm. E. Deamer was given the soda works. The remainder of his estate was said to have gone to a few of his other friends. William Elliott Deamer was born in Portland, Dorset, England in 1832 and was left an orphan at an early age. He was taken to sea by a brother-in-law as a cabin boy and served a term of five years as an apprenticed sailor. He followed the sea for some time and came to California around Cape Horn, arriving in San Francisco in January 1851. Deamer remained in San Francisco for 1½ years and then went to Auburn and in 1854 to Nevada City, where he engaged in the manufacture of soda water. He sold out two months later and returned to Auburn. He sold out again in the Fall and went east and then to Europe, returning to California in 1855. Deamer then settled in Oroville and in 1865 came to Grass Valley.
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By the mid-1870s John Matthews of New York City had become a major force in the sales of all things related to bottling soda water, especially his patented bottles with its ‘gravitating stopper’ closure device. The company offered exclusive rights to use of their bottles based on geographic areas – generally on a countywide basis. By 1875 Matthews had sold exclusivity to several California areas; Sacramento City and County……… ……………. E. L. Billings Santa Clara County……………………………… Williams Bros. San Mateo County ………………………………. Williams Bros. San Francisco City & County………………….. James McEwen Alameda County…………………………………….. J. J. Bliven Oakland City……… ……………………………… J. J. Bliven A year later William Deamer secured exclusive rights to Nevada County and began using the gravitating stopper bottles along with the traditional style blob top style with the wire affixed corks. For reasons not entirely clear, he established a second company by the name of NEVADA SODA WATER CO. as noted in the above
Deamer was married in England in 1855 to Miss Martha White and had one son, William White Deamer, born in Grass Valley on November 25, 1861, and died in San Francisco on October 15, 1910, and a daughter, Josie E. Deamer, born in Oroville, California, on June 1, 1858, and died September 27, 1877, in Grass Valley, at the age of 21 years. He was operating a soda water business in Oroville at least as early as July 1856, under the name of Bordwell & Deamer.
Morning Union, (Grass Valley, Calif.) April 19, 1877
This page from Matthews catalog notes that exclusive rights for the use of his gravitating stopper bottles may be secured with payment of two cents per inhabitant for the territory desired. Of course, supplies including bottles, stoppers, bottling equipment, etc., would need to be purchased from Matthews as well. Deamer had his name engraved in the mold for his gravitating stopper bottles, as was the custom.
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referenced 1877 advertisement, that used only the gravitating stopper bottles. It appears that Deamer gave up the use of Matthews’ gravitating stopper bottles, and sole rights to its use in Nevada County, by 1882, as that is the last year he advertised such use. Deamer’s associated Nevada Soda Water Co. was also retired. This page from Matthews catalog notes that exclusive rights for the use of his gravitating stopper bottles may be secured with payment of two cents per inhabitant for the territory desired. Of course, supplies including bottles, stoppers, bottling equipment, etc., would need to be purchased from Matthews as well. Deamer had his name engraved in the mold for his gravitating stopper bottles, as was the custom. It has not been determined if Deamer purchased the mold for his gravitating stopper bottles from John Matthews, as noted in this Matthews advertisement, or if he purchased the mold in San Francisco. What is clear is that the lettering on the mold was executed in San Francisco and a majority of the excavated bottles
The last advertisement for Deamer and his Grass Valley Soda Works was located in the Grass Valley Morning Union of May 28, 1887, and ran for one month.
exhibit a dark aqua similar to the glass produced at both of the glass works in San Francisco. In May 1884, Deamer was elected to the Grass Valley Board of Trustees. (7) He served three of the four-year post, having to resign in April 1887 because of increased pressure from his business requirements. (8) Deamer, it appears, was always experimenting with a large variety of non-alcoholic drinks. In 1884 he was producing his own cream soda, a relatively popular drink that originated on the East Coast. (9) In 1885 he concocted a new drink that he called “Cream Ginger Ale”. (10) And, by 1887 Deamer introduced yet another drink that he called ‘Standard Nerve Food’. (11)
It has not been determined if Deamer purchased the mold for his gravitating stopper bottles from John Matthews, as noted in this Matthews advertisement, or if he purchased the mold in San Francisco. What is clear is that the lettering on the mold was executed in San Francisco and a majority of the excavated bottles exhibit a dark aqua similar to the glass produced at both of the glass works in San Francisco.
As with nearly everyone on this earth, accidents happen. When one lives in a small town with its own newspaper, accidents become worthy news. Such was the case with W.E. Deamer when he chose to chop some wood on his property. ….”while wielding the axe that implement caught upon an overhanging clothes-line. The intended blow was given with such force that when the line caught the blade of the axe, the handle was wrenched from Mr.
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With the tragic blow of losing his life partner, Wm. E. Deamer began making regular trips to Oakland, visiting his son and grandchildren. Just a few short years later the newspaper noted, “Wm. E. Deamer is dangerously ill at the residence of his son at Berkeley.” (13) He died there on March 27, 1893. His obituary gives up no additional information about his final years as proprietor of the Grass Valley Soda Water Factory except for one sentence, “until a short time ago (he) was the owner of the Alta Soda Works on Richardson street.” It is apparent, therefore, that a name change of his works occurred in the late 1880’s. Deamer’s remains were returned to Grass Valley where he is interred with his wife and daughter in the Odd Fellows & Masonic Cemetery. The earliest reference to the Alta Soda Works was an advertisement in the Grass Valley Morning Union on July 1, 1885, with Wm. T. Richards as proprietor. A long chain of proprietors later gained control of the works but Deamer was not one of them. If he had owned the Alta Soda Works it would have to have been prior to Richards ownership. The earliest reference noted for Wm. T. Richards was his 1883 entrance into the 13th Annual Fair of the 8th District Agricultural Society in Grass Valley, of ginger ale and spruce beer. The only other entrance of similar goods was W. E. Deamer who produced his soda, ginger ale and wine cider. (14) The sweeping winner was Deamer for, “Best exhibit of spruce beer, diploma; Best exhibit ginger ale, diploma; Best exhibit cider, diploma; Best exhibit soda, diploma”. The blob top Deamer soda bottle is somewhat unusual as California made bottles go, aside from the block “F” on the reverse of most Farrell soda bottles. It is likely the only example of a California made bottle exhibiting the curved leg “R” in a block letter style. This unknown engraver must have been fiercely proud of his unusual engraving ‘fingerprint’. Of the many gold-rush period towns that dotted the Mother Lode Region of California, very few produced embossed soda water bottles in the 1860’s and 1870’s. Grass Valley claims three, all representing the same soda works. The J.A. Farrell bottle, made from about 1867 to no later than 1874, and the Deamer bottle, made from as early as 1870 to no later than about 1884. And, not to be overlooked is the gravitating stopper bottle made by Deamer from 1876 to possibly as late as 1881. Certainly a rich artifact history for such a small town. James A Farrell, native of Dublin Ireland
Deamer’s hand. The axe fell upon the head of the gentleman, cutting a deep gash in his head from the crown nearly down to the bridge of the nose. (12) He recovered but likely wore a visible scar for the rest of his life. As life’s tragedies only halt with the final act, W.E. Deamer’s wife, Martha White Deamer, took ill in 1889 and went to live with their son in Oakland, California, Wm. W. Deamer, a noted professor of languages associated with the University of California, which was closer to expert medical resources. As her health declined it was determined that as a last resort her life may be extended with surgery. The operation was not a success, from which she did not recover. Martha Deamer died in San Francisco on November 7, 1889.
