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On the Cover: Dr. Craigs Kidney Cure, and Windowsill Bottles
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FOHBC Officers | 2020 - 2022 ............................................................................................2
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FOHBC President’s Message .................................................................................................3 Shards of Wisdom ...............................................................................................................4 History’s Corner ..................................................................................................................5 FOHBC News - From & For Our Members ..............................................................................6 Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 by Bill Ham........................................................................7
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FOHBC 2020 Hall of Fame Recipient - Willy Van den Bossche ................................................8 New Historical Bottling Museum is Now Open in Silsbee, Texas by Bill Baab ................ 10 Preserving the Past by Jenn Hurley ............................................................................ 14 Ingredients in Pontiled Medicine Bottles by Burt Robbins............................................ 16 George Waterman Chelsey: Sacramento and San Francisco Whiskey Dealer by Steve Abbott............................................................. 22 Ruddick's Dairy in Seymour, Indiana by Cody Wayt..................................................... 30
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Nearly a Half-Century of Friendship with Teal not Nearly Long Enough by Bill Baab ......................................................................... 34
Bottle Trademark Identification, A Key to the Past by Mike Polak ................................ 42 Virtual Museum by Richard Siri ................................................................................. 48 Page 22
Lost & Found .................................................................................................................... 62 FOHBC Member Photo Gallery .......................................................................................... 64
FOHBC Sho-Biz - Calendar of Shows .................................................................................. 68 FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes ......................................................................... 70 Page 38
Membership Application & Advertising ............................................................................. 72
Coming next issue or down the road: The Curious Career of T.W. Dyott, M.D. by Q. David Bowers • The Rakes from Shooting Creek:Legit liquor dealers, moonshiners • Abraham Klauber, an early San Diego Pioneer • The Color Aqua • Rushton’s Cod Liver Oil • American Scent Bottles • On the Trail of Indian Medicine Bottles • Dr. Lovegood's Bitters
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Windowsill Bottles - Reflections on a Collection by David Kyle Rakes .....................38
Warner History Update by Micheal Seeliger ............................................................. 52
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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 2020 - 2022 President: John O’Neill, 1805 Ralston Ave. Belmont, California 94002; phone: 650.619.8209; email: Joneill@risk-strategies.com First Vice-President: Open Second Vice-President: Open Secretary: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: vgberry10@yahoo.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 Membership Director: Linda Sheppard, P.O. Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net Merchandise Director: Open
Conventions Director: Open Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.504.0628; email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com 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: Open Director-at-Large: Richard Siri, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, California 95402, phone: 707.542.6438; email: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net Midwest Region Director: Steve Lang, 13173 N. Paddack Rd., Camby, Indiana 46113, phone: 317.734.5113 email: slang14@yahoo.com Northeast Region Director: Jeff Ullman, P.O. Box 121, Warnerville, New York 12187, phone: 518.925.9787; email: jullman@nycap.rr.com Southern Region Director: Jake Smith, 29 Water Tank Drive, Talladega Alabama 35160, phone:256.267.0446 email: syl_bottleguy@yahoo.com Western Region Director: Eric McGuire, 1732 Inverness Drive, Petaluma, California 94954, phone: 707.778.2255; email: etmcguire@comcast.net Public Relations Director: Open
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President’s Message John O’Neill Ferdinand Meyer V FMG Design, Inc. 101 Crawford Street Studio 1A Houston,1805 TexasRalston 77002 Avenue, Bel713.222.7979 x115 mont, California 94002 fmeyer@fohbc.org
650-619-8209 itting down at my desk, on this firstJoneill@risk-strategies.com back-to-work Monday after New
Years, I conjure up a vision of a stove with lots of pots-a-cooking. s yourlabeled newlyantique electedbottle representative, wanted to firstforward thank all The kettle events hasIus all looking to the the pastupand current officers board members the hard stretchofleading to the FOHBC 2016and Sacramento Nationalfor Antique Botwork in continuing to serve the FOHBC. Coming into this position I tle Convention & Expo this August. We have a coordination conference wanted a complete understanding what itortakes the call latertoinhave the week and plan to step it upof a notch two. to Weserve are also pleased that weand locked Springfield, Massachusetts for of ourthe 2017 Nationmembership, mostinmembers would have no idea work goal Bottle andboard by themembers, time you the readcommittee this message, the ingAntique on behind theConvention, scenes by the memFOHBC Antique Bottle Convention & Expo willout have bers and2018 theirNational individual and collective group efforts to put ourbeen announced for Cleveland, Ohio. have ourusteams in place and Bottles & Extras Magazine, planWe thereally shows, keep solvent, manage our wheels inaffairs, motion.attend I suppose should start thinking the 2019 the business to thewewebsite, undertake theabout enormous efConvention in the Southern Planningthose ahead hashave many benefits. forts of the Virtual Museum,Region. and recognize who served the
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The FOHBC is also proud to say that this March | April 2016 issue of small feat. I certainly took it for granted. The Postal Service delivered BOTTLES and EXTRAS is the first to be printed in full color, which me acosts magazine, opened the envelope, I read magazine covera to only us an Iadditional $184, an issue. Thisthe change prompted few cover and then gave it towe a friend, whowill hasnotice, now become member design revisions, which hope you such asa the Table of and receives ownofcopy. I reallyheaders. gave no We thought intoquite the collecContents and his a few the section receive a few retive efforts required to put out this fine publication, all in age come of ally nice compliments on how the magazine looks andthe have Covid-19 which is further challenging to our hobby in its ability to so far in a relative short number of years. Oh, and look for a new seccarryinonthegroup social called functions. So Kudos all those that tion backevents of the and magazine “Member PhototoGallery”. This new section is dedicated to the this fine happen. photography of antique bottles and volunteer their time in making glass. Please feel free to submit your images for consideration. We have started meet work your on the May | June and hope that you I call already this paragraph President. I amissue 62, married to my will consider authoring an article for the magazine. We are here help! wife Cheri for almost 40 years, have two grown children, Justintoand
Christen. My career in the insurance and risk management business is
Within this issue of BOTTLES please read proposed a second sort of marriage, and Iand amEXTRAS, now humbled that mythe family conbylaw updates and revisions that have been marked in red. All revisions tinues our fourth generation in insurance. I am a managing director at have been approved by the FOHBC Board of Directors. These bylaws Risk Strategies Company, a Boston-based insurance brokerage and have been amended and need to be reviewed by the FOHBC membership risk management I reside in Belmont, California, a small2016 town prior to the annual firm. general membership meeting at the FOHBC Nain an area that is affectionately referred to as Silicon Valley. tional Antique Bottle Convention & Expo in Sacramento, California by an affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast by the eligible voters I call these next paragraphs I honestly in attendance, provided that ameet copythe of Collector. the proposed changesbelieve are made in our DNA is a member switch that either iseither turned on or by it’smail just or notbythere. available to each in advance, directly timely I call itinthe either have you don’t.website. I notice the“Collector Federation’sGene.” officialYou periodical or on ittheorFederation
think it first triggered at age six when my Godfather brought me a
In news, we ahead photography the Virtual boxother of pennies andare onemoving of those bluewith pressed cardboardforbooks that Museum have regional photography labs setwas up in show theand datehope and to mint mark. I think the original goal to regions keep to bottles both in a standard and 3-dimenmestart quietphotographing while my parents and Godparents had aformat nice dinner. I sionally. This effort is being Dewas fascinated by this and spearheaded putting thembyallMuseum in orderDirector, appealedAlan to my Maison. You may have met Alan at the Virtual Museum table during the need for structure and organization while unleashing a powerful yet FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show last August.
unknown force in the universe that has survived in me to this day.
Federation member Alicia Booth, is heading up the nomination proBottles on the scene I wasofficers ten years old andthe outPresident, hiking cess for came the election of all when Federation including in thePresident(s), woods finding my first bottles inBusiness the Santa Cruz Mountains. Vice Secretary, Treasurer, Manager, Membership
The dead horse in the dump was just too appealing to pass up. A
few years later the local San Bruno library also had a display of old
Director, Relations Director, Conventions Director, bottles asPublic a promotion for an upcoming Bottle Show by theHistorian, PeninMerchandising Director,Club. Directors-at-Large (3), and Region sula Bottle Collectors The librarian suggested a book Directors called (4). elections occur Bottles every two Any officer and may the run rest for sucHowThese to Collect Antique by years. John C. Tibbitts, as cessive terms. This committee has prepared a slate of nominations they say is history. I probably owe them a new copy as a am sure Ifor each and isdown listedinbelow. It is important to Inote member woreoffice the pages that book. To this day can that still any recall every desiring to run for inany page in that book myoffice mind.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) At one of the bottle club meetings I met John Shroyer, one of my indicating the office they desire to run for. The deadline for filing this closest of almost forty years, who shares the same passion is April friend 1st 2016. We have seen successful campaigns by our memberfor old bottles, and whose collector Gene may be more severe, but ship before so if you want to run for a position, please let Alicia know. without a proper diagnosis by a team of professionals that’s purely You and reach her at this email address, alicia@cis-houston.org. You speculation on mya part. days we onetake another asking will be receiving ballotThese for voting so call please the time to vote.
about a bottle on Ebay, or an auction saying do you think I should President: Ferdinand Meyer V need that” buyFOHBC that (hoping for a response of “no, you really don’t Candidates Houston, Texas but all too frequently the answer is of course you should buy it). is the slate of FOHBC MyHere wife now believes rare, oneVice of kind and only one known First President: Sheldon Baughare recommended candidates fakeputnews terms. She doesn’t believe anything is rare based on the Russellville, Kentucky forth by the nominating number of(Alicia bottles You can’t even display what you have committee Booth, we have. Second Vice President: Gene Bradberry Chairperson) for 2014 so why would you- 2016. buy more? It’s a perfectly rational question asked Bartlett, Tennessee slate is being irrational put forth for collector. Honestly, I know she is right and to aTheperfectly your consideration and anyone Secretary: I amdesiring sureto she is not the only sufferingJames wife Berry or husband out there run for office may Johnsville, New York facing this dilemma. be nominated by going to the Maybe it’s time to offer another service for Treasurer: Gary to Beatty obsessive counseling our members. Could be website andcollecting printing out a addiction North Port, Florida nomination form. Then, mail or a real money maker in the long run. email to Alicia Booth, 11502 Historian: Jim Bender Burgoyne Drive, Houston, Texas Sprakers, New York I have collected Pot Lids, San Francisco Glass, Western Sodas, 77077. alicia@cis-houston.org Western Medicines, BeersVan andZant Brewery Material and Closing date for nominations San Francisco Editor: Martin I have offat midnight. collections Danville, of Pot Lids, San Francisco Glass, Westis Aprilsold 1, 2016 Indiana will Medicines, etc. Well, you get the point. I like to ern Additional Sodas,nominations Western Director: Val Berry be printed alongside theand slate then Merchandising build collections I move on to the next area of interest. My Johnsville, New York proposed by the nominating good friend Pellegrini, also a past FOHBC officer has tried to committee andLouie will be listed Membership Director: Linda nickname me Flip, resisted the new name tag.Sheppard My current in the May-June 2016 issuebut I have Sprakers, New YorkFlasks, and I ended up BOTTLES and EXTRAS alongSan Francisco areaof of interest is the Saloon with a short of eachgood friend the late Ralph Van Brocklin a large part trading withbiomy Conventions Director: Louis Fifer candidate.
of my California Stoneware Collection for his pumpkinseed and Brunswick, Ohio coffin flask collection. I also collect Wells & Hope Tin Litho AdverBusiness Manager: Elizabeth Meyer tising Signs, which were made in the 1870s and 1880s. Houston, Texas
Ferraro I have made a lot of great Director-at-Large: friendships over theBob years, all forged from Boulder City, Nevada our common interests in bottles and glass across the United States. Over the last five years I have tried to attend every National Show Director-at-Large: Steve Ketcham and enjoyed them all, seeing different parts of our great country. Edina, Minnesota Director-at-Large: John Pastor
In the next Bottles and Extras I propose to provide you, The Newissue Hudson, Michigan Members, with a State of the Union address. This will be a candid Midwest Region Director: Matt Lacy non-political sharing of data for your review. Austinburg, Ohio The data will enlighten you about the realities as to where our membership stands today, Region Director: Andrew Vuono what the future may hold, Northeast and the challenges facing the organizaStamford, Connecticut tion. I respectfully ask you the Members to consider providing your Southern Director: Hands thoughts and solutions. Right now I Region am committed toRon speaking Wilson, North Carolina with every current or past officer to obtain their opinions on the top two issues they see facing the organization and their Western Region Director: Eric proposed McGuire solutions. Remember this Petaluma, is your organization, so in closing I will California leave you with the slightlyPublic alteredRelations words ofDirector: John F. Kennedy, “ask Rick DeMarsh not what the FOHBC can do for you ask what you can do for your Ballston Spa, New York FOHBC.”
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Bottles and Extras The biggest character in Augusta bottle history was probably Ed Sheehan who is covered in detail in the soda section. Sheehan's 60-year career began in the 1860s as manager of the Augusta operation of Savannah, Georgia bottler John Ryan. Pictured are interior and exterior views of Sheehan’s bottling plant, his saloon, and the soda and beer bottles used over decades. Sheehan’s chief rival, Clinton Bottling Works, and others including Coca-Cola and Royal Crown are well covered and their bottles pictured. Another section details the local mineral water business and their bottles and dispensers.
Augusta on Glass Book Review By Dennis Smith
While bottle collecting spans a variety of categories: bitters, whiskeys, beers, sodas, medicines, etc. most collectors have an affinity for their local bottles. Those attending last year’s National Bottle Show were fortunate to view the Bill and Bea Baab collection of Augusta bottles, now beautifully displayed in the Augusta Museum. Bill and his wife Bea spent decades assembling the collection and researching the history behind the bottles.
Augusta’s patent medicine history includes the famous River Swamp Chill and Fever Cure and Frog Pond Chill & Fever Cure along with many others. A fascinating chapter tells the story of Dr. W. H. Tutt and his medicines which included his Sarsaparilla & Queens Delight snd Tutt’s Golden Eagle Bitters. Bills' book closes with a history of the local jug whiskey trade and the potteries that made the jugs. An appendix includes a checklist and rarity scale of Augusta bottles and pottery. Augusta on Glass is once again available on Amazon in an updated second edition for $40 with free shipping to Amazon Prime members. https://www.amazon.com/Augusta-Glass-Bill-Baab/ dp/1707853282/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=%22augusta+o n+glass%22&qid=1593119743&sr=8-2
Amazon selling Augusta bottle book By Bill Baab
During the 1970s following my “debut” into the antique bottle hobby, the Augusta Mill Supply landfill dating to the 1870s was discovered. After digging numerous bottles used by Augusta drug stores, soda water bottlers and other firms, many of my friends suggested that I write a book about them. So in 1972 I started doing research and was able to contact surviving relatives of soda water bottler Edward Sheehan and Augusta Brewing Company founders, among others. Information also was gleaned from Augusta business directories dating to 1840 housed in Augusta University Reese Library and elsewhere. Bill put his research into a beautifully illustrated full-color book in 2007 titled Augusta on Glass. Following an entertaining introduction, Bill details the history of Augusta through its bottles. First up is the story of the Augusta Brewing Company, including the social and political factors affecting breweries locally and across the country. Bill interweaves personal stories of the key characters allowing the reader to get to know them.
It took 35 years to complete it to my satisfaction. So in 2007, my wife Bea and I self-published “Augusta on Glass, drops of history from glass and pottery containers used by soda water manufacturers, whiskey distillers, beer brewers, mineral water sellers and patent medicine men in and around Augusta, Georgia.”
