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Vol. 21 No. 4

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E. Daneri Otay Winery and Distillery S.O. Dunbar, Druggist

Bill Dreggors Enjoys the Pursuit of History

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FOHBC Officer Listing 2008 - 2010 .... 2 President’s Message .............................. 3 Recent Finds .......................................... 4 At Auction ............................................. 5 Shards of Wisdom ................................. 6 Paper Trail ............................................. 8 A Book in Review ................................10 Regional Reports ................................. 12 Show Report .......................................... 21 E. Daneri Otay Winery and Distillery Mike Bryant ................................ 22

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The Marble Maniac: Grading and Identification, Condition Issues Bill O’Connor .............................. 24 Florida Bottle Collecting History Bill Baab ..................................... 26 Floridian Bill Dreggors Enjoys the Pursuit of History, Sometimes Catching Up With it Bill Baab ..................................... 32 Oh My Codd Rex Barber .................................. 34 S.O. Dunbar Ed & Lucy Faulkner .................... 36 Charles Hood Sarsaparilla 1872 to 1952, Lowell, Mass.

Donald Yates ................................ 40

No. 190 Legends of the Jar Bruce Schank ................................ 42 The Dating Game: William Walton, the Whiteman Brothers, and the Warren Glass Works Bill Lockhart, Pete Schulz, Carol Serr and Bill Lindsey ................................. 46 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Information ... 62 Show Biz ............................................. 66 Membership Additions and Changes... 69 Membership Application ..................... 71 Membership Benefits .......................... 72

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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 2008-2010 President: Richard Siri, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, CA 95402; phone: (707) 542-6438; e-mail: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net First Vice-President: Bob Ferraro, 515 Northridge Dr, Boulder City, NV 89005; phone: (701) 293-3114; e-mail: mayorferraro@aol.com Second Vice-President: John Pastor, PO Box 227, New Hudson, MI 48165; phone: (248) 486-0624; e-mail: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com Secretary: Ed Herrold, 65 Laurel Loop, Maggie Valley, NC 28751; phone: (828) 926-2513; e-mail: drbitters@mindspring.com Treasurer: Alan DeMaison, 1605 Clipper Cove, Painesville, OH 44077; phone: (440) 358-1223; e-mail: a.demaison@sbcglobal.net Historian: Richard Watson, 10 S Wendover Rd, Medford, NJ 08055; phone: (856) 983-1364; e-mail: crwatsonnj@verizon.net Editor: Jesse Sailer, 136 Jefferson St., East Greenville, PA 18041; phone: (215) 715-2611; e-mail: jsailerbotmags@verizon.net Merchandising Director: Kent Williams, 1835 Oak Ter, Newcastle, CA 95658; phone: (916) 663-1265; e-mail: KentW@ppoa.org Membership Director: Gene Bradberry, PO Box 341062, Memphis, TN 38184; phone: (901) 372-8428; e-mail: Genebsa@comcast.net Convention Director: R Wayne Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083; phone: (816) 318-0161; e-mail: JarDoctor@aol.com

Business Manager: June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083; phone: (816) 318-0160; e-mail: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com Director-at-Large: Carl Sturm, 88 Sweetbriar Branch, Longwood, FL 32750; phone: (407) 332-7689; e-mail: glassmancarl@sprintmail.com Director-at-Large: Sheldon Baugh, 252 W Valley Dr, Russellville, KY 42276; phone: (270) 726-2712; e-mail: shel6943@bellsouth.net Director-at-Large: Cecil Munsey, 13541 Willow Run Rd, Poway, CA 92064; phone: (858) 487-7036; e-mail: cecilmunsey@cox.net Midwest Region Director: Jamie Houdeshell, PO Box 57, Haskins, OH 43525; phone: (419) 722-3184; e-mail: JHBottle@hotmail.com Northeast Region Director: James Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: (518) 673-8833; e-mail: Jim1@frontiernet.net Southern Region Director: Jack Hewitt, 1765 Potomac Ct. Lawrenceville, GA 30043; phone: (770) 856-6062 e-mail: hewittja@bellsouth.net Western Region Director: Bill Ham, 4237 Hendricks Rd, Lakeport, CA 95433; phone: (707) 263-6563; e-mail: billham9@gmail.com Public Relations Director: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: (518) 568-5683; e-mail: jhberry10@yahoo.com

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Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

President’s Message This may be the last President’s Message from me. You’ll actually have choices in the next election and I hope you will all participate in it.

I’ll have to admit that the last two years was an experience unlike any I had before. When I became President, the FOHBC was having a real problem getting a magazine out. Remember waiting months for your next issue? I’m sure most of you have heard of the “Garden Path;” well, I was given the grand tour down it before the light came on. At that point, I hired Jesse Sailer to be the editor and we have had a magazine out since.

I forgot to get the whole board of directors to vote on the hiring. My fault. But when the ship is sinking, you plug the hole and start bailing. You would have thought the part of the board that wasn’t informed of the decision would have been happy that we saved the ship.

Ah, then there is the web site. This was maintained by a person who had edited the magazine before illness had taken her out of the picture. It was then given to another person to maintain. I was appalled at the condition of this site. It was dated at best and nowhere near current. When I questioned the acting webmaster about the site, I received back in an e-mail, “Don’t get you underpants in a tizzy. I have a real Job and I do this stuff in groups as I have Time.” I relieved the webmaster of this job. Man, did I catch flack over that. Forgot to ask the Board again. It took awhile to get another person trained to do the site as I’m not very computer savvy, but now clubs and members listing are up to date and we have no problems with it now. The site is kept current. Had I not made the change, I’m sure we would still be looking at years-old information on the site.

Some other things that have happened is the development of a Honor Roll and Hall of Fame guideline. And we have been working on bringing the bylaws up to date. This is something that should be reviewed periodically so as we evolve we will be compliant with the bylaws. We should be finished with the revisions at the Ohio meeting. We now have a corporate mailbox and I have put a notice in the magazine regarding bequeathing to the FOHBC. Another thing I did was to develop an ad for the FOHBC merchandise (shirts) that is placed in the magazine and can be accessed on the website.

Realizing that a brick and mortar museum was not doable and would not serve the membership well, I came up with the idea for a Virtual Museum that could be accessed from your computer.

How great would that be, to be able to visit the world’s best bottle museum without having to drive there? Think “Green.”

Well, as I stated before I’m not computer savvy so Ferdinand

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Meyer is taking on the project to develop the museum. We need help with the funding and that’s being worked on. Hopefully, a future Board will continue to pursue this idea.

All in all I think we have the ship on a even keel and even moved it forward some. I don’t expect that the FOHBC will need or have to go through the types of problems we experienced in the last two years. I know I upset the Board a couple of times, but I feel as President I needed to do what was good for the membership -- not the Board.

One Board member said I didn’t understand organized bottle collecting, whatever that means. What I do understand is the membership expects and deserves a quality magazine that comes out 6 times a year and a national show on an annual basis.

If we get the Virtual Museum going and modernize our existing web site in the next year, I think the membership will be satisfied that they are getting their money’s worth.

The nominating committee put together a slate that will work well together. Please consider it when you cast your vote.

Richard Siri President, FOHBC Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave collections to 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.

An example of a bequest would be: (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney) I give and bequeath to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083, the sum of $____________ to be used as its Board of Directors determines.

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

Thank you for considering us in your donation plans.

Richard Siri, President Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

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RECENT FINDS Recent Find from Ralph Van Brocklin Every once in a while a flask shows up at a show or on eBay that really sparks an interest in me. The pictured straight-sided flask is not a style that I collect, so I don’t usually make more than a note of what the bottle sold for, save a picture of it, and look for it to show up as a pumpkinseed or coffin.

But, this one is a little different…

The Fearless Saloon – what a great name! I cannot tell you what prompted the name, but, I can give you a little history to go with the bottle.

The first listing that I found for a Fearless Saloon in San Francisco was in the 1898 Pacific States Telephone Directory. This saloon was located at 2 California Street and I am unable to trace the proprietor. The proprietor was not the same as those operating the first establishment I could find at 71 3rd Street, as Charles J. Berendes and John D. Feldermann were at 120

East South (selling liquors) and 218 East South (operating a saloon and lodgings), respectively, in that year.

I was unable to find a saloon at 71 3rd in 1899, finding the first one at that location in the 1900 San Francisco Directory. Not specified by name, it was run by Berendes and Feldermann. By 1902, Berendes is no longer in partnership with Feldermann and Feldermann continues as the sole proprietor into 1920. The first listing I have specifying the establishment as the “Fearless Saloon” is found in the 1904 San Francisco Directory.

Interestingly, there is a listing as the “New Fearless Saloon” in the 1907 San Francisco Directory, suggestive of required remodeling/reconstruction following the 1906 earthquake.

Starting in 1910, John D. Feldermann opened a new establishment at 1718 Fillmore. When he opened Feldermann’s German Grill, he apparently sold the Fearless Saloon to Chas. F. W. Webber Jr., as Webber’s listing is found in the 1910 San Francisco Directory. I have no listings for Webber prior to that point.

In the 1912 Telephone Directory, the listing at 71 3rd Street is for the Fearless Saloon. The 1914 Telephone Directory notes a name change to Webber’s Bar and Grill. I do not own a 1913 Telephone Directory and the 1913 San Francisco Business Directory does not specify the name of the establishment.

From the above, we can date this flask to the period from 1910 through 1912 or 1913, with it likely having been made in the initial year of the business.

Webber’s Bar and Grill continues through at least 1918.

What is it?

During a dig in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this iron-pontiled cobalt soda was unearthed. Appears to have some type plant embossed on it. Does

anyone have any information? If so, please contact either June Lowry, 816318-0160, OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com or Jorge Ocasio, 717-380-1015.

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At Auction American Glass Gallery Auction Closing Date: May 17th, 2010 13. Eagle above Monument and Flag / “Continental” – Indian Shooting Bird / “Cuninghams & Co / Pittsburgh. PA” Historical Flask, Cuninghams & Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1865 – 1885.

Sapphire blue, applied collared mouth – smooth base, qt, near mint; (a pinprick bit of roughness at edge of base and a ¾” superficial scratch near shoulder on reverse). GII-142. Note; this mold is not listed by McKearin in sapphire blue.

Finest possible example, stunning color, near attic mint and with the boldest possible impression. $16,800.00 106. “Bininger’s / “Night Cap” / No. 19 / Broad ST. N.Y.”, America, 1850 – 1860. Medium golden amber, oval flask form, applied round double collared mouth – blowpipe pontil scar, ht. 7 ¾”; (just a faint touch of light exterior wear on the reverse, otherwise perfect). A scarce mold, wonderful condition, rare with the pontil scarred base. $2,576.00

is probably the most desirable of any known. Second one we’ve seen in many years, bid accordingly. Grade: 9.8 Barely a visible scratch, just perfect. Nice applied top. $2,912.00 169. FAVORITE BITTERS POWELL & STUTENROTH. Speaking of people’s favorite bitters, this bottle would certainly apply. There are two variants of the Favorite Bitters.

This example was made while they were getting a patent for their soon to be “PEOPLE’S FAVORITE BITTERS.” That meant enlarging the bottle and adding the word “People’s”. Otherwise, both bottles are very similar and almost unique in form. This bottle came from a man named Ronald Garrison, a small time collector who lived in Plano, Ill. He was a digger of bottles and also lived in Arizona since the 1950’s. We obtained this bottle through his son. It still has the original cork, albeit with a hole punched through. The bottle itself is very crude with loads of tiny bubbles and a wickedly crude top. This is another bottle that is very striking in both its shape and name.

As for condition, the “S” in bitters is a bit rough, we will show you that in the video, but otherwise the bottle appears to be perfect—crooked top and all. It’ s believed there are only a few of each variant.

Grade: 9.7. $64,960.00

American Bottle Auctions Auction Closing Date: June 1st, 2010 The bids are in and final, the number crunching has begun and American Bottle Auctions has just finished their 50th auction with a bang. In one of the more spectacular finishes to any auction up to date, bids were still flying in as the repaired Bryant’s Bitters hit $36,000 and the Favorite Bitters, a real favorite with at least two bidders, went to $58,000. With the 12% commission, that’s $40,320 and $64,960 respectfully.

1. PEARSON BROS. BODIE. Hutch style with applied top. The Pearson Bros. hutch or gravitating stopper style bottle is a very desirable one indeed. As most of us know, Bodie is but a ghost town now, simply a relic of a once bustling California town. What remains are a few artifacts, mainly bottles, with the name “Bodie.” This particular bottle

170. BRYANT’S STOMACH BITTERS. B-242. 14”. 1857. If you’ve been following our website, you might have seen a story on a group of Bryant’s cones recently unearthed in Sacramento. Although most were simply bases or partial pieces of the bottle, this one in particular had the least amount of damage. We will be showing before and after photographs.

Of the three or four whole specimens, none that we’ve seen are in this brilliant emerald green.

Marty Hall did the work and without extremely close inspection, it’s very difficult to tell it has been repaired. Considered by many to be the top western bitters, it is no doubt one of the top few. These were made in the east and were primarily distributed in the west. Here is your chance to own a true classic in a unique color.

No Grade. $40,320.00

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“A Real Winner” Bryant’s Stomach Bitters Jesse: I came across an ad in the July 1974 Bottle News magazine that I believe is of interest to every bottle enthusiast & collect out there.Please consider publishing it in either Bottles & Extras or Antique Bottle & Glass Collector as both are read religiously in my household.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to calculate the return on investment over the years on high end rare bottles.

Just thought it would make interesting reading material for those collectors out there wondering if they are going in the right direction with their “bottle collecting addictions.” I have provided you with all the information needed to document the appreciation of this one rare bottle and how it has kept up and surpassed inflation as well as bank interest rates over the years.

Print out the advertising to establish a historical guideline on how things were in the past and have progressed in today’s bottle collecting environment.

An ad placed by Mr. Bob Leonard in the1974 magazine asked for a then unheard of sum of $3,000 (negotiable) for a Bryant’s Stomach Bitters, an extremely rare bottle. I have also included the At Auction page from the May-June 2010 issue of Bottles & Extras to show what the auction hammer went down at ($68,750) in

1999 at the American Bottle Auction.

Just imagine having the insight then to invest in this bottle!

I am proud to be a bottle collector & investor and soon will be actively buying and selling with the big boys.

Thank you for your time and efforts compiling these scans into an interesting

& informative tidbit for all us “bottlenuts” to see. You have my permission to use this information as you see fit and to put my name on it. Wishing everyone success in buying and selling these beautiful examples of the history

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of this great country of ours. Low end common bottles are not excluded from this passion of mine; the beauty of the glass and the story behind it is what it’s all about!

Hopefully, you will be seeing my name more & more associated with this great hobby/business.

Regards, John Panella BOTTLE MANIA (established in 1983) 81-19 169th Street Jamaica, New York 11432 email: bottleman50@prodigy.net Friends of Norman Barnett Norman Barnett, a life member of FOHBC, former board member, and Hall of Fame member would love to hear from his many friends in the hobby. He is under going rehabilitation currently trying to restore his mobility.

His contact information is: Telephone: 317-738-3232 Address: Norman Barnett Masonic Home Rehab Room 143 690 S. State St. Franklin, IN 46131 Bill Tanner 1938-2010 Bill Tanner, a great asset to the hobby and in particular with members of the New Mexico Historical Bottle Society, passed away recently. He was very generous with his knowledge no matter if you were a beginner or an advance collector. An all around nice guy and will be missed greatly He was born July 17, 1938 in the mining district of Morenci, Arizona, in the Gila Moutains just west of the New Mexico border.

Mike Dickman wrote the following short clip about him: I bought my first bottle from Bill (a California mineral water) 12 years ago and had been close friends with him ever

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since. I’m sure we all have good bottle stories about Bill but here are a couple.

Bill had bought a beautiful mint yellow Rohrer’s Expectoral Wild Cherry Tonic bottle (pyramid shaped with roped corners, applied top, iron pontil) and had washed it out with water. It shone like a gem. To drain the bottle, he placed it upside down inside a small wastepaper basket with newspapers underneath. Jerry later came by to empty the trash and dropped the bottle into their garbage bin, where it cracked into four pieces. Bill didn’t get mad at Jerry (“It was my fault for leaving it there”) but instead glued it back together and put it on his shelf. A week later, however, he tossed it back into the garbage bin and explained: “I just couldn’t stand looking at it!”

One time, Bill and I drove to a remote ranch near Bountiful, Colorado,

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where a deceased rancher supposedly had amassed a huge, valuable bottle collection that his daughter wanted to sell. When we got there, it didn’t take us long to realize that although there were 1000s of dug bottles, there wasn’t a single good one in the bunch. Most were pharmacy slicks, many cracked.

However, Bill spied two six-packs of ACL sodas in their barn: they were “Pink Poodle” brand and were from a local bottler with a cute picture of a poodle dog. Neither of us knew a thing about them but Bill offered to buy them all for $5 per bottle and the daughter agreed.

It turned out that they were a rare, desirable ACL which Bill sold on eBay for about $150 per bottle. Although the seller never would have known anything about it, Bill mailed her an $800 check.

Bill also gave one of the Pink Poodles to me which I still have.

2010 FOHBC Officer Election Nominees

FOHBC Nomination Committee: SELF (by individual) - FOHBC (by another person)

President: Richard Siri (FOHBC) Gene Bradberry (SELF) First Vice President: Bob Ferraro (FOHBC) Second Vice President: Ferdinand Meyer V (FOHBC) Secretary: Warren Friedrich (FOHBC) Randy Driskill (SELF) Treasurer: ---------------Business Manager: Patty Elwood (FOHBC) June Lowry (SELF) Convention Director: Jamie Houdeshell (FOHBC) Wayne Lowry (SELF) Historian: Richard Watson (FOHBC)

Membership Director: Ed Herrold (SELF) Public Relations Director: Jim Berry (FOHBC) Merchandising Director: Kent Williams (FOHBC) Northeast Region Director: Jim Bender (FOHBC) Ed Kuskie (SELF) Southern Region Director: Jack Hewitt (FOHBC) Midwest Region Director: Joe Hardin (FOHBC) Martin Van Zant (SELF) Western Region Director: Bill Ham (FOHBC) Cecil Munsey (SELF) Director-at-Large Carl Sturm (FOHBC) Sheldon Baugh (FOHBC) John Pastor (FOHBC)

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Spruance, Stanley & Co.’s African Stomach Bitters Spruance, Stanley & Co. advertised themselves as “Importers & Wholesale Liquor Merchants.” According to the research presented by Jeff Wichmann in “Antique Western Bitters Bottles,” the company did business from 1872 until 1906. Wichmann goes on to say that the bitters was produced from 1875 until 1887, and that at least four versions of the bottle were produced. Three of those versions are shown here.

Three versions of Spraunce, Stanley & Co.’s African Stomach Bitters.

Spraunce, Stanley & Co.’s billhead.

It would be challenging to find a trade card of the late nineteenth century with a positive image of any American minority, whether Asian, African, Irish, or Jew. Among the ephemera Spruance and Stanley used were several trade

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cards featuring less-than-flattering images of AfricanAmerican. Perhaps this was done to associate the product with those who peopled the continent for which the bitters was named.

The images of the two bicyclists were likely an attempt to associate African Bitters with all things trendy and current.

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“Paper Trail� is a regular feature which showcases the wide world of bottle-related ephemera, from trade cards and post cards to letterheads and blotters. Readers are encouraged to submit items for publication.

Simply scan or photograph your item (JPG please), add a short paragraph or two about the item, and include a photo of the bottle to which it relates.

E-mail your contribution to:

All images and some information submitted by Richard Siri

s.ketcham@unique-software.com or Ph: (952) 920-4205 or mail it to: Steve Ketcham PO Box 24114 Edina, MN 55424

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History of the Clyde Glass Works Contributed by Darlene Furda Western Regional News Editor This 51 minute video on the, “History of The Clyde Glass Works is hosted and narrated by John M. Spellman. He was the Savannah, New York Town Historian until his retirement in 2008. His work continues to be recognized by collectors and historians across the Nation. It is said that the Glass Works was a local business that supported its community for 95 years.

John’s interest in local history began during his early teenage years. It all started when two of his uncles told him tales of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Savannah. While John was recording the history of Savannah, he also went on with his life to become a meat cutter which lasted for over 32 years. He also managed his own store in Savannah where I do believe that more tales of early Savannah may have been discussed. He went on to become Village Trustee in the 1970s and became heavily involved with many community organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, and the Wiley School House Restoration.

John reported that during the time of the 13 colonies small glass houses sprung up. He said that 40 glass houses produced handmade glass (hollow ware glass or bottle) and distributed their products to the colonies. He stated that window glass was the beginning product for the glass houses, but faded out during the early beginning of the Clyde Glass Works.

The Clyde Glass Works was built on the banks of the Erie Canal in Clyde, NewYork. The corner stone for the factory was laid in the early 1800s and the factory completed within that same year.

It was said that many young boys

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were employed at the factory for $.50 a week. In the mid 1800s there were 32 glassblowers working in the plant.

It was a known fact that glass blowers were highly skilled and well paid. Glass blowers could experience “blowing out of their cheeks.” This disease would force men to retire after a 20 to 30 year period.

There were 12 buildings that comprised the original glass works factory along the Erie Canal. They had docking facilities for receiving deliveries of glass ingredients of soda ash, lime and sand. These same docks were used for loading finished goods on packet boats. The goods were for the metropolitan areas in New York. These boats also went up the Erie Canal to the Great Lakes and out to the West.

John Spellman takes us diligently through the history of the process of glass making and much more. He mentioned that from 1880 – 1910 that the fruit jar business in Clyde was very successful.

The year 1909 was the first time that an automatic bottling machine was installed at the facility. In 1912 manually

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made glass was determined to be an unproductive effort. The factory was struggling to stay in business and make a profit. History states that the business went bankrupt and that the doors finally closed forever in 1915.

In 1917 Frank Katafiaz from Toledo, Ohio bought the deserted property and made extensive changes. He renamed the business the, “Clyde Glass Manufacturing Co., Inc.” His products were decanters with floral patterns, candlesticks, vases, ashtrays and other novelty items. This venture established in 1917 wasn’t as popular as the earlier business that produced handmade products and for various reasons this business closed its doors in 1922.

The successful results of the contents of this video is evident because of John’s passionate delving into records, finding photographs and accounts to support his personal research on the history of Savannah and surrounding areas. He was well known for his collection of Clyde Glass pieces he started in 1965. This energetic man is also credited with studying and collecting

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items produced at the Clyde Glass Works for some forty-five years.

John also contributed Clyde Glass displays for bottle shows held in Rochester, Syracuse, the New York State Bottle Show in Saratoga and the National Bottle Show. He has won many awards for same. He and his wife Carol found time to be members of the Empire State Bottle Collectors in Syracuse, The Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors in Rochester and the Mohawk Valley Bottle Club.

Some of you are probably aware of the many books he has authored. He has also contributed to the archives of the Corning Glass Museum in New York State and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. Here is John’s take on the days of the early glass manufacturing pioneers of Clyde, New York: “In 1933 the glass factory was torn down, but its legacy lives on.”

A final thought from the contributor of this review. I think that bottle clubs might like to consider purchasing this video to be shown at a club meeting. It would make a great addition to a club library. It is a detailed account of the earlyday glass industry and the making of glass products that have become part of our country’s history. This

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video should be appreciated by even the most accomplished collector or digger.

Note: John has “A Special Thanks To” list at the end of the video that contains 19 sources he utilized in researching facts for this video.

History of the Clyde Glass Works, John M. Spellman, Narrator Produced by Steve Groat Studios.

Video AVAILABLE: Make check payable to: Steve Groat Studios, Send to: 50 Sibley Street, Clyde, New York 14433 or CALL 315-923-9769, $19.95 Plus Tax (Postage Paid).

The Man Behind the Bottle: The Origin and History of the Classic Contour Coca-Cola Bottle As Told by the Son of its Creator

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world. However, much of what has been written about its origin is either misleading or wrong. Growing up with the knowledge that his father designed this unique bottle, the author felt compelled to tell the real story. “It has been my objective for this book to be the most complete and honest documentation ever written solely about the classic contour bottle,” says the author. “My primary objective for writing this book is to set the record straight — not only for my father and his descendants, but for the millions of people all over the world who have enjoyed a romance with his bottle.” Backed with data, recordings, and invaluable information Dean gathered throughout his research, The Man Behind The Bottle is a chronological account of how the most famous package of all time came to be, who the creative mind behind it really was, how Earl R. Dean was ultimately discovered, and the impact his bottle has made around the world.

For more information or to order a copy visit: http://www,TheManBehindTheBottle.com

In an attempt to continually improve the publication and educate our readers, we are adding this new column dedicated to books that we or our readers feel would be of interest to our readers.

Since the creation of the contour Coca-Cola bottle in 1915, the true identity of the designer, as well as his inspiration, continues to be controversial and misreported. In The Man Behind The Bottle, author Norman L. Dean sets the record straight by revealing buried facts and information that ultimately lead to the revelation that his father, Earl R. Dean, designed the bottle.

With its refreshing, thirst-quenching contents, the Coca-Cola bottle is one of the most recognized objects in the

Please contact: Jesse Sailer 136 Jefferson Street, East Greenville, PA 18041 jsailerbotmags@verizon.net with any book that you feel would be of interest and should be included.

Thank You in advance for your contributions. The more participation, the better the magazine can become.

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The club continues to encourage receiving the newsletter by e-mail. The website and facebook pages are all up and running. Shows and tells continue to be an important part of the meetings, with good participation. There’s always something to be learned by having productive shows and tells. A club dig was held in Jamestown, N.Y.

Northeast Regional News Chris Davis 522 Woodhill Newark, NY 14513 (315) 331-4078 cdavis016@rochester.rr.com

The Baltimore Bottle Digger Baltimore ABC, Baltimore, Md. April was “Bring a Friend” month.

Those who did so were awarded five raffle tickets for the monthly bottle drawing. Here’s a good way to boost attendance and promote the bottle collecting hobby.

Attendance at the 30th annual bottle show in March came in at 1,343.

This is impressive. An even more important number, perhaps, was the 57 club members who worked at the show from start to finish. The club’s website averages 12 hits per day. During the week leading up to the show, there were an amazing 744. March’s show and tell theme was members’ show finds.

Special 40th anniversary tote bags, decorated with the club’s logo, were distributed to all members in good standing. Eight new members were listed in the newsletter. It was suggested at a meeting that there should be a club table at some of the local antique shows.

Excellent programs continue, with “Port of Baltimore’s Trade & Economics,” or “The Fort That Built a City.” Another was “The Milkman is Coming in his Divco.”

The Bottle Worm Apple Valley BCC, Winchester, Va. Meetings are planned through August, with programs (when possible), shows and tells, refreshments, minidisplays, buying, selling and trading sessions, along with short business meetings. The 36th Annual Show & Sale will be held Sept. 19th.

Traveler’s Companion Greater Buffalo BCA, Buffalo, N.Y. The May speaker was Mark Carra, who presented “Exotic Animals.” He’s worked for Animal Planet and appeared on national shows like Rosie O’Donnell.

A little change of scenery is always nice!

Peter Jablonski, club president, presented “Buffalo Brewing History” in June.

The Applied Lip Finger Lakes BCA, Ithaca, N.Y. The club has a new website, which can be checked out at www. fingerlakescollecting.org. Digital photo submissions are encouraged.

Tom Kanalley presented “The Riverside Bottling Works of David LaGrange, Moravia, N.Y.” The program even included a taped interview with members of the LaGrange family in 1979.

The company was evidently successful, based on the number of bottles seen at central New York shows. Tom manages to keep the education in the the clubs, shows, and newsletters through his fine presentations, exhibits and articles. His article, “Charles Campbell’s Infallible Hair Invigorator, Aurora, N.Y.” was included in the May newsletter. The product dates from 1853 and was described as ‘an oily mixture which was designed to slick hair back like bear’s grease, with a strong perfume smell.”

The club library is being culled of books and magazines no longer needed.

The magazines will be given away at the fall flea market. The books will be offered to the National Bottle Museum.

Five new memberships were added at the spring flea market.