References: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Morning Union, Grass Valley, California, October 20, 1874 Sacramento Daily Union, February 22, 1861 Morning Union, Grass Valley, California, May 16, 1866 Ibid, May 12, 1870 Ibid, July 18, 1872 Ibid, October 20, 1874 Ibid, 6 May 1884 Ibid, April 15, 1887 Ibid, September 6, 1884 Ibid, May 16, 1885 Ibid, May 28, 1887 Ibid, January 12, 1888 Ibid, January 28, 1893 Ibid, September 6, 1883
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Breweries of Norristown Pa. By: David C. Hess
Area & History Norristown is located approximately 16 miles northwest of Philadelphia, as the crow flies. It is the county seat from Montgomery County Pennsylvania. In its early days continuing through the present time Norristown has been a center for all types of manufacturing. All this was enhanced by the early development of the Schuylkill Canal (1820s) and later on the arrival of the reading railroad system. This allowed for easy access of products to and from Philadelphia and for going further Westward into rural areas. Hence with all this going on it brought about the development of local breweries. A. R. Cox Brewery Around 1830 the brewery was established by Morgan James and Abraham Eschbach in a small building located at Main and Markley Streets, Norristown. They were producing about 5 to 7 barrels of beer per week. When Morgan James left the business, A. R. Cox became a Eschbach’s new business partner. A nearby property was being offered for sale and Mr. George Cole, Cox’s father-in-law, persuaded Mr. Cox to purchase it. Mr. Cole provided the funding and improvements that were made to upgrade the building and equipment. New larger cedar vats were built with each having the capacity to hold 200 gallons of beer. Eventually Eschbach withdrew from the company, and in 1870 it became the A.R. Cox brewery. Over the subsequent years they increased their production to at least 3,000 or more barrels of beer per year. Around 1891, Adam Scheidt purchased the A.R. Cox brewing Co. and operated it as an additional brewery.
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Rare Tip Tray from Adam Scheidts brewery
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A scarce aqua A.R. Cox blobtop beer.
Adam Scheidt brewery The Adam Scheidt brewery had its beginning as a small brewery started by a few brothers by the name Moeshlin in about 1866. Charles Scheidt acquired the brewery in 1870. Charles had come from Bavaria and was trained as a brewer. In 1878 his brother Adam came from Germany to America and became part of the company. Around 1880 the brewery changed its name to C & A Scheidts. The Scheidts Brothers at this time became very successful and the brewery expanded to a much larger building producing about 10,000 barrels a year. In 1882, they added a bottling plant. In 1889, they changed from ice refrigeration to machinery refrigeration. It was one of the earliest of breweries to make this change. At this point the brewery was producing ale, porter and lager beers. Charles died in 1884. Adam bought Charles’ shares. By the 1890s, the brewery changed the name to Adam Scheidt Brewing Co. By the 1890s, brewery was producing about 52,000 barrels per year. In 1891, Adam Scheidt acquired the A.R Cox Brewing Co. and operated it as an additional facility. They expanded their production line to additional new products. The
brewery was now out-producing most of Philadelphia’s breweries. They purchased their own refrigerated railcars to deliver beer to locations set up along the reading railroad line. By 1917, Adam Scheidt began producing a wide variety of other products such as soda water, ice, and coal. Adam Scheidt died in October 1933. After his death, the family continued to operate the brewery. But to eventually settle a family dispute it was decided to sell the brewery to C. Shmidt and Sons brewery of Philadelphia, in June 1954. The brewery in Norristown became obsolete and enclosed for good on December 31, 1974 Closing thought As a long time collector of bottles starting in the mid-1960s to the present and south eastern Pennsylvania, these beer bottles were an interesting local bottle to collect. Back then they were readily available in antique shops, clean markets, and etc. They were moderately priced. Today it is just a total opposite.
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My Spring Bottle Show Tour By Elizabeth Lacy (Photos credited to the Baltimore Bottle Club, the Ohio Bottle Club, and Elizabeth Lacy)
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etween the months of November and March here in the Midwest, we have adopted a hibernation lifestyle. Snow flies, wind whistles, and icy roads lead us to “hunker down” each winter. Our neighbors to the Northeast deal with the same conditions and same tendencies. This thins the bottle show calendar to only a few shows over those months, in which only the brave and dedicated venture out. So, by the time the temperature inches up the mercury ever so slightly, bottle collectors have their wares priced and boxes packed, itching to meander aisles of glass-covered tables in search of the treasure after being cooped up for all those cold months. Bottle show season is as anticipated as baseball’s opening day. For many, the start of the bottle show season begins on Daylight Savings weekend in Baltimore, Maryland. Dealers in the hibernating area of the country count down until this highly anticipated kick-off weekend. From then, the season is strewn with weekend after weekend of bottle shows peppered throughout the country. Typically, my husband, Matt, travels the bottle show season with his good friend, Louis. This year, I found myself committed to more than my usual three-shows-a-year because of different situations and obligations. Actually, I’ve already fulfilled my bottle show quota, as I’ve attended three already this spring: Baltimore, Rochester, and Mansfield! Each show is unique in its own right and has its own story to tell. I am going to share each one from my perspective of my (so-far) 2019 Bottle Show Tour.