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The book quickly sold out, but we were not interested in selfprinting additional copies. Too much work. In late 2019, fellow collector and my longtime friend, Dennis Smith, of Buffalo, N.Y., e-mailed a proposition. He said he wanted to pay me back for all the free proof reading of a number of his own books dealing with early soft drinks. They were printed and sold through Amazon Books. Our book had been stored on a compact disc which we mailed to Dennis who took care of everything. He also wrote a review which will be published in future issues of Bottles and Extras, the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors journal, as well as in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector published in Michigan. Our book is now available for $40 plus tax and shipping from Amazon Books. I don’t know the address, but the company can be reached on the Internet. I will be glad to personally sign books purchased by Horse Creek Antique Bottle and Pottery Club members at no charge.
Soda and Beer of North America http://www.sodasandbeers.com Have you checked this site out? Todd Von Mechow has put together a comprehensive site with tons of information on beer and soda bottles and information that goes beyond. Here is what is found on the Home page: The purpose of this site is to provide useful information for collectors, researchers, and novices on North American hand-made glass and pottery soda and beer bottles. It's not that we have anything against machine-made bottles, it's just that the scope of these bottles is too great to include in this work. Hand-made glass and pottery beer and soda bottles span over 150 years of use. In North America, the earliest marked and documented bottles date to the late 1810s and some forms were used until about 1920. In other parts of the world, marked beer and soda bottles were being used by 1810, and hand-blown bottles were used well into the Twentieth Century. Unmarked
HISTORY’S CORNER In Memory of Dick Watson longtime FOHBC Historian
By Jim Bender As part of bottle collecting, we as collectors have always welcomed insulator collectors to our shows. History shows that that insulators were first used in the 1850’s to hold telegraph wire and then later used for telephone and power wires. The shapes of the different insulators are designed to hold different wires. Many companies came up with a design that they felt was better and many did not work. In the early 1900’s you could buy 1000 Insulators for as little as 38.70. There are not records that colors were made for any reason other than what was available at the time. Colors are not wire types codes as many people sometimes think. Today insulators are made of ceramics due to costs and performance. As a kid I remember riding along seeing all the wires strung along the railroad tracks on glass insulators. Those days are long gone but the beautiful glass insulators will always be remembered in the great collections around the country. Insulators like bottles are a true work of art and always will be treasured . Watch each issue for a new installment of History’s Corner.
examples were used before marked examples. Machine-made glass bottles started to replace their hand-blown kin starting about 1905. Hand thrown bottles continued to be made into the 1920s, even though molding was prevalent. This site is packed with information and listings of over 34,465 bottles with over 40,000 variants from over 17,255 firms, so step inside.
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FOHBC News Greetings, Glass Enthusiasts! This is a brilliant moment for the New Bedford Museum of Glass! After ten years of operation in the relatively hard-to-find Wamsutta mill complex, we are now poised to reopen next month (pandemic permitting!) in the spectacular James Arnold Mansion in downtown New Bedford. The mansion is owned and maintained by a non-profit preservation organization and offers many advantages over our previous location: magnificent Victorian architecture, landscaped grounds, and plentiful on-site parking – all at one of the city’s most prominent addresses. Additionally, our neighbors are several of New Bedford’s best-known cultural attractions, including the First Unitarian Church (with its monumental 200 square-foot Tiffany glass mosaic!) and the elegant Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum. Most importantly, however, the James Arnold Mansion served during the 1870s and 1880s as the residence of William J. Rotch, the president of New Bedford’s famous Mt. Washington Glass Company and a founding officer of the Pairpoint Mfg. Company. Which certainly places the glass museum in proper historical context! As we enter this exhilarating new chapter in our mission to celebrate and share the beauty and history of glass, we invite you to please join the museum at any of the membership categories listed below! Members receive free admission to the museum galleries, a 10% discount at the museum store, and easy access to museum programming, events and publications. Learn about exciting new acquisitions as they arrive, explore our glass research library of more than 10,000 volumes, and inquire about our many enriching volunteer opportunities.
Bottle associates. Let’s have a FUN & SAFE SHOW this coming September 18 – 20, 2020!! Stephen W. Guion CPCU AU
Any Information? I have a interesting find, I have shown this to people that's been digging and collecting for 40 plus years they cànnot say what it is? The star pattern matches exactly the 22 star modified flag of 1819 6 rows of stars, 5 rows of stars, 6 rows of stars, 5 rows of stars Well, thought I would see if anyone there might know? Thanks D.L.
Membership participation is crucial to the strength and success of every museum, and never has there been a more extraordinary time to discover the New Bedford Museum of Glass. Please join us today! Kirk J. Nelson Executive Director
Shupps Grove Bottle Festival September 18, 19 & 20! DUE TO MAJORITY OF BOTTLE SHOWS BEING CANCELLED THIS FALL & WINTER, we are extending an offer for another “outdoor show” with plenty of social distancing this September 18, 19 & 20! The “survey” at the July 17th – 19th Shupps Grove Bottle Festival was an overwhelming 100% “YES” in response for another Fall show this September of 2020. Please pass this information onto your local Bottle Clubs &
Revised N.M. Hutch Book being mailed to owners FARMINGTON, N.M. – In 2018, collectors and researchers Zang Wood and Bill Lockhart teamed to publish the book, “New Mexico Hutchinson Soda Bottles,” only to discover nearly two years later they had accidentally left out an important chapter. So they’ve published a second edition containing the Silver City, N.M. Hutchinsons and have mailed it at no charge to each of the buyers of the first edition. Anyone else interested in buying a copy of the 130-page book should contact Wood, 1612 Camino Rio, Farmington, NM 87401 or e-mail him at zapa33-51@msn. com.
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The earlier publications listed primarily bottles with the word ‘Bitters’ embossed on the glass. Later books began listing label bottles with the word ‘Bitters’ in advertisements, and ephemera. The system of cataloging started by Carlyn Ring was to put the bottles in alphabetical order based on the first word on the panel that had the word ‘Bitters’ embossed. Then, as numbers were given to label only or ephemera identified brands, when bottles of the brand were later found with ‘Bitters’ embossed the previous system of listing with first word on side with ‘Bitters’ embossed often became inconsistent with that of the previous cataloging. Therefore, one should look for a brand not only by the alphabetized first word on the side with ‘Bitters’ embossed but also by the manufacturer or proprietor or any way the brand might be listed. The index for Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 includes both the Bitters Bottles and the Bitters Bottles Supplement material. With Bitters Bottles Supplement 2, all the previously cataloged material is included in the index, and it also includes much more extensive indexing of the material in the previous books.
Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 soon to Print Close to 500 pages of new and updated material!
Information in Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 has been divided and placed in sections as follows. The top collections in each instance have been accessed for inclusion.
By Bill Ham
1. Introductory Material
When Bitters Bottles was published in 1998, I thought that it probably included essentially all the various bitters bottles. I was rather surprised when several unlisted bitters bottles were brought into the Antique Bottle and Glass Collector Extravaganza Show at Valley Forge the Labor Weekend in 1998, when the book was released. Collecting information for a supplement was started that weekend, and the first Bitters Bottles Supplement was published in 2004. Since that publication, many more bottles have been discovered, and much more information has become available. This Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 has resulted from that additional cataloging. Collectors are deeply indebted to all those who have worked on this ongoing project of cataloging bitters bottles, going back to Van Rensselaer’s original publications. The cataloging of bitters as a separate category began with J. H. Thompson’s Bitters Bottles published in 1947, which was followed by Works of Art by Jewell Umberger and Ed Bartholomew. The work of Richard Watson in Bitters Bottles published in 1965 was the first to include accurate drawings of the bottles with their embossing. Western Bitters published by Bill and Betty Wilson combined the cataloging of Western brands with historical information on the producers and agents for the products. The work of Carlyn Ring in For Bitters Only, illustrated by Diane Wheaton, published in 1980, combined accurate drawings of the bottles with their embossing with related material and introduced a measurement system for the bottles. Her publication helped bitters become one of the most prized and collected categories of antique bottles. Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 continues building on all the previously published information.
2. New and Updated Cataloging 3. Color Plates (Bitters Bottles) 4. Color Plates (Bitters Postal Covers) 5. Color Plates (Bitters Covers) 6. Color Plates (Facsimile Currency) 7. Color Plates (Shell Cards & Tokens) 8. Index (includes all three Bitters Bottles books) A work of this nature cannot be complete. Just as previous researchers stopped at some point and presented their work, we believe that the additional information found in this book justifies its now being presented to collectors. There will be additional discoveries, which we leave for future publications. Digital files have already been started for Bitters Bottles Supplement 3. This massive document has voluminous quantities of highly detailed information. Although it was submitted to extensive review and editing, there undoubtedly will be errors and omissions. Future information and discoveries should now be sent to Ferdinand Meyer V who will continue the cataloging of bitters bottles and related material for possible future publications. I am very indebted to Ferdinand who has encouraged me in the preparation of this book and made the information on his Peachridge Glass website available for inclusion. He has assisted me with this publication including providing information, research, and editing of the text, and he produced the final layout for publication. Ferdinand also thoroughly indexed all three Bitters Bottles books. Without his help, this book would still be in draft. Coming this Fall! Please reserve your copy now. Thank you.
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Willy Van den Bossche FOHBC 2020 Hall of Fame Recipient
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Is his name familiar to those reading this? It should be. In 2003, after being nominated to the Hall of Fame by FOHBC Hall of Famer Cecil Munsey, Willy Van den Bossche instead was placed on the Honor Roll, the second tier of FOHBC honors, but nonetheless a sign of respect from his bottle hobby peers. Since that time, Willy has become internationally known for his world class research skills, his major collection of European antique bottles and a 3,200-volume library of books and literature related to antique glass and bottles. The library also contains his own works including Antique Glass Bottles – Their History and Evolution (1500-1850), A Comprehensive Illustrated Guide published in 2003. A second major reference work published in 2012 in English, French, German and Dutch is the Bibliography of Glass: From the Earliest Times to the Present. Willy was born in Belgium in 1943 and studied industrial engineering, graduating in 1967 and then specializing in glass technology. He worked as a chief plant engineer in his native country at an Antwerp bottle-making industry where fascination with antique bottles attracted him to the worldwide hobby. Among his most valuable contributions was his willingness to share his vast knowledge with collectors everywhere which is among the many reasons the FOHBC Board of Directors agreed in 2020 with nominator Ferdinand Meyer V that Willy deserved to have his honors status upgraded to the FOHBC Hall of Fame. The full submittal can be viewed at FOHBC.org
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New Historical Bottling Museum is Now Open in Silsbee, Texas By Bill Baab
Hutchinson filling and stopper station ready for production.
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hile growing up in this East Texas town, not a year passed when teenager Casey Roby did not hear of antique bottles called “Hutchinsons.” His “Uncle Woody,” a.k.a. Les Roby, was an enthusiastic collector of the bottles invented by Charles G. Hutchinson, son of a Chicago bottler, in 1879. “I come from a rather large family,” Casey said, “and I recall as a boy the family gatherings at Grandma’s house for Christmas. Usually, you could find the men huddled in groups outside sipping on cups of coffee. To this day, I can hear my father asking Woody, ‘Hey, you ain’t found me any arrowheads lately, have you?’ My uncle would reply, ‘Naw, and you and Jackie haven’t seen any Hutch bottles, have you?’ “I swear this was the exact conversation I’d hear each year, but I never paid much attention to either subject. It wasn’t until many years later that I learned the true definition of a Hutchinson.” Fast forward to 2005. Casey, 25, was a U.S. Army combat veteran. He left the service, found employment, purchased land and began construction on a new home. “My wife, Alison, and I had discussed the home’s décor many times and mine was always some manly version of taxidermy or antiques. So during construction I decided that at least one room in the house was to be decorated the way I wanted. I decided on a rustic theme and began scouring antique malls for ideas.” (Suffice to say his Man Cave features a pool table and a set of antlers.) At one shop in particular, I ran across some old painted label soda bottles and thought, ‘Wow! Those are cool!’
Hutchinson stopper machine loaded and ready for the bottles.
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An original syrup crock
From left, an original crown top bottle filling machine shares space with an S. Twitchell Carbonator, an original carbon dioxide carbonator manufactured by the Liquid Carbonic Co., Chicago.
And I wondered if they were like the Hutchinson bottles I’d heard about from Uncle Woody who had collected them all those years ago. That experience prompted some phone calls and subsequent research leading to my own interest in Hutchinson-era sodas. I collected, searched and dug for a few years before beginning to wonder about the industry itself. How and where the bottles were made? What kind of machinery was used? That led to more research and a visit to the Coca-Cola Museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi. It was there I saw a bottling works display and I have been hooked ever since. Enter Bob Harms, a Chicago collector of all things Hutchinson. One of the late Harms’ favorite expressions was ‘if it’s not a Hutchinson, it’s not a bottle!’ A tribute to Bob penned in 2007 by 1st Chicago Bottle Club’s John Panek and Ray Comorowski included the fact that “in the late 1970s or early 1980s, Bob purchased a Hutchinson bottling machine used by the Litchfield (Illinois) Bottling Works.” Bob was curious about how the machine worked, figured it out and was able to demonstrate it at various bottle shows.
An original syrup crock hangs over a reproduction Hutchinson bottle filling machine.
“He came to the Houston Bottle Club show many years ago and set up the equipment to demonstrate how to fill Hutchinson bottles,” Casey said. “I’d heard the story from some of the senior collectors so many times that Bob’s demonstration must have left strong impressions. I started asking around and stumbled on a New Mexico collector named Zang Wood. Three years ago, he gave me some telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. I tried the phone numbers, but none worked so I gave up. Three years later, I looked
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Another view of the filling station with bottles in crates ready to be taking to the wagon for delivery to the townspeople .
Hutchinson with original label in the meeting room at the museum.
through the paperwork again and noticed the e-mails. So I gave it a shot and one of those e-mails was still active. Turned out to be that of Carolyn, Bob’s daughter, and our conversation eventually led me to the purchase of the Hutch bottling equipment.” The Texan’s enthusiasm led him to acquire a pair of original
crown top bottle filling machines manufactured by the Crown Cork & Seal Company. Ironically, the development of crown top bottles led to the extinction of Hutchinson bottles. “I’ve only been able to verify just a few of the crown top machines are still in existence in the U.S.,” Casey said.
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Painting on the right depicts a rolltop desk in W.H. Hutchinson’s Chicago office.
Barrel appears to be filled with ice with two drinks getting cold. Museum owner Casey Roby said it was common to give youngsters visiting the bottling works a free soft drink to drink them on site. In this case, the “ice” is actually Epoxy. In the background is an original bottlers’ cabinet from the St. Augustine (Texas) Bottling Works.
A lifetime supply of Hutchinson stoppers from the Jacksonville, Texas Bottling Works.
Here is carbon dioxide generator.
He has since added mineral water bottle look-alikes embossed W.H. Hutchinson & Son, Chicago, Illinois, but isn’t sure what they contained. All the bottling works room equipment is reproduction, with the Hutchinson filling table and carbon dioxide generator soon to be replaced by the real deals from Harms’ equipment. The bottlers’ supply cabinet is an original from the San Augustine (Texas) Bottling Works. The syrup crock also is an original. “Once I am done with the restoration project on the equipment I purchased from Bob’s family, every item on the bottling works display will be all original,” he said. “I don’t know of another such facility in the United States.” He has housed his historical bottling works inside a 1,500-square foot building constructed in 2015 and located at 7383 Cansler Road in Silsbee. Currently, the East Texas Historical Bottling Museum is open by appointment only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. There is no admission charge, he said, but donations are gladly accepted. To reserve a visit, Casey can be reached on Facebook (Case Roby), or by calling (409) 658-4539.
Another carbon dioxide generator.