The Digger Richmond Area BCA, Richmond, Va. The club was treated to a fine program on “Milk Creamers” by Rick McCormack. Everyone’s favorite was one with a logo of a chicken swinging a golf club. It was from a 1930s Richmond restaurant called “Chicken in the Rough.”

The newsletter included “The Old Bottle Collectors Crossword Puzzle” created by Jacob Bradshaw. No. 12 across was “the primary ingredient of the ‘medicine’ found in bitters”. Can you guess it?

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April’s program was on “Diving,” given by members Dallas Weston and Ken Brooks. It was very well received.

Digging isn’t the only way to find bottles!

Buffalo Mineral Springs was the topic in May, to be presented by club president Bruce Wadford.

Bits and Pieces Empire State BCA, Syracuse, N.Y. The 40th Annual Show & Sale was chronicled. Paid attendence was 257, with a steady stream of visitors throughout the day. A special anniversary cake was enjoyed by all.

The club presented a $1,000 check to the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa, N.Y., at the Saratoga Show in May. An article on the first patent medicine in the United States, granted in 1796, was known as “Lee’s Windham Bilious Pills.” The product claimed to relieve kidney stones, dropsy (fluid retention) and yellow fever. Dr. Samuel Lee, Jr., was from Windham, Conn. The ingredients were “juices from trees and plants, soap, and saltpeter”. His product sold very well, due to the distinctive packaging, ads placed in newspapers, and a good distribution to pharmacies, doctors and other retailers.

Bottles Along the Mohawk Mohawk Valley ABC, Utica, N.Y. The club held a pet food strive at the May show and sale to help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Stevens-Swan Humane Society. There was a “bottle connection!” The society was formed

by Utica’s William Blaikie, who started an apothecary in 1853. There are, in fact, many embossed druggist bottles bearing his name that are available to collectors. Blaikie was also well known as president of the Savings Bank of Utica. However, he was best known and remembered for his good deeds to children and animals.

Programs have included “Antique American Patented Tools” and “The Peterboro Glass Works.” There were two early glass factories located in Peterboro, N.Y., southeast of Syracuse.

The Northeast Region meeting of the FOHBC was held the weekend of the May bottle show. NE Region Director (and MVABC Vice Pres.) Jim Bender presided. Following the luncheon meeting was a tour of Matt’s Brewing Co. in Utica.

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The annual Club Dig was also held in May. All were to meet under the Barnes Avenue Bridge. It was recommended to bring heavy shoes or boots, gloves, a shovel, garden digger, and drinking water. There were both novice and experienced diggers expected.

The Jersey Shore Shards Jersey Shore BC, Toms River, N.J. April’s program was a Show and tell. Red and green was the theme in May. The May issue featured 17 photos from the 38th Annual Show, in Brick, N.J. Chairman Richard Peal was thanked for a job well done.

Applied Seals Genesee Valley BCA, Rochester, N.Y. The 41st Annual Show and Sale was

successful, with an increase at the gate of more than 100 over last year. Aaron & Pam Weber were thanked for all their work on the show as show and dealer chairs, respectively. There were 205 sales tables.

Programs have included the “Buffalo Soldiers.” The Buffalo Soldiers were originally members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed Sept. 21, 1866, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. They were the first all-black regiment in the U.S. Army. They were named “buffalo soldiers” by Native Americans whom they often fought in battle, for their fierce fighting. For more info, check out: www.buffalosoldier.net Peter Jablonski, president of the Buffalo club, travelled to Rochester to

present “Time Capsule in Your Own Backyard.” In case you didn’t guess it, this was on privy digging, and well received by a good crowd of members.

Peter was joined by fellow clubmember and digger Dave Potter. He brought an extensive display of bottles found in privies over the years, and educational materials. A video of several actual digs in historic Lockport, N.Y., on the Erie Canal, was shown.

The 2nd annual Flour City Trade Brewery Collectibles and Advertising Trade Show was promoted. This was organized by the 12 Horse Chapter Brewery Collectibles Club of America.

The club had a wonderful display at the GVBCA Show & Sale, the weekend before their show.

offs. He showed different colors and different shapes with really thick glass. Bob collects copy cats of Coke; that is, Celery Coke, My Coca, Ma Cola (which was a rip off of a rip off), Mo Cola, My Ola, Gay Ola, Glee Ola (really rare), Cola Mist, Coke Ono’s, World’s Best Cola, Dope Cola, Cola Moundel, Mexican Coke bottles, Chero Cola from 1913, an Afro Cola German bottle, a foursided Cola Mist, and a COQ Bottle. There are many varieties in many colors.

At the April meeting, Pete Peterson mentioned that he went to the bottle show in Flint, Michigan. The tables were all sold out, and they had 300 people come through the door. Bob Bunn went to the St. Louis show and noted that it was packed with people.

Pete Peterson gave a talk on “Stuff, Nothing Special.” He fooled everyone, because it was “special.” He showed an 1858 machine-made variated green color jar, which is hard to find. He also showed an apple green one; a Mason Keystone 1858, which he managed to purloin for $5; a beautifully whittled blue Eclipse Jar – a $7 find at Kane County; he had to pay $30 for the lid. He also showed Howe, Winslow, and Eagle jars; two Wheeling Advertising Plates from the turn of the century, and many more items. Pete noted that when Loyola built a gym, he was the boss on the job and snatched up from the rubble an 1856 N. Clark St. Chicago crock.

For information on joining the ABCNI, you may contact Dorothy Furman, 26287 W. Marie Ave., Antioch, IL 60002.

Midwest Regional News Joe Coulson 10515 Collingswood Lane Fishers, IN 46038 (317) 915-0665 jcoulson@leaderjar.com

Hello, bottle collectors! Welcome to another installment of the Midwest Region news report. Most of the news this time around covers the months of March and April. Be sure to stop and take a little time from your busy bottle schedules to send in your news items, because we LOVE to hear from all of the Midwest bottle clubs!

Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois Dorothy Furman is the newsletter editor of the ABCNI’s Pick and Probe.

Jeff Dahlberg is president. The club has been holding its meetings at the Antioch Senior Center, 817 Holbeck, Antioch, Illinois.

At the March meeting, members reported that the Grand Rapids Show had 51 tables and there were white-out conditions. John Puzzo sold a bottle “too cheap” and brother Dan sold junk for a profit, but it was a good show. Jeff Dahlberg went to the Milwaukee show and reported that it was jam-packed. I wonder how they do it.

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Circle City Antique Bottle Club In the March newsletter, the newly elected club officers were Dave Berry, president; Sonny Mallory, vice president, and Bill Granger is secretary-treasurer.

Martin Van Zant will remain as club newsletter editor. It was a unanimous decision from the club.

Van Zant is drumming up support for this new bottle club in Indianapolis, Indiana. The club meets the last Wednesday of the month at Ben Davis High School, 1200 N. Girl School Rd. (Door 17, Room U102). You may contact Martin by e-mail at mdvanzant@yahoo. com or postal mail at 208 N. Urban St., Danville, IN 46122 or by telephone at 812-841-9495.

Findlay Antique Bottle Club Tom Brown (newsletter editor) of the FABC submitted their newsletter (Whittle Marks). Tom typically reprints several articles for club members in their newsletter.

The club is keeping very busy this year. It’s the sponsor club for the FOHBC’s National Show, which will be held this August in Wilmington, Ohio. With space for almost 600 tables, it’s going to be a very big show, folks!

Table prices are very low, so take two or three! Club members are working

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with the National Show Chairman Jamie Houdeshell on putting it all together.

You can read all about the show on our website.

We are looking for authors to contribute articles for the National Show Souvenir Program – please! We would especially like anything about Ohio / Midwest bottles.

Displays are also wanted. Doing a display is a fun way to show off your collection, as well as educate and contribute to the bottle collecting hobby.

And the really good part of doing a display is that you will get a FREE admission pass to the show. That includes early admission – a $50 value!

Also in July is the Summer Muncie Fruit Jar Get-Together. A 3-day roomhop-shopping event, with an expanded activities schedule, including seminars and a “big party” on Friday and Saturday evenings, with complimentary drinks and snacks. If you speak “Fruit Jar,” you will want to be there! (Yes, there’s info on our website.)

Be sure to check out the Findlay Club website for all the details and contact info, as well as other bottle collecting hobby news: http://finbotclub.blogspot. com/, or email us with your questions at finbotclub@gmail.com Richard Elwood is president.

Monthly club meetings are held at the University of Findlay. They usually have their annual show and sale in October. To find out more about their monthly newsletter, send a note to: Findlay Antique Bottle Club, P.O. Box 1329, Findlay, OH 45839.

Flint Antique Bottle Club Tim and Angie Buda are newsletter editors for the Flint, Michigan club.

They do a nice job of creating their newsletter as a PDF file and emailing it to club members (this means you can see color photos!).

In the April newsletter Bill Heatley reported the following information that was in the West Michigan Bottle Club newsletter: Many collectors have long considered the National Bitters ( C.C. Jerome) in a dark puce coloration to be the single best-known bottle from Michigan. It was on display at the 2005 FOHBC National Show in Grand Rapids. An Ohio bitters collector bought it in 1991 from the Chris Batdorf estate. Several

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Michigan collectors have since wanted to bring the bottle back to Michigan, but it probably will never happen as it was sold to a Colorado collector recently along with a cobalt Old Homestead Wild Cherry Bitters.

The club meets on the second Thursday of the month, from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Grand Blanc Heritage Museum, 203 Grand Blanc Road, Grand Blanc, MI 48439.

Bill Heatley is president. For information on joining the Flint Antique Bottle Club or about their next show, contact: Tim Buda (Secretary/Treasurer), 11353 Cook Rd, Gaines, MI 48436, phone 989-271-9193.

Huron Valley Bottle & Insulator Club (HVBIC) Michele and Shaun Kotlarsky are editors of The Embossing, the newsletter of the Huron Valley Bottle & Insulator Club.

Bob Powell is president. A new edition of the newsletter has not been available since December 2008. We would love to hear from someone in this club with recent news!

The HVBIC meetings are held at the First National Bank, 8080 Challis Rd., Brighton, MI. You can find out much more about the HVBIC online at their website: http://hvbic.org. Their old newsletters can be viewed there also.

Iowa Antique Bottleers Mark Wiseman (newsletter editor) and Mike Magee (secretary) do a wonderful job each month reporting the IAB happenings.

President is Clyde Jones.

The following article was reprinted in the “Old News Reused” (by Mike Magee) section of the club’s April newsletter: The Waterloo Daily Reporter, October 7, 1905, “Bottles Well Worn” – Case of F. Smith & Son vs. William Ewald results in verdict for plaintiff. Plaintiff asked for $401.75 and is granted judgment for $402.75.

The case of F. Smith & Son vs.

William Ewald, which was on trial in district court all day Friday, was settled by the jury returning a sealed verdict for $402.75 in favor of plaintiffs. The case is unique in many respects and in the hearing of the case several things of humorous nature were brought out. The case was brought to recover payment for a car load of pop bottle crates furnished the defendant about a year ago, amounting to the sum of $401.75. The reason given for not liquidating the account was that

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the crates were made in such shape that the bottles would not fit. The burden of evidence was furnished to show this fact.

In the summing up of the case before the jury, Attorney Tuttle for plaintiff acknowledged that there was one crate in which the bottles would not fit, due to a thick partition in the crate. In order to substantiate the admission the crate in question was brought into court and there and then the bottles were tried. To the surprise of all every bottle fitted in the crate. At this juncture Mr. Tuttle closed his argument with the statement that the case and evidence introduced was too trifling for further consideration of the court.

As soon as Mr. Tuttle regained his seat, Attorney Bezold arose and stated on behalf of the defendant that the attorney for plaintiff had tried the bottles in the apertures in the crate so often that the bottles and wood work had become worn to such an extent as to admit the bottles without difficulty. His remarks created much merriment, although the attorneys, judge and jury endeavored to retain their equilibrium. The jury was then instructed to return a sealed verdict, which was returned at 7 p.m.

The reason assigned for the dollar increase in the finding of the jury over the amount asked by plaintiff is that the jury allowed the defendant the sum of $25 for damages possibly sustained and that the interest of six per cent on full sum amounted to $26, which interest was attached to the amount returned.

April meeting show and tell highlights – the theme was drugstore bottles from your “Hometown.” Kevin Williams, our host, brought drugstore bottles from Colfax, Iowa and Gladbrook.

Jim Springer brought a super beautiful, large teal drugstore bottle “Mc Bride & Will, Drug Co. Marhsalltown, Ia”. Jerry LaBaume has been to some really great auctions over the last winter and had some great purchases to show. One of the biggest shockers were two super rare, huge amber drugstore bottles embossed “E.R. Cary, Druggist, (monogram), Des Moines, Iowa.” Ron Cornwell brought a wooden medicine manufacturers sample box from the “Cedar Valley Med. Co., Charles City, Iowa” completely full of the various medicines they made. All the bottles were paper labeled and in mint condition.

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“Hometown” bottles were brought by our club members. These displays are what the hobby is all about: sharing our collections with others. Part of that sharing of our collections over the last ten years has been the sending of rubbings, photographs and information for our “Home State” bottles to Mike Burggraaf by so many of our club members, and Mike’s incredible drawing effort and study of our bottles’ histories.

Mike’s efforts were unveiled to the club at this meeting in the form of the two volume softbound “2010 Update To The Antique Bottles of Iowa, 1846-1915”. The books are available now along with a second printing of the first two volumes. Mike took the time to sign books at the meeting, which was really appreciated. I cannot give a full description here, but let’s just say they are more than a wonderful effort, and when you have your copy you will complete lose track of time as you read.

The IAB newsletters always contain wonderful digging stories by Mark Wiseman. He has a regular column, “The Digger’s Scoop,” that tells of his local digging adventures with his dog, the old truck, and various digging friends that join him. You can find out more about IAB membership ($15/yr.) from Mark Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Ave., Des Moines, IA 50310-4557.

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that is left are a few poles left from the old sawmill. These poles are almost gone and you can only see them when they drain the little lake.

They did manage to save one of the original buildings, which was the old blacksmith shop. This building can be seen just off of Jefferson Road and it is barely standing. I believe that my grandmother’s house is along the route of the Underground Railroad.

We sure wanted to find those pits!

We probed and probed with no luck.

There was a stream running beside her house and, when the power dams were built, the lot beside her house became a backwater pond. When the power dams were removed, my grandfather built a small dam to block the stream and restore the pond beside their home.

One day a few years back, my wife and I were visiting my grandmother and I still puzzled over where the old bottles were and why couldn’t we find the privy. That was when one of us noticed a tiny piece of glass sticking out of the pond bottom. To our surprise, it was a small bottle buried under the silt. We took a hard-tined rake and started dragging across the bottom.

We started finding bottles and china plates and all manner of treasure!

In England, some people are referred to as Muckers and, at low tide, they sift Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club through the ancient riverbeds, finding Al Holden is the newsletter editor. relics dating back thousands of years!

The Kalamazoo club has started posting Just under the surface of lake bottoms and meeting minutes on their website: http:// riverbeds around America, I’m sure you www.kalamazoobottleclub.org/ can find treasure!

In the March newsletter, Al Holden Chuck Parker is president, and you can told everyone about “Mucking!” contact him for more information about Mark Churchill and I probed my their club at: 607 Crocket Ave., Portage, grandmother’s property, looking for the MI 49024 (ph: 616-329-0853). The club privies, without any luck. Her house meets regularly at the Kalamazoo Public was ancient and falling apart when they Library, located at 315 S. Rose Street. purchased it in the early 1930s. I have since found evidence that there was a Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle home on the property since way before Club (MAFJBC) The MAFJBC has members the American Civil War. I think the land was built on by some of the area’s first nationwide and is heavily fruit jar-focused. settlers. Her land is along the Kalamazoo Their meetings are generally held the first River and just a short trip from the old Sunday of the month at 1:30 p.m. in the Pine Creek Settlement.

Cantina at Minnetrista, which is located My mother’s home is on a bluff in Muncie, Indiana. Dave Rittenhouse is overlooking the location of the Pine Creek president. Joe Coulson (yes, that’s me!) is Settlement. This is an area west of Otsego the newsletter editor.

The program for the February meeting and, where the tiny town once was, is now underwater. When the power company was the subject of glassmaking. The club decided to build power dams, this area watched a 15 minute video produced about would be flooded by backwaters. The 20 years ago by Ball-Incon. We got to see small town was relocated and today all first-hand the steps involved in the glass

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manufacturing process: raw materials, furnace feeder, forming machine, hot end coating, cold end coating, and annealing.

Club member Mike Mosier works in glass factories as part of his job, and he told us that there is even more automation today than what was shown in the video.

Today there are double and triple gob feeders and 16 individual section machines in Dunkirk, Indiana that can produce 715 bottles a minute!

The MAFJBC has a website: http:// www.fruitjar.org. Future meeting details as well as lots and lots of pictures from their semi-annual shows can be found there.

Minnesota’s 1st Antique Bottle Club Barb Robertus is editor of the MFABC newsletter, “The Bottle Digger’s Dope.”

Linda Sandell takes care of the printing and mailing.

The club’s April newsletter had the same report that appeared in the North Star Historical Bottle Association’s newsletter about their recent bottle show. You can read the details in the North Star section.

The club now has a website to promote their bottle shows: http://www.

Membership antiquebottledepot.com. in the MFABC is $10/yr. For more information, please contact Linda Sandell, 7735 Silver Lake Road #208, Moundsview, MN 55112.

North Star Historical Bottle Association Doug Shilson is newsletter editor for the North Star Historical Bottle News. Doug does a great job each month reporting the club’s latest happenings. He puts a lot of effort into recording all the details that take place. Steve Ketcham is president.

Ketcham had the following to say in his comments “From the President’s Roll Top Desk” in the club’s April newsletter: For 39 years, the Minnesota antique bottle clubs have sponsored an annual show and sale. We did it again in 2010, and another show is now history. Let’s review. We sold 83 tables for this year’s event. That is 12 more than last year, and we were still missing some of our reliable dealers due to flooding on the Red River.

We publicized well, using the Star Tribune, the Pioneer Press, the Old Times, on-line bottle show listings, the two bottle magazines, and hundreds of flyers placed at shows and shops in Minnesota

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and Wisconsin. Having 231 potential customers pass by our sales tables in the course of just five hours shows the advertising worked. Special thanks goes to Jim Marrinan for mentioning us during his appraisal program on WCCO radio.

Our April meeting brought out a good crowd. Among the show and tell items were many pieces our members acquired at the bottle show. We were also able to enjoy a second display of small-town drugstore bottles, including a few in colors such as amber and teal green.

We have recently learned that the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis will be hosting a large Coca-Cola display from November 2010 through January 2011. It will feature many of the original artworks commissioned by Coca Cola for its various Christmas-themed ads, many of which featured Santa Claus. Why Coke at the Swedish Institute? Haddon Sundblom, the artist who created so many of the Coca-Cola Santa Claus ads, was Swedish.

The American Swedish Institute will be working with the Coca-Cola archives in Atlanta as well as with Dick McChesney and the Minnesota chapter of the CocaCola Collectors Club to put it all together.

In the March newsletter it was announced that North Star members Dennis Nygaard and Steve Showers have been nominated for induction into the Red Wing Collectors Society Hall of Fame.

For more information on joining the NSHBA, please contact Doug Shilson: 3308 32 Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55406-2015.

Ohio Bottle Club Phyllis Koch (editor) and Donna Gray (secretary) always do a very nice job with The Ohio Swirl, the OBC’s newsletter.

John Fifer is president.

Bill Koster wrote an article about “The Coldest Dig” for the March newsletter: It’s the first week of March. I’m sitting here watching Mother Nature attack our snow pack. She dumped 50 inches on my field over the last two months. Slow going with cold nights, but nice sunny days. It’s cold, still only in the thirties.

Not close. On the road trip to the Columbus show on February 20th, Tom Haas, Don Dzuro and I were talking about our best dump digs. Hudson, Ravenna, at East 9th in Cleveland. Our conversation led to super dump No. 1. It was a hillside dump next to a coal company, circa 18801920. They probably delivered coal and picked up ash and trash, and as a service dumped it in the gully next door.

The property was at the time in the early 90s a junkyard impound lot for a towing company. It was in a bad area, theft of metal / parts and a big fence with razor wire, plus three or four really mean, ugly, loud junkyard dogs.

Tom and I found this dump. We dug a few weeks, finding blobs, medicines and hutches. But the dogs ... When tow truck drivers pulled junkers in, the drivers looked for the dogs, barking like hell at us diggers.

Think, solve the problem. How about packing some extra hotdogs, buns and all.

Soon, those ferocious dogs were there waiting for dinner. Happy campers all.

We got deeper, dug better treasures.

Lots of Akron ginger beers, stoneware bottles and Akron pharmacy green medicines in many sizes. The main reason to dig feverishly was the unearthing of the only dug skull poison dug in the Midwest.

At the March club meeting, Alan DeMaison put on a wonderful video program on the displays at last year’s

National show in California. Adam Koch said that he was especially impressed with Richard Siri’s collection of Indian bottles, a little known category in the east. The different coverings on common bottles are attributed to various Indian tribes. It was amazing.

Dennis Peine is succeeding Donna Gray as the next club secretary. For more information on joining the OBC, please contact Berny Baldwin (treasurer), 1931 Thorpe Circle, Brunswick, OH 44212.

The club also has a new website which can be found at: http://www.ohiobottleclub. com. Details about their milk bottle book can be found there also.

newsletter for March-April.

Art Deco was a decorative style popular during the 1920s30s and it’s amazing what some bottle designers were able to come up with. Many bottles survived because they fascinated consumers who bought them for the drinks inside. Instead of being returned, they were kept.

Among show and tell items brought to the March meeting was an Orange Crush ice pick from Littleton, N.C., circa 1930s (Pem Woodlief); a Wake Drug

Store bottle from Raleigh; a rare amber Burwell & Dunn Co., from Charlotte (Ron Hinsley); two porcelain Vicks door push plates (Robby Delius); a tin CocaCola box used to transport Cokes by rail (Joel Sanderford); a clear straight-sided Coke from Oxford, N.C., and another with block letter embossing inside a slug plate (Pem Woodlief); a Weldon, N.C. aqua straight-sided slug-plated Coke (Whitt Stallings), and a leather salesman’s case from the Frank Tea and Spice Company of Cincinnati (Skinny Medlin).

Club president David Tingen’s

Southern Regional News Bill Baab 2352 Devere Street Augusta, GA 30904 (706) 736-8097 riverswamper@comcast.net

Marshall Clements, editor of the Raleigh (N.C.) Bottle Club’s Bottle Talk, featured the Art Deco bottles of member Jerry Higgins in his quarterly

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Wabash Valley Antique Bottle & Pottery Club (WVABPC) Martin Van Zant is newsletter editor for The Wabash Cannonball, the WVABPC’s monthly newsletter. Peggy Zimmer is president.

The April meeting was a great time. A short business meeting and our president gave a presentation on Depression glass with several nice pieces to show in colors: blue, greens, and clear. She told how this was cheap glass that was mostly made during the Great Depression. She started to collect at a young age, when it was still cheap.

Many pieces came from friends’ China cabinets.

The WVABPC holds monthly meetings at Shadows Auction Barn, 1517 Maple Ave., Terre Haute, IN. You can read several past newsletters at the club’s website: http://wvabpc.org. Club dues are $10/yr. For more information, please contact Gary Zimmer (treasurer), 10655 Atherton Rd., Rosedale, IN 47874.

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program centered around bottles of the Robert Portner Brewing Co., of Alexandria, Va. Clements said if you want to know more, Google up David Tingen.

Show and tell items produced at the March meeting of The State of Franklin (Tenn.) Antique Bottle & Collectibles Association meeting included two Shell Oil Co., posters from the 1950s (Richard and Sheryl Bagley); a Lebanon Bottling Works & Ice Co., shot glass (Glen Gouge); an amber Jno. F. Horne flask from Knoxville, Tenn. (Gerry Brown), and a metal Lemon Cola box from Roanoke, Va. (Mike Stovall). All were duly reported by Melissa Milner, editor of the club’s Groundhog Gazette.

She featured advertising tins in her April newsletter, pointing out they were documented in use in America as early as 1819. Some companies (National Biscuit Co., Crayola) issued modern tins commemorating their centennials.

She also warned that many of the most popular tins are being reproduced and are worthless from a collector’s point of view.

However, some of the earliest “repros” from the 1960s or ‘70s are considered collectible. As with all collectibles, condition is everything.

In her May issue, Mrs. Milner said the club’s show netted 79 tables and six displays. One of the displays was set up by the local Boy Scouts celebrating their organization’s centennial. Missi Crowder won the “Most Educational” award for her applied color label sodas labeled “From A – Z.” Geff More won the “People’s Choice” award for his soda can display.

Also noted in the newsletter was this item: The eBay description: “You are bidding on a Jimmy Carter 75th Anniversary McRae Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coke bottle. My understanding is that this bottle was produced in celebration of the

President’s visit to the bottler during their 75th celebration in 1980. McRae is not far from Jimmy Carter’s home in Plains, Ga.” After 15 bids, the bottle sold for $535!

Pictorial bottles were the subjects of the March program of the Suncoast Antique Bottle Collectors Association of the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., area. It was presented by club vice president Dale Sanders and reported in The Glass Bubble by newsletter editor Linda Buttstead in the May issue.

Sanders said several members brought in pictorials ranging from torpedo bottles, roundbottoms, Hutchinsons, English bottles with threaded inside necks and flasks. “I brought in a torpedo that had a sailing ship embossed on it plus an English internal thread with some kind of animal embossed on i. We decided it was a beaver,” Sanders said.

Ed Stewart, of Paola, Kan., reported on what has become an annual metal detecting trip to Olde England.in the May issue of Oklahoma Territory News, newsletter of the Oklahoma Territory Bottle & Relic Club edited by Johnnie Fletcher.

After finding a few coins and other artifacts, Ed unearthed a fantastic Bronze Age axe head that predated the Roman occupation. It dates to 1000 to 600 B.C. and, he noted, that only one other complete example had been found during the tour’s 19-year history.

Among his other finds: a 17th century snake buckle fitting, a 13th century miniature ring brooch, a 14th century trapezoidal buckle, a 14th century scallopshaped belt fitting, a silver Edward I penny from 1272-1307 and two 4th century Roman coins.

Fletcher always includes a page or two of Oklahoma bottles sold on eBay. Included in this issue was a near-mint applied color

label Jay Kola from Oklahoma City ($183.38) and a Campbell’s Red Cross Drug Store, Bartlesville, Okla., bottle in near mint condition ($9.99).

Stewart also authored a digging story entitled “Digging the Bottle Mine.”

Richard Carr, Fletcher and Francis Wiltz joined him in Atchison, Kan., for the dig.

Among the 183 whole bottles found was a quart whiskey flask, Charles Kline / Wholesale / Dealer in Pure / Wines & Liquors / Allentown, Pa., and a rare Pittsburg / Steam / Bottling Works / Pittsburg / Kas., Hutchinson.

Larry Calhoun, of Saluda, S.C., is vice president of the Horse Creek Bottle Club of Warrenville, S.C., and an enthusiastic collector of Pepsi-Cola memorabilia.

Recently, he purchased a super-rare pink Pepsi-Cola bottle. The bottle was made by the Wheaton (N.J.) Glass Works and presented to Pepsi for pre-production approval. Pepsi rejected the bottles, saying the drink’s color clashed with the pink. There were 34 of the bottles made, according to a North Carolina collector.

Club member Doug Greene traded a rare Artesian Bottling Works slug plate bottle from Bamberg, S.C., for an equally rare slug plate Jones Carbonating Co., Walterboro, S.C. crown. His wife, Geneva, the club president, also purchased a 49state Hutchinson collection. The missing one? Alaska? Hawaii? No, Rhode Island!

Just five Hutchinsons are listed in the 1996 book, Antique Bottles of Rhode Island, published by the Little Rhody Bottle Club.

Four are listed as extremely rare, while not much is known about the fifth (J.E. Kavanagh, East Providence, R.I.).

Mrs. Greene is hoping to get one to fill out her collection. Anyone having an example for sale may contact this regional editor, who will put him in touch with Mrs. Greene.

report on his attendance at the “Rush to the Rockies” beer collectibles show in Fort Collins. He said he saw several members of this club at the show. He was impressed with the show and encouraged others to attend it next year.