Baltimore Bottle Show The Baltimore Bottle Show is unofficially the “kick-off” show of the bottle show season. Each March, on the same weekend as Daylight Savings, collectors from all over the country journey to the east coast to Baltimore, Maryland. The weather is usually inconsistent from year to year, as weather tends to be at the beginning of March, but that does not stop dealers and collectors from faithfully congregating. This was my first year attending the Baltimore Bottle Show. Matt has attended for years with Louis, but as the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors gathers for their first in-person biannual meeting before the bottle show, I made the trek this year. This opportunity gave me a great reason to experience all the excitement for myself. And, man, does this show live up to the hype! Co-chairs Rick Lease and Andy Agnew, along with the whole Baltimore Bottle Club, host a very successful and highly anticipated bottle show. The 2019 show was their 39th annual and the 23rd year at their current location of the Essex Campus of the Community College of Baltimore County. The room was full with 307 tables between 240 dealers this year. There was not a single empty space, as the chairmen have a waiting list of dealers anxiously hoping for the opportunity to set-up at this event. Dealers from all over the country set up a variety of glass from
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early American blown tableware to milk bottles and literally everything in between. Starting on Saturday afternoon set-up, the energy of the room was high. Dealers are scouring the tables for great treasures as they are being laid-out, stopping only catching up with old friends or greet an unfamiliar face. That energy continued in full force the following morning, as general admission lined up for their turn to comb the packed room for their desired bottle. For the past three years, the admission at the gate on Sunday has presented over 1,000 attendees, according to Rick. This year’s attendance was marked at 1,060. I was amazed at the line that started forming over an hour before the show opened to the public on Sunday morning. And the flow continued steadily throughout the day! The Baltimore Bottle Club does a fantastic job pulling together to help each other and dealers alike throughout the weekend! Many club members were available to assist with locating fellow dealers, keeping the admission lines flowing smoothly, and answer any questions posed to them. There were kids’ activities including a scavenger hunt and a free bottle table facilitated by club members, encouraging participation from the youth at the show. Boy scouts were on hand to facilitate parking and unloading/loading the duration of the weekend. The effort and planning behind the weekend were seen in every aspect, and contributed to the success of the show.
The smiling faces of Elizabeth Meyer, Val Berry and Linda Sheppard at the FOHBC table at the Baltimore Bottle Show
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Bottles and Extras As it was my first Baltimore Bottle Show experience, I went into the show with no prior expectation. I only knew the stories I had heard from Matt’s past experiences, and the constant “Will I see you at Baltimore?” question every year. I was thoroughly impressed with the organization from the chairs and club member volunteers. The level of commitment to run a show the size of Baltimore as smoothly as these dedicated individuals do is commendable! Seeing dealers of all areas, interests and ages have the opportunity to meet fellow collectors and handle bottles they have admired from photos is the epitome of what a bottle show should be. Rochester Bottle Show
Rick Lease enjoying some good company at Balitmore
Baltimore bottle show shoppers and dealers staying busy during the show
Norman Heckler enjoying a rare, quiet moment at the Baltimore Bottle Show
Many moons ago, Matt and I would travel to Rochester, New York, for the Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association’s bottle show and set-up a table for the late-April weekend. I would dutifully sit behind the table with my book or crochet while he hunted the tables for bottles. Then work and children and schedules and, well, you know. He continued to make the trip to upstate New York, either on his own or with friends, but I hadn’t been to the Rochester Bottle Show in nearly a decade. This year, he asked me to accompany him as his usual travelbuddy had other familial obligations that week. What better time to revisit the GVBCA’s bottle show than 2019 as the club celebrated the 50th anniversary of the show! The club lead by show co-chairs Aaron and Pam Weber pulled out all the stops for this year’s show to commemorate the anniversary. The usual 220 table show packed full in the gymnasium of Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York, at 235 tables and 12 displays. Dealers from all over the Northeast, Midwest and beyond gathered to explore tables full of bottles, glass, tabletop antiques, advertising and more. Dealers milled the tables and set-up their own area on Saturday afternoon, and then the doors opened to the general public on Sunday morning. There, again, an admission line formed outside the gym door as dealers were making their way to their tables, club sponsored donuts in hand. According to show chair, Aaron Weber, there were about 620 admissions throughout Sunday, including a handful curious Roberts Wesleyan college students. The location and publicity of the show were perfect for hooking new collectors. A highlight of the Rochester Bottle Show this year was definitely the displays. There were 12 wonderfully executed, researched and presented displays of various topics flanking the entry door. Topics varied from local companies in Fredonia, Mt Vernon, Buffalo, and Rochester to bitters, medicine and Bininger bottles. From elaborate display cases to educational posters to excellent examples of bottles and stoneware, volunteers from New York to Michigan to Ohio really outdid themselves on sharing their collections and knowledge. John Pastor’s “Merchant’s, Lockport, NY Bottles and Advertising” Display won the Best of Show award;
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Bustling showroom activity at the 50th anniversary of the Genessee Valley Bottle Collectors Association’s Bottle Show
GVBCA’s Bottle Show co-chairs Aaron and Pam Weber
FOHBC President Matt Lacy congratulating Vince Martonis on being voted at the FOHBC Most Educational display at the GVBCA’s bottle show
A small sample of the wonderful displays at the GVBCA Bottle Show with Vince Martonis’s winning display in the forground
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and Vince Martonis’s display “Dr. Fenner’s People’s Remedies, Fredonia, N.Y.” took home the GVBCA’s People’s Choice and the FOHBC’s Most Educational awards. The Genesee Valley Bottle Collector’s Association lost someone very dear to them, as well as to the hobby, this year with the passing of Dr. Burt Spiller. The club remembered him throughout the weekend with flowers, photos and a special display set up at his table where friends and fellow collectors could write their favorite memories and dedications. It was a very sweet memorial honoring a man who is missed greatly within the hobby. The GVBCA’s Bottle Show and Sale is genuinely a fun show. Aaron, Pam and the club are friendly and upbeat the entirety of the weekend, and that energy is felt throughout the showroom floor as well. The club is full of activity and knowledge, with many different collections and glass niches represented well. Collectors from near and far gather at the hotel for hospitality and at the show to catch-up and swap stories. No matter what you collect, there is something for everyone at the Rochester Bottle Show, and this year was no exception. Mansfield Bottle Show
Dealer Dave Olson at his table at the GVBCA’s Bottle Show
Honoring Dr Burt Spiller at the GVBCA’s bottle show
Full aisles and busy tables are a good thing at a bottle show!