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he garden is calling. All the preparation that went into tilling the soil, planting the seeds and seedlings, and the work put into their maintanence, is finally coming to fruation. The anticipation of those first veggies is finally here. The work for the duration of the garden has begun. Time to start hunting down those canning jars, not the collectible ones, but the work horses of the canning season, such as the modern machine-made Ball and Kerr jars. The canners are coming out of their long winter storage to be tested and put back into the forefront of the storage closets. Canning supplies, canning rings and lids, are searched for in the stores and online. Depending on the size of the garden, a hopeful approximation is purchased so there is no last minute scramble for them. Vinegar, sugar, pectin and various spices are purchased in bulk, preparing for what is hopefully a bountiful harvest. Previous generations did not have the luxuries that we enjoy when harvest season approached. We have our electric or gas stoves, air conditioning, pressure canners, and kitchen gadgets to expedite the preparation of our garden goodies. What is more, we have the options of Farmer's Markets, grocery stores, or the neighbor who overestimated the amount of veggies the garden would provide. Our family size is also smaller in this generation, even compared to our parents generation, so the amount of food we need to preserve is less and even the jar sizes are smaller. Prior generations had to be more prepared for the changing of the seasons than we do now. If the food wasn't grown and stored, there was no rush to the corner grocery store to purchase it. Even in my generation, which wasn't that long ago, in my mind anyway, extra land was cleared every year to expand the gardens. Being on mountainous terrain was a challenge, but even on the rockiest of soils, corn was planted, if nothing else. My Dad is 88 and Mom is 81 and there were only five of us kids. Dad was one of 8 children, Mom was one of eleven children, that was a lot of mouths to feed, especially during the Great Depression and the WWII era. Canning jars were manufactured and prepared differentlyback then, nothing like the effortlessness we enjoy now. Crocks for
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fermentation were a necessity, as were spring boxes or root cellars. Wax sealers were common to use for jellies or jams and were just as the name implies. Wax was used to cover the top of the jar to keep air out and a tin cap and wire were used to secure them. Jars with glass inserts and bail closures were used with jar rubbers to provide a seal. Zinc lids became an easier and better way to preserve, but even those required special care. The lids had to have a gasket, and once the zinc lid was torqued into place, it became flattened on the bottom. If one was lucky enough to have one, a special tool was used to flatten the metal back out. Even with these supplies, it was necessary to have a cold cellar for the root vegetables, hence the nickname of the "root cellar", potatoes, cabbage, squash, cushaw and pumpkins were often kept whole and had to remain unblemished, or they would spoil if not stored in the root cellar. People harvested their garden in the early morning or the night before for a marathon canning day. Fires were built outside and large tubs filled with water. Water had to be carried from a well (if one was fortunate enough to have this luxury) a spring, or the creek. Jars were washed and preparations were made. The children or other family members gathered together to being to prepare the veggies for preservation. Cabbage was brought in and washed, the adults cubed the heads up and the kids got the fun of chopping the cabbage for kraut, mixed pickles, or chow chow, whatever was on the canning agenda that particular day. Dad to take an empty cream can and heat it up so he could pry the lid off. We used this as a vegetable chopper. If the chopper got dull, it would bruise the cabbage (a huge no no), so Dad would use a file to keep it sharp. Once the cabbage would reach mom's satisfaction, they would cram it into half gallon jars, making sure there were absolutely no air pockets in it. By this point in the canning process, the brine was already boiling on the stove, so Mom would add the salt and vinegar to each jar and fill with boiling water. Subsequently she would let it settle til she had all the jars full, then the lids were placed and into the cold dark cellar they went until the fermentation was complete. Two to three weeks later we would have that yummy kraut for supper. As each veggie matured, it was harvested and either eaten fresh or preserved. Their green bean patch was planted at different intervals and depending on the variety and intended use. White half runners were for canning, greasy beans for cooking with new potatoes and short cuts for drying. Dad would pick the beans the night before and Mom would lay a quilt down on the living room floor, and Dad would bring the pillow cases full of beans and lay them out so they didn't sweat. The next morning, after breakfast, each kid would gather around the quilt and start stringing and breaking beans until they were gone. Mom would be busy filling the canning jars with beans and Dad would be outside prepping the tub with water and building a fire under it. The tub could hold twenty-five quarts at a time and had to boil for three hours. Canning beans was an all day affair. When it came time to dry the beans for leather britches, Dad had made us large sharp needles from an old sawblade with a big enough eye so the twine used would fit through. We used heavy bailing twine instead of sewing thread. He had nails drove into the rafters of the building to hang the strings of beans from and would keep a fire built in his pot bellied stove til the beans were completely dry. Corn was harvested, again by the sack fulls, brought in and
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were headed to the freezer when they got old enough. This too was a family work day. Dad would have the water scalding hot and we would dress the chickens and butcher them to Mom's specifications. Nothing was wasted, the livers and gizzards were parted out for future meals and placed in the freezer.
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They always planted a huge potato patch. The potatoes, when they matured, were dug and taken to the Tater Hole. Dad had built a special basement under the building with cinder blocks and a cement roof just for that purpose. It had a metal ladder to one side to get in and out of it, and he had tables and bins built out of rough lumber. It was a creepy, dark, damp room as a child, and I had to be on the lookout for the spiders that loved the dark. The room still exists today, but once we kids grew up and left home, they didn't require the exhorbant amount of preserved foods anymore. Today, Dad simply built his smaller dairy above ground due to lack of demand. My Granny and Aunt Rene did all their canning on a wood cookstove which heated the house up in the summers. When Dad and Mom first married, a wood cookstove is what they used for heating the house, cooking and canning. There was no running water in the house and Mom carried water from the well at Ma and Pa's well up the hill from their house. They had electricity, but in the late 50s, indoor plumbing and water into the house was a luxury that many couldn't afford on a coal miner's pay. Dad and his brother, my Uncle Algie, would go in together and buy hogs in the spring and use the summer to fatten them up. All the garden scraps went to the pigs, cows and chickens we raised that fed us year round. Dad and Algie would slaughter the hogs when the weather turned cold enough. The cows were used for their milk and eventually their meat. Mom would make butter with the milk and at times make buttermilk to use in the cornbread, a part of which was Dad's home ground meal. Chicks were ordered and when they arrived, they got to stay in the house for a little while. We kids loved this and would claim our bitty and name it. Some were kept as laying hens, others
The world as they knew it, has changed, the simple things they considered luxuries, ie indoor plumbing, running water, televisions and washing machines, are now a necessity. My generation too has transformed. I remember when Dad installed the bathroom in the house, getting our first television, havinging a telephone installed, and Mom started driving a car. Each of these extravagances is miniscule considering the technological advances that are taking place today. As I have gotten older, many of what were considered luxuries are now considered commonplace in everyday life. My son was born into what is now the age of technology. With televisions in almost every room and TV shows on demand, gone are the days of anticipating Saturday morning cartoons and a family evening where we would all sit down together to watch a family show with a bowl of popcorn on a black and white TV. Kids today enjoy instant access through the internet as they are constantly glued to their smart phones. Its sad to think how we as kids, even though we didn't have a lot of the luxuries, were satisfied with what we had. We played in the creek and in the mountains, we worked in the gardens, helped preserve the fruits of that labor and took care of the animals that would provide us sustanance throughout the year. The canners and gardeners of this generation are almost non-existant, thus making most individuals less and less prepared for catastrophic future food shortages. Without the large farms and food processing plants there will be no groceries or meats in the stores to purchase, and sadly a lot of children and young adults would not know how to survive without them. Hopefully, with the pandemic that has swept the nation, once it and the racial divide that is happening across this country, people will actually begin to go back to their roots and learn the skills needed to be a self-sustaining generation. And lastly, as a mother, I hope that I have instilled the work ethic and the skills for my son to survive if there should ever come a time of signifigant food shortages. I have taught him how to hunt, fish, garden and even more importantly, how to can food Until next time, lets keep Preserving The Past!!!!
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Ingredients in Pontiled Medicine Bottles By Burt Robbins
Some of the many ingredients used in pontiled medicines
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This large Botanic Druggists bottle illustrates how medicinal preparations of the mid 1800’s sought to calm the fears of the public, and implying that safe and harmless plant ingredients were used in compounding.
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Dr. S. Fellers Eclectic Liniment from Ohio ca 1850. The eclectic physicians and pharmacists would practice their profession by following the American Eclectic Dispensary when compounding medicines.
or leached to purge them of their so-called bad humors, or they were being poisoned by preparations of arsenic or mercury (calomel). George Washington’s death in 1799 is thought to have been hastened by his doctors excessively bleeding him to remove bad humors. As a result of these injurious practices, many people began to avoid doctors and to self-diagnose and treat themselves. It is easy to understand why by the 1820s the eclectic movement began and became stronger by the 1840s and onward. Its name comes from the Greek meaning ‘to choose from’ and it recognized principles of botanic medicine to cure disease. It was a reaction against the harsh and unproductive treatments of earlier times in favor of utilizing the many years of botanical knowledge in European, Indian, Oriental, and American cultures. Of course, today we now know that many botanicals are effective in treating disease. In the era of pontiled medicine bottles, many people were migrating to western territories. Water and food were often bad and doctors were often unavailable in rural areas. A bottle of medicine in one’s possession was often considered invaluable because any kind of rational self-treatment could be better than none.
Rosemary is mainly used now as an herb in cooking, but the oil contains 10-20% camphor and may have been taken for indigestion or applied as a counterirritant. In this preparation, it may add flavor to the castor oil and help preserve it. Castor oil was applied externally to heal wounds or used as a laxative when used internally.
The basis of my argument is that we do not often consider the possible good that these bottled ingredients might do. Much has been written about the abuse of cannabis, cocaine, opium, morphine, alcohol, and other drugs contained in many preparations during the pontiled era, but after 1860 things got worse, until the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in 1906. Everyone has heard of these claims of addiction and there is some truth to these claims of abuse. The temperance movement arose as a result of too much alcohol being consumed by too many people and it resulted in the passage of the 18th amendment. Frequently, the result was addiction for the patient and misdiagnosis by the doctor. Let’s consider a different point of view and see how a few examples of the bottled ingredients could benefit the patient. Many of these preparations should be considered as honest attempts to cure the patient using the materials and knowledge at hand. Alcohol is a pharmacologic depressant and was often an important ingredient in the medical preparations of the pontiled era. It also is useful as a solvent to dissolve and extract the active ingredients in plants. The labeling on the bottles of the various preparations often stated alcohol’s use as a preservative and it was often an ingredient in external balms and liniments as well as a counterirritant or a wound cleanser without knowing why it was beneficial. The bottled botanical ingredients could be
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(Left Image) The embossing on this bottle says it all!
(Right Image) Roots and herbs were considered safe to be taken and a natural alternative to the ineffective and often deadly medicines of previous years.
subject to rapid decay without it. The only other preservatives of food and medicine of the era were salt, possibly sugar, dehydration, vinegar, and wood smoking and curing. The low cost, easy availability and the preservation and solvent properties of alcohol made it a first choice for preserving medicines. In addition to its preservative and solvent properties, alcohol has many effects upon the human body. The misuse of alcohol is widespread and well known but in the absence of anything better, alcohol itself in the 1800s was found to have some medical use. Alcohol has a depressant effect on the nervous system making it possibly useful for a makeshift treatment for pain and insomnia. For this it was reasonably fast and somewhat effective but alcohol is a vasodilator and we now know it may increase the bleeding of wounds. Alcohol was thought to aid in the reduction of fevers and angina although oddly it was taken at times to stimulate the heart. As an important part of many preparations it was given to infants and children as well as adults as a sleep aid. Alcohol can relieve flatulence. If whiskey or certain higher proof medicinal preparations were added to contaminated water, the water was safer to drink thus saving many lives. This era also saw the rising of the temperance movement and many people who would not otherwise consume whiskey would, if needed, take a medicine that con-
tained alcohol. Not only did the alcohol work to preserve the bottled preparation but also quickly worked in many cases to relax the patient, perhaps dull pain, and make him or her feel somewhat better. Of course, this effect is not a cure and does not address alcohol’s addictive potential and other long-term harmful effects upon the body. Nowadays the limited beneficial properties of alcohol in medicine have been replaced by other ingredients and in 1916 whiskey and brandy were no longer listed as scientifically approved medicines in the U.S. Pharmacoepeia. Later, even during prohibition, alcohol for medicinal use could be obtained from pharmacies by prescription. Opium was another unregulated ingredient for many of the botanical preparations that were put up in pontiled medicine bottles. It contained morphine as the main active ingredient and was produced from an extract of the poppy plant. It was effective but addictive especially in non-pain situations. Many side effects and adverse reactions were possible with its use but for isolated people in need and no other help available, it could be helpful. It was often abused but generally acknowledged that the relief of pain was beneficial for all involved. It was also used to treat diarrhea and coughs. In the early 1800s,
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Cod liver oil is still being used today but of course is now often deodorized. It contains Omega 3 fatty acids and vitamins A and D which would have been helpful in treating dietary deficiencies such as rickets or could be applied externally.
morphine was isolated from opium and began to replace opium because the dose could be better controlled. The leaves, roots, fruit, and bark of many plants contain pharmacologically active compounds that act upon the human body. This has been known for thousands of years. Even today about 25% of prescribed medicine is derived from natural sources. The effects of the active ingredients of plants on the human body are now receiving more scientific attention and many plant products are being marketed as food or dietary supplements that can be purchased without a prescription. The pine tar, rock rose, dandelion, hops, chamomile, ipecac, and so many more of the botanicals found in the bottled preparations of the mid 1800s could have produced positive results for the patient. The potential is there, but there were many problems: faulty self-diagnosis, physician misdiagnosis, subtherapeutic or toxic concentration of active ingredients, loss of potency, high alcohol content (especially in the late 1800s), and little or no scientific testing could all produce a negative outcome. In the 1840s there were few cures for disease. So then, these early preparations were formulated in many cases as an honest attempt to use available materia medica botanicals to treat the patient based on the properties of the ingredients. They may have been misdirected and ineffective in many cases but they may have alleviated symptoms and relieved suffering. We look back at these preparations and see humble beginnings, and to the future and imagine more progress. The practice of medicine is a continuous process and to describe all the preparations of the pontiled era as bogus, dishonest, and solely profit-motivated is not supported by the facts. Family-sized bottles like this 12-inch-high Clarke’s could contain 20 % alcohol or more helping to extract and preserve the plants active ingredients.
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George Waterman Chesley:
Sacramento and San Francisco Whiskey Dealer By Steve Abbott
Figure 18. Chesley Jockey Club envelope’s with image of horse and rider.
“May I help you, Ma’am? How about a nice roll of red satin ribbon to fancy up that gorgeous hat you’re wearing? Oh, we just received a new bolt of blue gingham. It would make a real nice dress. Need to stock up on pins, needles, thread?” the young George Waterman Chesley, a dry goods clerk in Boston, might have asked a customer. A few years later after his long voyage from New York to San Francisco and later to Sacramento, the conversation may have
gone like this, “That’s a nasty cough you’ve got there, son. How about trying Chesley’s Rock and Rye (Figure 1 & 2), a sure cure for consumption and a proven cure for coughs, colds, and all bronchial afflictions. Just got in 500 cases. Mostly sold out. I saved one back for a fella like you.” No sooner had the twenty-seven year-old former “ribbon clerk” landed on the Pacific shore in 1849, than he became an entrepreneur in San Francisco, then for most of the rest of his life in Sac-
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Figure 1. Rock & Rye with girls, fragment from calendar. Mr. GEORGE W. CHESLEY, at 51 Front Street between J and K, sells the pure Rye whiskey and White Rock Candy which is a sure cure for consumption. This preparation is a distillation of selected Rye whiskey and pure rock candy and is having a wonderful run in the East .It has proven itself a sure cure for coughs, colds, and all bronchial afflictions. It is a delicious cordial and splendid appetizer which can be bought by the case or bulk. Why suffer from chills when the remedy is at hand? Remember the place, Bo. 51 Front Street between J and K, Sacramento. Figure 2. Rock & Rye ad from Feb. 7, 1880, probably San Raphael TOCSIN
ramento. He was born in Dover, New Hampshire on February 2, 1822. After his father died, he attended school in Lynn, Massachusetts for a year then moved to Boston to live with his sister. While there he met and married Alice Whipple in 1844. It’s unclear whether Alice accompanied him on his trip west or whether she came west by herself later. During his clerkship at a Boston dry goods store, he learned of the California Gold Rush and decided to embark, figuratively and literally, on a new career, though he couldn’t have been certain what that career would be. His decision to sail to parts unknown was fraught with uncertainty and danger, but latent with the possibility of wealth far beyond what a “ribbon clerk” might expect. On February 5, 1849, he boarded the wooden sidewheeler steam ship Crescent City, newly built for the New York/ New Orleans’ trade in 1847 at the cost of $185,000 (millions in today’s money) but headed first for Chagres, Panama, an intermediary point between east coast ports and the trip around the “Horn” to San Francisco. Passage
Figure 3. The Great Sacramento Conflagration (1852) letter sheet.