Aprogram on “lithograph” was presented by Dave Cheadle. Rick said that “Specifically, he showed us how to spot a fake lithograph print

from the real thing. He presented close-up views of the tiny dot patterns we should look for on all authentic examples. He also showed us how to spot reproduction prints.” Rick wrote that Dave gave the audience a quiz during his presentation to see if they were remembering what they heard.

Many members brought in examples of trade cards and calendars for Dave to verify if they were the “real” thing or not. A high powered magnifying glass was used by Dave so he could get a

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Dump Digger’s Gazette Antique Bottle Collectors of Colorado President Rick Sinner gave a

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closer look at dot patterns. “Most club members agreed that this program was one of the best ever presented to our club.”

Bottle Bug Briefs Forty-Niner Historical Bottle Association Mike Peters presented a program with the theme of Colorific and Bubblific bottles. He began by telling of his childhood when he found his first bottle. Mike was 15 and living in Dixon when his father took him fishing for a little father/son bonding. In a slough near the old 1800s town of Main Prairie, in shallow water, Mike pulled out two bottles, a handled nothing jug and a square, yellow Botanic Stomach Bitters. He didn’t hook any fish that day but he was hooked on bottles. In keeping with his theme he showed a “clear, bubbly Chalmer’s Catawba Wine Bitters, then a honey yellow London Jockey Gin (diesel color per Mike Dolcini), next a cobalt Miriam soda from Sonora, then a green round pickle embossed W.D. Smith. His last bottle was a Royal Italian Bitters in puce.

Mike actually encouraged folks in the audience to tell where they found their first bottle. It turns out that several members joined in telling about their first dig and bottle.

George Wagoner brought in several colorific art glass pieces from his wife Vera’s collection. He definitely wanted to fit in with the theme.

Mike McKillop told a story about his grandfather and him. They were the first to dig in the Magalia dump.

“He found apple green and olive green Schnapps.” He collects bottles with curved Rs. At the Auburn show he bought a box with Charles Newman’s name on it. Newman is believed to be responsible for the curved Rs while he was working for the S.F. and Pacific Glass Works in 1870. The lettering on the box reads Newman’s Improved Demijohn Manufactured by the S.F. and Pacific Glass Works.

This seemed to be an evening of members named Mike. Mike Lake showed two large utility bottles, one blue-green and the other yellow and an assortment of colored bottles. Many other members brought in some nice selections.

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The Corker Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society Those of you who attended this club’s annual bottle show know how great it was. For those of you who weren’t there, you missed a good one. For not having ever been to Antioch, California before, this was a first experience and a good one. It was an opportunity to see lots of northern, California dealers and folks from other areas, as well. There was a variety of bottles that fit everyone’s budget. A great selection, a great time!

A great job by Darla and Gary, although Gary says “she has been the glue that binds.”

An amusing and probably true take on buying bottles was in this club’s April newsletter. It is entitled “The Politics of Acquisition,” written by Rick Simi, originally posted in westernbittersnews. com 2/18/2010. A portion of the article reads like this: “Ever wonder why that certain bottle, you just have to have, keeps winding up in someone else’s collection? How come the fellow that collects the same category as you keeps putting keepers on his shelf, while you have to settle for traders or bottles out of your category?” He goes on to say “When you consistently pay more for an item than other collectors, you become a favored buyer. A ‘favored buyer’ always gets offered a bottle first. The budgetconscience collector, or a guy who can’t make up his mind in a split second, always winds up at the bottom of the acquisition food chain.” He suggests that “You could step up and let the bottle community know you’re willing to pay more for certain bottles than the average collector.” He has a second idea of staying with what an amigo from Oregon says: “If you can’t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch with the pups.” Rick seems to agree by saying “For me, the view from up here on the porch is pretty nice!”

Las Vegas Antique Bottles and Collectibles Club Rebecca Glantz, club secretary/ editor, reported, “The 2010 show was a success. Our profit was around what it was last year. We had new dealers and many of them said that they enjoyed the show and would be back. Some customers at the show inquired as to how they might come and sell with us in 2011!!” She also said that she heard

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only praise for the show and the Palace Station location.

Mike Presley took time out from his presidential role to present a program on his Civil war items that he has collected.

He brought in many items. Among them were: an “1800s knife, a tin box with a religious figurine, a sword from the Civil War (called a wrist-breaker) when it reached New Mexico, a tunic that belonged to the sword’s owner (who was Vickie Wheeler’s great uncle), a trap door rifle, cadet’s rifle, double barreled Winchester, pistols, tins, canteen, bullets and a bayonet.” Mike mentioned cattle drives that came afterwards and the evolution of the authentic cowboy.

The Whittlemark Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club This club’s webmaster reviewed the club website per an email he received from a district ranger from the Los Angeles River Ranger District. The ranger noticed the mine sites called out on the website were located on the Angeles National Forest. He said these sites are recorded historical archaeological sites which are protected from damage or destruction by federal laws.

As noted by our club editor “We had a page on our site that listed all the known mines in California. If you clicked on the link it would open a topographic map showing the exact location. Due to the sensitive nature of this information, this feature has been removed from our site.”

Immediate action was taken and a positive “Thank you for your prompt attention to my request and your fast action on the website” was received from the ranger. He further said, “We all want to minimize any situations for your group as they pursue their passion.”

While there was no evidence of anyone in the club mentioning anything about a trip to any of the mines mentioned on the website, there is no controlling others “out there” who might visit any club’s website.

This incident is worth mentioning to suggest that a review of any club’s website is probably a good idea to make sure that we are in compliance with current rules and regulations that govern club actions.

Most of us are aware of the rule of the digger is to “ask to get permission to dig” on any potential site. We need to also be aware of what we think of as potential

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sites, may not be permissible to dig on.

We all have to do our homework before we end up creating a problem for any or all folks in this hobby.

The Glassblower Northwestern Bottle Collectors Association President Eric McGuire veered off his research path and ran across something of interest that he felt he should submit to John Burton to put in his newsletter. Eric claims he is prone to this sort of distraction. It is lucky for us that he is subject to temptation.

The subject he chose this time is some history on Udolpho Wolfe who gave his gin the name of, “schnapps.” This word sound familiar? It should. Eric speculates that schnapps was a colloquial word for gin that was commonly used in Holland.

History seems to reveal that Udolpho had good business sense. One of his greatest expenses was advertising that appeared world-wide. Though a great expense, reportedly it paid off “handsomely.”

Eric found there was a “decided difference in the appearance of the Australian Udolpho Wolfe bottles compared with those of the U.S. Wolfe’s manufacturing and bottling house in Hamburg, Germany serviced all parts of the world except the United States.

The schnapps destined for the American market was distilled in Schiedam, Holland and shipped in bulk to be bottled only for the U.S. market.” Realizing that most collectors have seen many examples of the bottles, pictures were not included with the information that Eric submitted.

The earliest examples are pontiled and the latest ones are machine-made.

A biography of Udolpho was created by a fellow businessman. Udolpho was born in Virginia and became a businessman in the early 1800s. The biography follows Udolpho’s personal life of marriage and children, but most of the emphasis was on Udolpho’s energy and sharp business tactics in creating a very successful business.

Eric’s contribution was taken from The Old Merchants of New York City by Walter Barrett, Clerk, Vol. IV. Timeframe: 1885.

The Stumptown Report Oregon Bottle Collectors Association Most of us involved in the “hobby” know of Vice President Jim Dennis and

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Librarian Julie Dennis. They live in Dufur, Oregon and are very active in this club and in the bottle world. Garth Ziegenhagen wrote an article entitled “Dr. Larkin Vanderpool Medicines and Cures From Dufur, Oregon” in which he said that the history of Dufur dates back to 1847. He points out that 1847 was “the year of the Whitman Massacre, and the year the Barlow Road opened. It was not on the main route of travel through Boyd, Wasco, and Sherars, and therefore was slow to be settled. When The Dalles to Wapinitia stage line and postal service was established in 1878, things started to happen in Dufur.”

Garth mentioned that Julie and Jim are authorities on Vanderpool. You’ll see why in a minute as Garth’s article continues: “Dr. Vanderpool, native of Missouri, and emigrant of 1852 to Benton County went to Pineville in 1889 where he read many books and became a doctor.

He practiced medicine in Prineville and became Dufur’s first doctor in 1894. It was in Dufur where he made and sold his famous cures and S.B. cough medicine.

Julie and Jim said that the S.B. stood for sacred bark.” Garth figured that made sense because in the “History of Wasco County,” Vanderpool’s daughter stated that chittum bark was used in the drugs. The article was finished by Garth reporting that “Dr. Vanderpool died in 1894 and A.J. Bingham continued making the medicines. Later, the Johnson Brothers joined the company in 1904. Several people became involved in peddling the product throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and eventually California.” We further learned, from Garth, that “The long trips proved to be unprofitable. The prescription formulas were finally sold to Blumauer and Frank Drug Co. in Portland. The Bay Rum from Blumauer and Frank is not necessarily a Vanderpool recipe.” Garth’s source included History of Wasco County.

You never know when something you have read and remembered will come in handy. This was proven to be helpful as in the case of Julie and Jim identifying what the S.B. stood for in the above article.

Now I’m going to assume that this next story is a real one. It seems too good to be true, but things like this probably do happen. It seems that a man named Tommy Bee sent in a “digging story”

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that appeared in this club’s newsletter.

It is entitled “The Root Cellar.” Tommy has friends named Ray and Patty. One day Ray was “digging a post hole” on his property, when he hit something that got his attention. It turned out to be a root cellar, with a brick floor that Ray said was loaded with old bottles.

He said that some bottles were still corked, full and laying in rows. You’ve heard the expression “spoon fed;” well, it was written that Ray methodically used a spoon when digging up his finds.

He’s taken some kidding on that spoon business, but a “man has to do what a man has to do (from time to time).”

Those finds ended up in a lengthy list in Tommy’s article. I tried to pick out the most significant to mention that might be of interest to our readers. He found “a 7 ½-inch high olive green Lockport Gargling Oil; an amber Jesse Moore Whiskey; an olive green Bay View Brewing Co., Seattle, Wash. slug plate ale; Dr. Cooper’s Sarsaparilla, Woodard/ Clark, Portland; a Hostetters Bitters; two olive Saxlehners Bitterquelles; a light amber Van Schuyver, Portland whiskey; an aqua 11 ½” Gambrinus Brewing Co., Portland beer and some unembossed pumpkin-seeds.”

It turns out that Tommy asked permission of his friends to dig around where Ray had dug. Permission was granted and he turned up a Dallemand & Co., Chicago Whiskey. As Tommy starts to end his story he tells about the three of them being down in the dirt giggling like three kids. He added that “It was a great way to end my visit with two delightful friends on a warm spring day!” Folks, this had to be true. I am positive after reading all the way through his adventure with Ray and Patty.

I’m back to Jim Dennis, again. This time Jim is looking for some information.

Perhaps someone can help him. He picked up a five gallon jug with blue stencil on front and back: Jones Bros. and Co. Inc./Pure/Apple Cider/Portland Ore. He would like anybody who knows anything about it, or has ever seen one before, to contact him. His email is: jmdennis@hotmail.com or Phone: (541) 467-2760.

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Antiques & Collectibles Club, presented a program on Depression glass. He said that “Midwest glass companies such as Hazel Atlas, Anchor Hocking, Westmoreland and others had plenty of raw materials available to them.

This allowed them to make glass more affordable. They also added color to the glass, unlike that of early American pressed glass, which is mostly found in crystal. Depression glass was given away in bags of flour, sugar, detergents, gas giveaways, furniture stores and others, as a means of luring people to purchase from them.”

Depression glass comes in colors such as pink, green, yellow, white, blue, amber, crystal and some purple. Prices are driven by rarity and demand. Gary warned that you should examine pieces carefully to watch for cracks and chips.

He says that the cracks and chips would be as a result of heavy usage. “Most folks are looking for perfect pieces to add to their collection, so damaged pieces are not something you want to invest in.”

Members were made aware that “Gary’s patterns of choice are Cameo, American Sweetheart, Princess, Mayfair and Royal Lace.”

Another interesting program presented at another meeting, was on Southwestern Coca-Cola. Mike Miller took the floor on this one, assisted by his wife Karen. He gave some history, starting with the fact that Lawrence Gardner started the company in 1906 in El Paso. He further explained that there was a merger in 1912 with Houck & Dieter of El Paso, Texas. “Houck & Dieter was the first to use a panel-sided bottle.

The company became Empire Bottling Works. Deming Coca-Cola Bottling Co. opened in 1916. Southwestern CocaCola incorporated on January 16, 1917.

In 1917 they purchased Phoenix CocaCola. Albuquerque & Globe are next to come in 1918. Lawrence Gardner retired in 1944 and his wife took over at that time. In 1948, they sold Southwestern Coca-Cola to Phoenix Bottling and the Empire Bottling to Grapette in 1956.”

There seemed to be a whole lot of new ownerships going on throughout those early years.

Flavored sodas appeared in the sided bottles. Traditional contour bottles held Coke. The rarest bottle is the contour bottle with the crossed SWCC Co on the bottom.

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Mike has done much research and worked with Bill Lockhart, professor at New Mexico University, who has done nine years of research on the bottling company. The two collaborated on a book ‘The Bottles, Marks and History of the Southwestern Coca-Cola Bottling Co., New Mexico and Arizona 19171947 which is available at Amazon.com for $25.” digger’s dirt Reno Antique Bottle Club Loren Love shared an article he found and it ended up in one of this club’s newsletters. It is entitled “A Reminder to Consider Where We Dig,”

by Scott Johnson. It was addressing the collection of cans, “but it also applies to bottle diggers. Just be careful where you look and where you dig.” These carefully chosen words were enough to get my attention and so I read the article.

Scott said that he had collected beer cans for over 33 years, most actively from 1978 – 1987. In those days folks just went “dumping” with no thought of anyone caring about a few rusty beer cans. “However, a recent incident has led me to understand how the federal government views digging for beer cans on public lands.” The article continues that Scott was cited by a park ranger at a national park in Southern, California, for having two badly-rusted cans in his possession. He paid the fine and thought the incident was over.

It turns out that this entire article points out the fact that gvernmentcontrolled lands are to be avoided at all times. It was not over for Scott. Nearly two years after the first incident he was contacted again and told that he owed a very large sum of money to the gvernment for the damage he did by digging two small holes. It was written that his digging had a negative impact on an archaeological study.

It is understood that some sites contain significant cultural artifacts that is the information gathering the archaeologists need to study life and culture of the past. All of what they find is considered artifacts important to their study.

Scott reported that “Laws and regulations can easily be found and reviewed by using Google or other Internet search engines.” He suggests

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that “before heading off to the dumping grounds, I would recommend considering the location. If it happens to be on fderally controlled lands, you may want to think twice about searching for cans there.”

On a lighter note, here is something from Tidbits from the Bottle Muse: “Bottles familiar to most collectors were produced for nostrums such as: Moxie Nerve Food. Introduced in Lowell, Mass., in 1884 by Dr. Augustin Thompson, it was introduced as a cure for ‘paralysis, softening of the brain and mental imbecility.’ It has evolved into a soft drink, still available in New England. It was so popular that the term “Moxie” became part of the vernacular.

A person with ‘pep,’ ‘energy’ and ‘courage’ was said to have ‘Moxie.’

The Bottleneck San Diego Antique Bottle and Collectibles Club New members Lee and Donna Swenne have joined this club. These new members, as well as the wellseasoned ones, will have an opportunity to show off their most “ugliest” treasure. Members are being asked to start looking for their “hideous, ugly or grotesque collectible.” The idea came from Mike Bryant reading about the contest in a Phoenix Antiques Bottles & Collectibles Club newsletter.

Jon Lawson got a hearty response from a presentation he gave on the life story of S.W. Craigue. He was a liquor house proprietor, sheriff, railroad president, director of a gas company and one of the first to do liquor store advertising in San Diego.

There was a report by club member Rick Hall, on a “Rare Bottle Found in La Mesa.” Rick wrote: “Here is one of three known examples of a Western whiskey fifth that I, Rick the Mole, picked up at the local La Mesa Street Fair. Until about 10 years ago, this bottle was not known except for a few shards. Since then, one other was found in Oroville, California and this one making an appearance in La Mesa, California. Unbelievable! So, now there are three known examples, making this about as rare as they come.

It is a fifth, blown in a mold with a tooled top, 11-1/8 inches tall, embossed THE CHAPARRAL, WHOLESALE, LIQUOR STORE, J. GREENBERG,

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OROVILLE, CAL. There is no written information in the books on this bottle.

Makes you kinda wonder what else there could be out there and or here in Dago, yet to be discovered. By the way, I arrived at the Street Fair late.

It’s better to be lucky than good. Rick left a Note to Self…There is a very fine line between ‘hobby’ and ‘mental illness’…The Mole.”

Ghost Town Echo Washington Bottle & Collectors Association A couple of club members, Harland and Jerry, dug a couple of outhouses and got the news to club editor Ed (Red) Kacalek. Ed also put information in his newsletter of Harland accomplishing something with his “other” hobby.

Harland and Jerry reported that “one hole was pretty lucrative with many whole bottles and the other was full of grapefruit-sized rocks that pretty much smashed everything in the hole, ouch!

The best bottle of the day was a Holt Glass Works aqua pint beer, Yakima Bottling Works, North Yakima, Wash. that Jerry acquired in the flip. Another quality bottle was the oldest variant of the W.D. Switzer pharmacy bottle from Cheney, Wash.” The embossment reads W.D. Switzer on the first line, Druggist on the second, and Cheney, Wash. on the third.

Here’s Harland’s other story. He struck out on his own for a casual metal detecting experience. He found a few nice coins when all of a sudden “he hit the jackpot.” He “unearthed a brass

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Trade Token about the size of a nickel.

On the obverse, it was embossed; _AT_/ANGELL BROS. / STOCK EXCHANGE / RITZVILLE, WASH. On the reverse side, GOOD FOR / 5C / IN TRADE.” The article ends with some history on the Angell Bros. “John and Adam were in business from 1902 – 1911, located at the corner of Railroad and D Street, south side. They operated the Stock Exchange Saloon in conjunction with a livery stable. It is reasonable to assume that this token could have been used at either of their establishments.”

Reference: The historical information on the Angell Bros. is from Harland’s book, Wild West Saloons (Of Adam County) 1885 – 1915, Pub. 2005

Show Report Bottles and Kansas

By Chris Davis

The Kansas Antique Bottle and Postcard show was held Sunday, April 11th, at the State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, Kansas. I decided to take an Easter break and drove out to do the show. Before I arrived, I spent about six days touring Oklahoma and Kansas. I drove through the Oklahoma Panhandle, which I had only seen on the map but never travelled to.

There was a really good museum in Dodge City, Kansas, called the Boot Hill Museum. It was a complex of buildings with extraordinary exhibits including the recreation of the Long Branch Saloon, John Tyler’s Tonsorial Parlor, the City Drug Store, Dodge City Jail, the Saratoga Saloon, and much more.. There was Doyle’s Hop Bitters bottle on display. I read all about Rochester’s Asa T. Soule, manufacturer of the Hop Bitters, who was born in Canandaigua. He moved out to Dodge City with his patent medicine fortune in 1883. Soule became a developer and land speculator, started a college, and even built a canal. Soule’s Canal was built in the mid-1880s, but, abandoned in 1921. Soule returned to Rochester in 1888, and died a year later.

Near Dodge City, in Montezuma, Kansas, was the Strauth Memorial Museum, a hidden gem in the middle of the plains.

I sort of stumbled upon it by finding one of their brochures in a coffee shop. I caught the end of “Life: A Journey Through Time,” a large format photographic exhibition from the Big Bang to the present. The photographer was on staff at the National Geographic magazine. The travelling exhibit was

only to be in three museums nationally. I then “got out of Dodge” and headed east to Hutchinson, located in about the center of the state. I was fascinated by the scenery of the plains, and was very impressed by the bird watching.

The show in Hutchinson is the only one in the state. It was held in a very nice building that was large enough for dealers to drive in and unload. Setup was held on Saturday evening from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm. There were about 50 tables with plenty of room for dealers and customers. While it was not mentioned in the contract, there was a really nice free dealer dinner served on the premises. Pulled pork with some outstanding Kansas City BBQ sauce was one of the entrees.

This gave me a chance to meet and get to know some of the dealers, who came from Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and more The show was strong in the areas of fruit jars, postcards, trade cards, advertising and painted label sodas. There were a number of dealers with quality bottles. Everyone was very friendly and made me feel quite welcome. Many of the dealers provided dealer door prizes, which were given away at the end of the show. Next door there was a large flea market which brought in additional people to the bottle show.

Four displays were very well done, including Cabin Bitters, “Kansas Target Balls,” which were actually lightning rod balls, popular with shooters, including some weather vanes, Hutchinson, Kansas, milk bottles, and an extensive display of matchbook covers.

I knew only one couple at the show, Wayne and June Lowry. Wayne is the FOHBC Convention Director and June is the Business Manager. However, I left the show with many new friends!

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E. Daneri Otay Winery and Distillery

By Mike Bryant

It was the fall of 1915, and San Diego was still basking in the limelight of the Panama California Exposition which had opened on April 9th and was to run until January 1, 1917. Throngs of visitors attracted to the area by the Exposition were delighted by San Diego’s climate and variety of exotic plants.

The rainfall for 1914-15 had been above average, but a severe drought from the preceding years had left many of San Diego’s reservoirs extremely low. Fresh from a successful rain-making engagement in Los Angeles, Charles Hatfield was approached by the San Diego City Council to do his magic and fill Lake Morena.

A $10,000 price was finally agreed upon, and on January 1, 1916, he set up shop on Lake Morena in San Diego’s East County.

Born in Geona, Italy in January of 1944, Emanuelle Daneri and wife, Rosa, immigrated to the United States in the 1860s and settled in Old Town San Diego in 1870. Emanuelle’s brother, Paul, owned a liquor store there. In 1878, Emanuelle bought 900 acres in the Otay Valley with dreams of starting a winery.

With a lot of hard work and determination, Emanuelle, Rosa, and children, Flora, Amelia and John built a very successful business in Otay, and opened a wine and produce store at 532 5th Street in San Diego.

No one paid much attention to Mr. Hatfield at first, and, in fact, he was the butt of many a joke. All that changed on January 5,

Charles Hatfield, the “Rainmaker.”

Jugs came in three sizes: quart, half-gallon, and gallon. Embossed on bottom: Macomb Pottery Co. Macomb, Ill. Pat Jan 24 1899 (M. Bryant Collection)

1916 as it began to rain. And rain it did. Lightly at first, it became heavy from January 10th through the 18th. Dry riverbeds began to flow, and the county’s reservoirs became filled to capacity.

Downstream in Old Town, the San Diego River overflowed its banks, taking out bridges, railroad tracks and closing roads. The rain was sporadic after the 18th, but a severe storm hit on the 25th that would add insult to injury as already overly saturated ground

and reservoirs could take no more. About 6 p.m. on January 27th, a 90-foot section of the Lower Otay Dam gave way. Witnesses reported that a wall of water between 20 and 40 feet high was unleashed, taking out everything in its path as it made its way seven miles through the Otay Valley to San Diego Bay. Two miles from the dam, Emanuelle Daneri was coming up the steps from his wine cellar when he noticed a wall of water said to be four feet high at this point heading towards his direction. He yelled for his family to run to higher ground, but three of his employees were not as fortunate. They, along with the daughter of one of the employees, drowned. The flood had destroyed everything the Daneris owned in the Otay Valley, and they were left broke and homeless. Of the 24 dwellings in the valley, only one survived. It was estimated that up to 50 people drowned that night in the Otay Valley flood. Debris from the flood was strewn everywhere along the shore of San Diego Bay and Imperial Beach. In fact, the only other known E. Daneri jug was reported by its owner, Rurik Kallis, to have been found on Imperial Beach after the flood.

Charles Hatfield felt he completed his part of the agreement, and wanted to be paid the $10,000 owed him. The city refused to pay him, unless he would accept liability for the damages, which were said to be in the millions of dollars.

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In 1917, Emanuelle Daneri filed a lawsuit against the City of San Diego, claiming the dam was poorly built, and that the city should be held liable for the damages caused him from the flood. The court ruled that the flood was an Act of God and the city was not liable for any damages.The family moved to San Diego, and Emanuelle died in 1931.

Charles Hatfield twice sued the City Council to collect his fee, but citing the E. Daneri ruling of 1917, the rain was ruled an Act of God. He continued until 1938, but his case was thrown out of court. In 1956, the movie “The Rainmaker,” starring Burt Lancaster, was released. It was inspired by the story of Charles Hatfield, and he attended the premiere in Hollywood. Hatfield passed away on January 12, 1958.

I wondered if anything remained of the Daneri Winery in the Otay Valley. With the help of member Carol Serr, I was able to pinpoint the location of the winery using maps and archaeological reports. It didn’t look promising. Civilization and large housing tracts had encroached on the area, along with the real possibility that the winery site had been covered by development. The only way to find out was to visit the site and check it out for myself.

The area had indeed been built up. I was able to drive on surface streets fairly close to where I figured the winery site was located. I had to park a distance away and hike into the site. The area was heavily overgrown with brush, which made the going a little tough, especially when trying to watch out for ever-present rattlesnakes.

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Using a photo from a 1990s survey, I was able to identify a tree that was located not far from the wine cellar. Making my way to the tree, I was pleased to see the remnants of the cellar’s rock walls now covered in dead grass.

The winery site remains, at least for now.

It looks like another large housing development is planned very close to the site. Let’s hope that lessons have been learned from this experience and history doesn’t repeat itself. It is not a good idea to build in a flood plain.

What happened here in 1916 is a good example of that.

Mike Bryant 4214 Tacoma St San Diego, CA 92117 (858) 581-2787 email: SDMike@san.rr.com

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The Marble Maniac

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Grading and Identification, Condition Issues

By Bill O’Connor

Oh, how I wish this was a cut and dried issue. If anything, it is the most subjective thing about marbles today. Everyone who sells at shows, over the counter or eBay, has their own idea of what makes a marble mint. You hear terms like, Mint, mint -, mint with minor dings, almost mint with a chigger, some pocket wear, but almost mint, nothing really bad, just a small chip or two, pretty close to mint, wet mint with flea bites, etc, etc.

There has been a concerted effort over the last 20 years to develop a uniform grading system, with some success. One of the former auction sites did fairly well with a 10.0 system, graduated into 10s, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, etc., and it has been embraced by the reputable dealers and sellers on eBay, et al. Again, depending on the method used to employ this system, subjectivity is once again rampant. The best graders use a 20 power scope and/or magnifier to explore the surface for anything that shows up.

Keep in mind that some imperfections are manufacturing issues and graded appropriately.

This brings into focus, the complexity of stating condition.

We have descriptions: flea bites, pocket wear (great euphemism), chiggers, digs, dings, cold roll marks, blow-outs, surface abrasions, moons, fractures, sub-surface fragment, chips, flaws, flakes, nicks, scars, dents, scoring, scratch(es), and just plain old damage. Every one of these is in use and has a different connotation by buyers and sellers alike.

Then we have surface condition, which is used to describe the brightness or wet finish look of the glass. This also has its set of names and descriptions. When you hear “wet mint surface,” you expect to see perfect glass that sparkles with clarity and no surface cloudiness or hazing. Once again, it’s an oft used misrepresentation of the marble. Some handmade items in particular have a slight hazing to the surface, brought about by the annealing process, roughness caused during rounding or other issues, which sometimes can affect the overall grading of the marble. With rarity and size, these are downplayed and not as serious as with the common mibs, where they are more of an issue and will downgrade the final result.

As with all things glass, condition, condition, condition is the prime motivator for objectively considering any purchase, particularly among the rarity items. A small, (1/32”) ding in a marble can cause a 20-30% drop in asking value. Items viewed with the eye will sometimes show this, most often not, hence the scope.

The other side of the condition reality, is the repair, polishing and re-annealing situation. There are reasons to polish, there are reasons to re-anneal, there are very few legitimate needs to repair marbles. This is done to cheat and fool people.