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Dealers and shoppers enjoying the updated room layout at the Mansfield bottle show
Finding treasures at the Mansfield Bottle Show
I have been attending the Ohio Bottle Club’s Mansfield Bottle Show for years. The first time or two as a general admission and a large number of times as a dealer’s assistant. This is the 5th year that Matt and Louis have co-chaired the show, and subsequently, I have volunteered a large portion of time since then as well. What started as the Ohio Bottle Swap in 1978, the 41st Annual Mansfield Bottle Show has evolved with the times but still holds to being one of the biggest bottle shows in the country and a favorite event within the Midwest. There were a few changes to the layout of the show this year, but the format remained consistent: Friday set-up and early admission entry with a dinner after, and a full day show on Saturday. There were 203 tables set-up between inside and outside spaces, consisting of 132 dealers. The biggest change to the layout was the consolidation of two buildings into all inside tables under one roof without losing table allowances. This led to much a much smoother flow of traffic and interaction between dealers and show attendees, with much positive feedback from both sides.
The Ohio Bottle Club pitching in to feed the troops after Friday afternoon setup at Mansfield Bottle Show
One of the most talked about aspects of the Mansfield Bottle
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Show is the feast on Friday night! Louis’s wife, Lindsey, organizes and hosts a fantastic dinner to feed Friday participants. From the buffet of chicken, potatoes, beans, veggies, beef tips, salads, pies and desserts, the Ohio Bottle Club rolls out the Midwest hospitality red carpet. Thanks to many volunteers for set-up and serving, about 150 people ate and mingled the rest of the evening. Word throughout the showroom floor Friday afternoon and Saturday was a mix of buying and selling well. Glass was passed across tables and treasures were found throughout the whole weekend, as the flow of public admittance was evenly spread throughout the day on Saturday. Between early admittance on Friday and general admission on Saturday, approximately 240 people came through the gate. Even the clouds broke up and the sun came through on Saturday, leading to comfortable shopping for the outside dealers who came to set-up their bottles, stoneware and advertising in front of the main bottle show building.
Co-Chairs Louis Fifer and Matt Lacy at the Mansfield Bottle Show with fellow collector Leonard Luzo, Chip Cable and Ed Gray
I was able to walk the showroom floor only a handful of times on Saturday as I was greeting at the front gate most of the day, but the activity and energy was genuine every time I walked down the aisles of the show. When asked about the 2019 show, Ohio Bottle Club President Alan DeMaison said, “What a great show with the new layout. This was a super opportunity to visit with friends, make new ones and share a hobby we all love.” As with most bottle shows from around the country, Mansfield included, format and details have evolved with the times. Whether it be dealers present or table layout or the merchandise on the tables, bottle shows look a little different than they did a generation or two ago. This will be true Two Mansfield veterans, Sheldon Baugh and Chester Otto catch up at the bottle for future generations of collectors, too. The foundation, though, will remain consistent: friends, new and old, gather- show ing to share their passion for glass bottles. The one attribute that I noticed consistently throughout of each of the three shows I attended this year were the relationships behind the bottles. Old friends congregate between tables to catch up on life events and travels, and new friendships are forged between handshakes and introductions. The thrill of the hunt is shared between collectors passing in the aisles, and treasure stories are eagerly shared once a new find is procured. This is where the passion behind this great hobby is seen. I hope my recollection of my experiences of 2019 have encouraged anyone who has not experienced a bottle show to look up a local show. It will be an event you will not regret. If you have not been to a show recently, attend one of your past favorites, you may be surprised at what you will find. And to those collectors who chair, volunteer, deal or attend a bottle show: Thank you! Without you these events are not possible. I personally look forward to more travels in the coming months and years to future bottles show, despite all the ribbing I will undoubtedly bestow on my own collecting husband. Hope to see you there!
New England meets Midwest as Jim Bender and Mark Vuono enjoy setting up at the Mansfield Bottle Show
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(Above) As reported by CBS News, a mid-19th century shipwreck was accidentally found this past May at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. It was discovered during the testing of underwater drones by the crew of the Okeanos Explorer. Nothing was taken for testing at this time, but it appeared that the 124’ ship had caught fire before sinking, given the charred timbers of the ship. (Source: CBSnews.com) (Left and Below) A rare silver Washington Before Boston Medal recently sold at auction through the Whitman Baltimore Spring Expo for $156,000. The last reported of the four previously auctioned examples sold at auction was in 2014 when it sold for $282,000. The medal sold recently is inscribed “Alfred B. Carb” and demonstrated some light surface wear, per the auction house. (Source: Numismatic News Express)
While working on the restoration project of Emperor Nero’s palace in Rome, Archaeologists discovered a hidden underground room decorated with wall paintings of many creatures including panthers, centaurs and sea creatures. The room is dated from 65 to 68 AD and was filled with dirt. The archaeologists will not be excavating the room further, as the stability of the palace and restoration projection would be compromised. (Source: Geek.com)
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At Christie’s Finest and Rarest Wines and Spirits sale in June, two unique bottles of wine will be auctioned. These bottles have been tested to find they contain “powerful red wine” dated between “1670 and 1690.” The origin of the wine is unknown, as the bottles, along with 12 others, were found within a shipwreck off the coast of Germany in 2010. The bottles full of wine are estimated to bring between $32,942 and $38,010, and will be sold with “specially designed water-filled storage tanks” and the equipment needed to maintain them. (Source: foodandwine.com)