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was not cheap, well into the thousands, depending upon where one wanted to sleep. And if Alice accompanied him, double that expense. George must have had plenty of money left after paying for his or their passages because while waiting two months in Chagres for a ship that would take him to California, he engaged in an auction and ticket brokerage operation and presumably made more money. It takes money to make money. After a two month wait, he boarded the Oregon, another steam powered sidewheeler and steamed around the Horn, then through the Golden Gate on June 13, 1849 and immediately entered the auction and commission business. In about ten months he left that business and headed for Sacramento where he engaged in livestock auctions. Unfortunately, this business, actually all businesses, came to a halt when the Great Conflagration of November 2, 3 1852 (figure 3) burned the city to the ground. Undeterred by this bump in his business career, George headed back to San Francisco and began to buy lots, subdivide them, and resell
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them, clearing, according to George, around $3,500 ($10 million today), and leaving a lasting legacy by naming a street after himself, Chesley Street, just off Harrison and under Interstate 80 (Figure 4). The year 1854 found George back in Sacramento on Front Street in a wholesale grocery/ alcoholic spirits partnership with a retired capitalist John Bradley and fellow New Hampshirite A.J. Bryant, a future mayor of San Francisco. By 1856 George was the sole owner of the business and moved it one block east to its longest location at 51 Front Street next to the Booth Building, renumbered 1021-1023 after 1880 (Figure 5). From this location, probably from the 1870’s through the early 1880’s, as well as from his later 1873-78 run in San Francisco, he sold whiskey in embossed half-pint and pint picnic flasks (Figure 6), plus the rarer half-pint, pint, and fifth shoofly flasks (Figure 7), as well as the famed sixth
Figure 4. Chesley Street sign, San Francisco
Figure 6. Chesley picnic flasks
Figure 5. (Background Image) Chesley business on Front Street, Sacramento
Figure 7. Chesley shoofly flasks
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Figure 5. Chesley business on Front Street, Sacramento
Figure 8. Chesley metal advertising sign
Figure 11. Chesley San Francisco and Sacramento envelope
Figure 9. Chesley stationery
Figure 10. Chesley from San Francisco City Directory 12.Chesley’s salesman A.S.Pease’s business card.
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Though firmly planted in Sacramento, George must have sensed the likelihood of expanding his business opportunities by opening a second branch of the liquor business at the location of his earlier success, San Francisco. (Figures 8,9,10,11) While keeping his thriving Sacramento operation running, in 1873-1878, he partnered in San Francisco with H.J. Van Voorhies, J. Siebe, and J.S. Jones in a liquor distributorship George Chesley and Company at 414 Front Street. George and his partners then hired away from Spruance & Stanley a top salesman A.C. Pease (figure12) to peddle their products.This short-lived agency gave birth to his bottle most treasured by whiskey collectors, the Jockey Club sixth (figure13), recently ensconced in the FOHBC Virtual Museum, but perhaps co-equal among the Chesley products with Condurango bitters for which George was
the Sole Agent in the West. It is interesting to note that while George may or may not have had any continuing business connection with his former partner and fellow New Hampshirite A. J. Bryant, Bryant was the President of the Pacific Jockey Club, which provided horse racing at a San Francisco track. Bryant himself dabbled in the whiskey business on Front Street and had businesses at 518 and 614, bracketing Chesley at 414 Front. We know that Jockey Club Whiskey was distilled by M.J. Monarch in Owensboro, Kentucky between 1868 and 1920. So it is possible, though perhaps unprovable, that JOCKEY CLUB/ WHISKEY/GEO.CHESLEY/S.F. and the later CHESLEY’S JOCKEY CLUB/WHISKEY, a George Dierssen (successor to Chesley) brand had their West Coast marketing births from a connection between fellow New Hampshirites, old friends, former business partners,
Figure 14. Chesley’s house
Figure 13. Chesley sixth whiskey
17. Chesley trade card (nice image. I have three different ones.)
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one of whom was the 1873 newly elected president of the Pacific Jockey Club and George Chesley who coincidentally opened his San Francisco business the same year 1873 . A lot of speculation here, but what better brand of whiskey could have been served at the race track than Jockey Club? And what better way to spend part of his profit from the closed San Francisco business than upon his fulltime return to Sacramento building a spectacular house (Figure 14) on the southeast corner of 8th and J streets.
Figure 15. Chesley’s Sacramento billhead
Figure 16. Chesley’s Mausoleum
Since this is an article about George Chesley whiskey dealer, some of the other brands he sold need to be mentioned to give scope on the breadth of his business. No particular order in this list (figure 15). William Crowder’s Bourbon, A.J. Carroll’s, Buck’s Old Homestead, Dickson’s Old Farm. Dunn’s 1815, Woodward’s Old Reynolds Kentucky Rye, Club House, J. Hardings Pennsylvania Rye, Daly’s AA, J.S Jones Wheat Whiskey, W.H. Daly, Celebrated Condurango Bitters, Chas. Cranston, Oscar Pepper’s Old Crow, Old Century, J.A. Miller, Catherwood, Cutter’s OK, J. Bumgardiner’s Rye, J.T Daly, Gilt Edge, Jockey Club, Golden Thistle, Old Excelsior, Club House Favorite, Old Clipper, Chesley’s Rock and Rye, Maple Rum, Boyd Bourbon, Beargrass Bourbon, Berry Bourbon, Begg’s Rye, Club House Rye, Club House Favorite Bourbon, Eagle Bourbon, Flannagan’s Old Bourbon, Freeport Old Rye, Reynold’s Rye, Redmond Bourbon, and Budweiser Beer, to name a few. During his career, George served in a variety of civic roles. He was a Director and Vice-president of the Sacramento Street Railway System, President of the Sacramento Whiskey Dealers, head of the Committee at Large for an Inaugural Ball, was given the authority for laying down Sacramento gas lines in 1872, First Corporal in the Sutter Light Infantry, President of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers, a member of Sacramento’s Improvement Society, a member of the Sacramento Water Commission, an active member of the Sacramento Fire Engine Company No.2, Chairman of Entertainment for the Sacramento National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. And when the greatest Sacramento event of the time, the Flower Festival, an all day and night celebration of Margaret Crocker’s gift of her art museum and collection to the city of Sacramento, who was the main speaker at the gifting? George Waterman Chesley. Not only did George live in one of the fine Sacramento Victorian houses, he and his family are interred in one of the largest family mausoleums in Sacramento’s City Cemetery (Figure16). The “ribbon clerk” from the small town of Dover, New Hampshire, had made his mark in two major cities in the rapidly growing State of California. Credits for this article: Scott Abbott, Library of Congress, Jeff Wichmann, Richard Siri, Eric McGuire, Bill Hambrick, the Schwartz Collection, Sacramento Center for History, Rick Hall, Deborah Ondrica (library resources), B.J.Richmond (proof reader).
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Ruddick’s Dairy
in Seymour, Indiana By: Cody Wayt. Columbus, Indiana
The Ruddick Dairy operated from 1935 - 1964 just South of US Hwy 50 on the Jackson-Jennings County Line
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he Ruddick Dairy in Seymour Indiana was owned and operated by Otis H. and Bertha Ruddick. The Ruddicks began dairy farming near Seymour, Indiana shortly after their marriage in 1922. They then purchased a farm in Spencer Township on the Jackson-Jennings County Indiana line in 1935 and moved the dairy to this location. Otis and Bertha, along with their children, Richard, Carol and William, began improvements to the farm and expanded the business. During this time, the Ruddicks bottled their own milk and cream and sold their products in Seymour. After WWII had ended, the Ruddicks The Ruddicks used their pickup truck to run their milk route in Seymour, Carol and Bill Ruddick standing on the family Plymouth pickup delivery truck sold their route to the Thompsons Dairy, based in Seymour, and began
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Another view of the Ruddick Dairy farmhouse and barns
selling their milk to Thompson’s. Mr. Ruddick was a well-known resident in Spencer Township and throughout Jackson County. He was an officer with the Artificial Breeders Association, the Soil and Water Conservation District, a founding member of the Spencer Township Volunteer Fire Department and helped support the Hayden High School FFA program.
Otis and Bertha Ruddick bottled their own milk and cream for ten years and made their own deliveries to customers in Seymour. After WWII, they began selling their milk to Thompson's Dairy of Seymour, Indiana
Advertisement for the whip cream from Ruddicks
On May 30, 1954, the Ruddicks were chosen as Farm Family of the Week by the Cincinnati radio station WLM. Otis died of cancer in 1964, at age 64, and the family decided to end dairy farming. Otis and Bertha’s son, Richard, took over the farm and began raising Black Angus cattle. In 1972, the Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge made an expansion, and forced the family to move from
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Here is another version of the Ruddick bottle, notice the misspelling of the Dairy name as Reddick (Photos courtesy of Kevin Tracy)
the farm.
Ruddick bottles are extremely rare and there are two versions. Here is one version (Photos courtesy of Rodger Ruddick)
The Ruddicks Dairy is a typical example of so many small family run dairies that operated across the United States, and sadly were ran out of business by the larger dairies that controlled most of the routes in their areas. I would like to thank Rodger Ruddick for providing me with the information and photos for this article.
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Nearly a Half-Century of Friendship with Teal not Nearly Long Enough By Bill Baab Augusta, Georgia I joined the hobby of antique bottle collecting in 1969 and my subsequent research helped fill my knowledge void and also introduced me to many like-minded individuals just starting to collect those fascinating, mostly empty glass containers of yesteryear. Sometimes I would meet the rare person who turned out to be among the pioneer collectors who had been involved with antique glass years before me. One such person was Harvey Stuart Teal whom I’d first met in the early 1970s. I don’t recall the circumstances other that it involved Dr. William H. Tutt’s Golden Eagle Bitters. I had heard of Dr. Tutt, but not his bitters. I knew he was a pharmacist and patent medicine man who had operated in Augusta during the 19th century. I had obtained a few copies of The Augusta Chronicle when Harvey Teal standing in his hime with part of his collection it was called Daily Chronicle & Sentinel and Tutt’s advertising of many of his medicines were plastered all over the front pages of the paper. I had purchased a first edition of Dick Watson’s 1965 Bitters Bottles book which contained a fascinating chapter called “Lost Bitters.” Listed were many bitters virtually unknown to collectors and Tutt’s Golden Eagle Bitters was on the list. Naturally, one of my goals was to find examples of all of Tutt’s panaceas for my growing collection of Augusta bottles. Somehow I had heard of Harvey and had been informed that he owned a Tutt’s bitters. I had acquired his phone number, called and he invited me to his Columbia, S.C. home. My wife, Bea, and I drove there and met Mr. Teal who took the bitters off a shelf and showed it to me. It was a dark amber version embossed on one panel DR. WILLIAM H. TUTT and GOLDEN EAGLE BITTERS on another. I asked him if he’d sell it, but it was no deal. However, our friendship was born then and there and led to many other visits and an association that lasted nearly 50 years. Over the years, I was fortunate to dig a pair of the Golden Eagle Bitters, one in honey amber and the other a duplicate of Teal’s bottle, but neither with a third variety, it having AUGUSTA, GA. on one of the panels. Neither Teal’s nor mine had the city name.
Harvey signing his book at the FOHBC 2019 Augusta National show
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Harvey presenting at the FOHBC 2019 National Show to a room full of people
Much later, I learned Harvey was a serious philatelist who had amassed a huge collection of Confederate covers, many of the envelopes containing letters written to and from Civil War veterans from the South. I, too, was a student of postal history, but my interest was in early Augusta correspondence and businesses. A few years later, as a contributor of stories to Bottles and Extras, the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors journal, I invited collectors in several states to share just how, when and under which circumstances they had become bottle collectors. One of the first I’d asked was Harvey S. Teal. He asked for a few months’ time to work up his four-part history.
South Carolina Whiskey Bottles, 1865-1915.” In 2002, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Lander University in Greenwood, S.C., and became Dr. Teal. But he was just plain Harvey to his legion of friends who already miss him. All were saddened to learn he had died April 28, 2020 of complications from Parkinson’s Disease and other ailments.
“A Reminiscence of 53 Years of Bottle Collecting in South Carolina” was eventually published. It was educational, informative and entertaining and just plain fascinating to read. It now occupies a 3-ring binder in my personal library of antique bottle-related books. Speaking of books, Harvey documented quite a bit of his vast knowledge as author or co-author of books. He was co-author with the late Paul Jeter of “Columbia’s Past in Glass.” He also wrote “Just Mud: Kershaw County Pottery to 1980” and “The South Carolina Dispensary & Embossed Harvey holding one of his favorite South Carolina Dispensary Bottles
He is survived by a daughter, Teresa Lynn Boswell, and a son, Marshall Dennis Teal, both of Columbia; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Ella Catherine Teal, and a daughter, Iris Gwendolyn Burgess, as well as all of his sisters and brothers. He was buried in Cassatt (S.C.) Baptist Church Cemetery last May 1. The family requests memorials to be made in his memory to the Harvey S. Teal South Caroliniana Library Fund (#B12165) with checks payable to the USC Educational Foundation and mailed to University Libraries, 1322 Green Street, L-226, Columbia, SC 29208. For more information on making a memorial gift, contact Beth Well at wellbeth@mailbox. sc.edu or call 1 (803) 269-9662.
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The Collection of Peter Tillou
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Windowsill Bottles Reflections on a Collection
By David Kyle Rakes
Windowsill bottles from David's soda bottle collection.
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ometimes I just sit in my study and stare at my collection of brightly colored glass sodas lined up along the windowsill, the sunlight striking the cobalt blues and greens and making all glow in strobe-like bands. They certainly get my attention. Lately, I have become curious as to why I find those colored sodas so enjoyable to look at and collect. One reason is that the bottles are mouth-blown and date to more than 150 years old. The glass works also saw fit to emboss the names of the bottlers,
the ciities where they were located and even the dates when their businesses were established. But its their colors that make them most attractive as collectibles. I suspect my reasons are shared by those who collect other antique bottles such as historical flasks, bitters, patent medicines, inks and poisons. Scientists note that our sensory perception to color is fundamental on how we perceive the world and may be the strongest reason why there are so many who collect antique
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My examples include a dark blue John Ryan mineral water with arched letters, light blue and forest green John Ryan Philadelphia XX Porter & Ales, 1866, and a cobalt blue John Ryan mineral water with 2-inch letters and dated 1859. All of those are from Savannah, Ga. The remainder of my collection consists of a teal-green Henry Lubs & Co., 1885, Savannah, Ga., a forest green Charles Clark and deep blue A.P. Smith, both from Charleston, S.C. The bottles are in excellent condition, with some sporting
glass containers. My collection of seven windowsill bottles is presented here for a brief examination, just to show you my zeal and appreciation for collecting glass bottles. They are all cylindrical, about 7 inches tall and 2-1/2 inches wide. Three quarters of the way up the bottle, the glass gradually curves and tapers into a neck that terminates with a round blob of glass or a collared top.
bubbles in the glass, making them even more attractive. The first John Ryan mineral water and the two Charleston bottles are much older than the others, with iron (sometimes called graphite) pontil marks on the bases. That technique was used by glass factories from 1845 to 1865. The others have smooth bases dating their period of manufacture to after 1865. Learning how and when the bottles were blown added to my overall enjoyment of collecting.