Polishing, the most common method of helping with damage, is professionally done by a number of marble collectors. It is

acceptable for renewing the finish on badly scarred, hazed or pitted marbles. It is most often done with handmades, sulphides, onionskins (particularly the larger ones), swirls and other hard glass items. Clambroths, lutzes, Indians, banded opaques, etc. have a soft glass which does not lend itself to polishing repair.

Indians will lose their surface color as will clams and lutzes.

Machine-made marbles will often change color (mostly fading) due the heat generated by the sphere machines. As a side note, DO NOT tumble marbles in a rock tumbler or similar machine; it will make them out of round and kill the marble. Reputable dealers will always inform you if the marble has been polished as it does detract from the value, but also rescues some hard to find items from the scrap heap. It also saves rare handmade marbles which otherwise would also be discarded.

As to re-annealing, this process is where the glass is heated close to the original temperature it was manufactured at and it will remember the original shape and repair itself. Some hand finishing might be required. Errors in heating can result in glass pancakes. Marbles with fractures almost always cannot be polished or re-annealed as they will invariably break from the stress. Re-annealing is becoming more common and does a great job of restoring the marble. As a negative, they are usually too perfect and look it. The value of re-annealed marbles varies from 1/4 to 1/3 of the original.

Buffing, as opposed to polishing, is another way of enhancing the surface. This is a lesser operation than polishing and is used to remove light surface hazing and accumulated crud. All of these operations have definitive identifying characteristics and are easily spotted.

Repairing marbles is another issue. This is done to deceive people and sometimes is hard to spot. Types of repairs include matching halves, filling damage, casing the marble in polymer to erase dings and such and various other nefarious deeds. We even see some torch repair, although that’s rare. Reproductions are a whole other column, which I will do later.

The common scoring system, based on a scale of 10: 10.0 unattainable perfect condition. 9.0 – 9.9 mint, takes a lot to get above 9.2. 8.0 – 8.9 near mint, 8.9 is a scratch; below that it starts to get rough. 7.0 – 7.9 very good or excellent, can have more than minor damage. 6.0 – 6.9 good, beginning to be bad news. 5.0 – 5.9 collectable, polish time. Anything below this is slingshot ammo.

Basic safeguards include buying from a reputable dealer.

They will guarantee their merchandise and offer buy back guarantees - do your homework, there is no substitute for knowledge and hands-on experience. Don’t forget to ask questions.

W. K. O’Connor, “THE MARBLE MANIAC” wmoconnor@att.net

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Florida bottle collecting history One of a series

By Bill Baab, Southern Region Editor In Florida, collectors soon learned that bottles are where you find them. That means under the earth. It also means on the bottoms of rivers, lakes, streams and oceans.

William E. (Bill) Franklin Jr., of Ocala, Florida, 80 years old when this was written in May 2009, got his start in bottle collecting while diving for Indian artifacts. He started collecting in 1949 and, when health issues intervened, stopped in 1997.

“I started my bottle collection while on a dive in the Oklawaha River. My friend, Ben Waller, was with me when we came to a bend in the river where there were some old stone foot bridges across what must have been small drainage creeks and where there was evidence of an occupation site, such as a hotel or home.

“We were in a 16-foot john boat.

There were two seats in the boat, forming a compartment between them that measured 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 feet x 18 inches deep. That day, we filled the compartment with old bottles, including inks, black glass ales, whiskey flasks, round-bottom ginger

Bill Franklin of Ocala, Fla. checks out a black glass cylinder (photo Bea Baab)

ales, medicines, bitters and miscellaneous other bottles.”

Franklin had his share of adventures, too.

“On another collecting trip to Silver Run, I was drifting along the bottom on the north side of the river and was dragging my flippers to slow myself down as I scanned the three-foot-wide strip of shells and sand for artifacts.

“When I glanced up to check my path, I nearly had a heart attack! Only four feet in front of me was a gigantic alligator!

His body was lying on the slope at a 45-degree angle to the bottom. My first thought was ‘Big George’ had escaped.

He was a 16-foot-long captive alligator kept at Ross Allen’s Reptile Institute at Silver Springs and was prone to attack anything or anyone who stepped into his pen. I thought I was a goner!

“I was drifting quite fast, head first down the river and had no time to stop.

In my left hand, I had a cloth collecting bag with some old bottles in it. I put it on the gator’s snout and pushed sideways.

He turned his snout sideways to get rid of the bag and blinked once as I drifted on by only two feet from that huge head.

Fortunately, I didn’t panic and start thrashing around to get away from him or he may have become excited. I merely pulled my feet and knees up to my chest and just drifted until I was about eight or 10 feet from him.

“I then thought about my brother-inlaw, Lamont Pharmer, who was behind me and I worried that given a second chance, the gator might be more aggressive. So I headed to the surface and looked back for my friend’s air tank bubbles. Fortunately, he was getting into our boat with Ben. “Later, I was relieved to find out ‘Big George’ was still in his pen and learned from the captain of the Jungle Cruise boat at Silver Springs that the gator I’d encountered had been seen and was ‘only’ 12 feet long.”

On another dive, Franklin was

on the bottom of the Suwanee River examining a black glass cylinder bottle he’d discovered when a huge rock hit the water and narrowly missed him.

“Then another big rock came splashing down and I headed for the surface to see what was causing the rock falls. Up on the bluff was a kid who had another big rock in his hands. He thought I was an alligator!”

He listed rivers where bottles were found as including the Suwanee, Oklawaha, Silver Run, Rainbow River, Withlacoochee (in west Marion County and the part north of the Suwanee), Santa Fe, St. Johns, Chipola, Wacasassa, Wekiva, Aucilla, St. Marks, Wacissa, Fenholloway, Steinhatchee, Crystal River, Homosassa, Black Creek and many small creeks along Florida’s west side.

He dug bottles in Savannah, two Ocala dumps and dove around Cedar Key (around the sandbars next to the island), in the Gulf of Mexico along the Florida coast and around Key West.

The result was a wonderful collection of black glass and miscellaneous bottles and pottery, most of which has been sold.

The Antique Bottle Club of North Florida was organized in 1967 and four years later gained new members Jackie and Clay McRae. The latter was born and raised in nearby Callahan and served 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, followed by 22 years with the Jacksonville, Fla., sheriff’s office. His military tour of duty took him to Montana and South Dakota where the McRaes, who collected rocks and minerals, heard about bottle collecting.

“In Great Falls, Montana, we found the remains of some dwellings whose privies were located exactly 22 paces behind each.” In one, Clay found a loaded .32 caliber pistol. “I figured that the owner either shot somebody and threw it down the hole, or else he lost it

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Clay and Jackie McRae of Callahan, Fla. (photo Bea Baab)

down the hole,” he said. “In either case, he probably wasn’t interested in going down into the hole after it.”

Mrs. McRae found what turned out to be nursing bottle and developed a collecting interest in that variety.

“We came to Jacksonville and joined the club in 1971,” Mrs. McRae said during a May 2009 interview at her Callahan home. “Dumps were being uncovered when the interstate highways were being constructed. A creek was rerouted in downtown Jacksonville and an earthen

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bank was uncovered. It had three distinct layers of different age dumps.”

She said some members of the North Florida club volunteered to collect goods to send to victims of Hurricane Frederick.

“We filled two semi-trailers with hurricane relief supplies and, as a result, city officials let our club hold shows without having to buy a city license,” she said.

The North Florida club also was among the first to utilize a backhoe as a digging tool. Its success was documented in the May 1992 issue of Bottles & Extras, then published by Scott Grandstaff and Kitty Roach, of Happy Camp, California.

“We were able to get permission to dig from either the city or private owners, providing that we fill in our holes,” Mrs. McRae said.

Rules were simple: Keep away from the backhoe at all times, no drinkin’, watch those kids, exercise courtesy.

There were also options: hand-digging at $5 (you keep whatever you find), with the backhoe to fill in your hole; trenchdig at $15 (keep whatever you find), the backhoe opens a trench down to the bottle layer. You stake out an area and dig; community dig at $15 (the finds go into the community lottery). The hoe opens a large area of the dump, everyone works

From left: Clay McRae, Lynn McLarty, Jenine McLarty during 1992 Davis School dig, downtown Jacksonville, Fla. (Courtesy of Clay & Jackie McRae)

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Specially designed cake displayed at 1994 show of Antique Bottle Club of North Florida. (Courtesy of Clay & Jackie McRae)

together, some dig, some rake, some sift and some wash and clean finds.

Each community dig participant is assigned a number which is printed on a poker chip and the chips go into a hat.

Each collector takes his pick according to his number. Money collected on the dig paid for the backhoe and each participant signed a release assuming full liability.

Mrs. McRae edited the club newsletter, Diggin’s, for a number of years and Arlene Caruso, of Green Cove Springs, appointed herself as “Roving Reporter,” compiling lists of finds to include in the newsletter.

Examples: From a Roving Reporter, Saturday, 19 March, 1994: brass belt buckle VMI (Virginia Military Institute), selected by Richard Harber. Mini-jug – Atlantic Coast – by Jack Ring. Cobalt square-paneled Lactopeptine – by Mike Parlette.

There were many jugs large and mini from Jacksonville merchants found, small town Florida Hutchinsons (Starke, Lake City), lots of straight-sided Cokes, numerous Jacksonville pharmacy bottles and an “Eagle Bark Bitters.” That was an Eagle Angostura Bark Bitters, listed as rare in the Bill Ham-Carlyn Ring book, Bitters Bottles.

Collecting antique bottles attracts people from many walks of life. One of the more notable North Florida members was Frank Dearing (1906-1989), an Episcopal priest for 55 years. His greatgreat-grandfather, Isaiah D. Hart, founded Jacksonville in 1822. Father Dearing was

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a founder of the North Florida club and dug some of his favorite bottles in areas where his illustrious relative had lived.

Father Dearing loved to share his knowledge of bottles by giving club programs and making slide shows he donated to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.

While the North Florida club continues to hold annual shows, it no longer enjoys club status, going the way of many other clubs across the nation.

Deaths of key people, members no longer able to drive at night and a loss of interest were among the reasons.

The M-T Bottle Collectors Association of DeLand was organized in the late 1960s, according to charter member Bill Dreggors, who is uncertain about the year.

Dreggors spearheaded the club’s first show in 1970 and it celebrated its 40th annual show in 2010. The club, which has approximately 47 members, was on the verge of collapse in 2008 for various reasons, but longtime member Bill Marks said in a telephone interview in May, 2009, that some young collectors had joined the club and injected new life into it..

Charles Benton of DeLand, Fla. once owned a fabulous Florida Hutchinson bottle collection. (photo Bea Baab)

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Legendary digger Art Smock, 91 when 2008 photo was taken. (photo Bea Baab)

The club is affiliated with the FOHBC and also supports the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa, N.Y. One of its elder members, 93-yearold Art Smock, was thought to be the oldest, still-active bottle digger in the country. Smock was born May 2, 1916 in Espanola, Fla., and when interviewed at his Holly Hill, Fla., home in November 2008 said he’d dug “all over” Florida and then some. He also dug in Petersburg, Va., Charleston, S.C., Savannah, Ga., New Bern, N.C., St. Augustine, Tampa, Orlando and Winter Park, all in Florida.

His story was first documented in the February 1994 issue of Bottles & Extras when he was only 78 years of age. Smock started collecting in 1969, having begun a career as a house painter. During his lunch hour, he would probe backyards and fence lines of some of the older homes he was painting The B&E story was written by his friend and fellow club member, Charles Oliver Benton Jr. The latter, 82, of DeLand, died Feb. 17, 2009 after an extended illness. Benton, who once accumulated the largest known collection of Florida Hutchinson soda bottles over a 39-year period, had served as club president and show chairman. Smock died at the age of 94 on Dec. 29, 2009.

Suncoast Antique Bottle Collectors Association Ever heard of a “bottle hound?”

Former Florida resident Wayne Shultis started collecting antique bottles in 1964

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after tying “Tareyton,” the family mutt, to a tree on a lot in Bradenton. The dog did as most dogs do, digging itself a cool spot to lay down in, and excavated an embossed bottle.

“I still have that bottle,” Shultis said from his Crossville, Tenn., home. “It’s embossed Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy / Buffalo, N.Y. / Dr. Pierce, Proprietor.”

The dog, by the way, was named after a popular cigarette brand of the day. Its commercials featured a blonde with a simulated black eye. “I’d rather fight than switch,” she said during the television commercials.

“Then I read a book about finding bottles among the mangrove tree roots in the Keys,” Shultis continued. “Dad, my brother, Richard, and I thought that would be true for the little islands around Tampa Bay so we all climbed aboard a small boat and went looking around the mangrove trees. We found household, medicines, gin and whiskey bottles.

There was a small flea market in Palmetto and there Shultis met bottle collector John Millington.

“He was selling bottles and later took me to Ybor City in Tampa where we dug.

He talked me into joining the club.”

The club was the Suncoast Antique Bottle Collectors Association and was organized at Bartlett Park in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 19, 1967, with Millington elected its first president.

Tragically, Millington died in 1968 in an on-the-job accident.

“After his death, his better bottles were auctioned off,” Shultis said. “We bid on the remainder of his collection and got 10,000 bottles for $30. While most were common, we found some worth keeping, some worth trading and some worth selling.”

The club’s first show was held Jan. 23, 1968 at the Bayfront Center Arena in St. Petersburg in conjunction with other hobby clubs.

The first dig held by the club, which hired a backhoe for the occasion, took place on Adamo Drive in Ybor City (Tampa) in 1971 or 1972. “I remember it being very muddy,” said member Linda Buttstead. “In fact, I was in mud up to my knees.”

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Key West pharmacy bottle among Suncoast members’ best finds on the dig. (courtesy of Linda Buttstead)

Suncoast club’s Trenice Gibson displays a ceramic Chinese Tiger whiskey. (courtesy of Linda Buttstead)

Shultis said that he and Linda’s husband, Billy, “poked around in Brandenton and dug in Tampa dumps.”

He helped Jim Daniel (now living in Sylvester, Georgia) organize a bottle club in nearby Apollo Beach. “Jim was instrumental in getting it going on the coast,” Linda recalled. Shultis also started a Bradenton club, which eventually evolved into one in Sarasota, he said. “Billy and I were involved in that one and I served as its president one time.”

Shultis and his father, Irving, who got the collecting bug shortly after his son did, also used to go onto ranches and turpentine stills in Manatee County, locating the dumps “and finding bits and pieces.”

Shultis and his family moved to Tennessee in 1977 after Florida “just got too crowded.”

Dogs, or rather Walker hounds, also spurred the interest in antique bottles for Suncoast member Lynn McLarty, who is Jackie McRae’s son-in-law. He recalled the club’s first show was held at a garden center in Clearwater. “I went digging every weekend for months. I remember my first bottle was a Lea & Perrin’s peppersauce.

One of our members was Judge Ed MacKenzie. I showed the bottle to him and he spent 20 minutes with me, giving me an education on which bottles to look for. I was so impressed and I’ll never forget it.

The judge later handled our club’s articles

George Dueben of Suncoast club shows off a Vandenberg sealed case gin. (courtesy of Linda Buttstead)

of incorporation.

“My best friend, Dale Morgan, started seeing old bottles in the woods. He dug a mosquito ditch near New Smyrna Beach, spotted a case gin and dug it out of the mud. He called me and wanted to go hog hunting so I loaded up my hounds. ‘Do you mind if we don’t go hog hunting?’ he asked. ‘I’ve been finding old bottles.’

We went to the old salt works on what is now Cape Canaveral. The tide was out and we found a Walker’s Vinegar Bitters and a Hayner’s Whiskey on top. This was in 1966 and bottle collecting was wide open. We dug in Augusta, Savannah and Charleston.”

McLarty also dug on the 44-acre Fort

Brooke site in downtown Tampa. “The city manager dug with us and we found many good artifacts, including military buttons, belt buckles and pipes.” His main collecting interest is Florida Hutchinsons.

He owns 162 different, missing only four.

In 2004, the Suncoast club held its first dig in more than 30 years. The results of that dig were written by Linda and published in the June 2005 issue of Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. Here are a few excerpts: The dig was on the grounds of an abandoned hospital in Ybor City and was organized by club member Charlie Livingston for two weekends. The first took place on Dec. 4-5, with activities allowed the Friday night before that weekend. A backhoe was use to expose the trash layers of the late 19th and early 20th century landfill.

Several club members had generators that provided lights after dark and one enterprising member even wore a lantern on his head. Among finds were Vandenburg sealed case gins, a cobalt LACENTRAL Drug Store bottle from Key West, Udolpho Wolf Schnapps, black glass wines and beers and miscellaneous bottles.

Lynn McLarty found hundreds of broken Tampa straight-sided Cokes and perhaps six whole ones. Perry Houston dug 24 schnapps, with only about six being broken.

“The fun thing about digging is the hunt and spending time with people who understand what we do, why we do it and doing what we all love. . .finding free bottles,” said Linda in wrapping up her story.

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Miami – Key West Areas The Antique Bottle Collectors Association of Florida (Miami area) was incorporated in May 1966 with 55 charter members, according to the recollections of Richard King, of Tampa, Florida,.

A club known as the Original Antique Bottle Collectors of the Florida Keys had existed before that. “I was president of the ABCAF during the nation’s Bicentennial Celebration in 1976,” he said. “The last president was Dennis Duke, of Fort Lauderdale. The association lasted until the early 1980s.

“The club met at a school in Coral Gables. It held an annual cookout and a dig or two in the Keys, as well as some beach combing. It held a bottle show every year starting in 1967. Those were during the days when people exhibited and there were often 30 to 40 exhibits. There was a program at every meeting. We held bottle auctions, monthly raffles, covered dish suppers and open houses. Members brought bottles to sell or trade and membership at times numbered as high as 125. There also were insulator collectors in the club.”

In January of 1967, the association published The Whittle Mark newsletter and in May of that year, the club held its first bottle show at the Tropical Race Track. The second annual show as held in May of 1968 at the Museum of Science. In 1970, 33 exhibits overflowed the Museum of Science at the club’s fourth annual

Benny Alford shows off Rose Distillers, Atlanta, Ga. jug from the Community College dig. (courtesy of Clay & Jackie McRae)

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show and the club became affiliated with the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs, becoming charter member No. 36.

Officers were Don Mann, president; Bob Hills, vice president; Imogene Davies, recording secretary; Paulette Mick, corresponding secretary, and Don Vonn, treasurer. Members of the board of directors were Bonnie Yarbrough, Vieve Yarbrough, George Banschbach, Stan Hooper, Bill Hearin, Cele Berky, Alan Grab, Don Bryant and Ken Wilson.

“I lived in Key West from 1968 to 1969 and there was never a bottle club there, as far as I know,” King continued.

“There were a lot of collectors throughout the Keys and plenty of beach combers were collectors. There were bottle shops in Key West, Marathon and Key Largo.

Big Pine Key had a glass factory (Big Pine Key Glass Works) that produced quite a number of handblown commemorative bottles. A number of people who lived in the area wrote bottle books that circulated during the 1970s.”

Mid-State Antique Bottle Collectors Inc., of Orlando The Mid-State Antique Bottle Collectors Inc., of Orlando was formed in January 1969, according to J. Carl Sturm, of nearby Longwood. “Primary founder and first president was Carl Benson, with Ron Reaves as vice president, Carl’s wife, Sara, as secretary-treasurer. The club newsletter, which had several names in the first year, was eventually named Bitters and Sweets in October 1969 and its first editor was Natalie Raymore.” Later, Sturm and his wife, Joy, became co-editors.

Sturm said the club met once a month at First Federal Savings and Loan Association’s Dover Shores Branch on East Conway Road in Orlando. The 1969-70 roster showed 22 members in good standing, but by the time the 197172 roster was published, membership had grown to 148 family memberships with a total membership of 223. It had to have become one of the largest bottle clubs in the nation. Bulk of its members ranged from Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

Also listed were memberships in New York, Michigan, Indiana, Connecticut, Mississippi and New Jersey.

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Sturm said club meetings consisted of a short business meeting followed by one or more informational; talks on the various aspects of a member or guests’ bottle collections. Club meetings were well attended with 25 to 30 members as a general rule. Most attendees brought items from their collections to show and tell at the meetings. The first club function was a trade day and picnic in October 1969.

In January 1970, the Internal Revenue Service approved the club as tax-exempt non-profit club.

On May 29-30, 1970, the first annual show and sale was held at the same site as the meetings. The entire second floor was utilized, nine displays were judged and three states were represented by dealers.

The annual shows continued until the club was disbanded in 1998. As was the case with many a club, this one literally “died out.” Meetings had fallen to eight or 10 people who mostly had lost their mates and were getting together to keep old friendships going.

Most memorable show, Sturm said, was in 1976 “when we were lucky enough to get great advertising in both local papers because of the nation’s Centennial Celebration. The gate at that show was 600-plus where our normal gate at the annual show was around 120 paid admissions. The show that year was held at Rollins College field house in Winter Park.”

Between 1969 and 1998, many club digs were held locally when older buildings were razed as Orlando was experiencing a quick growth because of Disney World moving in.

Probably the most interesting bottle dug was an amber Orange Bitters, Orlando, Fla., while at an annual picnic held at a Mt. Dora park, a half-pint amber Osceola Exchange, Tavares, Fla., bottle was dug by Art Smock. He was the club’s master digger who dug until his death in 2010 at the age of 94.

The club also had groups of members who went on digging trips as far away as Georgia and South Carolina. Several club digs were held in the St. Augustine area where 20 to 25 members met and dug the old dumps. After a while, the areas resembled the war-torn fields of Europe.

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Floridian Bill Dreggors Enjoys the Pursuit of History, Sometimes Catching Up With It

By Bill Baab

Happiness for some people is the pursuit of history. Just ask 80s-something William J. (Bill) Dreggors, or do it yourself and check out the fruits of his passion in DeLand and Volusia County, Florida.

“Guess I got my historical interest from my father, who was born and raised in this county,” explained Dreggors, seated comfortably in a chair at the DeLand Memorial Hospital Museum. “Someone would be building a house and we’d ride out on a Sunday afternoon to check it out.” Dreggors also portrays the original Father Christmas (Santa Claus) during the Christmas holidays and city founder Henry DeLand and other pioneers at other times.

On Dec. 27, 1887, the first street lights in DeLand were turned on. John B. Stetson (for whom Stetson University in DeLand was named) was a personal friend of Thomas Edison, who gave Stetson the fourth generator Edison’s company ever built. Stetson used it to illuminate the downtown area with three street lights as well as his personal DeLand home, giving the City of DeLand the first electrical system in the state of Florida.

On shelves in front of a window behind Dreggors in the museum are glistening, colorful rows of glass insulators, all part of a collection he started during the 1960s. Collecting and digging for antique bottles, especially in the salt water marshes used as dumping grounds by St. Augustine, Fla., residents, claimed his early attention until finding a two-piece, sun-colored amethyst Hemingray insulator in that same area.

He joined the Florida Power Company after being discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1946 to begin a 42-year career that ended June 28, 1988. He also began concentrating on collecting all things insulators. Unable to attend the inaugural National Association of Insulator Collectors show, he did attend the second held in Oklahoma, “and I nearly died of the heat!”

He also attended many of the national events that followed wherever they were held.

While hunting mule deer in Montana, he found a batch

Bearded Bill Dreggors sits in front of a colorful window display of antique insulators. (Bea Baab photo)

of electric meters (the power company there was upgrading equipment). He was able to pack four to a box and shipped them all back to DeLand. All are mounted on a wall in a room inside the museum, which houses eight galleries and exhibits..

Those include the Bert Fish Room, an operating room replica, an apothecary exhibit, the veterans gallery and ice and electric exhibit. An adjacent Burgess Building houses the Hawtense Conrad Elephant Fantasyland, the West Volusia Black Heritage Gallery and Conrad’s Toyland.. All are worth a visit.

Meters mounted on the wall found by Bill Dreggors while hunting mule deer in Montana. (Bea Baab photo)

In 1994, the museum building (on the National Register of Historic Places) and the site on which it sits was dedicated by the DeLand City Commission and named for William J. “Bill” Dreggors in honor of his historical contributions to the city of DeLand and Volusia County and his knowledge of Florida’s history.

Glass drawer pulls, Dreggors said, were among the first insulators. In his vast collection is a round-top insulator used as a castor on the station master’s chair at the DeLeon Springs railroad depot. “After the insulators wore down from the chair being pushed back and forth on the floor, the man who did the telegraph work at the station would swap them with linemen for other round-topped ones. The station master was a friend of mine and when the station closed during the 1960s, he gave me one of the insulators from that chair,” Dreggors said.

A transformer squirrel guard – something all of us could use to protect our transformers from suicidal squirrels – also is in the collection.

One rarity is a black glass threadless insulator manufactured by the H.C. Fry Glass Co., of Rochester, Pa. Another is a tree insulator that could be screwed into a tree trunk or branch. The largest insulator in the collection was a heavyweight made by Pyrex in 1933.

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Author Bill Baab in front of one of several massive display cases showing off Dreggors’ collection. (Bea Baab photo)

Here’s yet another display case filled to overflowing with insulators and related electric equipment. (Bea Baab photo)

The collection has been willed to Dreggors’ granddaughter who, he said, will keep it in the museum. At the time of our visit during Thanksgiving week last year, Effie Powers was the knowledgeable docent at the museum, located at 230 North Stone Street. Visiting hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday and there is no admission fee. However, donations are accepted and appreciated. A side visit to the Henry A. DeLand House at 137 West Michigan Ave., home to

the West Volusia Historical Society, also is recommended. It is open from noon to 4 p.m., on Wednesday through Saturday.

While at the museum, visitors ought to purchase a copy of Hot Sand and Sandspurs, the autobiography of Bill Dreggors, an entertaining little book transcribed by Elysha Dunagan from notes and dictation from Bill. She describes it as “. . .the hijinks of a fourth generation cracker,” Florida Cracker, that is.

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Oh My Codd

“The Mystery of the Codd Bottle”

By Rex Barber One of the great mysteries of bottle collecting is why William Hiram Codd’s 1873 invention never swept across America as it did in England, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and India. This bottle dominated the fizzy drink industry from the 1870s until the 1920s in these countries. It outperformed wire-tied and lead-wrapped cork closures types of bottles. The crown seal cap bottle of 1913 and internal screw slowly led to its demise, although some countries still use Codd bottles today.

The Codd bottle has a glass marble retained in its bulb-shaped neck, which has a rubber or gutta percha seal set above it. When the bottle is being filled with lemonade, orange juice, cordial, etc., carbonated gas is introduced which forces the marble up against its rubber seal. This keeps the contents fresh and fizzy.

The Codd bottle evolved into many different patent types which are highly sought after by collectors all over the world. They come in many different colours; some have coloured tops on clear glass bottles while others have coloured marbles.

The Codd collector can specialize in just patent bottles, colours or even areas of distribution, as 95% of English and Australian towns had at least one aerated cordial manufacturer, especially in the 1890s. Some collect Codd bottles from gold rush towns that no longer exist, or specialize in pictorial Codds, and even within the pictorial Codds, the collectors

Russ Smith with some of his codd paraphernalia

specialize in themes such as Codds showing steam trains, animals or even famous people.

Collectors of Codd bottles in Western Australia have several hundred different Codd Bottles to collect including blue glass, hybrids (a combination of a Codd and the Hamilton egg soda), Codds with coloured marbles, and even a bottle which is a mixture of all three but also includes a valve patent.

The valve patent was another means of relieving the pressure in the bottle which allowed the marble to drop into the neck recess, prior to pouring. In other words, just in Western Australia alone a dedicated collector can amass a wonderful collection of historical Codds.

In England, Russ Smith took me to see a collection in Plymouth where the collector specialized in Codds used just within Cornwall and Devon. He showed a floor to ceiling display that we are all familiar with and gathered from just two counties. The population within these two would have been equal to the total Australian population at the same period in history.

Of course many wonderful detailed books and articles have been written on Codd bottles, and the many variant patents. But just like American flasks and beautiful figural bottles that are so popular in the U.S.A, Codds only turn up in small amounts; the Codd just does not appear in every town across America.

Samples of codd’s in Russ Smith’s world’s best Codd collection

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Samples of codd’s in Russ Smith’s world’s best Codd collection.