(Above) In Turkey, an archaeologist working with a road construction crew found what is believed to be a 2,300-yearold tablet in schoolyard garden wall. The tablet was removed by museum officials who are authenticating the age of the tablet which is written in ancient Greek and believed to be once attached to a statue honoring a local city serviceman at the time. (Source: Dailysabah.com) (Above) While studying a bay at Tel Dor along the Mediterranean Sea in Isreal, researchers came across the ruins of an ancient fort believed to be the site of many military battles 2,200 years ago. The site of Tel Dor has given evidence of Phoenician, Hebrew, Roman and Byzantine activity, leading this fort to be a significant find in the study of biblical military strategies. Israeli and American professors have teamed up on the further excavation and research of these ruins. (Source: ancient-origins.net)
(left) A four million dollar piece of quartz found in Arkansas (Source: Facebook)
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FOR SALE: Labelled Bitters Bottles, South Carolina Dispensary Bottles, Advertising Signs and Paper. Contact: John Bray at Bottle Tree Antiques, 1962 Mt Lebanon Road, Donalds, SC 29638 or visit our website at: bottletreeantiques.com
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FOR SALE: New Mexico Hutchinson, Jugs and Mineral Water Bottles. 2nd Edition, 130 pages. Pictures not drawings, much new information on bottles, much history. Signed by authors. $30 includes mailing. Check or Money Order to: Zang Wood, 1612 Camino Rio, Farmington, NM 87401
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FOR SALE: Books printed and bound, “A History of the Des Moines Potteries,” with additional information on Boonesboro, Carlisle, Herford and Polmyra. 214 pages, 65 color. Cost $23 plus shipping, Media Mail add $4.50, Priority add $6.00. Mail to Mark C. Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50310-4557 or call (515)-344-8333
FOR SALE: Reproduction midget jar lids. Handmade from standard zinc lids. Query ETSY “repro midget lids” or see Facebook Club Information “Wizard of Lids”. Contact: Rich Green, 1894 Ledgeview Rd, DePere, WI 54115
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FOR SALE: Oregon Medicine, Pioneer Drug Co., Goldfield, Nevada, Oregon Beers and Whiskeys. Coco-Colas pre1940’s. Contact: J. Paxton (541)318-0748
WANTED: Rare Dr. Kilmer examples (such as sample bottles of Cough Cure or Female Remedy) or any examples w/ contents/ boxes/circulars. Also, rare cobalt “Extract of Witch Hazel, 8” (see Adams’ “Bottle Collecting in New England”, page 30). Contact: MIKE, maleect@aol.com (preferred) or (623) 825-2791
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FOR SALE: Crown Top Sodas, Pottery, Advertising signs, Dispensary bottles. Contact John Bray at Bottletree Antiques Farm; (864) 379-3479 or bottletreeantiques.com
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WANTED: Clarke’s Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, Mass & Rockland, ME. All bottle sizes & variants.Also, E. R. Clarke’s Sarsaparilla Bitters, Sharon, Mass. All sizes, smooth base, pontil. Especially, need Labeled bottle any size. Contact: CHARLIE MARTIN (781)248-8620 or Email: cemartinjr@comcast.net
Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information FOR SALE: The 2018 updated POISON BOTTLE WORKBOOK by Rudy Kuhn. Price $50 plus $5 media mail USA. Contact me for postage out of USA. Email: jjcab@b2xonline. com. Phone: (540) 297-4498. Make check or money order out to Joan Cabaniss, 312 Summer Lane, Huddleston, VA 24104
WANTED: Bottles, Pottery, ephemera from Oak Park, Illinois. Email: Ray at komo8@att.net WANTED: Kimberley Green Top Ginger Beer, Browning & Co. Contact: Dennis Fox Email: mummysisters@aol.com
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Sale the Owl DrugFor Company. Paying TOP DOLLAR. Contact: MARC LUTSKO, PO BOX 97, LIBBY, MT 59923 – Email: letsgo@ montanasky.net WANTED: WL Brewery items, Advertising, etc. Contact: Audrey Belter, Phone: (520) 840-0111 WANTED: Always looking for TONICS I do not have. Contact: Marty Neihardt (260) 3672400. Email: roadrunner@centurylink.net WANTED: Swirled bottles! Any form of dramatic swirling or heavy impurities in any color combinations. Also seeking strongly contrasting two-tones or multi-tones. Contact: Dwayne Anthony (909) 862-9279. Email: insulators@open-wire.com
Bottles and Extras WANTED: Vintage Crock or Jug with name: Morton. Contact: Darlene Furda 6677 Oak Forest Drive, Oak Park, CA 91377 or Call: (818) 889-5451 WANTED: New Members to join the Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois. Meet 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm, Antioch Senior Center, Antioch, Illinois WANTED: Jar lid for Cohansey 2-1/2 gallon R.B. #628. Contact: Ed DeHaven (609) 390-1898. 23 W. Golden Oak Lane, Marmora, NJ 08223 WANTED: C.H. EDDY BRATTLEBORO VT 5-1/2” Pumpkin Seed Flask, $10 Postage Paid. SASE for a large list of bottles and depression glass. Contact: Timothy Hart, 20 Masten Road, Victory, VT 05858 WANTED: AT ANY PRICE! Corbin’s – Syracuse; Corbin’s Liverpool Summer Complaint Tincture Worm Destroyer Open Pontil. Contact: Ed Kantor (315) 706-5112 WANTED: Bottles, Pottery, Ephemera from Oak Park, Illinois. Contact: Ray at komo8@att.net WANTED: Ed Henry Napa California Amber Cylinder 5th Whiskey (Barnett 55); Ed Henry Napa Cal Seltzer bottle; Migliavacca Co. Inc. Seattle Napa California amber cylinder quart (Bennett 557). Contact: John (707) 230-0967 Email: louder@sonic.net WANTED: HUTCHINSONS: G.H. Wilkison, Wallingson, CN (eagle with flags and powder horn); American Soda Works S.F. (flag green color); New Castle Bottling Co., New Castle, DE (crossed flags); J.E. McKinley, Frankford, PA (flag); McKinley & Schafer Frankford, PA (flag); American Flag Hutchinson, top price for any “flags” that I do not already have. Contact: R.J. Brown, 4114 W. Mullen Avenue, Tampa, FL 33609 Phone: (813) 286-9686
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July - August 2019 WANTED: Illinois Bottles: Keeley & Bro Altonill Ale; Buff & Kuhl Alton Gravitatingstopper; A & F.X. Joerger Alton Ill; L. Abegg’s Soda Manufactorybelleville, Ill; Jos. Fischer’s Selters Water Belleville, Ill; J.N. Clark Belleville, Ill; Beck & Bro. Highland Ill; Mueller & Beck Highland Ill; Weber & Miller Highland Ill; Danl Kaiser Quincy Ill; Mr & Hw Lundblad Quincy, Ill. Contact: Theo Adams 3728 Fair Oaks Drive, Granite City, Ill. 62040. (618) 781-4806 WANTED: Pittsburg, PA bottles, sodas, beers, Porters and ales. Broken or cracked Hastetter’s Stomach Bitters, Weyand bottles and L.N. Kreinbrook’s Bitters, Mt. Pleasant, PA bottles. Contact: Aaron Weyand (724) 455-2255 WANTED: HUTCHINSON: Florida Brewing Co., Tampa, FL – Gator; Any “flag” Esposito, Philada, PA that I do not already have. Contact: R.J. Brown, 4114 W. Mullen Avenue, Tampa, FL 33609 Phone: (813) 286-9686. Email: rbrown4134@aol.com WANTED: THEO. BLAUTH/WHOLESALE WINE AND LIQUOR DEALER whiskey fifth (Barnett 55). Shot glasses: C&K WHISKEY (not bourbon); SILVER SHEAF/BOURBON: H. WEINREICH CO.; GOLDEN GRAIN BOURBON/M.CRONAN (in black); CALIFORNIA WINERY (LUG); CALIFORNIA A FAVORITE (not FAVORITE A). Contact Steve Abbott at (916) 631-8019 or email to foabbott@ comcast.net WANTED: **COCA WINE & SECONAL BOTTLES* Any Seconal & Coca wine & *COCA TONIC bottles* with label intact. Preferably N-Mint to Mint Condition. Also, TUINAL & PENTOBARBITAL bottles, vintage compounding bottles of *SECOBARBITAL & PENTOBARBITAL* ANY OLD PHARMACY FINDS, Medical artifacts & related advertising. Please save this add & contact me with any of the above. TOP $$$ PAID! Contact: pharmatiques@gmail.com