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Here are three outstanding cobalt sodas of A. P. Smith and John Ryan (Photo courtesy of Mike Newman)
Another interesting aspect of collecting bottles is researching historical information on the bottlers’ backgrounds. Such details can be found through internet sources, online archives from newspapers in the bottlers’ hometowns and business directories published in many cities. I have selected just one bottler to show how knowledge of his history can invigorate the enjoyment of antique bottle collecting. John Ryan may not have been the earliest soda water bottler in the South, but he certainly is the best-known of all of America’s early soda water bottlers. Research over many years by collectors have painted an interesting picture of this Irish businessman
ously injured” Ryan and an employee. The resilient Ryan recovered physically as well as financially and was able to rebuild his factory on the site. By 1870, the business was in its 18th year and Ryan’s employees had swelled to six men. He also had four women servants in his home which was occupied by his wife Margaret, also Irish and from NYC. They had become the parents of four daughters (Mary, Agnes, Annie and Emma) and a son, Robert. The real estate of his property was valued at $35,000.
In 1852, Ryan established his Excelsior Bottling Works in Savannah on West Broad and Bay streets and later in 1869 he changed his location behind the historical Downing Mansion on Broughton Street. That home was well known for being the headquarters of the general prevost during the British occupation of the city during the American Revolution. Ryan had the mansion restored and rebuilt its outbuildings where he established his soda water factory.
However, all was not so peachy for Ryan as a businessman during the Civil War. Renewal of his supply of bottles from the Philadelphia Glass Works was halted as well as the northern source for the cork closures. In 1865 after the end of the war, Ryan was on trial for treason for his part in procuring Negroes and leasing them to Confederate forces. His trial took place in the U.S. Courtroom in the custom house in Savannah. But Ryan had become a prominent Savannah citizen and was an officer in the city fire department and held memberships in the Literary Association, Hibernian Hall Association, Mutual Loan Association and Liquor Dealers Mutual Protection Association, to name a few. Trial details are not known, but he was acquitted.
Five months later, an explosion from an unknown cause “seri-
After the Civil War, Ryan’s soda bottling business took off. He
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Three nice examples of John Ryan sodas (Photo courtesy of Mike Newman)
established Georgia branches in Augusta, Atlanta and Columbus. A key to his success was due to the variety of quality products he sold. Included were drugs called Citrate of Magnesia and Essence of Jamaica Ginger, He supplied syrups such as raspberry, strawberry and lemon as well as cordials in the flavors of rose, peppermint and anisette. Other products were the essence of peppermint, ginger ale, cider, Stoughton Bitters, Philadelphia and imitation London Porter, scotch ale, lager beer and, of course, soda water. An incredible 130 different bottle types were produced to keep up with the supply and demand. Many of his products were delivered throughout the city in horse-drawn wagons. Bottles were expensive and despite Ryan’s embossed warning that “This Bottle is Never Sold and Must Be Returned,” many were pirated by other businesses. Technically, one bought the beverage, but not its container. Ryan also offered $25 rewards for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing and using his bottles. Ryan retired in 1879 and died in 1885. He was buried in the Catholic Cemetery. His will left his property to his family. It consisted of “one horse and buggy, two shares of South Western Railroad stock and some soda water apparatus.”
His Excelsior Bottling Works lived on in Augusta. Edward Sheehan, an Irish immigrate who was employed by Ryan in Savannah before a yellow fever epidemic forced him and his family to leave the port city, served as manager of Ryan’s branch. After Ryan’s passing, Sheehan named his own soda water bottling works Excelsior and he was known as the oldest living independent bottler by the time of his death in 1922 when he was 71. So here I sit in my study, enjoying the brilliant colors of my seven soda water bottles from another era. And thinking of all the early manufacturing processes employed by the early glass works. It’s no wonder I remain fascinated. SOURCES: Savannah Sodas, An Illustrated List, by Russ Butler, Havana, Fla., 1998. “Savannah Bottler John Ryan’s Fame has spread across the United States,” by Bill Baab, Sept.-Oct. issue of Bottles and Extras, 2016; John Ryan, George Ebberwein et al, by Rita H. DeLorme, Southern Cross Catholic Newspaper, Sept. 21, 2006; Savannah, Ga., Chatham County, Census Returns for 1860, 1870, 1880; Works Progress Administration books, Savannah Newspaper Digest, Savannah Morning News; John Ryan Historical Marker in Savannah; Savannah River Plantations, Savannah Writer’s Project, Mary Granger, editor, Georgia Historical Society, 1947, Page 112; “You can thank your fruit-hunting ancestors for your color vision, by Michael Price, Science Magazine, 2017; “How color affects dfood choice," by Costa Magonlas, UNLV, digital swcholarship, 2009.
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Bottle Trademark Identifcation: A Key to the Past By Mike Polak
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hen selling at bottle and collectibles shows, the most asked questions are: What make a bottle old? What makes a bottle valuable? But, the question that usually leads to a discussion about the importance of trademark identification is: How can I identify a bottle when it has no label or embossing? While bottle collectors rely on certain factors to determine age and value, such as condition, color, and rarity, in addition to mold types, seam lines, and pontil marks, trademarks are often overlooked. Trademarks can provide the collector with additional valuable information towards determining history, age, and value of the bottle, and provide the collector a deeper knowledge of the glass companies that manufactured these bottles. I have been collecting bottles for 47 years and on many occasions trademarks have been a big factor towards unlocking the mysteries of the past. An excellent example is depicted in Figure 1A & 1B, a common ($20-25) 1880-1890 “Amber Whiskey” bottle. The front and back are absent of a label or embossing, but embossed on the bottom is SF & PGW. Pacific Glass Works (PGW), founded in 1862 in San Francisco, California, was very successful but encountered financial problems years later. Carlton Newman, a former glass blower at PGW and owner of San Francisco Glass Works (SFGW), bought PGW in 1876, and renamed it San Francisco & Pacific Glass Works (SF &PGW). With that trademark, you have unlocked the mystery. Now, you know you have an 1880-1890 Whiskey bottle, manufactured by SF & PGW between 1876 and 1880, in San Francisco, California. Another great example is Figure 2, an Aqua Blue 1860-1870 “Union -Clasped HandsEagle With Banner” Whiskey Flask. While
Figure 1: A common ($20-25) 1880-1890 “Amber Whiskey” bottle, but embossed on the bottom is SF & PGW
there is the embossing of the Stars above Union, TwoHands Clasped, and an Eagle and Banner, it doesn’t appear to provide any additional information. Or, does it? What about the letters “LF & Co” embossed in an oval frame under the Clasped Hands, and, “Pittsburgh, PA” on the reversed side under the Eagle and Banner? Author Jay W. Hawkins, “Glasshouses & Glass Manufacturers of the Pittsburg Region, 1795-1910”, researched the mark as Lippincott, Fry & Co, 1864-1867, (H.C. Lippincott and Henry Clay Fry, Operators of the Crescent Flint Glass Co.) This Civil War era bottle, circa 1864-1865, was made after Fry returned from military service with the 5th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War where he served since August 1862. Now, you have Figure 1B: Common 1880-1890 Whiskey Bottles – Trademark SF & PGW
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Figure 2: Union-Clasped Hands – Eagle Banner Whiskey Flask, 1864-1865, Front View LF & Co., Top image Close-Up of Front View LF & Co. Bottom Image - Close-Up Back View Pittsburg, PA.
the entire picture from just a few letters and one word. Earlier I discussed color as being a major factor in determining value. Here’s the approximate range for this flask: Aqua Blue- $100-150, Yellow Green-$1000-$2000, Golden Yellow-$400-600, and Amber $900-1200. Another note about this Historical 1860-1870 Flask is that it was found in 1973, during a major dig behind a house of the same period in Youngstown, Ohio, in the trash dump located in the back yard. Five additional bottles from the same time period were also found. In 1998 I was fortunate enough to meet the bottle collector who dug this very cool bottle, and after some very tough negotiating, I was fortunate enough to take home the treasure. I’ve also included additional Figures 3, 4, and 5 for examples of trademark identification.
Figure 3: Old Quaker Whiskey Bottle 1935-1940, Base image: Trademark F (In Hexagon) Fairmont Glass Works (1906-1968)
So, what is a trademark? By definition, it is a word, name, letter, number, symbol, design, phrase, or a combination of items that identify and distinguishes the product from similar products sold by competitors. Regarding bottles, the trademark usually appears on the bottom of the bottle, possibly on the label, and sometimes embossed on face or backside of the bottle. With a trademark, the protection is in the symbol that distin-
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Trademark Illustrations and Descriptions Trade Marks of Mason Jars produced by Ball Brothers 1885-Present Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing, Muncie, IN, 1888-1919, Ball Brothers Co., 1919-1969, Ball Brothers Corp., 1969-Present
Brownsville Glass Works, Brownsville, PA (James Taylor & Co.)1824-1831
A. H. Hersey Glass Col, Newark, OH, 1893-1958
Lippincott, Fry, & Co. (Crescent Flint Glass Co.) 1864-1865 Knox Glass Bottle Co. of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississipi, 1932-1953
C.L. Flaccus Glass Co., Pittsburg, PA, 1900-1928
Durkee & Co., 18501880
Metro Glass Bottle Co., Jersey City, NJ, 19351949
Gray & Hemmingray, Cincinnati, OH, 18411851
Hemmingray Glass Co., Covington, KY, 18821890/ Muncie, IN 1888-1933
Hero Glass Works, Philadelphia, PA, 1856-1884, Hero Fruit Jar Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1884-1909
Liberty Glass Co., Toledo, OH, 18951860
K -Knox Glass Bottle Co., Knox, PA, 19241968 - U –Knox Plant – Sheffield, PA, Kimble Glass Co., Vine1932-1951 land, NY, 1917-1963 P – Knox Whightman Plant, Pittsburg, PA, 1932-1951
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guished the product, not in the actual product itself. Trademarks had their beginnings in early pottery and stone marks. The first use on glassware was during the 1st Century by glassmaker Ennion of Sidon and two of his students, Jason and Aristeas, identifying their products by placing letters in the sides of their molds. Variations of trademarks have been found on early Chinese porcelain, pottery and glassware from ancient Greece and Rome, and from India dating back to 1300 B.C. Stonecutters marks have been found on Egyptian structures dating back to 4000 B.C. In the late 1600’s, there was the introduction of a glass seal applied to the bottle on the shoulder while still hot. While the seal was hot, a die with the initials, date, or design was pressed into the seal. This method allowed the glass maker to manufacture a many bottles with one seal, then change to another, or possibly not use a seal at all. Prior to the beginning of the 19th Century, the pontil mark still dominated the base of the bottle. In England through the 1840’s, and the 1850’s in America and France, glass houses identified their flasks by side-lettering the molds. By the 1880’s, whiskey, beer, pharmaceuticals, and fruit jars were identified on the base of the bottles or jars. Following the settling of the Europeans in North America, trademark use was well established. The trademark became a solid method of determining the age of the item providing the owner of the mark is known, or can be identified by research, along with knowing the exact date associated with the mark. If the mark has been used for an extended period of time, the collector will need to reference other material to date the bottle within the trademark’s range of years. If the use of the trademark was a shortened time frame, then it becomes easier to determine the age and manufacturer of the bottle. The numbers appearing with the trademarks are not a part of the trademark. They are usually lot manufacturing codes not providing any useful information. The only exception is that the manufacturing year may be stamped next to the codes or the trademark. While the U.S. Constitution provided for rights of ownership in copyrights on patents, trademark protection did not exist. Registration of trademarks on glassware began in 1860, and by the 1890’s there were trademarks were used by all glass manufacturers. Trademark registration guidelines were enacted with legislation by the U.S. Congress in 1870 resulting in the first federal trademark law. The trademark law of 1870 was modified in 1881, with additional major revisions enacted in 1905, 1920, and 1946. The first international trademark agreement, accepted by approximately 100 countries, was formalized at the Paris Convention in 1883 titled at the Protection of Industrial Property. The next time you find that special bottle without a label or embossing, check out the base, or the lower side of the bottle. You never know what treasure you may have found. “Keep Having Fun With The Hobby of Bottle Collecting.” REFERENCES Hawkins, Jay W – Glasshouses & Glass Manufacturers of the Pittsburg Region, 1795-1910, iUniverse, Inc., New York: 2009 Lindsey, Bill - SHA/BLM Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website , Email: bill@historicbottles.com. Williamson River, Oregon Lockhart, Bill; Serr, Carol; Schulz, Peter; Lindsey, Bill – Bottles & Extra Magazine, The Dating Game, 2009 & 2010 McCann, Jerome J – The Guide to Collecting Fruit Jars-Fruit Jar Annual, Printer: Phyllis & Adam Koch, Chicago, IL” 2016 Polak, Michael, Antique Trader- Bottles: Identification and Price Guide, 8th Edition, F&W Media/Krause Publications, Iola, WI:: 2016 Rensselaer, Steven Van, Early American Bottles & Flasks, J. Edmund Edwards, Publisher, Stratford, CT: 1971 Toulouse, Julian Harrison- Bottle Makers and Their Marks, Thomas Nelson Inc New York:: 1971 Whitten, David – Glass Factory Marks on Bottles, www.myinsulators.com/glass-factories/ bottlemarks.html
Figure 4: Overbrook’s Premium Old Fashion Egg Nog – Rum Brandy and Whiskey, 1945, Base image: Trademark B (In Circle) Brockway Glass Company (1933-1988)
FIGURE 5: Royal Crow Soda Bottle 1947, Base IMage: Trademark – Owens-Illinois Glass Company I (In Oval) Overlaid on Elongated Diamond) (1929-1957)
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SIDE BAR- U. S. TRADEMARK DESCRIPTIONS
U. S. TRADEMARK DESCRIPTIONS The following Trademark Identifications represent only a small selection for future reference. As of this writing with updated research, there are approximately 1,200-1,400 trademarks, representing approximately 900 older trademarks.