All codds of Australian origin. (L-R) 1) Rare small size Gledhill Patent. 2) Rare valve hybrid Reading from Bunbury. 3) Blue lip Frank Craig hybrid from York. 4) Highly prized two 32 ounce codds from O’Neill Bros and Bennett of Melbourne. 5) All time classic cobalt IJK Cohn, Southern Cross and Coolgardie Acme Patent. 6) Chester Lodge Sharpe’s Patent (seven dimple codd).

7) Mount’s Patent by Melbourne Glass Works named after Mr. Mount who was heavily involved in the glassworks.

International varieties including an amazing black glass Vallet’s Patent from Liverpool with weird top.

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S. O. Dunbar, Druggist

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By Ed & Lucy Faulkner Samuel Oliver Dunbar, known to bottle collectors as S. O. Dunbar, began his apothecary business in the early 1800s in Taunton, Massachusetts. Born in 1800 in Tittecut, Massachusetts, he had little formal education. Because of serious illnesses in his father’s family, there was little time or money for scholastic studies. Most of his educational and business knowledge was learned outside the schoolroom. In 1818, when he was eighteen years old, he moved to Boston and worked as a salesman for a dry goods merchant. He continued there until 1834, at which time he moved to Taunton and started his own business.

The Taunton drug business started small, but as he won the confidence of the townspeople, it grew and he continued to add more products. Ads were found from 1849 to 1886 for his drug store. Earlier dated testimonials were written on some of the ads. In 1869, the business directory listing was S. O. Dunbar & Son. About 1878, it went back to just S. O. Dunbar. He was still listed in 1883, and was the oldest druggist in Taunton. It was said in a history of Taunton that he continued to supervise the business every day, even at an advanced age.

By 1887, the business was listed in directories as Dunbar Drug Store, probably having been sold, as the Dunbars had no natural children of their own. They raised and adopted five orphans, but only one was still living in 1887, and he did not reside in Taunton. Throughout the years, addresses listed were at 9 and 10 Bank Row and 52 & 53 City Square. His ads included drugs and medicines, Shakers’ herbs, chemicals, bitters, inks, school supplies, blank books, Bibles, and perfumery products, as well as dye stuffs, trusses. foreign leeches and brushes.

Besides the products he produced himself, he filled doctors’ prescriptions any hour of the day or night and was an agent for all popular patent medicines of the time.

Although active in local duties, Dunbar never sought to obtain higher office, preferring to help as a private citizen. He worked on committees, including ones relating to the Civil War

1850 Fluid Magnesia ad and half pint bottle (right) that is known with label for the Magnesia. This bottle, without a pour spout, could have been used for many of his products. It came in half-pint, pint and quart sizes, perhaps others.

which involved citizens from Taunton. Dunbar was said to have been a lifelong member of the Whig and Republican political parties. At some point, he became a justice of the peace. In 1869, he was appointed postmaster of Taunton and maintained a post office in his building.

Dunbar was a large ink producer, manufacturing and selling it in embossed glass bottles ranging from small umbrellas to quarts. The bottles are both pontiled and later smooth-based. Mention is also made of half-gallon and gallon jugs of ink as well as kegs. On an early label it is noted that he bought the rights to manufacture and sell ink from a Mr. Baylies. We found several merchants by this name in the area, but are unsure which was the one mentioned. One 1840 testimonial noted this ink had been in use for twenty years, winning numerous awards under Baylies’ manufacture.

Dunbar’s vegetable bitters is said to have had the longest name known for a bitters product (see ad). It contained tomatoes,

1850 Bitters ad.

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1850 ad - Ink won an award in 1844

sarsaparilla, blackberry, dandelion and wild cherry. This bitters was reported to cure all diseases either from the improper use of mercury or any other cause. Ads stated it was known to have cured the following diseases: Scrofula, Ulcerations, Sore throat, Pimples on the face, Eruptions of the skin, Rheumatic afflictions, Pain in the Bowels, Night Sweats, Liver Complaints, Piles, Epilepsy, Palpitations of the Heart, Dropsy, and many other ailments. This Life Renovating Bitters was sold in quart bottles at one dollar a bottle, five dollars for six bottles. This was a cure for all that ailed you, if you believed the ads! He also made an anti-acid medicine called Fluid Magnesia. Ads indicated it was equal to any English or American product.

The round embossed aqua bottles are the most commonly seen, ranging from small sizes to a quart. While most are aqua, amber ones are also known in 3 sizes. We have heard of, but not seen, an amber umbrella ink. The sided bottles are not as common, but are seen fairly often. The ones with pour spouts are noted as inks in his price list, but could have been

1849 price list notes large inks have lips and contain amount listed.

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used for other things as well. For whatever reason, Dunbar bottles don’t seem to be as popular with collectors as some of the other Listings were always as S. O. Dunolder ones such as bar, never a full name. Signature is Harrison’s Columbian from an 1850 letter. and E.Waters. Perhaps it is because not much was known of his interesting history or which large bottles were used for what product, unless a labeled one was found. We believe them to be very collectible and unless labeled, they sell for reasonable prices. Dunbar was a remarkable, self-made businessman who worked hard and had a successful business for over fifty years.

The following description of the Dunbars is quoted directly from an 1883 History of Bristol County, Mass. by Hamilton Hurd and there is no better way to end the Dunbar history than this quote: “Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar are in many respects a remarkable couple. They have passed over fifty-six years of life hand in hand together, and during all those long years the harmony of their union has not been marred by a dispute, disagreement, or harsh word. The united current of their lives has flowed peacefully and happily on, and now, as they near the great ocean of eternity, they can look confidently forward with the pleasing assurance that, if separated at all, it will be but briefly; that in the great beyond that union of heart and spirit, so long and happily maintained here, shall there be but the more firmly established as the ages roll by.“

(top left) Labeled umbrella. (top right) Small 12-sided ink. (bottom left) Quart, OP bottle with pour spout that would have been used for ink. (bottom right) A gallon ceramic jug.

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1872 ad lists products including foreign leeches Sources: History of Bristol County, Mass. by Duane Hamilton Hurd, 1883.

A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War by William Schouler, 1871.

The Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General information, 1851.

Taunton Business Directories 1850 -1887.

Bottle pictures from Inks, 150 Years of Bottles & Companies, 2nd Edition, by Ed and Lucy Faulkner.

Trade card mentions the post office in his building and products on the back.

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NORTHWESTERN BOTTLE COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA

Bottle show & sale

October 8 & 9, 2010 See show calendar for details Or dealer info. Call Bev Siri at 707-542-6438

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Charles Hood Sarsaparilla

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1872 to 1952 ~ Lowell, Mass.

By Donald Yates

Charles I. Hood established Apothecary in Lowell, Mass.

his

Hood’s Sarsaparilla is a concentrated extract, carefully prepared from Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, Pipsissewa, Juniper Berries, Mandrake, Dandelion, and other important vegetable remedies.

It is prepared under the supervision of highly competent pharmacists, who have combined in Hood’s Sarsaparilla all the knowledge of modern times, concerning curative agents, and the experience of years in studying and preparing medicines.

Hood’s Sarsaparilla is prepared by a combination proportion and process unique to itself, discovered by the proprietors of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Known to no other medicine, and by which the full curative power of all Hood’s Sarsaparilla Calendar the remedial agents used is retained.

Every ingredient incorporated in producing Hood’s Sarsaparilla is strictly pure, and is the best of its kind available. All of the roots and herbs are carefully selected, personally examined, and only the best incorporated. They are ground in our own drug mill, so that from the time of purchase until the medicine is prepared, everything is carefully examined with a view to attaining the best result.

Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the most economical medicine to purchase because of its concentrated strength.

Let’s look back for a moment – Lowell, Mass. was the headquarters for several Root Beer Companies, as well as many proprietary Hood’s Sarsaparilla Calendar - 1893 medicines – such as Hood’s Sarsaparilla.

excellent effect in purifying the blood, and for creating an appetite, building up and giving strength to the body.

Hood’s Vegetable Pills Every family should keep some reliable physic in their home, and for this special purpose, we have prepared and confidently recommend Hood’s Vegetable Pills. Their constantly increasing sale, and the satisfaction they give demonstrate their absolute merit.

They are pure vegetable, and contain no calomel nor Mercury nor mineral substance of any kind. Being mild and gentle, yet efficient in action, they do not purge pain, or gripe. A cold may be quickly broken up by the prompt use of Hood’s Pills, and fever may be prevented by its timely use.

For constipation and costiveness, nothing can be more satisfactory. They act upon the liver, removing obstructions from the alimentary canal, enable the bowels to resume prompt and healthy action, and keep them in a natural condition.

Biliousness, sour stomach, headache, jaundice, and liver complaint are cured by hood’s Pills, and those seriously troubled with constipation find these pills very valuable to take after dinner. Keep them in your medicine closet.

Let’s take a moment and look back to the 1800s.

These colored Lithographs were drawn by the most talented artists of that time. Each young girl looks so real, closely resembling first class Hood’s Sarsaparilla photography.

Booklet

The Old Water Mill: This was a small twelve page brochure that was handed out during a Circus and Vaudeville Show in Brooklyn, New York.

The price for the show was ten cents.

The Wild Rose is the title of the beautiful water color painting from which the picture The information in this article was taken on the front of this trace card was taken. The from Hood Trade Cards and Pamphlets. lovely child happily gathering the flowers, Also from our book, Ginger Beer & Root is the very picture of health. The children Beer Heritage available for $29 including whose lives seem blighted by terrible humors shipping. in the blood, may have good health by taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla. This special medicine Don Yates has been of priceless value to thousands of 8300 River Corners Rd parents and children, and is highly valued in Homerville, OH 44235 orphan asylums, hospitals and schools for its Hood’s Sarsaparilla Calendar - 1898 donaldbetsyyates@earthlink.net

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By Bruce Schank [Editor’s Note: This article is a result of longtime collector and author Bruce W. Schank reaching out to longtime collectors Norm & Junne Barnett.]

For those in the hobby who know Norm Barnett, they know his name was always synonymous with nothing but the finest and rarest fruit jars available.

For those who don’t know Norm, just ask any longtime collector and they will tell you he literally had many of the Best of the Best. Norm and Junne were also considered by many to be true pioneers of the fruit jar hobby. They led incredibly industrious and productive lives dedicated to the creation, continued expansion and perpetual existence of the fruit jar hobby in general, That means second, third and fourth generation collectors and beyond can enjoy what they did and what we possibly might even take a bit for granted now.

Both are members of The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors 2003 “Hall of Fame.” Norm is a former FOHBC Chairman: 1979-1980, Director at Large: 1991-2003, Midwest Region Chairman: 1977-1978 & 1985-1986, Midwest Region Vice Chairman: 19751976, Show Poster/Flyer Chairman: 1981-1990 & National Show Chairman: 1993 & 2001. Junne is a former FOHBC Merchandising Director: 1993-2000, Midwest Region Editor: 1977-1978 & National Show Chairman: 1993 & 2001.

Norm was born February 9, 1926 and is a graduate of Flat Rock High School. Just prior to graduation, he was inducted into theArmy. He was a salesman for his father’s business, Oliver’s Farm Equipment (which eventually became White Farm Equipment) for most of his adult life, providing Norm and Junne a decent lifestyle.

Norm started collecting fruit jars way back in 1967 and before he knew it his jar collection had grown by leaps and bounds. After church on every Sunday, Norm and Junne would hit the antique shops. Norm had been badly bitten by

Norm & Junne Barnett

the fruit jar bug, his old shed was full and running over and there was no turning back.

Norm and Junne had been attending a few collectors’ carnival shows in Indianapolis where they met notable collectors Roy Brown and Roger Emery.

It was at one of these early shows that he saw a cobalt jar for the first time. As a matter of fact, Roy Brown was holding two cobalt jars in his hands. Norm didn’t have any colored jars at the time, but the color bug hit him and he then started

looking for colored jars. Junne one day spied a green Mason quart jar and after waiting for a long time for it to be sold finally grabbed it for $7 and they still own it to this day. That was their first colored jar. Junne happened to be clerking a household sale one particular time and she spotted a quart amber Lightning jar and motioned to Norm to bid on it. When it sold to someone else she looked at Norm puzzled and asked why? Well, he replied, it sold for $18 which was a lot of money at that time. Of course, Norm went on to eventually own some of the most fabulously colored jars in the hobby.

The first Federation Bi-Centennial Expo in 1976 had a huge impact on Norm. That is where he met Alex Kerr and George McConnell, who quickly became his friends. He was able for the first time to see some of the most fantastic collections in the country on display. That singlehandedly changed the direction of his future collecting because it was there that he decided instead of collecting every jar known that he would instead focus on collecting “rare” jars and those with unusual closures. The rest is history…

At one time JunJunne was at one of her many various ladies club meetings in

The Barnett’s home with Norm’s famous wall of jars.

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Alex Kerr & George McConnell.

Flat Rock when an elderly lady in her 80s brought in an R.M. Dalbey’s jar that was complete and perfect in every way. She told Junne that her grandmother used to keep Christmas candy in the jar. When Junne went home and told Norm about it he hurried down to see the lady and look at the jar. He told the lady he wanted to buy it but she said, “No, I’m not ready to sell it yet.” Eventually the call finally came in that she was ready to sell the jar.

Junne and Norm at the time were getting ready to go to Florida on a business trip.

They went over and got the jar but didn’t pay her at that time. The elderly lady didn’t know what to ask and Norm and Junne didn’t know what to offer her so the lady said, “when you come back from your trip, just tell me.” So they called Laura Brown, who told them, you don’t want to give too much and you don’t want to give too little either. So Laura suggested $35 (one must remember that this was back when jars were reasonably priced) so they sent her the check before leaving for Florida. When they arrived back from the trip there was a message from the elderly lady on their phone saying, “Oh no, no, no -- you gave me too much money!” That Dalbey’s ended up being one of their favorite jars and when it came time to sell it, that $35 turned into a fortune because they received a whopping $`15,000 for the jar!

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in the Midwest was born at the 1972 St. Louis show. Norm and Roger Emery discussed the fact that no such club existed near Indiana and so on Nov. 12, 1972, 22 collectors and dealers from Illinois, Indiana and Ohio met at the Fire Station in Flat Rock. The name Midwest Fruit Jar and Bottle Club was chosen because most of the attendees were fruit jar nuts.

In fact, this club from its inception has evolved mainly around fruit jars and is the only such club in the country to do so. The first “club show” was held in Richmond, Ind., on Jan 13, 1973.

Several shows were held at that location.

While at that first show, Dick Vanderlaan mentioned to them he wished everyone had more time to visit and talk with other collectors. That thought spawned the Summer Show with an added day of show & tell. This was followed by the now famous “room hopping” where dealers came into the hotel days early and set up their jars in their rooms and began wheeling and dealing. Then the auctions came later where a buyer could sell his jars at the Saturday Get-Together.

What fruit jar collector who has ever attended an MAFJ&BC Show, whether originally at Richmond, Indy or Muncie, could ever imagine it any different than what it is now today. In fact, none of us could and the hobby is that much better because of it. That format is what makes the MAFJ&BC Muncie Show the extravaganza that it is today and the No. 1 fruit jar show in the country, bar none.

Junne incredibly managed the club’s newsletter, “Midwest Glass Chatter,” for more than 2½ decades. Both Norm and Junne dedicated their lives to the hobby and the MAFJ&BC in doing and leading

Norm holding a ribbon for his unusual closured jar Display.

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Norm holding Rare HG R.M. Dalbey jar.

by example.

Norm and Junne also enjoyed attending the now defunct York, Pa. show held outside at the fairgrounds.

Dealers used to set up in the cattle stalls and anyone who attended can probably still remember the pungent smells. The jar picking was fabulous, though.

Thinking the 2000 Denver Expo would be their last big show due to their ages, Norm pulled some of the good jars from his collection and put a high price on them. He figured if they sell, it’s all right and if they didn’t, he could put them back on the shelves. They actually sold and for great prices. He could have sold his HG black glass 1858 Mason to five different collectors. Again, he didn’t care if it sold or not but he made the remark openly that if it did sell they would go to England to see Stonehenge, a place he had wanted to see since boyhood. When the black glass HG sold, a collector asked “if he was still going to Stonehenge?” Norm wasn’t sure and said he’d think it over.

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Junne and Norm in the early years.

But Junne stood behind him and wasn’t having any of that and said, “OH NO, you are not thinking it over! We are going to England!” That spectacular jar, by the way, brought a whopping $10,000.

According to Norm, selling some of his good jars allowed them to take four trips to Europe and Alaska. The hobby of collecting fruit jars has been very good to the Barnetts. He claims the hobby was responsible for making great friends and great trips. Many of the friends they have now and others made over the years wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the hobby of fruit jar collecting.

Although most of Norm’s collection is gone, he often browses through Jerry McCann’s 2010 Fruit Jar Annual and can visualize how his jar case looked at different times in the past. Jars such as: the Air Tight Fruit Jr, Adams & Co., Arthur Burnham and Gilroy, Ball Fruit Jar, Belle, Buffington, R.M. Dalbey, Dalbey’s Magic, Doanes Great Airtight, Excelsior with basket of fruit on reverse,

Norm at one of his Sales Tables.

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with original and rare Fridley and Cornman, closures.

Great Eastern, Huyett & Sadly Norm is in Fridley, Indicator, Ladies poor health now, but Favorite, Ludlows Patent, thankfully still has a Mason’s flag Standard, good mind. Incredibly, Mold Preventor (midget), Norm and Junne green Patent Sept. 1860, have been married Prosser, Safety with for 64 years, which Cumberland Glass Works in itself is a feat of on base and so many more gigantic proportions. fantastic fruit jars. Norm Despite their ages started collecting jars at Norm and June have the right time when they continued attending were available and at as many bottle shows reasonable prices. Norm’s as possible to their favorite jar was his light credit. Due to health blue quart Poque jar. issues Norm has Norm also claims that had to dispose of his at other times when he wonderful collection closes his eyes he can see Rare midget Mold Preventor, but considers himself some of the jars that used now in the collection of Dan Corker. fortunate to have his to belong to him and the many people who bought them including good friend Dan Corker to help him with Dan Corker, Phil Smith, Dick Bere, that very sad job.

Norm and Junne say to newer Dave Rittenhouse, Joe Coulson, Gerry Phifer and many others. He can also see collectors to buy the best jar(s) with in his mind the collectors he has been so whatever money you have and don’t privileged to have purchased jars from mess around with common jars, as he did years ago such as Alex Kerr, George in the very beginning of his collecting.

Norm would finally say, “To all of the McConnell, Roy Brown and others.

One particular fond memory Norm friends we have made due to this hobby, has is of Junne trying to scratch off the it’s been great knowing you…” so-called ugly black pontil mark from the base of a cobalt blue Cunningham and Co. jar that she brought home and had bought for a whopping $37.

I’ve known Norm since meeting him in 1988 at the Indianapolis show.

I remember seeing his display at that show of his unusual closured jars and I was simply amazed at the incredible jars

Rare Commodore & R.M. Dalbey’s jars, Now in the collection of Dan Corker.

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The Dating Game:

William Walton, the Whiteman Brothers, and the Warren Glass Works Pete Schulz, Bill Lockhart, Carol Serr, and Bill Lindsey History The history of the Warren Glass Works exemplifies the shifting partnerships, fuel supply problems, and migratory locations so common in the 19th century glass industry. Although the company became an important early producer of milk bottles located in Maryland, its origins lay in the druggists’ glassware trade in New York City.

Walton’s Druggists’ Glass Works, New York City (ca. 1862-1876) William N. Walton began advertising his new invention in July 1862, although his patent for recessed panel shelf bottles (see patent section below) was not issued until September. He claimed that his business was the “original and sole manufacturers” of glass labels for druggists’ bottles. Walton had previously been employed as a glass cutter at New York’s Patent Glass Lettering Co. and operated a crockery and glass store in Newark (Griffenhagen & Bogard 1999:63-64).

By early 1865, Walton was a manufacturer and dealer in “druggists’ and other glass ware,” located on John Street, advertising the same recessed panel shelf bottles that he had patented in 1862. By May of 1865, he had formed Walton’s Druggists’ Glass Works with a warehouse on Pearl Street, although “Walton & Harris,” still located on John Street, were noted in the same advertisement as “manufacturers of cut glass, glass letters and numerals, for windows and doors.” This was presumably the factory, although the wording suggests that the bottles and other glassware themselves – made in green and flint glass and porcelain – were actually made by other factories, with only the glass labels and engraving being made and applied by Walton et al. Besides drug store shelf bottles, the other advertised wares included items such as syringes, graduates, funnels,

patch boxes and perfume bottles. By the end of 1866, Harris had disappeared from the listing and only the Pearl Street address was given (American Druggists’ Circular 1865a-b; 1866).

By 1875, the company – now located at 39 Warren Street – had changed its name to Walton Glass Works, with Walton & Whiteman as the proprietors (For a summary of all these moves, see Table 1). The name change reflected a change in emphasis, with the engraved and inset labels being especially advertised for bar ware, although druggists’ ware was evidently still important. The bottles were reputedly “made at their own factory” (Crockery Journal 1875; Crockery and Glass Journal 1875).

In mid-1876, the company – noted as W.N. Walton & Co. – advertised that it had “purchased the entire Stock, Business and Good Will” of the Mt. Washington Glass Works in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and had leased their warehouse and sales rooms in Boston (Crockery and Glass Journal 1876a). It is likely that this apparent confusion in names represents a situation commonly found in the 19th century, where the factory (Walton Glass Works) went by one name, and the operating company (W.N. Walton & Co.) went by another.

The purpose was evidently a bid for a larger share of the New England market; if so, it had unintended consequences.

The timing of Walton’s claim corresponds with an 1876 reorganization of the Mt. Washington operation, in which the company name was changed to the Mt. Washington Glass Co. (Wilson 1972:298-299). Since the new company took over the actual factory and all its equipment, the operation was clearly not under Walton’s control. It is possible that he hoped to continue as the sales agent for the reorganized New England firm, but it seems likely that the expansion overextended his credit. In October, he was in jail, charged with forging a

Massachusetts check and was unable to raise the $2,000 bail. This brought to a head dissensions among his partners that had been brewing for several months, and the New York operation was promptly reorganized, sans Walton, as the Warren Glass Works (Crockery and Glass Journal 1876b-c).

Warren Glass Works, New York City (1876-1880) Reorganized from the fiscal and public-relations ashes of the Walton operation, the Warren Glass Works (named after the company’s location on Warren Street) continued advertising bar bottles and druggists’ shelf ware. The “patent recess-glass labeled” glassware was manufactured “under license.” This was perhaps a deal cut with Erma Walton, but the new company made no bones about the fact that “Wm. N. Walton is not connected with this Establishment.”

Louis P. Whiteman was noted as the company’s “agent,” but it seems likely that he was also its guiding light (Crockery and Glass Journal 1876d).

The company’s ads for the next several years continued the focus on “patent recess labeled glassware” and engraved bar bottles. During most of this period, we have virtually no information on where these containers were produced.

At the end of 1878, however, the ads include a notice for the East Stroudsburg Glass Co., Ltd. (Pennsylvania), “Largest Bottle Factory in the United States” and “manufacturers of every variety of green and amber glass and druggists’ ware” (Crockery and Glass Journal 1878). The purpose for including this notice is unclear. It is possible that East Stroudsburg manufactured all of the Warren operation’s wares, the latter firm operating only as a jobber. Alternately, the Stroudsburg factory may have made the bottles while Warren maintained a factory for engraving them and manufacturing inset labels.

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An important departure in 1879 was the production of a milk jar with a bail closure for the glass lid, which sealed with a cork ring. This bottle was patented by L.P. Whiteman in early 1880 (Patent No. 225,900). Even before it was submitted to the Patent Office, bottles of this design – “the ultimatum [sic] of milk jars” – were being offered by the Warren Glass Works (Crockery and Glass Journal 1879). The quick success of the milk jar seems to have inspired the company to establish a new, possibly larger, factory in which all its wares could be produced.

Warren Glass Works Co., Cumberland, Maryland (1880-1888) Whiteman selected a site in Cumberland, Maryland, where coal was abundant and cheap, glass sand was available, and rail connections provided ready access to eastern markets (Figure 1). Construction on the Warren Glass Works began in late April 1880, and production commenced in September.

Although the main product was the milk jars, the plant also made other flint ware including fruit jars, pickle jars, pomade jars, bottles, and lantern globes and chimneys, “as well as heavier goods.”

The Walton jars were notably absent.

First Louis, then Abram Whiteman, handled sales from the New York office.

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The factory was evidently successful from the start. They were advertising private mold work by 1882, and, by 1883, their output reportedly included tableware and glasses. Their cologne bottles were in considerable demand as far west as St. Louis. Initially built with an 8-pot furnace, they added a 12-pot furnace in 1885, doubling their capacity (Crockery and Glass Journal 1880a; 1880b; 1881; 1882; 1883a:14; 1883b; 1883c:26; American Glass Worker 1885; Cumberland Glass 2007).

By all accounts, the plant’s most important product was the Warren milk bottle. The bottle was widely advertised and touted by editors of farm journals.

In the latter notices, we can see the beginnings of the modern milk delivery systems that dominated the milk trade in the following century: The London Live Stock Journal has the following . . .

Our American friends are shipping milk in glass jars or bottles, nt from the producer to the consumer.

The idea is an ingenous [sic] one, and so far as proving a great success, one farm alone has ordered and has in use over ten thousand of these novel vessels, which, when filled with the milk drawn from the cows, are sealed securely down, with the result that the consumer is insured

Figure 1 – Warren Glass Works, Cumberland, MD (Dale Murschell)

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[sic] of the genuine article, for which the farmer in return can command a paying price. Why should not the experiment be tried in this country?

It will have been observed that bottles expressly made for the above purpose have been advertised in our columns for some time past by the Warren Glass Co. . . . (Cultivator & Country Gentleman 1880:761) For the delivery of milk in cities, etc., glass bottles are rapidly coming into use. The milk is placed in the bottles at the farm . . ., closed with a glass stopper which has a strong spring clamp to hold it tight, and in this form is delivered to the consumer, without chance of any contamination, or of being robbed of its cream while in transit. The Warren Glass Works Co., Cumberland, Md., have given special attention to the making of bottles for this new form of milk delivery, and it is not easy to see how anything can be better suited to the purpose. Milk in such bottles looks so much better, that we are not surprised that the purchaser is willing to pay more for it than for that delivered in the old careless way with can and dipper, in which at each delivery the milk is exposed to the all-pervading street dust which collects upon the ladle, is each time washed off into the can. The bottles are of beautifully clear glass, and present such an attractive appearance that housekeepers, we have no doubt, will be tempted to use them frequently for other purposes than to hold milk (American Agriculturist 1881).

In spite of the factory’s success, problems lay ahead. Having doubled the plant’s capacity and its workforce in 1885, the company quickly fell afoul of the Flint Glass Workers Union. In July of that year, the men walked out when the foreman assigned two apprentices to blow bottles. Appeal to the union agreement found the foreman within his rights, and the men agreed to return to work. The company, however, insisted

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on discharging two “ringleaders” – whereupon the whole force struck. The dispute lasted at least a year (New York Times 1885; American Glass Worker 1886b).

In the midst of its labor troubles, the company became entangled in legal disputes with its coal supplier when the quality of the fuel deteriorated with adverse effects on the glass. This resulted in a series of lawsuits and appeals, and the removal of the factory to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1888.

The old factory evidently finished out the 1887-1888 fire, but was then closed down. It was leased by the Cumberland Glass Co. in 1889 (Albany Law Journal 1886:219-220; Hagerstown Herald and Torch Light 1887;Connellsville Courier 1889).

company threatening to cut off the fuel supply because “private consumers were the most profitable and . . . they could not spare gas for factories.” Warren and the Thompson Glass Co. – Uniontown’s other glass factory – responded by filing an injunction to force the gas company to fulfill its contracts. The glass works continued to operate as its case moved (unsuccessfully) through the courts.

The factory building burned in late 1890, but the molds and equipment were undamaged. The company resumed 11 days later, planning on an even bigger plant (Crockery and Glass Journal 1889; Connellsville Courier 1890a; 1890b; Titusville Herald 1890; Indiana Gazette 1890).

Operations continued into early 1891, but the company’s optimism

Table 1 – Locations

Location

Name

Type of Business

Dates

John St.(?), NY

William N. Walton

unknown (jobber?)

ca. 1862-1865

Pearl St.