WANTED: Just love Bitters! Especially Ohio Bitters. Here are a few I am looking for. Star Anchor Bitters, Portsmouth, Ohio. Henry C. Weaver Mexican Bitters, Lancaster, Ohio. H.I. Weis Dayton, Ohio. Stewart Bros. Swamp Root Bitters, Columbus, Ohio. Greenhut’s Bitters, Cleve. Ohio, Cliff’s Aromatic Bitters, Clev. Ohio. Catawba Wine Bitters, Cleve. Ohio. American Plant Bitters, Wooster, Ohio. Hofstettler Bitters, Galion, Ohio. B&L Invigorator Bitters, Cincinnati, OH. Dear Wahre Jacob Bitters Toledo, OH. Frazier’s Root Bitters. For The Blood, Clev. Ohio. Hartley’s Peruvian Bark Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Night Cap Bitters Cincinnati, Ohio. Pale Orange Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. M. Pinton’s Pure Stomach Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Holtzernann’s Patent Stomach Bitters Piqua, O. this is an amber square. Any other Ohio Bitters you might have; also, Blue Jacket Bitters. Thank you for your consideration and Best Regards, Contact: Gary Beatty (941) 276-1546 or Email: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net WANTED: Sacramento shot glasses: C&K/ WHISKEY, Casey & Kavanaugh; California A Favorite; SILVER SHEAF/Bourbon/H. WEINREICH & CO. (double shot); GOLDEN GRAIN/BOURBON/M. CRONAN & CO. (in black); bar bottle, JAMES WOODBURN (white enamel). Contact Steve Abbott: 916-631-8019 or foabbott@ comcast.net WANTED: Odd/scarce/rare: COD LIVER OIL bottles. I’ve 115 different examples... many more exist. BYRON DILLE’ 60325 Acme Rd, Coos Bay, OR 97420 or (541) 2600499 or email: Byronincoosbay@msn.com WANTED: Amber quart cylinder whiskey shoulder embossed Garrick & Cather Chicago, IL plus embossed image of a palm tree. Contact Carl Malik, PO Box 367, Monee, IL 60449 (708) 534-5161.
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July 6 & 7 S. Yorks, UK Britian’s Biggest Show: The 29th Summer National, BBR. Elsecar Heritage Centre, Nr Barnsley, S. York, S74 8HJ. Saturday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sunday 9:00 am – 2 pm. Info: Telephone: 01226 745156, Email: sales@onlinebbr.com, Web: onlinebbr.com
July 24-27 Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 29th Antique Advertising Association of America Convention, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1741 Papermill Road, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 19610, Convention runs Wednesday evening, July 24 through Saturday morning, July 27. FREE Public Day Friday, July 26, from 1:00 pm – 10:00 pm. Full convention is $125 including 5 meals. Public Day is FREE. Antique Advertising Association of America, www.pastimes.org
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August 1 – 3 Augusta, Georgia 2019 FOHBC 50th Anniversary National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, SHOW PAGE LINK, Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center and Augusta Convention Center, Information: Augusta National Consortium Chairs: Bill Baab, riverswamper@comcast.net, Ferdinand Meyer V, fmeyer@fmgdesign.com, Mike Newman, thenewm@aol.com, Walter Smith, supplies@furnituredoctor.net, Marty Vollmer, martyvollmer@aol.com, Eric Warren, scbottles@aol.com, FOHBC National Convention – Southern Region
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July 19 & 20 Reno, Nevada Reno Antique Bottle Club hosts their 55th Annual Botile & Collectibles Show & Sale, Reno -Sparks Convention Center, 4590 Virginia Street North Entrance, Dealer Set Up -Friday, 19th 9:00 am until 5:00 pm, Early Looker Buyers $15 on Friday the 19th. Gate Opens 9:30 am. Free Admission to General Public on Saturday July 20th, Parking $10, Show Hours: Friday 9:30 am – 5:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Show Information & Dealer Contracts: Marty Hall, Reno Antique Bottle Club, 775.335.9467 or Rosemuley@Att.Net
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July 20 & 21 Adamstown, Pennsylvania The 19th Annual Shupp’s Grove Bottle Festival, 6:00 am to dusk, early buyers Friday, 3:00 pm, Location: The famous ‘Shupp’s Grove’, 607 Willow Street, Reinholds, Pennsylvania 17569, Contact Info: Steve Guion, 717.626.5557 or 717.371.1259, affinityinsurance1@ windstream.net
August 10 Lincoln, Alabama 4th Annual Lincoln Bottle Show, Lincoln Civic Center, 123 Jones Street, Lincoln, Alabama 35096, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Vendor set up on Friday, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 9:00 am. Contact chairman Jake Smith 256.267.0446, syl_bottleguy@yahoo.com. Free public admission, free kids table free appraisals. This is our fourth year and like every year we honor a different soda. This year Celery-Cola. Info on Facebook.
York, Contact Info: Mike Stephano, 27 Rogers Road, Hyde Park, New York 12538, 845.233.4340, mjsantique@aol.com August 24 Edgewood, Kentucky 2nd Northern Kentucky Bottle Show, Milligan Hall St. Pius Church, 348 Dudley Pike, Edgewood, Kentucky 41017, Saturday, Early Bird 8:00 am – 9:00 am, $15, Set up: Saturday, 6:00 am, Admission after 9:00 am $3.00, Contact: Edwin Morris, 7105 Cols Spring, 859.414.4693, ed@morristreasures.com August 25 Davenport, Iowa The Mississippi Valley Annual Antique Bottle & Advertising Show, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Knights of Columbus Hall, 1111 West 35th St. Davenport, Iowa, Contact: Merle Vastine, 563.349.0816 September 8 Pekin, Illinois Pekin Bottle Collectors Assoc. 50th Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. Admission $2. Free Appraisals. Moose Lodge, 2605 Broadway Street, Pekin, Illinois, Contact: Daryl Weselch, 309.264.9268
September 14 For Sale Huntington Beach, California
August 18 Poughkeepsie, New York Hudson Valley Bottle Club 32nd Annual Mid Hudson Bottle Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm; early buyers 8:00 am $15, Poughkeepsie Elks Lodge 275, 29 Overocker Road, Poughkeepsie, New
The Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club’s 53rd Annual Antique Bottle, Fruit Jar, Antiques & Collectibles Show & Sale 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Early Bird $10 at 8:00 am, at the Huntington Beach Elks Lodge #1959, 7711 Talbert Avenue, Huntington Beach, California 92648. Free admission, Info: Don Wippert, 818.346.9833, donwippert@yahoo.com, or Dick Homme, 818.362.3368 September 14 Richmond, Rhode Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club tailgate swap meet, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Free set up for all! Free coffee, donuts and pizza for all participants. Bring your own tables!