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A trademark is a brand name. A trademark or service mark includes any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used or intended to be used to identify and distinguish the goods/services of one seller or provider from those of others, and to indicate the source of the goods/services. (https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-getting-started/trademark-basics) AB - Attached (B slanted to left) –American Bottle Company 1905-1929
AB Co - Attached (B slanted to left) – American Bottle Company 1905-1929 A B Co - American Bottle Company 1905-1917
A B G M Co. - Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Co., Belleville, Ill, and Saint Louis, Mo. 1885-1928 A C M E - Acme Glass Company., Olean, NY 1920-1930
A.R.S. - A.R. Samuels Glass Co., Philadelphia, PA 1855-1872
B - (In Circle) - Brockway Machine Bottle Co., Brockway, PA 1907-1933 B-C - Bartlett - Collins Glass Company, Sapulpa, OK, 1914-1929
B.B. & Co. - Baker Bros. & Company (Proprietors of Baltimore Glass Works) Baltimore, MD., 1852-1905 BK - Benedict Kimber, Bridgeport and Brownsville, PA., 1825-1840 C (In a Square) - Crystal Glass Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1921-1929 C C G CO. - Cream City Glass Co., Milwaukee, WI. 188-1894
C.G.M. Co. - Campbell Glass Mnfg. Company, West Berkley, CA 1885 DOC - D.O. Cunningham Glass Co., Pittsburg, PA – 1883-1937
E.W. & Co. - E. Wormser & Company, Pittsburg, PA – 1854-1875 (Later Wormser Glass Company 1875-1927) F (In a Hexagon) - Fairmont Glass Works/Company, Fairmont, IN 1889-1906 & Indianapolis , IN 1906-1968 G (In a Circle) - Gayner Glass Works 1898-1937 (Later Gayner Glass Company, Salem, N.J. – 1937-1957)
H.G. Co. - Hemingray Glass Company, Covington, KY & Muncie, IN (For Bottles) 1870-1895 & Insulators 1870-1915 HGCO (Monogram) - Hemingray Glass Company, Covington, KY(Fruit Jars) 1890-1888
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some of them. With all he does, I wonder when he has time to run his business. Miguel is the high tech member of the team and for the most part I don’t understand some of the things he and Ferdinand do to get all the features that are used to put the Virtual Museum online. Coming up on my 80th birthday, I think it’s best for me to sit back and watch that component. **************** As of 20 June 2020, we have 332 Specimens in Open Galleries:
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. **************** I hope my last posting spurred those who haven’t yet checked out the Virtual Museum to do so. The museum is being added to almost on a daily basis so check back frequently. After you view the museum, tell your friends that don’t collect to check it out. Tell them it’s free, an ongoing visual history lesson with great pictures. How can you beat that? With the Coronavirus lockdown still in place in most of the country, the Virtual Museum will continue to provide entertainment and enjoyment to FOHBC members as well anyone else who wants to visit. Who knows, maybe they will become collectors after visiting the museum. Alan, besides being in charge of imaging, is also the Virtual Museum’s treasurer so he needs to track expenses and report them to the FOHBC treasurer, Jim Berry and the FOHBC board. He does an excellent job; down to the last cent. We are looking to expand the Medicine Gallery soon with imaging medicines that are historically important and have a story to tell. Colored examples are easier to image but Alan has zeroed in on imaging aqua bottles as many of canning jars in our Jar Gallery have been in shades of aqua. When you have imaged 337 specimens and edited over 12,000 pictures as Alan has done, as of the end of June, you get pretty good at it. He hopes to have editing done on about 40 new jars by the end of August. Alan is also working with Gina Pellegrini to get her started with imaging on the West Coast. She has the equipment and certainly the talent. You may remember Gina as she was our official show photographer for the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention. Ferdinand is doing a fantastic job researching the target balls and jars along with spirits and anything else that will be in the Virtual Museum. He’s come up with more information about spirit bottles than you can imagine. I’ve been collecting western whiskeys for 50+ years and Ferdinand has really brought them to life with his research. I’ve learned a lot that I didn’t know about
Bitters Gallery: 67 (+5) Historical Flasks Gallery: 70 Spirits Gallery: 60 (+4) Jar Gallery: 55 (+5) Target Ball Gallery: 60 (+37) Inks Gallery: 3 Foods & Sauces Gallery: 1 Spring & Mineral Water Gallery: 12 Medicines Gallery: 2 Fire Extinguishers Gallery: 1 Tableware: 1 (New Gallery)
specimens on shelves meaning we have added 52 pieces since our last report in the May-June issue of Bottles and Extras. All with 3-dimensional imaging, superb support imagery and facts and information provided by top specialists in the collecting area. We are currently working on bottles previously imaged by Alan that are in queue for research. Also, menu navigation vs. floorplan navigation is in the works. We also have our first book for the Research Lbrary.
**************** Miguel Ruiz, our web specialist for the museum, working from Almaty, Kazakhstan, has had a busy past month with technical challenges with the museum website. The site has been down twice. I’m not sure if others are hearing this, but service is really problematic during this pandemic. We suspect operations have been disrupted and personnel cut back. What used to take hours or a half-day to fix with our web host, now can take days. **************** We asked FOHBC member Michael George to assist us in a ‘target’ list for the Medicines Gallery. He sent us thirty (30) of his suggestions that include Masury’s Sarsaparilla, J & T Hawks, Rochester, NY, Wyncoop’s Sarsaparilla For The Blood, 1/2 gallon, New York, Dr. Maseker’s Balm of Gilead, N. York, Dr. Wilcox Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla, Dr. Phelp’s Genuine Arcanum, Houghs Vegetable Life Preserver, J. B. Holman, Prop, Holman’s Nature Grand Restorative, Boston, Mass, Lewis Cough Syrup, Rochester, NY, Rushton & Aspinwall, Chloride Toothwash Compound, New York, Scott & Steward, United States Syrup, New York, G.W. Stone’s Liquid Cathartic & Family Physic, Lowell, MA, G.W. Stone’s Vegetable Liquid Cathartic, Lowell, MA, Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla Albany, Dr. J.S. Woods Elixir, Albany, NY, Woods Panacea NY, Wynkoops Balsamic Sarsaparilla, New York, M.A. Micklejohn N.O., Washington Internal Remedy for Rheumatism Pile Remedy, Patented May 1863 By William Carr Bath, ME, The Indian Doctor’s Blood Purifier, John Anderson, Nashville Tenn, Dr. TJ Monroe’s Hair Renovator Warranted Bald Heads, Morrison’s Sarsaparilla, 188 Greenwich St, New York, John Bull Extract Of Sarsaparilla, Louisville, KY, Dr. Roger’s Liverwort & Tar, Cowan’s Lithontriptic, I Newton’s Panacea Purifier Of The Blood, Norwich, VT, and J.L. Hamilton’s Remedy A Positive Cure. Now we need to track examples down!
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Two images of the garden this year.
Craig’s Kidney Cure before it was sold to Warner
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uring the latest in-house quarantine due to Covid19, I had a chance to peruse through some Rochester, N.Y. newspapers from the 1870-1890s. I have been longing to have time to do this and now the opportunity arises. You can buy a subscription to monthly investigate articles from old newspapers on-line and it is a lot of fun. When you read the articles/advertisements you come away with this happening in real time. You can envision the streets and offices where all this took place. I wanted to determine a few things about Warner and Dr. Craig’s medicine. First, I wanted to know just how widely used was his cure before Warner acquired the rights to the medicine. I wanted to know just why the Craig Kidney Cure changed to Warner’s Kidney and Liver Cure. Why the bottle change? Why the Safe trademark? Why did Craig leave Warner? What did Craig do after he left Warner, and when did some of the other Warner and Craig other products appear? I found a lot of information on all these subjects.
was to produce the cure and pay a royalty to Dr. Craig. They never produced the cure. Warner seizing the opportunity and having the wealth to make this venture go acquired the rights from the Syndicate in early 1879 and the rights that Craig still owned on May 15 1879. Warner announced in June the new company would be called the Warner Safe-Cure Co. The name changes in July 1879 to the H.H. Warner & Co. One thing is not clear here yet. The original “Warner” bottle, a strap sided oval top amber bottle embossed (The Original Dr. Craig Kidney Cure Rochester NY) designed somewhat like Craig’s original bottle, carries a label that has Hulbert Warner’s name on the base of the label. This is the only connection be-
Dr. Craig started his cure about 1871 according to stories written in the newspaper. He never had any advertisements in the paper for his cure from 1871 to 1879 when Warner acquired the rights. Warner on the other hand, is in the paper continually from 1876 on based on his sale of safes and his wealth and notoriety. There are a lot of articles about his yacht and Warner Island on the Niagara River. Warner funded the observatory that Dr. Swift made famous in Rochester with his sighting of comets. This all occurred before Warner started the patent medicine company. Warner was a very wealthy and influential individual. It seems Dr. Craig did not have the funds to widely distribute the “Kidney Cure”. Craig sold his rights to the medicine in March 1877 to LS May to cover a debt. Later Craig was required to sign over the rights not to reveal the secrets of the Cure to anyone and sold the “Company” to form the Craig Mfg. Co of New York City. This Syndicate
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Transition bottle after March 25, 1879. Warner producing Craig’s Kidney Cure Note Hulbert Warner’s name on the bottom. 4 leaf clover as the trademark.
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tween this bottle and Hulbert Warner. Was Warner producing Craig’s cure for him before he acquired the rights to the “cure”? This connection never appears in any article or ad in the Rochester newspaper. Did Warner assist Dr. Craig in the preparation of the cure? Or did Warner assist the syndicate from New York to produce the cure? These bottles although hard to find are not very rare. There exists quite a few so this must have been in existence for at least awhile. A later almanac from 1900 states that Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure had its conception on March 25, 1879. All of Warner history gives a start up date of 15 May 1879. Thankfully one with a label exists and ties Warner with the “Original” Craig’s Kidney Cure embossed bottle. Warner did purchase sole rights to not only the Kidney Cure but to the Diabetes Cure as well. These were purchased on May 15, 1879 and Warner hired Dr. Craig and shortly after his son to prepare and oversee the production of Warner’s Safe Kidney & Liver Cure, Warner’s Safe Pills, and Warner’s Safe Nervine. Warner soon added his “Safe Bitters” to the product line. Warner trademarked the addition of Liver to the Kidney Cure because no other medicine in production associated the Liver with the Kidney remedy. This was later proved to be patentable. Later that year he added “Safe Tonic” to the product list. A year later the Bitters and Tonic were merged into one product the “Safe Tonic Bitters”. All these products were produced under the company name of H. H. Warner & Co. Warner’s first bottle with Kidney and Liver embossing Slug plate note $2.00 price After June 1879 During the first year he removes Diabetes from the Kidney and was advertised as a trial size. Liver Cure label and produces the “Safe Diabetes Cure”. Both cures sold for $2.00/bottle. This was the most expensive cure in the market. Warner makes no mention All goes well in 1879 and 1880. Warner has an advertising budget of $500,000/year. He advertises in every newspaper in the counof the Diabetes Cure in a September 10, 1879 article about his try. He gets testimonials, he builds new offices, warehouses, and venture. The article mentions the other products Pills, Nervine, manufacturing facilities. By January 1880 only 6 months after and Bitters. He also states that production has required a 4-story inception, Warner builds a new building at 31 Exchange St. It building. By September 26, 1879 Warner lists the Diabetes Cure consists of 6 stories with an arm extending to Aqueduct and Basin an ad advertising the cost as $2.00/bottle the same as the Kiding streets with 4 additional stories. ney and Liver Cure. The Nervine and Bitters are sold at $1.00/ bottle and $0.50/bottle depending on size. The small size ½ pint
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55 sion second floor has artists working on “crayon cartoons”. Then there are outside employees, advertising agents, sign writers, bill posters and others. All told 225 employees. As with all start up businesses, capital is being poured into making the company successful. Money is being made hand over fist and being spent even faster. Advertising, new buildings, employees, new product lines: all is going very well. Warner is rich from his original safe business, so he does not worry about profit at this point. Unfortunately, Dr. Craig does. Craig was promised not only a salary, but a cut of the profit generated. H.H. Warner & Co at this point has no profit to share. Craig and his son William feel this is not fair and secretly plot to take their original formula out on their own to manufacture a competing cure.
By April 1882 Dr. Craig and his son William along with Dr. Henion of Henion’s sure cure for Malaria. (Henion’s cure is a cobalt cure with a Tippecanoe type lip.) Leave to start up their own company. Not only does he do this in Rochester right under Warner’s nose but runs a story in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Newspaper weekly. Dr. Craig states that Warner is using a cheaper formula and adding deleterious substances and poisons to his original formula. Only “The original Dr. Craig’s Kidney and Liver Craig 1882 bottle is competition with Warner. Bottle on left is after he lost the injunction and had to quit using the word & Cure Company” is producing Liver 1883 bottle the real cure. Dr. Henion is a part owner in the company and The basement has boiler and engine room and employs 10 men. writes a letter that he too was The first floor has 20 men employed for packing and shipping. cured by Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and has gone into The second floor is a counting-room with private offices. 40 men business with Dr. Craig to again bring the original formula for attend to accounting and correspondence. The Third floor is octhe cure to the public. cupied by the “Beauties” brunettes and blonds busy labelling and wrapping bottles. The fourth floor is a laboratory with 40 men at In April 1882 Craig is also producing his Cough and Consumpwork developing formulas and testing products. The fifth floor is tion Cure. Both cures are in Warner shape bottles. The Cough storage. The lower floor on the “arm” is entrances and apartments and Consumption cure is a little smaller and fatter with embossfor consultation and advertisement department. The “arm” exten- ing across the front. The “Original Kidney and Liver Cure” is in
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The bottle on left is kind of a knock off-of Warner’s bottle with the Cough and Consumption Cure Label. The second bottle is his attempt to go into competition with Warner. After he loses the suit against him, Craig removes the words & Liver from his label on the middle bottle. He uses the embossed bottle to sell his Nervine with the label covering the embossing which includes the & Liver embossed on the bottle. The third bottle with the new label still has the & liver embossing so he covers it up with the label. The bottle on the far right is one of his original cures from 1875.
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the exact same shape as Warner’s Kidney and Liver Cure bottle. A direct assault towards Warner. Well, by June 9, 1882 Dr. Craig has an injunction against his manufacture of the Cure. By October 1882 Warner has won his judgement in the case and Dr. Craig must stop manufacturing his Kidney & Liver Cure and quit using the word & Liver which has
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A very rare cure. Embossed Original Kidney and Liver Cure Co with the original design from 1879. Reverse only has Rochester NY embossed at the base. Here Craig is trying to go around his lawsuit with Warner by not using his name. But Warner has the rights to the words & liver used in conjunction with a Kidney Cure.
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Originally thought to be Warner’s first bottle, this proves that it dates from 1882. Warner has changed his cure to Warner’s Safe Cure for Kidney and Liver diseases. He decides to just emboss the neck with the words Warner’s Safe Cure. This allows possibly for more advertising on the other blank side? This bottle has the double collar top which indicates it is before 1883 when he uses blob top bottles exclusively.
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Another oddity. Warner uses the double collar top and only has the words Safe Cure embossed on the bottle. A pint size bottle with Rochester NY embossed below the safe. Warner has gone to using the words Warner’s Safe Cure and then has specific cures such as the Kidney and Liver Cure, Rheumatic Cure, Diabetes Cure and Nervine which is a labeled cure. The small size Safe Cure does not come into being until the 1890s. By this time Dr. Craig is long gone. Warner soon realizes that he has won the lawsuit against Craig and has the right to the words & Liver to promote a Kidney Cure. So he must use it. Since his labels say just Warner’s Safe Cure his bottles must retain the patentable Kidney & Liver Cure embossed in the glass. To maintain his trademark, he discontinues the neck embossed cure and has the Safe Cure pint size Rochester bottle mold changed to Kidney & Liver Cure. This is evident in the bottle shown below where the circles are over the Safe Cure previous embossing.