Walton’s Druggists’ Glass Works

factory

1865-ca. 1875

Walton & Harris

operating company

1865-1866

Walton & Whiteman

operating company

1866-1867

39 Warren St.

Walton Glass Works

factory

ca. 1875-1876

39 Warren St.

Warren Glass Works

factory

1876-1880

Cumberland, MD

Warren Glass Works Co.

factory

1880-1888

44 College Pl.

unknown

sales office

1881-1882

72 Murray St.

L.P. Whiteman

sales office

1882?-1885

72 Murray St.

A.V. Whiteman

sales office

1885-ca. 1888

Uniontown, PA

Warren Glass Works Co.

factory

1888-1891

Warren Glass Works Co., Uniontown, Pennsylvania (1888-1891) Desiring to move their factory to the natural gas belt, and tempted by an offer of cheap natural gas at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the Whitemans moved their plant there in 1888. It began production in September. The new, 14pot furnace made “milk bottles and other specialties-all of flint glass.” The “other specialties” included various types of bottles, glasses, and fruit jars (Crockery and Glass Journal 1888a-c; Tyrone Herald 1888).

The new factory operated in full for the first fire and began the second on the same basis. In November, 1889, however, it was hit with a notice from the gas

was misplaced.

Enmeshed in the legal conflict over insufficient gas, the company was unable to meet its own orders or pay the contractors working on the expanded facility. By May, 1891, press accounts signaled the demise of the operation: The contractors have quit work on the new buildings for the Warren works until something definite is arrived at in the gas case and in the financial condition of the works. It is hardly probable that L.P. Whiteman will be able to resume the operation of the works at all, as the absence of gas and the failure to run have necessitated giving up contracts, of

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which he had plenty. Besides suits for damages are threatened on all sides by parties with whom he had contracts for work (Connellsville Courier 1891a).

The factory was sold at a sheriff’s sale at the end of April, and bought for $1,113 by E.H. Abraham, the factory superintendent. This failed to satisfy the creditors, and three more sheriff’s auctions followed by the end of 1892.

Finally, the Uniontown Glass Works, organized in April 1893, purchased the plant and began operations (Connellsville Courier 1891a-b; Roller 1997).

A.V. Whiteman, New York, New York (1885-1900) From its establishment in 1876 until early 1885, the Warren Glass Works maintained sales offices in New York, with Louis P. Whiteman listed as the company’s agent. This continued even after the Cumberland factory was established in 1880. The only change noted in this period was the moving of the office from 39 Warren Street two blocks west to 72 Murray Street.

From March 1885 onward. the ads were placed by Abram V. Whiteman, still operating at the Murray Street address.

Whether for Warren Milk Bottles, Whiteman Fruit Jars or Whiteman Milk Jars, it was brother Abram who ran the New York office under his own name.

At some point, Whiteman moved the office from 72 Murray St. to nearby 144 Chambers St. at some point between 1887 and 1889.

He continued to advertise until at least 1896, five years after the Warren factory operation (by then in Uniontown) ceased production.

Abram received a patent for a jar closure in 1900, the same year that he leased the 144 Chambers St. “store” to James Campbell. Campbell received a fiveyear lease on the property for $1,800 (American Agriculturist 1885a-b; 1887; Cultivator and Country Gentleman 1896; Ladies Home Journal 1889; New York Times 1900). Despite the evidence of the lease, A.V. Whiteman continued to be listed as a milk jar manufacturer until 1909 – still at the 144 Chambers St.

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address. The listing had vanished from the 1912 edition (Thomas Publishing Co. 1905:577; 1907:799; 1909:1101).

Most secondary sources cite A.V. Whiteman as an “executive” or salesperson of the Warren Co. (e.g., Taylor 1971:44; Tutton 1994:4; Giarde 1980:137). However, given that he operated under his own name, with no reference to the Warren company, it seems likely that he purchased his brothers’ shares in the New York operation and carried on independently. It is also clear that he ordered the Whiteman jars from other manufacturers after the Warren factory’s demise (see Containers and Marks section). William E. Whiteman, noted as “a wealthy dealer in milk bottles, whose place of business was at 144 Chambers St.,” died under somewhat mysterious circumstances in early August 1901 (New York Times 1901). Although William was rarely mentioned in other sources, this reference may indicate that the office was still open in 1901.

Walton Patents William N. Walton based most of his business on his only patent (and a reissue).

September 23, 1862 – Improvement in Attaching Labels to Bottles William N. Walton received Patent No. 36,542 on September 23, 1862, for an “Improvement in Attaching Labels to Bottles.” In Walton’s patent, the bottle was molded with a recessed section on the upper center of the body. A label was then glued into the recess, and an identically shaped piece of glass was glued in atop the label. This kept the label from being obliterated, defaced, or loosened when acid or other corrosive substances contained in the bottle were spilled.

Druggists were Walton’s target market.

As noted by Griffenhagen and Bogard (1999:64), Walton’s patent was for the outside glass label. Since Walton began advertising the new method in July of 1862, it is very likely that he had applied for the patent by that time.

Prior to ca. 1878, patent documents did not include the date of application.

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May 28, 1867 – Improvement for Attaching Labels to Bottles Griffenhagen and Bogard (1999:65) noted that the original patent “was defective in both the specification and the drawings,” which resulted in the reissue. They further noted that the reissue was for two separate patents, one for the label and one for the bottle.

The first reissue (No. 2,360), dated May 28, 1867, was for an “Improvement for Attaching Labels to Bottles” (Figures 2-4).

Essentially, the description removed the information about the label from the original patent, added additional description, and pasted it all into the reissued patent document. This separated the labeling process from the bottle design.

May 28, 1867 – Improved Bottle for Druggists and Chemists The second reissue document (No. 2,631) , also dated May 28, 1867, was for an “Improved Bottle for Druggists and Chemists.” A perplexing aspect of the reissues is that both documents were in the name of “Elma E. Walton, of Newark, New Jersey, Assignee by Mesne Assignments of William N. Walton.” The name “W.N. Walton” also appears at the top of the second reissue document, although “E.E. Walton” is atop the initial one. “Mesne” means intermediate or intervening and is often used as a legal term, indicating the

Figure 3 - Walton label-under-glass bottle (Dale Murschell)

Figure 5 – Label-under-glass side view (eBay)

assignment of profits to an intervening party. Erma Walton was presumably William’s wife. We have been unable to determine the reason for the assignment of the patents to Elma Walton.

Figure 2 – Walton’s 1867 reissue patent for a label-under-glass bottle (U.S. Patent Office)

Whitman Patents Both Louis and Abram Whiteman obtained patents for jars and closures.

In addition, George L. Carll and Benjamin F. Sanborn patented lids in the same sequence of inventions and assigned them to Abram Whiteman. For a summary of Whiteman patents and closures, see Table 2.

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April 2, 1878 – Improvement in Jars for Preserves and Fruit On February 22, 1878, Louis P. Whiteman applied for a patent for and “Improvement in Jars for Preserves and Fruit” and was granted Patent No. 201,969 on April 2, 1878. He described his closure as “an externally screwthreaded, plate-like cover” made of glass.

Caniff (2001:34) came across the only example we have found for the use of this patent. He described a jar, sealed by a milk glass lid, with highly-raised bumps around the top, . . . lettered within this area in red, THE CRAIG BAKING POWDER CO. CLEVELAND, O., all within a circle. It appears that the lettering was stamped on the lid, which was probably then refired to set the “ink,” melted glass, or whatever they used in this case.

Of more pertinent issue to this study, Caniff noted that “the glass lid is actually screwed into the nickel-platedsteel screw band. There is a thin spiral thread around the outer edge of the lid that locks into the threads on the band.”

In his search, the only patent Caniff could find that matched this description was the one issued to Louis Whiteman in 1878 (Figure 5).

Figure 5 – L.P. Whiteman’s 1878product jar patent (U.S. Patent Office)

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Dr. William Craig began manufacturing “Craig’s Baking Powder and Flavoring Extracts” prior to the fall of l870, when he sold the business and moved to California. What he actually called the firm is currently unknown to us. The Craig Baking Powder Co. was in business under that name at Cleveland, Ohio, by at least July 26, 1884, as attested by an entry from the Ohio General Assembly. A billhead indicates that the company remained in business until at least July 13, 1900 (Brown 2008; General Assembly of the State of Ohio 1885:1086; Redlands Daily Facts 1897).

It is thus clear that Craig was in business at an opportune time to have used the Whiteman lid. This suggests that the closure was actually manufactured, albeit without stamped or embossed patent data. Generic jars using the lid were likely first made at the New York plant, and their production may have continued at Cumberland.

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or other suitable material” and held in place by a wire-bale arrangement. The seal was affected by a “flange overlapping the mouth of the jar, sealing it with the aid of a packing ring . . . preferably of cork.”

Known as the Warren Milk Bottle, the bottle was advertised at least as early as July 1879 (Figure 7), before the patent was awarded or the application even filed (Crockery & Glass Journal 1879; Tutton 1994:4).

Figure 7 – Warren Milk Bottle ad (Crockery & Glass Journal 1879:16)

March 23, 1880 – Jar for Milk &c.

Louis Whitman applied for a patent on January 31, 1880, for a “Jar for Milk &c.” and received Patent No. 225,900 on March 23 of that year (Figure 6).

Although the patent was for the jar, it centered around the cap, made of “metal

Taylor (1971:39) published good photos of the bottle and base. Since the bottle was marketed before the Warren Glass Works actually built its own plant, the earliest of these bottles must have been made for them by another factory. Apparently, the rapid success of this patent inspired the creation of the company’s glass factory in Cumberland.

Figure 6 – L.P. Whiteman’s 1880 milk jar patent (U.S. Patent Office)

Figure 8 – Warren Milk Bottle (Doug & Linda 2005-2009)

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The website sponsored by Doug & Linda (2005-2009) included a photo of a “Warren Milk Jar” (Figure 8) and noted that the underside of the glass lid is embossed with a patent date of Jan. 5, 1875, revised June 5, 1877. This patent and revision was issued to Charles DeQuillfeldt of New York, New York[,] for an improvement in bottle stoppers. This was the original patent for the Lightning style bottle closures found on many beer bottles.

The lid was “loose when the bail is tightened to allow for a packing ring to seal the bottle and cushion the glass on glass. We have seen references to the packing material being rubber or cork.”

The actual bottle was “patented by Louis P. Whiteman of New York, New York[,] on March 23, 1880.” The researchers speculated that the bottle “was made before the patent was granted since it references the DeQuillfeldt patent rather than the Whiteman patent” and noted that they had “seen advertisements for this milk bottle that date from August of 1879, before the patent was granted.”

The base of the bottle was embossed “WHITEMAN.” Giarde (1980:133) also noted a cover from a Warren milk bottle with “several patent dates from the 1870’s . . . with the Warren milk bottle patent date of March 23, 1880[,] also on the lid.” Thus, lids contained at least two embossed patent formats: one with the 1880 patent date, the other with only the 1875 and 1877 patent dates.

April 3, 1883 – Stopper or Cover for Bottles or Jars On October 1, 1882, Abram V. Whiteman applied for a patent for a “Stopper or Cover for Bottles or Jars.”

He received Patent No. 275,101 on April 3, 1883. This was Abram’s first patent.

Unlike both patents obtained by brother Louis, this closure was made from “two pieces or thicknesses of sheet metal fitting snugly together and having their edges overlapped, one provided with a

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downwardly-extending annular rim or projection adapted to fit within the mouth of the bottle or jar,” although the lid was still held in place by a wire swing bail (Figure 9). This cover was flat and was probably superseded by the September 4 lid.

Figure 11 – Bottle used from 1883 to at least the 1890s (Dale Murschell)

Figure 9 – A.V. Whiteman’s first 1883 patent (U.S. Patent Office)

Doug & Linda (2005-2009) showed a photograph of a Cream Line milk bottle (Whiteman 1890 patent) with an “enameled tin bail top” that they identified as the one patented by Whiteman on April 3, 1883. The bottle base had the 144 Chambers St. address.

An example from Paul Doucette confirms a lack of embossing on a lid that appears to be from the April 3, 1883 patent and is also affixed to a Cream Line milk bottle (Figure 10). It seems strange that the

Figure 9 – Tin-top bail lid with no patent information (Paul Doucette)

older lid was still used on a bottle that is at least seven years newer – despite at least three patent changes in between. It may be that the other lids did not prove to be as effective. This actual bottle style was used from 1883 until at least the 1890s (Figure 11).

September 4, 1883 – Stopper for Bottles and Jars Abram applied for another patent for a “Stopper for Bottles and Jars” on May 31, 1883, and received Patent No. 284,523 on September 4, 1883. Although this was another wire swing bail stopper, it differed in two major ways from the one Whiteman had patented earlier in the year: 1) the metal stopper was conical, instead of flat; and 2) the bail was anchored in two debossed “holes” in the bottle’s neck/shoulder joint, instead of being held in place by a wire arrangement (Figure 12).

September 23, 1884 – Jar Giarde (137-138) and Taylor (1971:44-45) both discussed a patent for milk jars or fruit jars advertised by Whiteman in the late 1880s. Tutton (1994:6) illustrated the patent, No. 305,554, issued to A.V. Whiteman for a “Jar.” Whiteman applied for the patent on June 18, 1884, and received it on September 23 of that year. He stated that

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Figure 12 – A.V. Whiteman’s second 1883 patent (U.S. Patent Office)

Figure 13 – A.V. Whiteman’s 1884 patent (U.S. Patent Office)

his objective was “to provide a jar with a cover connected thereto by simple means” (Figure 13) This improved on his 1883 patent.

Giarde (1981:137-138) speculated on the possibility that the milk jar Whiteman advertised as an 1884 patent was actually a fruit jar, as claimed by fruit jar collectors.

He further noted that Whiteman’s 1885 ads mentioned the Warren milk bottles

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and Whiteman fruit jars, but no Whiteman milk jar. The actual patent, however, stated that it was for a “useful Improvement for Jars for Containing Milk and other Liquids and Substances” (Creswick 1987:247; Roller 1983:408).

This created some confusion. A.V. Whiteman did advertise the Whiteman Fruit Jar – illustrated and with the 1884 patent date (Crockery and Glass Journal 1885). Roller (1983:330) illustrated the ad and noted that it included the September 23, 1884, patent date – but actually showed the lid from the 1885 patent. The fruit jar illustration was embossed on the face: “THE WHITEMAN (arch) / PAT. SEPT. 23 - 84 (horizontal) / FRUIT JAR (inverted arch)” (Crockery and Glass Journal 1885). Unfortunately, this seems to have been created for the ad; none of the fruit jar sources described such an embossing.

Meanwhile, Whiteman continued to advertise the old Warren Milk Bottle (with the 1880 patent date) until at least February 1887 (American Agricuturist 1887). The first ads we have discovered for the newer Whiteman Milk Jar are from 1889 (Ladies Home Journal 1889).

However, the milk bottles and fruit jars are not the same. The fruit jars shown in his ads are of typical fruit jar shape with very short necks, while the milk jars have much longer and more sloping necks (probably identical to the old Warren Milk Bottle). The finish and closure on these Whiteman fruit jars and milk jars, however, are identical: a wide band finish and a domed closure as shown in the 1884 patent illustration. Thus, the container was not used alternatively for fruit and milk as indicated above – the two jar types were quite distinct. Only the sealing form was identical.

Doug & Linda (2005-2009) included a photo of a milk bottle with this lid. The illustrated bottle is generic but has the more gently sloped shoulders typical of later milk bottles (unlike the abrupt slope of the Warren Milk Bottle (see Figure 8).

They noted that the patent date on the cap was Sept. 23, 1884. It is thus apparent that the lid was available for both milk and fruit jars – although its use on fruit jars has not been demonstrated.

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June 16, 1885 – Fruit Jar The Warren Glass Works Co. website (Cumberland Glass 2007) claimed a patent date of June 16, 1885, for a fruit jar. The anonymous author stated that he had not been able to find any of the Warren jars, and we have been equally unable to find any references in the usual fruit jar literature. Whiteman, however, filed for a patent on January 27, 1885, and received Patent No. 320,107 for a “Fruit Jar” on June16, 1885 (Figure 14). The main point of this invention was a cover that was “entirely unconnected with the jars” – a “desirable” improvement in his opinion. The metal closure was bell or dome shaped and was held in place by a wire bale arrangement roughly similar to the one patented in 1884 but with the closure unconnected to the wire.

Roller (1983:330) illustrated two ads, both of which featured virtually identical drawings – that are both very close to the patent illustration. One, predictably, called the jar the “Whiteman Fruit Jar” and listed A.V. Whiteman at the 72 Murray St. address in 1885. Although this ad illustrated the lid patented in 1885, it claimed the 1884 patent! The other ad, however, was from a ca. 1887 A.G. Smalley & Co. catalog and showed a jar with the “SEP. 23 ‘85” patent date on the front. It is thus apparent that either the Whitemans made these jars for Smalley,

Figure 14 – A.V. Whiteman’s 1884 patent (U.S. Patent Office)

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or they allowed Smalley to use the patent. Creswick (1987:195) illustrated the jar, embossed “THE / SMALLEY / JAR (all horizontal)” and noted both Whiteman patent dates (although neither was embossed on either the jar or the lid).

Leybourne (2001:349) also noted a halfgallon variation with “THE SMALLEY JAR (in circle)” debossed on the front (Figure 15).

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on the actual jar) was not as close to the shape of the patent drawing as the one illustrated in the 1885 ad (with the 1884 patent date). Creswick (1987:171) illustrated the jar and agreed with the patent assignment (Figure 16). She noted that the jar was only reported in a half-pint size.

April 17, 1888 – Jar [Whiteman Milk Jar] By at least January 1891, Whiteman was advertising his milk jars, patented on April 17, 1888, and stressed that “dipping milk out of cans peddled about the street, subject to dust and rain and drip from the reins and hands of the driver, is unhealthy and dirty” (Giarde 1980:137; Ladies Home Journal 1891 – Figure 17). This almost certainly

Figure 15 – Another fruit jar made from the Whiteman 1885 patent (Creswick 1987:171)

Figure 18 – G.L. Carll’s 1888 milk jar patent (U.S. Patent Office)

February 18, 1890 – Milk-Jar Abram Whiteman filed for another patent on October 31, 1888, for a “MilkJar” and received Patent No. 421,461 on February 18, 1890. The jar, itself, “may be of any desirable shape” with a cover made from metal “or any suitable material.” What made the container unique was “three marks or lines extending around the neck portion of the jar . . . .

Figure 15 – Smalley Jar, made from Whiteman’s 1885 patent (Leybourne 2001:349)

Roller (1983:279) also presented another A.V. Whiteman fruit jar ad, this one from August 1886.

The ad illustrated a jar embossed “THE WHITEMAN (arch) / PAT JUNE 16 85 (horizontal) / PRESERVE JAR (inverted arch).” Actual jars, however, were only embossed “PATENTED / JUNE 16 1885” with the same embossing on the lid. Oddly, the lid in the drawing (and

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Figure 17 – Ad for G.L. Carl’s 1888 patent milk jar

referred to the George L. Carll Patent No. 381,331. Carll filed on this patent for a “Jar” on October 21, 1887, and received it on April 17 of the following year. He assigned the patent to Abraham [sic] V. Whiteman. Carll noted that his “improvement relat[ed] more specifically to jars containing milk” (Figure 18).

Even though this patent claims to be for the bottle (or jar), it is really more about the closure. This patent had the “desirable” improvement of the wire bale arrangement like the 1885 Whiteman patent, but it returned to a flat lid. This flat lid is a defining feature on the closures used after at least 1890.

Doug & Linda (2005-2009) noted that they had “never seen this bottle cover even though it was advertised by A.V. Whiteman.”

Figure 19 – Whiteman’s 1890 patent for the Creamline milk bottle (U.S. Patent Office)

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formed by blowing them into the jar [i.e., embossed].” The lines were designed to show the customer the quality of the milk as determined by the percentage of cream it contained (Figure 19). The closure actually drawn in the patent document was the one Whiteman patented in 1884.

Tutton (1994:19) noted that these bottles are found with “tin tops, dome caps and with the common sense cap seat” in pint and quart sizes. Taylor (1971:47) provided good photos of the bottles.

Whiteman advertised the “Whiteman’s Standard Indicating Milk Jars” at least as early as February 1896, although these are better known as “Standard Cream Line” or just “Cream Line” bottles by collectors. These had a line just below the neck-shoulder junction embossed “5%” and another line farther down the shoulder embossed “12 ½% STANDARD CREAM LINE” (Figures 20 & 21) According to the patent drawing, the jar was sealed with a Lightning-style fastener, probably identical to that in Carll’s 1888 patent. The company also offered “plain jars and sundries” (Cultivator & Country Gentleman 1896).

This was the only major patent after the initial milk jar in 1880 that indicated a significant change in the bottle rather than the fastener.

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October 25, 1892 – Bottle-Stopper Benjamin F. Sanborn, Flatlands, New York, applied for a patent for a “Bottle-Stopper” on December 30, 1891, and was awarded Patent No. 485,139 on October 25, 1892. He assigned the patent to Abram V. Whiteman. The stopper was a flat-top metal design held in place by a wire bail (Figure 22 & 23).

The Sanborn patent is basically a slight modification of the 1888 Carll patent.

Doug & Linda (2005-2009) described a lid stamped with this patent date on one of the Cream Line bottles, and an eBay auction illustrated the lid on a bottle embossed “POWELL & LOCKWOOD” on the base (see below).

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December 18, 1900 – Bottle-Cap On June 8, 1899, Abram V. Whiteman applied for another patent, this time, a “Bottle-Cap.” He was awarded Patent No. 663,988 on December 18, 1900.

The invention contained “improvements in caps for milk-bottles and the like” and consisted of yet another metal closure held in place by a wire bail (Figure 24). This was an adaptation of the 1892

Figure 24 – Whiteman’s 1890 patent (U.S. Patent Office)

closure that would fit into the cap-seat finish of the Common-Sense milk bottle.

The design was Whiteman’s last patent.

Figure 22 – Benjamin F. Sanborn’s 1892 milk jar patent (U.S. Patent Office)

Containers and Marks Walton, Warren Glass Works, and Whiteman used a variety of containers with a great deal of variation in closures.

In addition, there was a great deal of variation in the manufacturer’s marks.

See Table 3 for the Walton marks and containers and Table 5 for the marks used

by Whiteman and the related containers, closures, and chronology.

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Figure 20 & 21 – Creamline milk bottle (eBay) - (inset) Shoulder and finish of the Creamline milk bottle (eBay)

Figure 23 – Sanborn’s 1892-patent lid (eBay)

W.N. WALTON (1862-1879) Griffenhagen and Bogard (1999:65) noted that jars with the Walton patent recessed glass labels were embossed “W.N. WALTON PATD SEPT 23D, 1862”

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Table 2 – Whiteman and Whiteman-Related Closures/Containers Patent Date & Number

Defining Characteristics

Container Type

April 2, 1878 (201,969)

screw cap threads on both glass insert and finish

product jar

Jan. 5, 1875 (158,406) June 5, 1877 (7,722)

“Lightning” tin top with wire bales

Warren Milk Bottle

July 1879

(Doug & Linda 20052009; Giarde 1980:133)

Mar 23, 1880 (225,900)

glass insert with wire bale

Warren Milk Bottle

1880-Feb 1887

(Doug & Linda 2005)

April 3, 1883 (275,101)

2-piece tin lid with bale wire cover completely across top of lid

Warren Milk Bottle, generic milk bottle, Cream Line milk bottle

Sep. 4, 1883 (284,523)

conical lid; flat restraining strap; wire bale anchored in holes below finish

milk bottle – may never have been used

Sep. 23, 1884 (305,554)

similar to Sep. 4, 1883, but wire bale anchored in wire below finish

jar or generic milk bottle

1884 (patent date)

(Doug & Linda 2005) [patent date on milk bottle lid]

June 16, 1885 (320,107)

bell-shaped lid; wire bale not connected to lid

fruit jar; The Smalley Jar

1885 (illustration); 1886 (pat. date & ill.)

(Creswick 1987:171, 195; Roller 1983:279, 330)

Apr. 17, 1888 (381,331) George L. Carll

wire bale pushed over a raised “bump” to raise lid

Whiteman Milk Jar? – probably never used

1888?

Feb. 18, 1890 (421,461)

embossed “cream lines” at shoulder and neck

Cream Line milk bottle (Whiteman Milk Jar?)

1890-1896

Oct. 25, 1892 (485,139) Benjamin F. Sanborn

indented circle in flat lid; wire bale only partly covered where it attached to lid

Cream Line milk bottle, generic milk bottle

Dec. 18, 1900 (663,988)

made to fit into cap-seat finish

unknown – may never have been used

in a circle on a Rickett’s style base mold around a concave center post bottom (Figure 25). This marking, however, was only used between 1862 and 1867.

Jars made after May 28, 1867, had the reissue patent date.

According to Griffenhagen and Bogard (1999:65), jars with the Walton recessed glass labels added the reissue patent information from 1867 to 1879.

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Actual Use Craig Baking Powder (Caniff 2001:34)

(Doug & Linda 2005)

This implies that the bottles were made by (or for) Walton’s plant in New York City between 1867 and 1876 and by the Warren Glass Works (same location from 1876 to 1880), when the Warren company built its plant at Cumberland, Maryland.

These jars had “W.N. WALTON (arch) / PATD SEPT 28TH 1862 (inverted arch)” embossed in a Rickett’s type plate around the outside edge of their bases with “2 REISSUES (arch) / MAY 28TH 1867 (inverted arch)” embossed on the concave post

(Taylor 1971:47; Tutton 1994:19) (Doug & Linda 2005)

mold in the center of the bases (personal communication from Frank Sternad, 10/27/2009). Note that the September 28 date on these bases is incorrect; the original patent was issued on September 23 (Figure 26). Also see below for a Warren mark on these jars.

Whiteman Bottles As mentioned above, the Warren Glass Works almost certainly continued to produce the “label under glass” druggists’ bottles at the New York factory

Table 3 – Walton Patent Sunken Label Jars

Figure 25 – Jar base, W.N. Walton, September 23, 1862 (eBay)

Outer Ring Embossing

Inner Ring Embossing

Factory

Dates

W.N. WALTON PATD SEPT 23D, 1862

none

Walton’s Druggists’ Glass Works, NY

1862-1867

W.N. WALTON / PATD SEPT 28TH 1862

2 REISSUES / MAY 28TH 1867

Walton’s Druggists’ Glass Works, NY

1867-1876

W.N. WALTON / PATD SEPT 28TH 1862

2 REISSUES / MAY 28TH 1867

Warren Glass Works, NY

1876-1880

WARREN GLASS WORKS NEW YORK & CUMBERLAND MD

none

Warren Glass Works, Cumberland, MD

ca. 1880

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Figure 26 – Jar base, W.N. Walton, September 28, 1862 – error date (Frank Sternad)

during the 1876-1880 years, still using the Walton patent and base logo. The manufacture of those bottles probably continued for the first few years at the Cumberland location. Dale Murschell contributed a photo of one of these bottles embossed “WARREN GLASS WORKS NEW YORK & CUMBERLAND MD” in a circle on a Rickett’s-style plate on the base (Figure 27).

Figure 27 – Jar base, Warren Glass Works (Dale Murschell)

Milk bottles were made by or for the Whiteman brothers in at least three shapes – each defined by the configuration of the shoulders. The oldest, the Warren milk bottle, had a very sharp, abrupt shoulder (see Figure 8). Some (possibly all) of these were embossed “THIS BOTTLE / TO BE WASHED / AND RETURNED” on the reverse. An intermediate shape had a more rounded, gradual shoulder (see figure 10). Some of these were embossed “THIS BOTTLE / TO BE WASHED / AND RETURNED / NOT TO BE

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BOUGHT OR SOLD” on the reverse, but others were generic. The final Cream Line bottles had gentle, slightly rounded slope to the shoulder (see Figure 20).

Some of these were embossed with the “washed” plus “bought or sold” directive; others had no embossing on the reverse.

An unusual reverse embossing was brought to our attention by Paul Doucette (personal communication, 11/15/2009).