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(More) Sho-Biz More show-biz Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138), Contact Info: William Rose, 508.880.4929, sierramadre@comcast.net
Admission: Saturday 10 am – 4 pm ($5), Sunday 9 am – 3 pm (free); Early Admission: Saturday 10 am – 11 am ($10). Contact chairman Lou Lambert 707.823.8845 or nbca@comcast.net, or www.oldwestbottles.com
The Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association’s 21st Annual Show & Sale. Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Ave, Depew, NY 14043. General Admission $3: Sunday 9 am – 2 pm. Contact chairman Joe Guerra 716.207.9948 or jguerra3@ roadrunner.com, or www.gbbca.org
Hammonton, New Jersey The Fall Antique, Glass, & Bottle Show Presented by Batsto Citizens Committee, Inc., Batsto Village, Wharton State Forrest, Hammonton, New Jersey 08037, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Rain or Shine event, For information, Harry Rheam 856.768.1532, hcrheam@gmail.com
Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits September 15 Information Club Depew, New York September 29 Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information
September 14 Lebanon, Indiana Indianapolis Circle City Antique Bottle, Advertising and Antiques Show, Boone County Fairgrounds, 1300 E. 100 Street, Lebanon, Indiana 46052, Set-up: 7:30 am – 9:00 am, show hours: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Admission – Free, (Early Admission– $20), Free Appraisals on Antique Bottles and Glass, For Show Information contact: Martin Van Zant, 812.841.9495, 41 East Washington Street, Mooresville, Indiana 46158, mdvanzant@yahoo.com or “Balsam” Bill Granger 812.517.5895, 6915 S. 280 E. Lebanon, Indiana 46052 bgranger@iquest.net, Circle City Antique Bottles and Glass Club
October 5 North Chesterfield, Virginia The Richmond Antique Bottle Show and Sale General Admission $3, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Early Admission $10 at 7:30 am, at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Road, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832. Info: Marvin Croker, 804.275.1101 or Ed Faulkner 804.739.2951; RichBottleClub@comcast.net
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September 20 & 21 Aurora, Oregon Oregon Bottle Collectors Association – Bottle, Antiques, Collectibles Show & Sale, Friday 12 noon – 5:00 PM dealer set-up & early bird, Admission $5, Saturday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM regular public admission by donation, American Legion Hall, 21510 Main St. N.E., Aurora, Oregon, Contact Info: Wayne Herring, 503.864.2009, Mark Junker, 503.231.1235, Bill Bogynska, 503.657.1726, billbogy7@gmail.com September 21 & 22 Santa Rosa, California The Northwestern Bottle Collectors Association’s 54th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show. Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. General
to 2:00 pm. Admission $3 for adults, children 16 and under free, Comfort Inn Conference Center, 1645 Commerce Park Drive next to the Comfort Inn, Chelsea (Exit 159 off I-94), Contact Info: Mike Bruner, abbott4girl@sbcglobal.net or Rod Krupka, 248.627.6351, rod.krupka@ yahoo.com October 6 Dryden, New York The Finger Lakes Bottle Collectors Association’s 50th Antique Bottle & Collectible Show and Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Free general admission. Dryden Fire Hall, 26 North St., Dryden, NY 13053. Website: sites.google.com/site/fingerlakescollecting. Contact Info: Tobias Dean, TDEAN10@twcny.rr.com, 607.262.0272 October 27 Albany, New York Capital Region Antique Bottle & Insulator Club 23rd Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Polish Communithy Center, 225 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York, Contact: Jason Privler, 518.506.2197, nyscapitol@yahoo.com
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October 5 Biloxi, Mississippi Presented by the Olde Guys Digging Club of Biloxi, Mississippi, the 3rd Annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Joppa Shrine Temple, 13280 Shriners Blvd., Biloxi, Mississippi. 39532 (Exit 41- I-10). Dealer Set Up on Friday, October 4, 2019 from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm and Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Free Admission on Saturday, October 5, 2019. Early Buyers $20. per person during dealer set up. For more information or table contracts contact: Peter Taggard, 645 Village Lane South, Mandeville, Louisiana 70471, Phone 985.373.6487 Email: petertaggard@yahoo.com, or Norman Bleuler, 6446 Woolmarket Rd., Biloxi, Mississippi 39532. Phone: 228.392.9148, Email: normanbleuler@gmail.com October 6 Chelsea, Michigan The Huron Valley Bottle and Insulator 43rd Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am
October 27 Matteson, Illinois 50th Annual 1st Chicago Bottle Clubs Show & Sale, Holiday Inn Conference Center, 500 Holiday Inn Plaza Drive, Matteson, Illinois 60443, Sunday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, No early admission, Dealer set up is Sunday from 6:30 – 9:00 am, Admission is $3.00, childern under 16 free, 1st Chicago Bottle Club, www.1stchicagobottleclub.com, Contact: John Vlahovich, Show chairman 139 Concord Court, Dyer, Indiana 46311, 630.390.9679, jvlahovich@att.net November 2 & 3 Roseville, California 49er Historic Bottle Assoc. 42nd Annual “Best of the West” 2019 Antique Bottle, Insulator & Western Collectibles Show, Placer County Fairgrounds, 800 All America City Blvd., Roseville, California 95678, Saturday, November 2nd: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm $10, Sunday, November 3rd: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Free, $10 Parking Fee, Info: 916.367.1829
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November 3 Elton, Maryland 4th Annual Tri-State Bottle Collectors and Diggers Club Antique Bottle Show, Singerly Fire Hall, 300 Newark Avenue, Route 279 (I-95 exit 109A), Elkton, Maryland 21922, Sunday, November 3, 2019 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, No Early Admissions, Dealers only entry at 6:30 am, Set-up begins at 7:00 am, Admission: $3 per person, Children under age 12 free, TriState Bottle Collectors and Diggers Club, Inc, Contact: Dave Brown, Show Chair, 6 Martine Court, Newark, Delaware 19711, 302.388.9311, dbrown3942@comcast.net
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November 9 Belleville, Illinois Eastside Spectacular #13 Combined Brewery Collectibles Show & Antique Bottle and Jar Show, Saturday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Membership News SHO-BIZ
2020 Calendar of Shows July 30 – August 3 & Related Events Reno, Nevada
2020 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Information: Richard Siri (rtsiri@sbcglobal.net) or Ferdinand Meyer V (fmeyer@fmgdesign.com), FOHBC National Convention – Western Region
More show-biz November 9 Jacksonville, Florida Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida 52nd Annual Show & Sale, Saturday 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, Free Admission!, Early buyers, Friday 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm $30, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, $20, Fraternal Order of Police Building, 5530 Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida, Contact Info: Mike Skie, 3047 Julington Creek Road, Jacksonville Florida 32223, 904.710.0422 or Corey Stock, 904.607.3133, jaxbottleshow@yahoo.com
SEND IN YOUR SHOW INFORMATION AND/OR SHOW FLYER TO: fohbc.org/ submit-your-show/ Members Don’t forget to check out “Member’s Portal” for Special Access to past issues of BOTTLES and EXTRAS And to check out Featured Stories and keep current with all the bottle news!
Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits Club Information Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information 6 Members gained this period. The names below represent persons agreeing to be listed in the printed membership directory. Some of those listed agreed to be listed in the membership directory but not the online directory.
Chris Cleveland 123 Ashling Drive LaGrange, GA 30240 (706) 302-5878 crisclvlnd@aol.com West Georgia and East Alabama embossed bottles Ellen E. Forcier PO Box 724 Saluda, NC 28773 ellen_forcier@yahoo.com Desire to expand knowledge of antique bottles. Todd Hause 846 Angle Street NE Palm Bay, FL 32904 (321) 271-5743 thause@cfl.rr.com General, no specialty
Joan Herrmann 172 Conomo Point Road Essex, MA 01929 (978) 768-6210 whalesis@comcast.net Have a large collection of bottles I would like to sell Ronald Michalik 4440 Buffalo Road Buchanan, MI 49107 (269) 409-8321 rollingron@reagan.com Bottles 1850s-1910-Blobs, squats, onions, insulators, hutch’s, flasks, beers, poisons, photography related bottles and & extras, seltzer bottles, 1700-1800s onions. Glass making tools.
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Ian Taylor 813 Maurer Road Pottstown, PA 19465 Bottle history, privy digging, bottle dumps Lisa Verde 16840 Patio Village Court Weston, FL 33326 (305) 772-2732 handmadejewelryhaven@comcast.net Sea glass shards and the bottles that they come from
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Kathleen N. White 1389 Whitehaven Road Grand Island, NY 14072 (716) 534-4034 nortonwhite@roadrunner.com Saratoga’s, Western New York pontiled bottles, New York State Mineral and Spring Water Bottles, and Stoneware from New York State and Vermont.
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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.
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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.
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In addition to providing strength to a national/international organization devoted to the welfare of the hobby, your FOHBC Individual Membership benefits include:
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• A full year subscription to the bi-monthly (6 issues a year) 72-page publication Bottles and Extras. Various options are available including Digital Membership.
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• Free advertising of “For Sale” items in Bottles and Extras (restrictions apply ads may be up to 100 words, items must be of $25 or greater value, and free advertisements are limited to the first 100 received, based upon date mailed). One free ad of 60 words each year for use for items “Wanted”, trade offers, etc. • Follow the development of the FOHBC Virtual Museum. FOHBC members will be museum members. • The opportunity to obtain discounts to be used on “Early Admission” or table rental at the annual Federation National Shows and Conventions. • Access to the private FOHBC web site Member Portal and a wealth of historical information. • FOHBC digital newsletter and so much more. We encourage Affiliated Bottle Club memberships by offering these additional benefits to your group: • Display advertising in Bottles and Extras at an increased discount of 50%. • Insertion of your bottle club show ad on the Federation website to increase your show’s exposure. Links to your club website free of charge. Social Media (Facebook) exposure. • Free Federation ribbon for Most Educational display at your show. • Participation in the Federation sponsored insurance program for your club show and any other club sponsored activities. We need your support! Our continued existence is dependent upon your participation as well as expanding our membership. 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 FOHBC, please contact: Linda Sheppard, PO Box 162, Sprakers, New York 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net or visit our home page at FOHBC.org
Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC. Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a 501C(3) charitable organization? How does that affect you? It allows tax deductions for any and all donations to the FOHBC. You might also consider a bequest in your will to the FOHBC. This could be a certain amount of money or part or all of your bottle collection. The appraised value of your collection would be able to be deducted from your taxes. (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney). The same type wording could be used for bequeathing your collection or part of it, however, before donating your collection (or part of it), you would need the collection appraised by a professional appraiser with knowledge of bottles and their market values. This is the amount that would be tax deductible. Thank you for considering the FOHBC in your donation plans.
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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
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Name_______________________________ Address_____________________________ City________________________State____ Zip _____________Country____________ Telephone___________________________ E-mail Address_______________________
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Do you wish to be listed in the online membership directory? (name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No
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Category: “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership year. Category: “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 1 ad per issue. (Use extra paper if necessary.)
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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
Canada - First Class $60.00 Other countries - First Class $80.00
- 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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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
Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; ph: (713) 222-7979; or better yet, email Elizabeth at: emeyer@fohbc.org
Article Submission Requirements: All BOTTLES and EXTRAS articles or material need to be submitted on CD (preferable) or an email using a compressed (zipped) file. The file must be created by Microsoft Word, Publisher or Adobe N-Design so the editor does not have to retype the work. High-resolution digital images are our preferred format. Please submit digital images on a CD according to the instructions below. We will accept e-mail submissions only if the image resolution is acceptable. The e-mail or CDs must have only ONE subject per transmission to minimize confusion. Each image must be accompanied by a caption list or other identifying information. 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.
Seeking quality consignments for our 2019 auction schedule!
American Glass Gallery
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As a consignor, consider these benefits to help ensure your valued items reach their highest potential: w Competitive consignor rates and low buyer premiums w Broad-based and extensive advertising w Experience, knowledge, honesty and integrity w Attention to detail and customer service
These fine items, and many more, will be included in our 2019 Auction schedule.
American Glass Gallery • John R. Pastor • P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165 phone: 248.486.0530 • www.americanglassgallery.com • email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com
FOHBC C/O Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002
Please Check your information and notify us of errors.
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