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by Hulbert Warner in 1879. This bottle is only embossed “The original Kidney Cure Rochester NY” Was this a bottle used by Dr. Craig or William Craig or Dr. Henion later to get away from the legal decree not to compete with Warner? Until one appears with a label we may never know. Here is where there may be a reason why Warner produced the neck embossed bottle Warner’s Safe Cure and the Warner’s Safe Cure (safe) Rochester NY Pint size bottle. Both in double collar versions dating from 1882. I offer this explanation. Warner was making his change to Warner’s Safe Cure as the name for his kidney and liver
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Warner’s Safe Cure bottle changed to add the words Kidney & Liver and a smaller word cure.
cure and uses it on all labels from this point on. Foreign bottles only bear the words Safe Cure on them. But the US versions still are embossed Warner’s Safe Kidney & Liver Cure even through the Remedy era. Why? I feel that when Warner won the lawsuit against Dr. Craig he also won the trademark for the words & Liver. Warner needed to continue to use the words Kidney & Liver Cure so as not to lose the trademark rights. So what should Warner do with the new bottles he had made that just bear the Safe Cure embossing? The neck embossed cure is discontinued. (This bottle would have been a great way for Warner to advertise by being able to label both sides of the bottle.) The pint size Safe Cure Rochester was peened out and the words Kidney & Liver Cure were replaced in the mold. This is why we see the Kidney & Liver Cure bottles with the circles around the
center of the embossing. The words Safe Cure have been filled in and re-embossed with the trademark Kidney & Liver embossing. After the decision against Dr. Craig, Warner never looks back. His empire thrives and he becomes the “Patent Medicine King”. Until he does himself in in 1893 by selling his company, manipulating stock options and investing in gold mines foolishly. But this is another story about a man who was successful in selling safes and creating a need for his Safe Cure Products, but thinks he is a genius in business and cannot fail in anything he tries. Meanwhile Dr. Craig and William try to regain the prosperity they see from their formulas Warner is using. Dr. Craig by 1884 is starting a new business. Since he cannot use the words Kidney and Liver Cure he advertises that he has an even better formula to cure Kidneys and Livers. Vitalized Ozone. He also has a great
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demand for his Nervine (which he bottles in his old embossed Warner shaped bottles and has a Nervine label slapped over the embossing). His new venture is called Dr. Craig Ozone Medicine Company. His products include the Vitalized Ozone, Nervine, Cough and Consumption Cure, French’s plasters, and Throat and Lung Tonic. These remedies either do not sell well or Warner keeps harassing him, and we see Dr. Craig sell his company to a Mr. Caulkins from Boston in October 1884. Caulkins he produces a Kidney Cure in a bottle shaped like the original Dr. Craig bottle with embossed kidneys on it. A very rare and unique cure bottle. They form a Maine Company based in Boston and Rochester called the Dr. Craig Kidney Cure Company. Dr. Craig is hired as consulting physician and director and manager. At this point another Craig is on the scene. Thomas Craig another son of Dr. Craig. He owns ¼ of the company that is sold to Caulkins. In 1885 Caulkins advertises selling Dr. Craig’s Kidney Cure and to beware of someone who is selling a yellow wrapped cure labeled The Original Dr. Craig’s Kidney and Liver Cure. (Thomas Craig is selling a cure in the old bottles?) The Craig Kidney Cure Co located at 72 Mill St in Rochester also sells Dr. Craig’s Diabetes Cure as well as Laxative Pills. There is a lot of mention of Dr. Craig’s Diabetes Cure in newspapers from 1879 to 1885 but no one has found a bottle or label bearing this cure. Although there is a lot of ads and articles about the Dr. Craig Kidney Cure Co. in 1884 and 1885, it disappears in 1886 and the Craig Kidney Cure Co. dies a slow death. H.H. Warner, Dr. Craig and Dr. Henion left us some great bottles and cures. Though tied together through interesting activities each one believed that they discovered and produced a great cure for the masses. Anyone who has had kidney stones (author included) knows how painful they can be. By taking any of these cures and not getting stones is a miracle. Maybe because the dose states a teaspoon in an 8 oz glass of water 8 times a day is the cure. Just drinking this much water daily can relieve a lot of Kidney problems. Article Credits:
- Historical Data from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle archives 18711899 - Bottles from Michael and Kathie Craig Collection, Terry McMurray, and Michael and Alice Seeliger collection
Craig moves on. He sells one his most beautiful cures to Caulkins from Boston Mass. The embossed kidneys make this bottle one of the best cures out there.
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Golden aureus coin featuring a bust of Allectus, the Roman emperor who ruled Britain as an independent nation from 293 to 296 AD, during the time of the Roman Empire. Photo ©The Trustees of the British Museum. Any metal detector enthusiast would be happy to stumble across a 24-carat gold coin, but a 1,700-year-old one found in a field in Kent, England, proved a particularly fascinating discovery. That’s because it features the Roman Emperor Allectus, who forced the “original” Brexit by breaking away from the Roman Empire and ruling Britannia and northern Gaul as an independent nation between 286 and 296 AD. At London auction house Dix Noonan Webb, it was expected to fetch no more than $127,000, but it sold for $700,000, becoming the most expensive Roman coin minted in Britain ever sold at auction. (Sarah Cascone, December 25, 2019, https://news.artnet.com/art-world/11-biggest-art-and-archaeology-discoveries-2019-1736265)
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While investigating his new home, a man in England recently discovered that there was an entire secret room hidden under his house. And, after investigating the items he found inside the room, it’s possible that this secret basement could be over 100 years old. “It had been used as an easy space, to hide the waste from renovating the property’s roof, guttering, doors, and windows many years ago before being covered up,” he explained. “As I moved deeper into the cavern I began to search for evidence that would tie it to a grouping of years, so as I could more accurately determine how long it had been covered up. In the dark I collected bottles, paint cans, and my golden find was the remains of a newspaper, though was more comparable to mushy silt.” Jake Brown says that he measured the newly discovered room and found that it was 16 feet deep, about 10 feet high, and nearly 10 feet wide. (SWNS) The bottles were reportedly etched with detailing common to the early 1900s. While the newspapers were mostly ruined, Brown says that he was able to eventually work out a date on the papers tying them to the 1960s, suggesting that the room had been sealed since then. (By Michael Hollan | Fox News, https://www.foxnews.com/ lifestyle/new-homeowner-discovers-secret-cellar-120-year-old)
A man digs up boulder in his garden, not realizing that it was a historic meteorite. A rock discovered in a garden in Germany has been confirmed as the largest stony meteorite ever found in the country. The space rock, which weighs 66 pounds, was discovered more than 30 years ago in a garden in Blaubeuren, in southern Germany. “In 1989, a homeowner was digging a cable trench on his property in Blaubeuren, in the German region of Swabia, when his spade hit a rock,” explains the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in a statement. “Upon lifting it half a meter [1.6-feet] to the surface, he found that it was remarkably heavy.” The rock, which is a chondrite, or stony meteorite, measures 11 inches by 9.8 inches by 7.9 inches. The man held a magnet to the rock and confirmed that it contained iron. “The angular boulder was then left lying in the garden for decades,” DLR added. “Only 31 years later did it occur to the finder that it might be a visitor from space.”(By James Rogers | Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/science/boulder-historic-meteorite-germany)
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Do These 10,000-Year-Old Flint Artifacts Depict Human Figures? New research suggests 10,000-year-old flint artifacts found at a Neolithic burial site in Jordan may be human figurines used in a prehistoric cult’s funeral rituals. If confirmed, the trove of more than 100 “violin-shaped” objects would be one of the Middle East’s earliest known examples of figurative art, reports Ariel David for Haaretz. The group of Spanish researchers, led by Juan Ibáñez of the Milà y Fontanals Institution of the Spanish National Research Council, were digging at Kharaysin when they came across the roughly two inch-long figures. Ibáñez and his team published his results in the journal Antiquity. When the first few figurines were discovered, a member of the team suggested that perhaps they were humanoid figures, a proposal that was met with much laughter. Ibáñez reported to Tom Metcalfe that, “The team reacted… with jokes about how much sun he had received on his head.” But as more and more figurines were unearthed, the suggestion became increasingly plausible. (Candida Moss, https://www.yahoo.com/news/ whats-obsession-depicting-people-die-091636791.html
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Centuries of Crap and Some Historical Treasures in an Old London Cesspit. An art museum found a very old toilet—right under where its new bathroom was being built. IN THE 15TH AND 16TH centuries, London was not a pleasant place to poop. The city was bustling with people and light on sewers, which means it was just teeming with excrement. Many, many residents had no choice but to squat over communal cesspits—deep openings in the ground often covered with wood planks cut with butt-sized holes. When the pits reached capacity, people either closed them up and dug fresh ones or called for a “gong farmer,” a poor sod who scooped them out and carted the mess away, often to the nearby Thames or Fleet River, waterways that often seemed to be more waste than water. The scientists found that the structure had walls up to three feet thick and a gravel base. A latrine was built in one corner in the 18th century, after the rest of the pit had been filled in, meaning that, from the Saxon era to the 18th century, people had been pooping on the same site for hundreds of years. (BY JESSICA LEIGH HESTER FEBRUARY 6, 2020, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/london-cesspit-history?utm_medium=atlas-page&utm_source=facebook. com&fbclid=IwAR0P-VyjYz0y9MK5mdorRAsPy8_noQwh_E29SrX3Kb5aGFNB_xgr9Smw6Z4
Recently found in Indiana, this beautiful yellow green Pinetree Cordial in a early rare mold. Buyer says, there are still wonderful things to be found in the wild! Chip Cable found this very interesting brewery Mug recently. "Neat brewery mug I picked up. It has a lithophane in the base". Pre-Pro from Washington D.C.
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"A few target balls" Jeff Hooper
Micheal George "A special bottle for a special person" Bernadette Baldwin
"Lightning anyone?" Nathan Gordon "Virginia Drugstore Bottles" Mike Cianciosi
"Wicked Soda" Steve Kehrer
Globe Widemouth HG, QT and PT, Anna Dodge
"My favorite Balls" Jenn Hurley
"Cottage row" at Froggy's place Jeffrey Burkhardt
"Three sizes of Chippewa Spring Water bottles, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin." Steve Ketcham
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"Feminine Pitkin" Dana Charlton-Zarro
Four Ladys,left to right "E. Longs"-"Browns" "Browns"and "The Indian Herb Bitters Prepared by Dr. Dickerson and Stark Medical and Surgical Institute Kansas City Mo." Dave Kyle
"Vaseline glass. Seltzer is from a ship." James Campiglia
"Scroll Flask" Michael Henrich
"How about a few of my favorite soda’s." Theo Adams
"Fifty years collecting Celery Cola and one of my first bottles remains a favorite." Dennis Smith
"Here’s my favorites right now, some killer broken swirled pitkins in shades of green. Strong rib impressions and fabulous colors not much more to ask for for something that’s almost 250 years old." Wyat St Laurent
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FOR SALE: New Mexico Hutchinson, Jugs WANTED: Green Top Kimberry, Southand Mineral Water Bottles. 2nd Edition, 130 Africa, Ginger Beer Browning & Co. pages. Pictures not drawings, much new Contact: Dennis Fox (530)295-0124, Email: information on bottles, much history. Signed mummysisters@aol.com by authors. $30 includes mailing. Check or Money Order to: Zang Wood, 1612 Camino WANTED: Redondo Beach/Redondo Rio,Individual Farmington, NM 87401 & AffiliatedCalifornia bottles. Labeled or embossed. Elk bar Redondo flask most wanted. Also tokens Club Information FOR SALE: Crown Top Sodas, Pottery, and souvenir china. Contact: Dave Deto at Advertising signs, Dispensary bottles. ConP.O. Box 118, Yosemite, CA 95389 or (209) tact John Bray at Bottletree Antiques Farm; 626-9846 (864) 379-3479 or bottletreeantiques.com. Individual & AffiliatedWANTED: Early Wisconsin Bottles, EarthFOR SALE: The 2018 updated POISON enware P. Stoneware. Pontiled bottles from Club Information BOTTLE WORKBOOK by Rudy Kuhn. Milwaukee. Photos and other ephemera Price $50 plus $5 media mail USA. Contact for game. Contact Henry Hecker, Email: Joan for postage out of USA. Email: jjcab@ Phantomhah@gmail.com, Telephone: (262)b2xonline.com. Phone: (540) 297-4498. 844-5751 Make check or money order out to Joan Cabaniss, 312 Summer Lane, Huddleston, WANTED: New members to join the St VA 24104 Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Association. We meet every 1st Tuesday at 7pm (exWanted For Sale cept July), First Baptist Church of Arnold, MO Family Life Center. Basement Rm 2. WANTED: Rare Colored California Blob Always a lively discussion. Patsy Jett Show Sodas. Looking for lime or light greens, odd Chair (314) 570-6917 blues etc., and some of the rarer early Gold Rush era such as CC&B San Francisco, M.R WANTED: Jar lid for Cohansey 2-1/2-gal& D. Sacramento, W & B Shasta, Italian lon R.B. #628. Contact: Ed DeHaven Soda Water Manufactory, any open pontiled. (609) 390-1898. 23 W. Golden Oak Lane, Contact: James Campiglia (805) 689-0125 Marmora, NJ 08223 or Email: chipsbottles@bresnan.net WANTED: NC and GA advertising jugs WANTED: H. & J. F. Meyer / Belfast Gin(any size & condition) and flasks – also want ger Ale / 139 S. 5th Ave. / NY. anything Saloon marked and error fruit jars Contact: David Rakes Call/Text: (352) 817- and old 78 records (blues & country). Con5136 or Email: Barakes123@gmail.com tact Bill Wrenn at ncjugs@gmail.com (706) 372-3793. Facebook group: Advertising Jugs WANTED: INSULATORS. Long time collec- & Pre-Pro collectibles + group: Saloon Jugs tor. Interested in mixed color. If you have any & Flasks + group: NC Jugs & Flasks insulators that have been dug, please give me a call. Contact: James E. Meyer (386) 679-6439 WANTED: THEO.BLAUTH/WHOLEor Email: jemmy194268@gmail.com SALE WINE/&/LIQUOR DEALERS/SACRAMENTO CAL. (whiskey fifth Barnett WANTED: Ladies Leg Bitters. Contact: 55); C&K/WHISKEY/Casey & KavanaBill Taylor - Phone: (503) 857-0292 ugh/SACRAMENTO, CAL. (shot glass); or Email: wtaylor178@aol.com SHADOW BROOK (block letters on slant on side, label under glass on bottom) CALIWANTED: Bottles or any items from E. FORNIA WINERY/monogram/TRADEMilde Bottling Works, Milde’s Soda, Milde’s MARK/SACRAMENTO, CAL. (shot Cola. Also, any bottles from Jackson, Misglass). Contact: STEVE ABBOTT (916) souri. Contact Steve Ford by text at (615) 631-8019 or Email: foabbott@comcast.net 714-6254 or e-mail at sford@garney.com WANTED: Paducah Kentucky items WANTED: New Bottles Monthly. Contact: especially Pre-pro Paper Label Whiskey Carlasboy on Ebay and Medicine Bottles, Crocks, paper goods. Contact: BJ SIMMONS (270) 994-7762 or
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FOR SALE: Nevada Bottles: Many drugstores from Virginia City, Carson City and Reno. Some crown top sodas. Contact: James Campiglia, Phone: (805) 689-0125, Email: chipsbottles@bresnan.net
FOR SALE: Apothecary Cabinet “Replica” Full page ad in December 2015 Bottles and Extras, also displayed at the 2016 National Show in Sacramento. $2,500 Bargain Basement Price. 8’Long, 2’Deep and 57” Tall. Delivery possible for extra fee. Contact: Bob Hirsch, Phone: (562) 941-6979, Email: Bob.Hirsch@verizon.net
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FOR SALE: Several hundred bottles in mint condition, most with labels and contents, circa 1910 plus advertising and pharmacy equipment from that era. Contact: Neil Sandow at Telephone: (707) 373-8887 or Email: nsandow@gmail.com
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FOR SALE: Books “A History of the Des Moines Potteries,” with additional information on Boonesboro, Carlisle, Herford and Palmyra. 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 or call (515) 344-8333
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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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Bottles and Extras Email: bjsummers65@gmail.com or by mail at: 233 Darnell Road, Benton, KY 42025 WANTED: Pint Clear Phoenix Pumpkinseed Flask. Also, any coffin or pumpkinseed flasks from Los Angeles. Contact: Brian (805) 448-7516 or Email: taps60@cox.net WANTED: Whiskey and Saloon related glass paperweights. Contact: Jack Sullivan (703-370-3039) or Email: jack.sullivan9@ verizon.net WANTED: ARKANSAS BOTTLES: Sodas, Hutches, Mineral Waters, Whiskey Flasks, Drug Stores, Patent Medicines. ARKANSAS WHISKEY JUGS: Marked Stoneware, Shot Glasses, Cork Pulls and any Arkansas Advertising. Contact: James Larry Childers, 801 N 18th Street, Ozark, AR 72949. (479) 264-4601 or Email: jamesl.childers@yahoo.com WANTED: Clarke's Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, Mass & Rockland, ME. All bottle sizes & variants. Contact: CHARLIE MARTIN (781)248-8620 or Email: cemartinjr@comcast.net 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 WANTED: TEA KETTLE OLD BOURBON SAN FRANCISCO, Contact: Russell Dean, 228 Labelle Drive, Stuarts Draft, VA Phone: (540) 255-3143; Email: 4649dean@ comcast.net WANTED: Always looking for rare and unique Applied Color Label Soda bottles, Chero colas, Straight-sided Cokes and Pepsi, Royal Palm, Florida soda bottles, Tampa bottles, Buying collections, Vintage
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September - October 2020 soda artifacts. Contact: Tom Pettit, Email: VintageSodaCollector@yahoo.com, Website: http://www.vintagesodacollector.com WANTED: Bottle Tree Antiques, Donalds, South Carolina. Bitters, SC Dispensaries, CrownTop Soda, Folk Pottery, Primitives. Website: bottletreeantiques.com or Contact: John Bray at (864) 379-3479. WANTED: Peoria and Pekin Illinois blob top sodas. Contact Jim Searle at 309-3467804 or Email: skyjames962@gmail.com WANTED: Lacour's Sarsapariphere Bitters bottles in colors. All conditions considered. Contact: 530-265-5204 or Email: warrenls6@sbcglobal.net 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 WANTED: Old OWL DRUG Co. bottles, tins, boxes, paper, anything/everything from the Owl Drug Company. Paying TOP DOLLAR. Contact: MARC LUTSKO, PO BOX 97, LIBBY, MT 59923 – Email: letsgo@ montanasky.net 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: Cash Paid for Knife Collections, Indian Artifacts, Baskets, Civil War Relics, Bottle Collections, Comic Book Collections, Old Toy Collections. Contact: KEVIN PIPES (865)-567-4925.