His bottle is embossed “THIS BOTTLE / TO BE RETURNED.” In addition, the finish shapes varied slightly. All of the patent drawings, except the final one (1900), showed squared finishes (when viewed from the side).

The final one was more rounded. Actual bottles have both squared and rounded finishes. Squared finishes are attached to Warren milk bottles, but both the intermediate and Creamline shapes were made with both round and squared finish designs. Although we have not been able to examine a bottle closely, the rounded shape may indicate a Common Sense finish (i.e., one with the cap-seat ledge inside the throat of the bottle). See Table 4 for a summary of Creamline variations.

The final major variation was in closures (see the Patent section above).

Thus, the most accurate dating may be achieved by a combination of bottle shape, closure style (and/or patent information on the finishes), and basal embossing.

WHITEMAN According to Doug & Linda (20052009), a Warren milk jar was embossed “WHITEMAN” on the base and “THIS BOTTLE / TO BE WASHED / AND RETURNED” on the reverse. The bottle had a circular plate mold on the front but no embossing. One of these was offered on eBay. It, too, was only embossed “WHITEMAN” on the base

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Figure 28 – Whiteman milk jar base – WHITEMAN (eBay)

with the same “WASH” warning on the reverse (Figure 28). The front plate was embossed “ABBOT & SONS (arch) / HILSIDE-DAIRY (inverted arch).”

WHITEMAN (Murray St – 1879-ca.

1888; Chambers St. – at least 1889-ca.

1896) As the selling agent for the Warren Glass Co., Louis Whiteman marketed the Warren milk bottles embossed on the base with “WHITEMAN (arch) / 72 MURRAY ST (horizontal with two dots below the underline) / NEW YORK (inverted arch)” (Taylor 1972:39; Tutton 1994:4). The bottle was advertised at least as early as July 1879. A slight variation was similarly marked, although the word “MAKER” (also horizontal) was inserted above the Murray St. address on the base (Taylor 1971:45 – Figure 29). It is interesting to note that the embossing around the edges of the base actually became the resting point for the bottles.

In other words, the embossing is what actually made contact with the surface upon which the bottle rested.

It is worth noting that a contemporary reference to this embossing arose during the company’s labor troubles.

In January 1886, a labor journal, noting the prolonged strike of the Flint Glass Workers Union noted – with an eye toward a potential boycott – that

Table 4 – Cream Line Variations Type

Line 1*

Line 2

Line 3

Below Line 2

1

5% (f)

12½% (f); STANDARD CREAM LINE (r)

none

WHITEMAN’S PATENT (f) FEB. 18 1890 (r)

2

none

12½% (f); STANDARD CREAM LINE (r)

none

WHITEMAN’S PATENT (f) FEB. 18 1890 (r)

3

5% (f)

12½% (f); STANDARD CREAM LINE (r)

15%

unknown

* Embossing is above the lines.

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Figure 29 – Whiteman milk jar base, 72 Murray St. address (Dale Murschell)

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Figure 30 – Whiteman milk jar base, 144 Chambers St. address (eBay)

The firm mainly makes milk bottles, which have the name “Whiteman” blown into the bottles. The “scab” bottles are sold mainly in New York . . . . Will union men please take notice, and set the ball rolling (American Glass Worker 1886a) A generic bottle (The Whiteman Milk Jar?) was possibly made earlier than the final variation, a Cream Line bottle that was patented on February 18, 1890. The final bottle had a cream line just above the shoulder and another at the neck/shoulder junction. The patent date was embossed just below the shoulder cream line with “12 ½ %” just above the line. The upper line was embossed “5%.” On some bottles, a third line was labeled “15%.”

Bases of both bottle styles had at least four variations (see Table 5), the most common of which was“WHITEMAN (arch) / M / 144 CHAMBERS ST. / 4 (all horizontal) / N. Y. (inverted arch)” (Figure 30) – although the “4” could be replaced by 1, 2, or 3 (Taylor x1971:47; Doug & Linda 2005-2009). At least some of the Cream Line milk bottles were made for Whiteman by the Thatcher Mfg. Co. Another auction showed a photo of a bottle with the 5% and 12 ½% lines with a base embossed “A.V. WHITEMAN (arch) / T.MFG.CO. (horizontal) / 144 CHAMBERS ST. N.Y. (inverted arch).”

Part of the manufacturer’s mark was obliterated by an Owens scar (Figure 31). The central logo was used by the Thatcher Mfg. Co. from 1905 to 1926.

Figure 31 – Whiteman milk jar base, made by Thatcher Mfg. Co. (eBay)

POWELL & LOCKWOOD Two eBay auctions featured Whiteman milk bottles with bases embossed “POWELL & LOCKWOOD (arch) / MAKERS / 112 CHAMBERS ST. (both horizontal) / NEW YORK (inverted arch).” One was a generic bottle, but the other was embossed “PROPERTY OF / LAWNFIELD FARM (both arch) / HENNIKER, N.H. (inverted arch)” on the front (Figure 32).

The firm of Powell & Lockwood was listed in 1890 as dealing in “Farming Tools” at 112 Chambers St., a five-story brick building. They were obviously jobbers – not manufacturers – despite the “MAKERS” designation on the bottles (New York Board 1891:118).

The lid (shown in Figure 23) in the Powell & Lockwood eBay photos was from the 1892 Sanborn patent. The base of the bottle appears to have been altered from the earlier “72 Murray St.” variation. Compare Figure 29 with

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Figure 32 – Whiteman milk jar base, made by Powell & Lockwood (eBay)

Figure 32, and note that this bottle, too, used the embossing as a resting point.

The “S” in “MAKERS” on the Powell & Lockwood bases has certainly been added in both eBay photos, and the “2” in “112” is out of alignment with the “11” in one of them. Each Powell & Lockwood base is from a different mold. The lettering is just different enough to show, even on eBay photos, that the glass house that made bottles for Powell & Lockwood used at least two molds.

Warren Glass Works Jars WARREN GLASS WORKS Co. (1880-1888) Warren Glass made at least two jars embossed with the company name.

One, a small jelly jar with a continuousthread finish, was embossed “WARREN GLASS WORKS CO. CUMBERLAND MD.” in a plate mold on the front (Cumberland Glass 2009). The exact configuration is currently unknown.

Another tin-top jelly jar was embossed “WARREN GLASS WORKS CO. 72 MURRY St.” on the front (Cumberland Glass 2007). Neither of these appears in any of the Fruit Jar sources.

Caniff (2008:6-7) noted another jar that was embossed “WARREN GLASSWORKS CO. MAKERS NEW YORK AND CUMBERLAND. MD” on the base. Caniff described the closure as a “metal screw cap has a rounded wire bail, the ends of which are fitted into metal loops soldered to the top of the cap” (Figure 33).

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Discussion and Conclusions William Walton was a mysterious character who left us with unanswered questions. Why did he reassign the druggists’ jar patents to his wife (assuming that Elma was his wife)? Was he already skirting legal trouble in 1867?

Were the name changes for the company (companies?) in the late 1870s all to dodge legal issues? We may never know.

Patent dates on the Walton recessedglass-label jars makes dating the early jars easy (see the Walton Jar section above), but the later jars may be a bit more problematical. The Whitemans continue to make the jars, at least for a brief period, after the Cumberland

Figure 33 – Warren Glassworks Co. product jar (Caniff 2008:6-7)

factory opened in 1880. These were marked with the Warren Glass Works name, along with the New York (probably sales office) and Cumberland (certainly factory) designations. It is possible that an intermediate jar was marked only with Warren Glass Works and New York.

Initially, Louis appeared to be the guiding light behind the Whiteman brothers’ efforts. He signed the initial two patents, although all later patents appeared under Abram’s name. Similarly, Louis was the first agent, with Abram moving into that position by 1885. The 1885 appearance of A.V. in the ads, with no reference to the Warren Glass Works, may signal a splitting of the company,

Table 5 – Warren/Whitman Milk Bottle Basemarks Basemark

Reverse Embossing

Bottle Types

Closures

Dates

WHITEMAN

THIS BOTTLE TO BE WASHED AND RETURNED

Warren Milk Bottle

Pat 1880 [emb. PAT. JAN. 5TH 75 REIISD. JUNE 5.

77]

ca. 1879-1880

WHITEMAN / 72 MURRAY ST / NEW YORK

unknown

generic

unknown

ca. 1879-1880

WHITEMAN / MAKER / 72 MURRAY ST / NEW YORK

THIS BOTTLE TO BE WASHED AND RETURNED NOT TO BE BOUGHT OR SOLD

generic

unknown

1880-1885

none

THIS BOTTLE TO BE WASHED AND RETURNED NOT TO BE BOUGHT OR SOLD

generic

PAT. SEP. 23 84

1884-1890?

WHITEMAN / MAKER / 144 CHAMBERS ST / NEW YORK

unknown

Warren Milk Bottle

unknown

1885-1887

WHITEMAN / MAKER / 144 CHAMBERS ST / NEW YORK

THIS BOTTLE TO BE WASHED AND RETURNED NOT-TOBE-BOUGHT-OR-SOLD

Cream Line (Type 1)

PATENTED OCT. 25 1892

1892-ca. 1896

WHITEMAN / M / 144 CHAMBERS ST / 1 / N.Y.*

THIS BOTTLE TO BE RETURNED [also with no embossing]

generic

1883 (not marked on lid)

1887-1891

WHITEMAN / M / 144 CHAMBERS ST / 2 / N.Y.

none

Cream Line (Type 2)

1883 (porcelain covered)

1890-ca. 1896

WHITEMAN / 144 CHAMBERS ST. / N.Y.**

unknown

Cream Line (Types 1 and 3)

unknown

1890-ca.1896

A.V. WHITEMAN / 144 CHAMBERS ST. / N.Y.

unknown

generic

unknown

1891-ca. 1900

POWELL & LOCKWOOD / MAKERS / 144 CHAMBERS ST. / NEW YORK

THIS BOTTLE TO BE WASHED AND RETURNED

generic

1892 (not marked on lid)

1892-ca. 1895

A.V. WHITEMAN / T. MFG. CO. / 144 CHAMBERS ST. N.Y.

unknown

Cream Line (Type 1)

unknown

ca. 1905

* Letters include at least B and M; numbers range from at least 1-4. ** This is from Doug Gisi’s records and may not be exact.

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with A.V. taking over the New York house – perhaps buying out his brothers’ shares of that, while L.P. continued to run the factory.

Dating the Whiteman (and Warren) milk bottles and fruit jars is a bit more complex than dating the company. The abrupt shift into milk bottles and away from druggists’ ware in 1879 certainly came about in part because of Louis Whiteman’s 1880 milk bottle patent. The discovery of lids with only the 1875 and 1878 patents for the Lightning finish, coupled with ads for the Warren Milk Bottle as early as July 1879, indicate that the bottle was actually invented by the middle of 1879, even though the patent application was not filed until January 1880.

This explains the beginning of the milk bottle but not the reason for dropping the druggists’ jars. The explanation is probably contained in the patent laws.

Prior to 1861, patents were assigned for 14 years. That year, the duration of the patent shifted to 17 years and remained that way until the increase to 20 years in 1995. The original Walton patent was issued in 1862 and would have expired in 1879 (Net Industries 2009). Whether the reissue extended the effective period is a question that currently remains unanswered. However, another glass labeling process, invented in 1878, promised to be even more effective. On May 28, 1878, E.L. White received Patent No. 204,272 for a “Method of Labeling Bottles.” The new process included “melting the label into the bottle” (Griffenhagen & Bogard 1999:67). The combination of the patent expiration, a new, more effective competitor, and the invention of the milk bottle probably all contributed to the cessation of druggists’ jar manufacture by the firm.

The earliest Warren Milk Bottles were only marked “WHITEMAN” on their bases. Other Warren bottles, one subsequent milk jar, and the tin-top jelly jar were all marked with the Murray St. address, probably used from 1879 to ca. 1888. The continuous-thread jelly jar was likely only used during the Cumberland phase of the company, 1880 to 1888, before the plant moved to Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

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The Chambers St. address was likely used from 1889 to ca. 1896 – the last ad we have found for the company.

However, both generic and Cream Line bottles, embossed “WHITEMAN” at the top (and Chambers St. in the center), were probably only made during the ca. 18891891 period, when the Warren plant was still open. Milk bottles with basemarks indicating a manufacture by other glass houses were probably made during the ca. 1891-1896 period. Since Abram Whiteman received a patent in 1900, his operation may have lasted that long. By that time, other milk bottle manufacturers were springing up in competition.

The Whiteman milk bottles with Powell & Lockwood basemarks are also interesting – 112 would be about three blocks away from the 144 Chambers St. address of Whiteman. As noted above, Powell & Lockwood were jobbers – not a glass house. The proximity of the two firms is unlikely to be coincidental, although we have found no direct historical connections between them.

Powell & Lockwood was in business by at least 1890 and could not have sold bottles with lids patented in 1892 until at least that year. Since the bottles are at least uncommon (possibly scarce), they cannot have been made for very long.

They probably only have a date range of 1892-ca. 1895 or so.

Of course, the Powell & Lockwood connection brings up questions. Was Whiteman beginning to sell off old molds and rights to use them about 1892? What was the connection between the two firms? Why did Powell & Lockwood cease production after just a few years? Hopefully, someone in New York City will take up the challenge to find answers locally.

The basemark from the Thatcher Mfg. Co. is equally problematical. The bottle had a distinct Owens machine scar, indicating a manufacture by that method.

Thatcher had the exclusive contract for the use of the Owens machine, but the firm did not commence production of bottles by that means until 1905 (Lockhart et al.

2007:56). This indicates that either A.V. Whitman remained in business at least that long or that someone else was using

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the Creamline-patented bottle by then.

We may never know for sure.

Basemarks suggest that both the generic bottle and the Cream Line bottle were used concurrently during the Chambers St. period. We are currently unable to determine whether the bottles with embossing of the reverse side (the “wash” and/or “return” directives) were used earlier than the ones with no embossing on the reverse or whether those were just choices offered to the dairies.

Future research should include assembling a database of as many of the Warren/Whiteman bottles and closures as possible. The relationship between closure styles, bottle shapes/styles, and basal markings remains a fertile field for study.

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[1] The claim that East Stroudsburg was the largest American bottle factory was almost certainly exaggerated. In 1881 at least five Pennsylvania bottle factories had outputs valued more highly (Humphreys 1882:59).

[2] Although the Warren Glass Works Co. website (Cumberland Glass 2007) always added the “Co.,” ads for the company called it both the Warren Glass Works, at least until 1878, and the Warren Glass Works Co., by 1880. This seems to reflect a name change corresponding with the 1880 erection of their factory in Maryland.

[3] Cumberland Glass (2007) notes that the factory made “lantern globes, siphons,

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battery jars, and other green and amber [sic] containers.” The company’s ads do indeed include these wares (e.g. Crockery and Glass Journal 1883d), but contemporary references to the output of the factory mention nothing but flint glass. It thus seems likely that the New York sales office continued to offer the products of other factories as well as its own.

[4] It is interesting that the first page of the patent document (with the drawing) had an incorrect date of May 23, 1867, although the main description included the correct date of May 28, 1867.

[5] Tutton (1994:4) erroneously labeled this Patent No. 3; the actual number was 225,900.

[6] The last ad for the 1884 patent bottles was in 1890; the 1891 ads in the Ladies Home Journal did not specify the patent, but by October, 1890, ads in other sources cited the 1888 patent.

[7] Note that the 1885 fruit jar ads (March and June 1885, cite the 1884 patent date. We have discovered no ads citing the 1885 patent date.

[8] The first ad we have for a Whiteman Milk Jar with the 1888 patent date is from October 1890 (Cultivator & Country Gentleman 1890). Predictably, the illustration lacks the domed lid of the 1884 patent and has the flat lid of the Carll patent of 1888.

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Classified Ads FOR SALE For Sale: Items perfect unless otherwise noted. 1) A.M. Cole, Virginia City, applied top, aqua 8 3/8” tall, $900.00; 2) Tonopah Drug Co., Tonopah, Nevada, SCA, 8 9/16” tall, $900.00; 3) The Waldorf and Tavern, Reno, Nevada, SCA, 10 ounce pint, $400.00; 4) Tonopah, Nevada quart milk bottle clear, $85.00; 5) Monte Carlo Casino, Hawthorne, Nevada, ashtray, 1956, artwork of dice, slot, roulette wheel, cards with chips, $85.00. Postage and insurance extra.

Contact: Loren Love, PO Box 412, Dayton, NV 89403, ph: (775) 2460142.

For Sale: Great selection of old bottles, postcards, casino chips, etc in James Campiglia’s booth in the Raging Bull Antique Mall, Big Timber, MT on Highway 90 near Bozeman. Lots of advertising, western, furniture..A great mall with old stuff! 25 dealers. Hours Monday – Saturday, 10am -5pm. ph: (406) 932-7777 For Sale: 1) C. Lediard St. Louis amber, paneled, 2 donuts embossed on the neck. Excellent condition. $975 plus shipping. 2) Green blob soda embossed “l. Rodemeyer & Co Premium Mineral Water Chicago, Ill” Nice kick-up base, excellent condition, just super. $195 plus shipping. 3) Spongeware one gallon jug stenciled “From Geo. Buente, St. Louis, MO” tea pot style, baile handle, very good condition. $1650 plus shipping.

Contact: Curt Faulkenberry, 9459 Easy St., Hillsboro, MO 63050, ph: (636) 797-5220, email: stlbottlebabe@ yahoo.com.

For Sale: Coffin shaped amber Poison bottle, 3.125 inches tall, BIM, embossed: F.A. Thompson & Co. Detroit. Embossed in large letters on two end panels – POISON. $799.

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KETCHUP, PICKLES, SAUCES 19th Century Food in Glass Betty Zumwalt, author 498 pages of pictures & research of glass containers the early food industry utilized Smyth Bound - $25 Mark West Publishers PO Box 1914 Sandpoint, ID 86864 Oval amber pharmacy bottle, 5.125 inches tall, BIM, embossed: Huffy & Dickinson Druggists Grand Haven, Mich. Embossed on base: W.T. & Co. $125. Cobalt blue candy container in the shape of a canon, complete with the original stamped tin stand and wheels, very rare in this color, $849. All are Near Mint. Email me for pictures.

Contact: Jeff Scharnowske, 1101 N. Shiawassee, Owosso, MI 48867, ph: (989) 725-3880, email: jscharno@live. com.

For Sale: Breaking 2009 News – 6th Edition, “Bottles: Identification & Price Guide” – The new edition of the “Bottle Bible” is available for all collectors – 600 stunning full color photographs – 3 new chapters: “Ginger Beer Bottles”, “Portable Soda Pop Dispensers” and the “National Bottle Museum, Ballston Spa, NY”; Comprehensive price guide: 55 chapters; Comprehensive research guide: History & origin, age identification, digging methods, determining bottle values, trademark identification, club guide, glossary of terms, bibliography, auction houses, and much more. Send check or money order. Contact: Mike Polak, PO Box 30328, Long Beach, Ca 90853, ph: (562) 438-9209, email: bottleking@ earthlink.net, website: www. bottlebible.com For Sale: Many Northeast California local history books. $5 to $150.

Contact: Plumas County Museum, ph: (530) 283-6320, www.plumasmuseum. org.

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For Sale: Xerox copies of Dun & Bradstreet reports – shows businesses that towns had – Alabama 1870 & 1875 2 copies for $25; Georgia 1912 2 for $25; Mississippi 1875 & 1878 2 for $25; Tennessee 1866 & 1878 2 for $34; Florida 1875 & 1883 & 1893 2 for $34, 1905 2 for $25, 1908 2 for $25, 1914 2 for $25; copy “Florida Drugstores Before 1920” $32; Chronology Florida Post Offices $35; Polk’s Florida Physicians Directory 1886 & 1896 3 for $27. Would like to swap for other directories, old bottles, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina & Civil War tokens or what have you.

Contact: Ralph Keifer, PO Box 1325, MacClenny, FL 32063, ph: (904) 2597775.

For Sale: The Black Beauty is Back.

Old Sachem & Wigwam Bitters Tonic. This is a very rare black shiny gem of a barrel. Asking price $8500 for this black pearl. Contact: Mark Weber, 99 Church Hill Rd, Ledyard, CT 06339, ph: (860) 464-8046, email: markcweber@att.net.

For Sale: New glass reference – Pittsburgh Glasshouses & Glass Manufacturers of the Pittsburgh Region – 1795 – 1910. Over 600 company listings, hundreds of photographs, maps, and figures. Much information on dates of operation, types of glass manufactured, items produced, people involved, marks used, patterns issued, etc. Includes all known manufacturers in southwestern Pennsylvania including makers of bottles, insulators, target balls, oil lamps, blown and pressed glass, paperweights, window glass, etc.

About 600 pages of great information.

Author-signed hardbacks $64 and softbound $54 post paid. Contact: Jay Hawkins, 1280 Mt. Pleasant Rd, West Newton, PA 15089, ph: (724) 872-6013, email: Lhawkins63@msn. com.

For Sale: Large selection of South Carolina bottles. Contact: Bottletree Antiques, 1962 Mt. Lebanon Rd,

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Wanted: Sacramento whiskey: THEO. BLAUTH/WHOLESALE WINE/&/LIQUOR DEALERS/ SACRAMENTO, CAL. Barnett #55.

Contact: Steve Abbott, ph: (916) 6318019, email: foabbott@comcast.net.

Donalds, SC 29638, ph: (864) 3793479 – call for hours, email:bottletree@ wctel.net.

WANTED Wanted: San Francisco saloon items such as pumpkinseed flasks, trade or business cards, reverse glass advertising for San Francisco liquor firms, real photo postcards with interior or exterior of San Francisco scenes.

Contact: John O’Neill, ph: (650) 6198209, email: joneill@croins.com Wanted: old beer cans found under old buildings, in attics, walls, basements and old dumps in good condition. NO ALUMINUMS. Will trade for Nevada bottles. Contact: Loren Love, PO Box 412, Dayton, NV 89403, ph: (775) 246-0142.

Wanted: Blob top or Hutchinson soda bottles from Jerseyville, Illinois.

Contact: Dave Hall. 3405 Francor, Alton, IL 62002, ph: (618) 463-8819, email: paleo56@att.net.

Wanted: Rare poisons, figural bitters, sandwich colognes, and/or teakettle inks. Contact: Bob Barbour, ph: (913) 248-1478, email: bbcr@everestkc.net.

Wanted: Cobalt blue S&P spiral peppersauce. Contact: Mark, markmartha@comcast.net.

Wanted: Kuner Pickle Co. Denver items: food tins, bottles, crocks, and related. Contact: Bob Seifert, PO Box 3641, Estes Park, CO 80517, ph: (970) 586-6655, email: bobnmaryseif@msn. com.

Wanted: St. Louis blob sodas, bitters and whiskey bottles. Top prices paid

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Wanted: Aqua blue hutch embossed – G.E.B. Fapf // West Palm Beach FLA (slug plate).

Finders fee added to price.Contact: Larry Smith, ph: (561) 743-7278. for the following bottles: 1) Stonewall Jackson, 2) Adler Landsburg, 3) Bremen, 4) Any colored St. Louis bitters bottle. Beers: 1) E. Anheuser (aqua), 2) H. Crowe Brewery, 3) F. Anglebeck, 4) Cooper & Cohyer, 5) R&J Adams (blackglass). Sodas: any colored St. Louis blob soda. Any St. Louis whiskey jug. Before you sell, please contact me. You won’t be sorry.

Contact: Curt Faulkenberry, 9459 Easy St., Hillsboro, MO 63050, ph: (636) 797-5220, email: stlbottlebabe@ yahoo.com.

Wanted: Old OTT or KENNEDY embossed bottles (except common Dr. Kennedy’s). Rarer POISON & INSECT bottles as well as Harrisburg, PA, bottles (any type), also any related poison or skull items to add to our collection. Contact: Charlie Kennedy, 4727 W Mohawk Dr, Beverly Hills, FL 34465, ph: (352) 270-9145, email: crkennedy@tampabay.rr.com.

Wanted: Historical flasks, aromatic schnapps in rare colors and California pharmacy bottles with embossed oranges, and citrus packing crate labels from California. Contact: Tom Spellman, 689 W 24th St, Upland, CA 91784, ph: (909) 931-2458, email: Tom@davewilson.com.

Wanted: Top $$ Paid. Handled jug – Shanghai Annex Chas. Yue Proprietor / Auburn, CAL. Contact: Herb Yue, ph: (530) 320-9419.

Wanted: Michigan Michigan – Good bottles wanted from Michigan. Top dollar paid. Call me first, call me last, just call me. Mineral waters, colored druggists, animal embossed druggists, cures, dykema and seltzer poisons, strap side flasks, cobalt beers & hutches, Pearsall beers flint, pontiled sodas, wolf embossed beer Detroit. Contact: Jeff

Scharnowske, 1101 N. Shiawassee, Owosso, MI 48867, ph: (989) 7253880, email: jscharno@live.com.

Wanted: Philadelphia strap-sided or seamed whiskey flasks. I collect and catalog these and also have an interest in Thomas H Dillon (THD) Philadelphia mineral water bottles.

Please contact me if you have any of these in your collection or wish to sell.

Contact: Art Miron, 132 W Durham St, Philadelphia, PA 19119, ph: (215) 248-4612, email: jestar484@verizon. net.

Wanted: Anything historic from Plumas County, California. Contact: Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St, Quincy, CA 95971, ph: (530) 2836320.

Wanted: $$$ paid for San Francisco tin top milk bottles. If you have a tin top of unknown origin and would like to know if it is from San Francisco, contact me.

Contact: Ken Morrill, ph: (831) 7224740, email: arrowheadfarms@cruzio. com.

Wanted: Pre-prohibition shot glasses and beer glasses, especially Peoria and Pekin, Illinois. Contact: Jim Searle, ph: (309) 346-7804, email: sky@ gallatinriver.net.

Wanted: Louis Weber whiskey or any Weber embossed bottles. Thank you.

Contact: Mark Weber, 99 Church Hill Rd, Ledyard, CT 06339, ph: (860) 4648046, email: markcweber@att.net.

Wanted: Muskegon County, Michigan bottles, postcards, souvenir china & memorabilia. Cities include Bailey, Brunswick, Casnovia, Fruitport, Fruitvale, Holton, Lake Harbor, Lakewood, Michillinda, Montague, Muskengon, Mukegon Heights, North Muskegon, Ravenna, Sullivan, Sylvan Beach, Trent, Twin Lake, Wabaningo, Whitehall, and Wolf Lake. Contact: Elmer Ogg, 1591 Hendrick Rd, Muskegon, MI 49441, ph: (231) 7987335, email: elogg@comcast.net.

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Wanted: Bottles, stoneware, and related items including ephemera from Troy, Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga, NY and surrounding areas. Mineral waters from Saratoga and Vermont.

Pre-1900 mineral water ephemera from any where. Also desiring bottles and stoneware from North Fork of Long Island (ex. Greenport, Southold, Riverhead). Contact: Bob Latham, 463 Loudon Rd, Loudonvile, NY 12211, ph: (518) 463-1053, email: blath@capital.net.

Wanted: Items relating to Old Kentucky Distillery, Louisville, KY Registered distillery No. 354, Old Fifth District of Kentucky and Jno H. Graves Whiskey of San Jose, CA. Advertising, letterheads, billings, bottles and shot glasses (pre-pro). Contact: Donald Graves Meyer, ph: (502) 491-2704, email: dgravesmeyer@yahoo.com.

Wanted: Arizona items, Western dose glasses & pharmacy bottles – anything old Arizona: bottles, stoneware, advertising, calendar plates, signs, etc.; dose glasses & small pharmacy bottles (under 4”) from throughout the west. Also dose glasses from South Carolina, Alaska & Hawaii. Small colored pharmacy bottles from South Carolina, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Delaware, Montana & West Virginia. Contact: Michael Miller, ph: (623) 486-3123, email: helgramike@cox.net.

Wanted: Unembossed bottles heavy swirls, streaks, striations of other colors running through them. Contact: Marty Hall, ph: (775) 852-6045.

Wanted: Virginia City, Nev. A.M. Cole pot lid. Montana bottles and stuff, cobalt applied top and unembossed squat whiskey similar to Neal’s Ambrosia whiskey. Contact: Jean Pouliot, PO Box 205, West Glacier, MT 59936, ph: (406) 888-9092.

Wanted: Any RARE quart fruit jar and old Kroger labeled items. Contact: Dick Bere, ph: (513) 232-4157, email: DickBere@aol.com.

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Wanted: John A Scott & Co whiskey items – bottles, jugs; advertising from Findlay or Toledo, Ohio; Pleasant Valley Distillery – Owen County, Kentucky.

Contact: Joe Frey, 1144 Twp Rd 136, McComb, OH 45858, ph: (419) 2932549, email: odants@bright.net.

Wanted: Pittsburgh Double Eagle in color. Bottles from Connellsville, PA. Contact: Galen Ware, 125 N 11th St, Connellsville, PA 15425, ph: (724) 626-0715 Wanted: Rare cigar or tobacco jars – especially looking for American Eagle, miniature Globe, labeled jars, and odd colors. Contact: Dennis Rogers, ph: (909) 982-3415, email: globtop@aol. com.

Wanted: Drakes and Corn. Want light and unusual Drakes Plantation Bitters.

Also colored ears of corn (National Bitters), one or a bushel. I will overpay for rare and light colored examples of these bottles in pristine condition!

Contact: Jeff Burkhardt, ph: (262) 5736468, email: froglegs13@msn.com.

Wanted: Black glass, Benedictine type, liqueur bottles, embossed St. Benedictus, St. Dominick or similar markings.

Also, any history of Benedictine liqueur. Also, any milkglass case type bitters bottles other than Kantorovicz or Lowenthal. Adolph Coors Colorado beer bottles. Contact: Eldon Platcek, 327 3rd Ave, Two Harbors, MN 55616, ph: (218) 834-6093, email: furtrade@ hotmail.com.

Wanted: EARLY Ohio soda bottles, pre-1880.

Also, bottles from Painesville, Ohio. Contact: Dennis Peine, email: dgpeine@sbcglobal.net.

Wanted: Bottles from Clyde Glass Works, New York. May also be embossed ES&H, E Son & H, or Ely Son & Hoyt. Very interested in a quart GOLD Excelsior Bottling Works, Schenectady, NY, Clyde Glass Works, Clyde, NY on base. Clyde quarts from Ashtabula, Ohio, and Corry,

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Contact: Richard Kelley, ph: (315) 946-6316, email: Kelleye719@verizon.net.

Wanted: Top prices paid for top examples of cabins, semi-cabins, Lyon’s powders, Western sodas and Western insulators. Contact: Denny Bray, email: dennis.bray@att.net.

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Wanted: Alton Ill Looking for A. Yoerger & Bros. A.& F.X. Joerger, and other pontil sodas and bitters from this town. Contact: Theo Adams, 3728 Fair Oaks Dr, Granite City, IL 62040, ph: (618) 781-4806, email: stlouissoda@aol.com.

Wanted: Will pay $200.00 for Koca Nola soda bottles from Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Washington DC and Mexico.

Contact: Charles Head, 23549-001, PO Box 150160, Atlanta, GA 30315, www.KocaNola.com or Bill Baab, ph: (706) 736-8097.

Wanted: Bayet & Williams O’Fallon Ill. I am looking for the previously mentioned bottle. Will pay Top Dollar for one in amber or aqua. Contact: Theo Adams, 3728 Fair Oaks Dr, Granite City, IL 62040, ph: (618) 7814806, email: stlouissoda@aol.com.

Wanted: Belleville Ill, looking for Jos Fischer Selters Water, Fisher & Rogger, Fisher & ABEGG, J.N. Clark, A.Koob in amber, T Heberer & Bros. TOP DOLLAR!! Contact: Theo Adams, 3728 Fair Oaks Dr, Granite City, IL 62040, ph: (618) 7814806, email: stlouissoda@aol.com.

Notice to Members

Take advantage of your membership benefits. Use your free for sale and wanted ads Send to: June Lowry 401 Johnston Ct., Raymore, MO 64083 (816) 318-0160 OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com

ATTENTION NEW FOHBC MAILING ADDRESS All correspondence to be sent to:

FOHBC 8426 Clint Dr. #142 Belton, MO 64012

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FOHBC Sho-Biz

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

Insulator shows (courtesy of Crown Jewels) are indicated with an insulator. Information on up-coming collecting events is welcome, but space is limited.

Please send at least three months in advance, including telephone number to: FOHBC Sho-Biz, C/O June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct., Raymore, MO 64083 or E-mail: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com. Show schedules are subject to change. Please call before traveling long distances.

July 3 - 4 Urbana, Ohio First Annual Urbana Ohio Bottle Swap (Both days 8am - 4pm) in con- junction with the Urbana Antique Show & Flea Market. Info: Steve Goddard, 5890 Valley Pike, Urbana, OH 43078, ph: (937) 788-2058, email: stevegoddard@ woh.rr.com or John Bartley, ph: (937) 964-8080, email: jbartley@woh.rr.com.

July 8 - 10 Muncie, Indiana Summer Muncie Fruit Jar Show & Gettogether will be held at the Signa- ture Inn, 3400 N Chadam Ln, Muncie, IN 47304 (765-284-4200 ask manager, Cathy or assistant Myra for special $59 rate). Three days of room- hopping with other scheduled activi- ties. Free admission. Info: Jerry McCann, ph: (773) 777-0443, email: fjar@aol.com or Marianne Dow, ph: (419) 648-5600) email: finbot- club@gmail.com July 16 - 18 Boxborough, Massachusetts National Insulator Association’s 41st Annual Convention and Show & Sale, (Friday 9am - 4pm for NIA members only, Saturday 9am - 4pm, Sunday 9am - 2pm) at the Holiday Inn, Box- borough, MA 01719, ph: (978) 263- 8701.

Info: Bill or Jill Meier, ph: (978) 3690208 or Dario DiMare, ph: (508) 8774444, email: Dario@dariodesigns.com or www.nia.org/shows/national.

July 17 - 18 Adamstown, Pennsylvania The 9th Annual Shupp’s Grove Bottle Festival (Saturday & Sunday from sun -up until ??m early buyers Friday 5pm) at the famous “Shupp’s Grove” in Adamstown, PA. Info: Steve Guion, ph: (717) 371-1259, email: affinityinsurance@dejazzd.com.

July 23 - 24 Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham Antique Bottle and Pottery Show (Saturday 8am - 3pm free admission, Friday 4pm - 7pm dealer setup and early buyers), at the Bessemer Civic Center at Exit 108 off I20/59.

Info: Tom Lines, PO Box 382831, Birmingham, AL 35238, ph: (205) 4102191, email: bluecrab1949@hotmail. com July 24 Reno, Nevada Reno Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club’s 46th Annual Show & Sale (9am - 3pm with early buyers Friday 11am 6pm $10 and dealer setup Friday 10am - 6pm) at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center 4590 S Virginia St, Reno, NV. Info: Willy Young, ph: (775) 746-0922 or Helen Walker, ph: (775) 345-0171.

July 24 Houston, Texas Antique Bottles, Advertising, and Collectibles Show & Sale (8:30am - 3pm $2, early admission Friday 6pm - 10:30pm $10), at the Crown Plaza Hotel, 12801 Northwest Frwy, Houston, TX 77040 (Hwy 290 - Tidwell/ Hollister Exit.

Info: Barbara Puckett, 907 W Temple, Houston, TX 77009, ph: (713) 8621690 (home) or (713) 409-9940 (cell), email: Bpuckett77009@yahoo.com.

July 24 Drumheller, Alberta, Canada Western Canadian Insulator Collectors Swap & Sale (10am - 4pm) at the Homestead Antique Museum. Go north of Calgary and head toward the Royal Tyrell Museum on the Dinosaur Trail.

Take first left past the hospital and you are there. Info: Lean, ph: (403) 8233045, email: lbraman@telusplanet.net.

July 31 Leadville, Colorado Antique Bottle Collectors of Colo- rado’s 6th Annual Show & Sale (9am 4pm with setup at 6am). $3 admis- sion, at the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum Convention Cen- ter, 117 W 10th St, Leadville, CO. Info: Jim and Barb Sundquist, 2861 Olympia Ln, Evergreen, CO 80439, ph: (303) 674-4658.

July 31 Altoona, Iowa Iowa Antique Bottleers 41st Annual Show & Sale (9am - 2pm with dealer setup and early admission 7am - 9am) at the Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino (I80 at exit 142), Altoona, IA. Info: Tom Southard, 2815 Druid Hill Dr, Des Moines, IA 50315, ph: (515) 490-9590, email: tjsdsm@aol.com August 6 - 7 Wilmington, Ohio FOHBC 2010 National Show will be held at the Roberts Center in Wilmington, OH (halfway between Columbus, OH and Cincinnati, OH on I-71).

Info: Jamie Houdeshell, PO Box 57, Haskins, OH 43525, ph: (419) 7223184, email: JHBottle@hotmail.com or Joe Hardin, 594 Laymon Rd, New Vienna, OH 45159, ph: (937) 371-0264, email: jkcollectables@gmail.com.

Check Bottles and Extras and www.

FOHBC.com for more information as it becomes available.

August 14 Martinsburg, West Virginia The Chesapeake Bay Insulator Club’s 11th Annual Shenandoah Valley Insulator Show & Sale (9am - 2pm with dealer setup at 7am), at the Calvary United Methodist Church, 220 W Burke St, Martinsburg, WV. Info: Jeff Hollis, 56 Corning Way, Martins- burg,

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(More) Sho-Biz WV 25405, ph: (304) 263-6140, email: wvacampfire@verizon.net, website: www.insulators.info/clubs/ cbic.

August 22 Davenport, Iowa The Prairie State 1st Annual Antique Bottle and Advertising Show & Sale, (10am - 3pm) at the Knights of Co- lumbus Hall, 1111 W 35th St, Daven- port, IA. Info: Jim Skinner, ph: (847) 458-7279, email: Jpcskin- ner@sbcglobal.net.

August 27 - 28 Helena, Montana Ninth Montana Big Sky Insulator Swap Meet at Yuhas Millwork Company, 2201 Hauser Blvd, Helena, MT. Info: Ron Yuhas, ph: (406) 443-6154 or (406) 439-4573, email: gramapig@ bresnan.net September 11 Arcadia, California The Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club’s 43rd Annual Show & Sale (9am - 4pm with early buyers at 8am), at the Arcadia Masonic Lodge, 50 West Duarte Rd, Arcadia, CA. Con- tact: Don Wippert (chairman), ph: (818) 3469833 or Dick Homme, ph: (818) 3623368, website: www.lahbc.org.

September 12 Pekin, Illinois The Pekin Bottle Collector Association’s 41st Annual Show & Sale (8am - 3pm) at the Knights of Columbus, 715 N 11th St, Pekin, IL. Info: Jim Searle, 1003 Illinois St, Pekin, IL 61554, ph: (309) 346-7804.

September 12 Lewes, Delaware Delmarva Antique Bottle Club’s 17th Annual Bottle, Advertising, and Collectible Show & Sale (9am - 3pm) at the Beacon Middle School, Route 24, Lewes, DE. Info: Kathy Moon, email: kdmoon@verizon.net or Michele

Buckler, ph: (302) 645-0576, email: gemwrap@comcast.net.

September 18 Jacksonville, Florida Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida’s 43rd Annual Show & Sale (8am - 3pm, with early buyers on Friday 5pm - 8pm), at the Fraternal Order of Police Building, 5530 Beach Blvd, Jacksonville, FL. Info: Mike Skie, 3047 Julington Creek Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32223, ph: (904) 710- 0422 or Jackie McRae, ph: (904) 879 -3696.

September 18 Muskegon, Michigan West Michigan Antique Bottle Club’s 9th Annual Summer Show (9:30am - 1:30pm) at Jones Auditorium, 2300 Henry St, Muskegon, MI. Info: Elmer Ogg, ph: (231) 798-7335, email: elogg@comcast.net.

September 19 Albany, New York The Capital Region Antique Bottle Club’s Show & Sale (9am - 2:30pm) at the Polish Community Center, 225 Washington Ave Ext, Albany, NY. Info: Jason Privler, ph: (518) 453- 1445, email: nyscapitol@yahoo.com.

September 19 Kirtland, Ohio The Ohio Bottle Club’s 42nd Annual Show & Sale (9am - 2pm) at the Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH. Info: Robert Smith, ph: (440) 285-4184, email: rts2ride@roadrunner. com or Tim Kearns, ph: (440) 2857576, email: tkearns4@aol.com.

September 19 Winchester, Virginia The Apple Valley Bottle Collectors Club’s 36th Annual Show & Sale (9am - 3pm $3, early admission at 7:30am $10, seniors 65 and over free), at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Family

Life Center, 1309 Opequon Ave (just off Pleasant Valley Rd), Winchester, VA. Info: Richard Ven- skoske, 2038 Chestnut Grove Rd, Winchester, VA 22603, ph: (540) 247 -4429.

September 25 Albuquerque New Mexico New Mexico Historical Bottle Society and Enchantment Insulator Club’s 23rd Annual Insulator, Bottle, Barb-wire and Collectibles Show & Sale (8:30am - 4pm) at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 9500 Constitution NE, Albuquerque, NM. Info: Mike Gay, ph: (505) 899-8755, email: cdn102@comcast.net or Tom Ka- tonak, 1024 Camino de Lucia, Corra- les, NM 87048, ph: (505) 898-5592, email: tkatonak@comcast.net.

September 26 Lowell, Massachusetts The Merrimack Valley Bottle Club’s 36th Annual Show & Sale (9am - 2pm), at the Lowell Elks Club, 40 Old Ferry Rd, Lowell, MA. Info: Cliff Hoyt, ph: (978) 458-6575 choyt48.home.comcast. net/mvbc.htm, or Maureen Crawford, ph: (978) 897 -7327, mcraw September 26 Depew, New York The Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Associations 12th Annual Show & Sale (9am - 2pm), at the Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Ave, De- pew, NY. Info: Dave Potter, ph: (716) 771-1581, email: pot- ter8151@roadrunner.com or Peter Jablonski, ph: (716) 440-7985, email: peterjablonski@roadrunner.com.

September 26 Batsto, New Jersey New Jersey Antique Bottle Club’s Annual Batsto Show & Sale, (9am - 3pm) at the Wharton State Forest, Batsto, NJ. Info: Joe Butewicz, ph: (732) 236-9945 or Paul Delguercio, ph: (609) 3527104, email: paul-havoc@comcast.net

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(More) Sho-Biz October 2 Chesterfield, Virginia The Richmond Area Bottle Collectors Association’s Annual Show & Sale (9am - 3pm, early admission 7:30am $10), at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Rd, Chesterfield, VA 23832, info: Marvin Croker, ph: (804) 275-1101, email: RichBottleClub@ comcast.net or Ed Faulkner, ph: (804) 739-2951 October 2 Point Pleasant, West Virginia West Virginia State Farm Museum Bottle and Antique Shoe (9am - 3pm) at the WV State Farm Museum, 4 miles north on Route 62 of Point Pleasant, WV then one mile on Fairgrounds Rd. Info: Charlie Perry, 39304 Bradbury Rd, Middleport, OH 45760, ph: (740) 992-5088, email: perrycola@suddenlink.net October 2 - 3 Savannah, Georgia Coastal Empire History Hunters Association’s 2nd Annual Savannah Civil War Relic and Bottle Show, (Saturday 9am - 6pm and Sunday 9am - 4pm) at the Shriner’s Alee Temple, 100 Eisenberg Dr, Savannah, GA 31416. Info: Rick Phillips, ph: (912) 663-2382 October 15 - 16 Moncks Corner, South Carolina Berkeley Citizens, Inc’s 4th Annual Antique Bottle and War Relic Show & Sale (Friday noon - 6pm, Saturday 9am - 1pm) at the Berkeley Industries, 132 Citizens Lane, Moncks Corner, SC. Info: Libby Kilgallen or Kate Singletary, PO Drawer 429, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, ph: (843) 761-0300, email: 2010shows@bciservices.org October 3 Chelsea, Michigan The Huron Valley Bottle and Insulator Club’s 35th Annual Show & Sale,

(9am - 2pm), at the Village Conference Center, Chelsea, MI. Info: Mike Bruner, ph: (248) 425-3223 or Rod Krupke, ph: (248) 627-6351, email: michelek@mac.com.

October 8 - 9 Phoenix, Arizona The Phoenix Antiques, Bottles & Collectibles Club’s 27th Annual Show & Sale (Friday 10am - noon early admission $10, general admission $3, Friday noon - 5pm, Saturday, 8am - 4pm), at the North Phoenix Baptist Church, 5757 N Central Ave, Phoe- nix, AZ. Info: Betty Harnett, ph: (602) 3174438, email: bet tchem@cox.net, website: phoenixantiquesclub.org.

October 10 Keene, New Hampshire Yankee Bottle Club’s 42nd Annual Show & Sale (9am - 2:30pm with early buyers at 8am) at the Keene High School, Arch Street, Keene, NH. Info: John F. Bemis, 28 Cross St, Keene, NH 03431, ph: (603) 352-5246 or Alan Rumrill, Historical Society of Cheshire Couty, PO Box 803, Keene, NH. 03431, PH: (603) 352-1895 October 15 - 16 Canyonville, Oregon The Jefferson State Antique Bottle Collector’s Annual Show & Sale at the Seven Feathers Casino Resort, Canyonville, OR 97530. Info: Bruce Silva, PO Box 1565, Jacksonville, OR 97530, ph: (541) 899-8411, email: jsglass@q.com.

October 17 Findlay, Ohio Findlay Antique Bottle Club’s 34th Annual Show & Sale (9am - 3pm, no early birds), at the Old Barn Auction House, 10040 State Route 224 West, Findlay, OH. Info: Fred Curtis, PO Box 1329 Findlay, OH 45839, ph: (419) 424-0486 or Marianne Dow,

email: finbotclub@gmail.com, website: http://finbotclub.blogspot.com/.

October 17 Scriba, New York The Empire Bottle Collectors Asso- ciation’s 12th Annual Fall Show & Sale, (9am - 3pm) at the Scriba Fire Hall, two miles east of Oswego, NY. Info: Barry Haynes, PO Box 900, Mexico, NY 13114, ph: (315) 963- 0922 or John Golley, email: bygol- ley@msn. com October 23 Geelong, Victoria, Australia The Geelong Antique Bottle and Collectable Club’s Show & Sale (Setup Friday - early admission $15 with general admission $5) at the Geelong Showgrounds, Breakwater Rd, Breakwater, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Info: Tracey Elso, PO Box 223, Lara, Victoria 3212, Australia, ph: 61 409957868, email: paradise@ncable. net.au, www.aabc.9.forumer.com.

October 31 Glendale Heights, Illinois 1st Chicago Bottle Club’s 41st Annual Show & Sale (9am - 2pm $3; No early admission) at the Ramada Inn & Suites Convention Center, 780 E North Avenue, Glendale Heights, IL. Info: John or Claudia Panek, PO Box 287, Deerfield, IL 60015, ph: (847) 945-5493, email: paperbottle1@aol.com

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FOHBC MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY ADDITIONS & CHANGES Additions Russ Gehring 306 Charles St Hutchinson, KS 67501 620-663-4326 aclfreak@cox.net ACL soda bottles Norman H. Griffith, III RR7, Box 7642 Saylorsburg, PA 18353 610-381-3309 Bottles, jars, go-withs Jack Hall PO Box 890 Blowing Rock, NC 28605 828-773-6904 sunsettees@bellsouth.net All types of bottles Harry Hallam RR 2, Box 2410 Cresco, PA 18326 570-595-7169 NE Pennsylvania strap flasks Lyle Hollenbeck 911 N 4th Ave Canistota, SD 57012 uncle_ely@yahoo.com Soda bottles and whiskey bottles Ron Ireland 691 Colemanite Cir Vacaville, CA 95687 707-449-1784 KTBI@yahoo.com Kidney embossed Michael Jordan 1004 N Ford Hutchinson, KS 67501 620-259-6978 micjintheUSA@cox.net Inks Jack Mullen 811 E Ave A Hutchinson, KS 67501 620-663-4249 Bitters, sodas, flasks, fruit jars Jorge Ocasio 28 E Farnum St Lancaster, PA 17602 717-380-1015 Soda Dennis Peine 7135 Mildon Dr

Le Roy, OH 44077 440-254-4837 dgpeine@sbcglobal.net Pontiled Ohio sodas William (Sonny) Smiley 1025 Greendale Rd Harrisonburg, VA 22801 540-434-1129 lithiaman1@yahoo.com Lithia water bottles plus many others John Tague III 100 Marquand Ave Bronxville, NY 10708 914-793-0912 taguevan@aol.com David & Kelli White 2711 Soscol Ave Unit D Napa, CA 94558 707-255-7263 Bitters bottles and advertising American Collectors of Infant Feeders Attn: Don LaFont, President 331 Edenwood North Jackson, TN 38301 731-668-5974 Staten Island History Hunters Metal Detecting Club Attn: John Marchese, President PO Box 141131 Staten Island, NY 10314 718-761-3703 jjmagic69@aol.com Changes David & Joann Adams 200 W Lewis St Lot #55 Wilcox, AZ 85643 610-287-9431 polecat1777@yahoo.com Blob tops and medicines James Bilyeu PO Box 388 Independence, CA 93526 760-878-2216 bilyeu1@suddenlink.net Owl Drug Shawn Bruch PO Box 2694 Bigfork, MT 59911 406-212-0788 4bruchs@gmail.com

Montana advertising, tokens, bottles and tins John & Fran Clark 2190 Kent Rd. Las Cruces, NM 88001 375-522-9051 FranClark@arczip.com Historical & pictorial flasks Danny Davison 2253 S. Sandbar Rd. Kankakee, IL 60901 815-933-8185 cajuncutie53@aol.com Medicine bottles Byron Dille PO Box 391 North Bend, OR 97459 541-756-0768 mooreja@harbor-side.com Old bottles and relics Randy, Janice & Jesse Driskill PO Box 2146 Vista, CA 92085 760-822-4622 randy@bottleauction.com Early medicines and inks Mike Dunn PO Box 57 Bucyrus, MO 65444 417-967-0528 nodrivin56@yahoo.com Old soda pop, old advertising signs, gum machines, etc.

Ron Fowler PO Box 158 Littlerock, WA 98556 360-915-8415 hutchbook@yahoo.com Washington or Oregon sodas Henry Guillen 5595 Smoketree Ave. Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 760-367-6009 hc.guillen@verizon.net USA Hospital botltes, American pot lids, and western medicines Joseph Guth 385 Route 79 Morganville, NJ 07751 732-591-6006 Early New Jersey pottery, pontilled sodas and mineral waters

Vince Harbick 23037 SW Schamburg Dr Sherwood, OR 97140 503-625-7927 jvsmock@verizon.net Western medicines, Western - in general, Portland Oregon bottles Jay Hawkins 1280 Mt. Pleasant Rd. West Newton, PA 15089 724-872-6013 lhawkins63@msn.com Pittsburgh whiskeys Joseph Healy PO Box 235 North Judson, IN 46366 574-896-2919 General Mike & Ryne Henrich 1769 Louisville Ln Crystal Lake, IL 60014 815-455-5934 illadv1@aol.com Illinois pontiled sodas and medicines/bitters and advertising stoneware Jim Hovious 6617 N. Kent Rd. Buhler, KS 67522 620-543-6633 jimhovious@yahoo.com Kansas soda bottles, Hutchinson, KS bottles of all kind Carmen Johnsen 30560 6th Ave., SW Federal Way, WA 98023 206-501-7638 CarmenJohnsen@msn.com Whiskey & beers, medicine, food jars & bottles, and insulators Rohrs S Keith 14161 Gordons Ln Glen Allen, VA 23059 804-658-9577 Virginia bottles Mike Lehman 147 E. Barrens Church Rd. Dillsburg, PA 17019 717-432-7162 botleking@aol.com Demi-johns, wisharts pine trees, cigar jars, cod liver & root beer extract bottles

70 Frank R. Lehnhoff Jr. 1605 Evergreen Dr. Baltimore, MD 21222 410-908-4307 pondboy61@verizon.net Antique Baltimore beers, whiskeys, any old medicines

July - August, 2010 Don Wellman 5387 Snowy Mountain Dr. Winnemucca, NV 89445 775-303-7207 Fruit jars and Nevada sodas

Jim Louks PO Box 307 Spearfish, SD 57783 605-641-1988 jlouks@mato.com South Dakota and Dakota Territory

Herb Yue 216 Sacramento St. Auburn, CA 95603 530-320-9419 hayyuez@gmail.com Blob sodas and torpedoes, inks, ladies leg bitters and almost anything else

Barbara Moniz 8765 Carlisle Ave. Sacramento, CA 95828 916-682-9306 bmoniz@frontiernet.net Bottles & insulators

Deland M-T Bottle Collectors Club Attn: Brian Hoblick, President PO Box 2015 DeLeon Springs, FL 32130 386-804-9635 hoblick@aol.com

Ken Morrill 185 Buzzard Lagoon Rd. Carralitos, CA 95076 831-722-4740 arrowheadfarms@cruzio.com San Francisco tin top milks and beers

Historical Bottle Diggers of Virginia Attn: Gene Driver, Treasurer 172 McKinley Dr Broadway, VA 22815 540-896-3033 sabroged@aol.com

David Mount 592 Albany Rd. West Winfield, NY 13491 315-822-9991 dmdigs@windstream.net Patent medicines and cures / Saratoga Robert Rife 3936 Hammock Rd. Mims, FL 32754 321-267-1877 “dr” bottles - pre-machine Dale & Linda Stannard 2720 Lake Shore Dr Escanaba, MI 49829 906-553-7200 dalestannard@yahoo.com Pre-1900 sodas Frank Sternad PO Box 560 Fulton, CA 95439 fsternad@sonic.net United Drug/Rexal Drug, western proprietary meds Kenneth L. Watkins PO Box 517 Conifer, CO 80433 303-838-6457 kenwatkins1@hotmail.com Colorado embossed bottles

New Jersey Antique Bottle Club Attn: Joe Butewicz 24 Charles St. South River, NJ 08882 732-236-9945 Ohio Bottle Club Attn: Terry Crislip 11161 Whitewood Dr. Newbury, OH 44065 440-564-5812 bmbaldwin@att.net Raleigh Bottle Club Attn: Dave Tingen 9412 Greenfield Dr Raleigh, NC 27615 916-848-4387 smann2@nc.rr.com Richmond Area Bottle Collectors Association Attn: Bruce Wadford, President 362 Dobbins Rd Blackstone, VA 23824 804-739-2951 faulkner@antiquebottles.com Southeast Bottle Club Attn: Reggie Lynch, President PO Box 2286 Forest, VA 24551 704-221-6489 www.antiquebottles.com/Southeast

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Merrimack Valley Antique Bottle Club Presents the 36th Annual

Lowell Antique Bottle Show & Sale Sunday September 26, 2010 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Early Buyers 8 a.m.

Early Buyer Admission - $15 General Admission - $3 Children under 12 Free

Lowell ELKS Club, 40 Old Ferry Rd, Lowell, MA (Take Exit 32 off US Rte 3 Then follow the signs.

Map also located on our web site)

80 Dealer Tables with Bottles, Postcards, Advertising, Stoneware, Fruit Jars, Insulators & Collectables Free Bottle Appraisals Free Parking Free Children’s Bottle Table Free $20 Door Prize Drawings For information contact: Cliff Hoyt: 978-458-6575 Maureen Crawford: 978-897-7327 Or visit our web site for: Maps, Directions, Dealer Contracts, Discount Coupons & more at: choyt48.home.comcast.net/mvbc.htm

“A Show with Moxie” Catered Lunch

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

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

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

In addition to providing strength to a national/international organization devoted to the welfare of the hobby, your FOHBC membership benefits include: • A full year subscription the Federation’s official bi-monthly publication, Bottles and Extras • One free ad per yearly membership of 60 words for use for “wanted” items, trade offers, etc.

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

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

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

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

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

For more information, questions, or to join the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, please contact: June Lowry FOHBC Business Manager 401 Johnston Ct. Raymore, MO 64083 816-318-0160 OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com

or visit our home page on the web at www.FOHBC.com

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