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: North American Log Cabin Commemorative: GVII- 25-I-Cool X-C; GVII-25-E-AllenTown; GVII-25-F-Christmas 1976; E.G. Booze Log Cabin Bottles; GVII-37; sGVII-40; GVII-9 Cobalt Blue; GVII-7-Jacob’s Cabin Tonic Bitters. Contact: STEVE GRAY (440)-279-8381 or by mail at 7533 Clay Street, Thompson, OH 44086 WANTED: Clarke's Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, MA & Rockland, ME All sizes, variants, smooth/pontil base. Especially need labeled Clarke's any size. Also, any Clarke's ephemera...trade cards, Almanacs, news ads, etc. Contact: CHARLIE MARTIN (781) 248-8620 or Email: cemartinjr@comcast.net 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) 2761546 or Email: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net
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September 11 & 12 - CANCELLED Smyrna, Georgia 50th Annual Atlanta Antique Bottle Show & Sale, Sponsored by the R.M. Rose Company, Saturday, September 12th, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Dealer Setup & Early Admission, Friday, September 11th, 3:00 – p:00 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Smyrna Community Center, 200 Village Green Circle, Smyrna, Georgia 30080, Free Admission! Early Admission with Dealers: $20 includes barbecue dinner Friday night, For table reservations and show information contact: Jack Hewitt, Box 12126, Big Canoe, Jasper, Georgia 30143, 770.856.6062 or Bill Johnson, 770.823.2626, bj3605@comcast.net
September 19 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 317.517.5895, 6915 S. 280 E. Lebanon, Indiana 46052 bgranger@iquest.net
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September 12 - CANCELLED Huntington Beach, California 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 19 Richmond, Rhode Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club Tailgate Swap Meet, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Free setup for all who wish to attend. Free coffee, donuts, and pizza for participants. Bring your own tables! Show Address: Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown Road, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138), Contact Info: William Rose 508.880.4929
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September 12 & 13 Grayslake, Illinois Antique Bottle Show an accent of the Grayslake Antique & Vintage Market. Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Rd., Grayslake, IL 60030. General Admission $7: Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Sunday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. For more information, please call Zurko Promotions at 715-526-976, windycitybottleshow.com September 13 - CANCELLED Pekin, Illinois Pekin Bottle Collectors Assoc. 51st Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, Admission $2, Free Appraisals, Moose
Dealer set up 7:00 am until 9:00 am. Hill Ridge Farms Events Center, 703 Tarboro Road, Youngsville, North Carolina 27596, Bottles, Jars, Insulators, Stoneware, Advertising, Breweriana, Small Antiques, Etc. New and Larger Location with Lots of Parking and Open Space. Inside and Outside Setup Areas. Admission $3. Children Under 12 Free, For Information Contact: David Tingen – Show Chairman, 919.848.4387, tingen1@mindspring.com. For More Information Visit Our Website www.raleighbottleclub.org. Note: PayPal accepted for table reservations. September 20 Cheektowaga, New York The Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association’s 22nd Annual Show & Sale. PPvt. Leonard Post Jr. VFW, 2450 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga, New York 14225. General Admission $4: Sunday 9 am – 2 pm. Contact chairman Joe Guerra, 29 Nina Terrace, West Seneca, New York 14224, 716.207.9948 or jguerra3@roadrunner.com, or www.gbbca.org September 20 - CANCELLED Westford, Massachusetts The Merrimack Valley Antique Bottle Club’s 46th Annual Bottle Show, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers at 8:00 am. Special note: There will be a $20 door prize drawing just for early buyers at 8:45 am. www.mvabc.org, Westford Regency Inn, 219 Littleton Road, Westford, Massachusetts. Just five minutes off Exit 32 of I-495 follow the signs.Contact: Cliff Hoyt, 978.458.6575, choyt48@comcast.net
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September 19 Aurora, Oregon Oregon Bottle Collectors Association Bottle, Antiques, Collectibles Show & Sale, Friday 12 Noon – 5:00 pm dealer set-up and 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: Wayne Herring, 503.864.2009 or Mark Junker, 503.231.1235 or Bill Bogynska, 503.657.1726, billbogy7@gmail.com September 19 Youngsville, North Carolina Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show and Sale Presented by The Raleigh Bottle Club Sponsored by Hill Ridge Farms. Open to The Public From 9:00 am until 2:00 pm.
September 26 Bath, Ontario, Canada 4thAnnual Bath Antique Bottle and Insulator Show, Bath Masonic Lodge, 428 Main Street, Bath, Ontario, Canada, K0H-1G0, Saturday 9:00 am till 14:30 pm, No early admission, Set up Saturday at 7:30 am. Free admission! Contact: Richard Dobing, 613.373.0268, loyalistcollectibles@gmail.com
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October 4 Chelsea, Michigan The Huron Valley Bottle and Insulator 44th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am 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,
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October 3 - NEW DATE Mansfield, Ohio 42nd Mansfield Antique Bottle Show, Hosted by the Ohio Bottle Club, at the Richland County Fairgrounds, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Early admission, October 2, 3:00 to 6:00 pm. Info: Matt Lacy at 440.228.1873 or email info@ antiquebottlesales.com or Louis Fifer at 330.635.1964, fiferlouis@yahoo.com
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October 3 - CANCELLED Biloxi, Mississippi Presented by the Olde Guys Digging Club of Biloxi, MS., the 4th 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 2, 2020 from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm and Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Free Admission on Saturday, October 3, 2020. Early Buyers $20. per person during dealer set up. For more information or table contracts contact: Peter Taggard, 645 Village Lane South, Mandeville, LA 70471, Phone 985.373.6487, Email: petertaggard@yahoo.com, or Norman Bleuler, 6446 Woolmarket Rd., Biloxi, MS 39532. Phone: 228.392.9148, Email: normanbleuler@gmail.com
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October 3 North Chesterfield, Virginia The Richmond Area Bottle Collectors Assoc. presents the 49th Richmond Antique Bottle and Collectibles 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
October 10 Johnston, Iowa The Iowa Antique Bottleers 51stAnnual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show and Sale at the Johnston Lions Club, 64th Place and Merle Hay Road, Johnston, Iowa, Admission $2, Children Free, For info contact Mark Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50301, 515.344.8333 or Joyce Jessen, 515.979.5216
Fred Curtis, 419.424.0486, finbotclub@ gmail.com October 18 Scriba, New York The Empire State Bottle Collectors Association’s 22nd Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm, Scriba Fire Hall, U.S. Route 104 East, Scriba (2 miles East of Oswego), Contact Info: Barry Haynes, PO Box 900, Mexico, New York 13114, 315.963.0922 or 315.963.3749 or Christina Champion, 110HarleyHorses@gmail.com October 25 - CANCELLED Alsip, Illinois 1st Chicago Bottle Club’s 51st Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Admission $3. Children under 16 free. No early admission. Doubletree Inn by Hilton, 5000 W. 127th St. Alsip, Illinois 60803, Contact Info: Ray Komorowski, 127 S. Cuyler, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, 708.848.7947, 1stChicagoBottleClub@gmail.com October 30-31 Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee Bottle Collectors Presents Nashville Area Antique Bottle, Advertising & Collectibles Show, Wilson County Fairgrounds, 945 E. Baddour Pkwy, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087, Building E-D, Behind Expo Center, I-40 Exit 239B, Dealer Set-up: Friday – 3:00 pm, Saturday – 7:00 – 8:00 am, Friday 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Early Buyer $10, Admission Saturday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm: Free Admission, For Show Info or Vendor Contract, Contact Show Chairmen Greg Eaton: 865.548.3176 or Stanley Word, 615.708.6634
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October 10 Coventry, Connecticut The Southern Connecticut Antique Bottle Collector Association’s 49th Annual Show, 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, Outdoors on the grounds of the historic Coventry Glass Works, 289 North River Road, Coventry, Connecticut 06238 (corner of Rt. 44 & North River Road) Contact Info: Bob, 203.938.3879, rdsrla@optonline.net October 18 - CANCELLED Findlay, Ohio Findlay Antique Bottle Club’s 44th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm; early bird Sunday 7:00 am, $10, Admission $2, Children under 12 free! Website: http://finbotclub. blogspot.com, Old Mill Stream Centre, Hancock City Fairgrounds, 1017 E. Sandusky Street, Findlay, Ohio, Contact Info:
November 1 Elkton, Maryland 48th Annual Tri-State Bottle Collectors and Diggers Club Antique Bottle Show, Singerly Fire Hall, 300 Newark Avenue, Route 279 & 213 (I-95 exit 109A), Elkton, Maryland 21922, Sunday, November 1, 2020 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, No Early Admission, Dealers Set-up from 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Admission: $3 per person, Children under age 12 free, Tri-State 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 1 Topsham, Maine The Mid-Maine Antique Bottle Club Proudly Presents Our 1st Annual Bottle Show & Sale, Topsham Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall, Topsham, Maine, Sunday, November 1, 2020,$2 General Admission 9:00 am, $15 Early Admission 8:00 am. Contact Paul McClure 207.832.1503, oldbottles@outlook.com, maineantiquebottleclub.com
7:00 pm, $50, 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, $40, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm $20, Free admission Saturday, Fraternal Order of Police Bldg., 5530 Beach Blvd, 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,
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November 22 - CANCELLED
Greensboro, North Carolina Calendar of Shows 18th Greensboro Antique Bottle & Col& Related Events lectibles Show at the Farmer’s Curb Mar-
November 8 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Pittsburgh Antique Bottle Club’s 51st Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers 7:00 am, $25. Admission $3. www.PittsburghAntiqueBottleClub.org, Elizabeth VFD Station 139, 107 Market Street, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 15037, Contact Info: Bob DeCroo, 694 Fayette City Road, Fayette City, Pennsylvania 15438, 724.326.8741 or Jay Hawkins, 1280 Mt. Pleasant Road, West Newton, Pennsylvania 15089, 724.872.6013
ket, 501 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, North Carolina 27405, Sunday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, No Early admission, Set up: Sunday 7:30 am – 9:00 am. Cost of admission $1, Southeast Bottle Club, www.antiquebottles.com/greensboro, Contact: Reggie Lynch, Show Chairman, PO Box 2286, Forest, Virginia 24551, 704.221.6489, rlynch@antiquebottles.com
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November 29 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors Association 47th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, $2 Admission, Early Shopper Admission at 7:30 am ($20 entrance fee), Bethlehem Catholic High School, 2133 Madison Avenue, (corner
Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits Club Information
November 14 Jacksonville, Florida Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida 52nd Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm; early buyers, Friday 2:00 pm to
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of Madison and Dewberry Avenues), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Contact: Bill Hegedus, 20 Cambridge Place, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, 610.264.3130
2021 August 5– 7, 2021 (Thursday – Saturday) Syracuse, New York 2021 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show, OnCenter Civic Center, Information: Jim & Val Berry (jhberry10@yahoo. com) or Jim Bender (jbender@millservicesinc.com) FOHBC National Show – Eastern Region
2022 July 28 – August 1 Reno, Nevada 2022 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
Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information 5 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.
Nathan Gordon 3073 Northmor Dr. W Adrian, MI 49221 doctornathangordon@gmail.com Trade Mark Lighting Jars, LGCO jars, IGCO jars, Atlas jars, Midgets, Bitters, Historical Flask
Jennifer Hurley 846 Shady Lane NE New Salisbury, IN 47161 (276) 244-0167 hurleyjennifer400@gmail.com Antique fruit jars
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Brent Granger 6421 N Lynn Avenue Tampa, FL 33604 (813) 368-9919 ahlmoneyresources@yahoo.com Large collection of gins, sodas and whiskeys
Scott D. Johnson 249 Lafayette Avenue Council Bluffs, IA 51503 (402) 517-5549 758@gmail.com Hutchinson bottles from Iowa and Nebraska, drugstore bottles, sleepy eye pottery and tip trays.
Eddie Weber 619 S Santa Ana Place Tucson, AZ 85710 (520) 488-2591 dryazeddie@gmail.com Tucson Arizona bottles, territorial Tucson items, most anything old from Tucson
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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.
Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information
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:
Wanted
• 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.
713.504.0628 fohbcmembers@gmail.com
• 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
Shards of Wisdom
Name_______________________________ Address_____________________________ City________________________State____ Zip _ ____________Country____________ Do you wish to be listed in the Telephone_ __________________________ online membership directory? E-mail Address_______________________ (name, address, phone number,
Wanted
email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No
BOTTLES and EXTRAS FREE ADS
Category: “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership year. Category: “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 1 ad per issue. (Use extra paper if necessary.)
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Collecting Interests_ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Would you be interested in ___________________________________ serving as an officer? { } Yes { } No
Additional Comments___________________ Would you be interested ___________________________________ in contributing your bottle ___________________________________ knowledge by writing articles
for the BOTTLES and EXTRAS? { } Yes { } No
Membership/Subscription rates for one year (6 issues) (Circle One) (All First Class sent in a protected mailer)
United States
- Standard Mail - Standard Mail w/1 Associate* - Standard Mail 3 years - Standard Mail 3 years w/1 Associate* - Digital Membership (electronic files only)
$40.00 $45.00 $110.00 $125.00 $25.00
1st Class 1st Class w/1 Associate 1st Class 3 years 1st Class 3 years
$55.00 $60.00 $125.00 $145.00
Canada - First Class $60.00 Other countries - First Class $80.00
- Life Membership: Level 1: $1,000, includes all benefits of a Standard 1st
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
Associate Member Name(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 privileges of an Individual Membership
Signature ______________________________Date ______________
Please make checks or money orders payable to FOHBC and mail to: FOHBC Membership, Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002
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: 713.504.0628; email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com
Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; ph: 713.504.0628; or better yet, email Elizabeth at: fohbcmembers@gmail.com
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 2020 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 featured in our upcoming October cataloged auction.
American Glass Gallery • John R. Pastor • P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165 phone: 248.486.0530 • www.americanglassgallery.com • email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com
FOHBC C/O Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002
Please Check your information and notify us of errors.
FOHBC.org
The Collection of Peter Tillou Coming September, 2020
Heckler
www.hecklerauction.com | 860-974-1634 79 Bradford Corner Road, Woodstock Valley, CT 06282
