FOHBC 2013 Manchester National Antique Bottle Show Program

The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors presents:

2013 National Antique Bottle Show

Manchester, New Hampshire Radisson Expo Center - July 19, 20, 21

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Table Of Contents FOHBC President’s Message .............................................................. 4 Schedule of Events ............................................................................... 5 Message From Show Chairman .......................................................... 6 Message From FOHBC Conventions Director ................................. 7 Meet Your FOHBC Officers ................................................................. 8 Manchester History, Sites & Activities ............................................. 10 Banquet Keynote Speaker ................................................................... 13 Scheduled Seminars / Lectures ........................................................ 14 Dealer Listings .................................................................................. 26 Map of Show Floor ........................................................................... 30 “Bottle Battle” Info .......................................................................... 33 FOHBC “Hall Of Fame” ................................................................... 36 Past National Shows ......................................................................... 42 FOHBC “Honor Roll” ........................................................................ 52 Glass Factories In New Hampshire ................................................. 60

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Schedule Of Events

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Welcome To Manchester Fellow Collectors, Dealers & Enthusiasts, We would like to welcome you to the 2013 Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors annual sale in Manchester, NH. We are very excited to be hosting the first show held in New England!

This should be a weekend to remember, as we have a great banquet, exciting “Bottle Battle�, educational seminars, an auction, and some fantastic displays on tap. Oh, and did we mention a show... we have over 250 tables of glass offered from the top dealers in the country, and beyond.

We would like to thank the FOHBC for selecting our proposal. We would also like to thank all of the collectors and volunteers who have helped make the show a success. The camaraderie in our hobby is simply overwhelming. Thank you all!

Cherish good times with friends, buy and sell some prized glass, and take home the wonderful memories! Enjoy!

Sincerely, Michael George, co-chairman Maureen Crawford, co-chairman

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A Message From The FOHBC Conventions Director

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MANCHESTER 2013 “Collect Free Or Die!”

Manchester, NH is the home of the 2013 FOHBC National show. It is the largest city in Northern New England, and also a city rich with history, culture, and natural beauty. The more you know ahead of your visit to Manchester, the better your vacation will be! We have outlined a brief history, information, as well as a list of interesting and resourceful sites for your convenience.

The area that is now Manchester was once inhabited by various Native American tribes. On the Merrimack River, there are the Amoskeag Falls where the river drops 50 feet, which served as a plentiful fishing ground for the tribes in the region. The name derives from the Pennacook word Namoskeag, which meant “good fishing place.” In 1722, the area was settled by colonists and first called Old Harry’s Town. It changed names a few more times, becoming Derryfield in 1751. In 1807 a canal and lock system where built around the Amoskeag Falls, opening the area up to industrialization and bringing in more people. Ideas emerged that the Falls and River could be used to power industry along the river and it was envisioned that the area would become “the Manchester of America,” like Manchester, England. In 1810 the town of Derryfield was renamed to Manchester with the goal of making this new Manchester an industrial success. The same year, the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company was incorporated. At their peak, the mills were employing 17,000 workers with 30 mills weaving 50 miles of cloth per hour.

Today, the millyard has found new life. Restaurants, businesses, art galleries, Manchester articleThe structures have a certain and more have opened in some of the old mills. charm, with their brick walls and their large exposed wooden beams running along the ceilings. The large windows were designed to let in a lot of natural light and depending on where you are a nice view of the river.

The Radisson Hotel and Expo Center is located in the heart of downtown and within walking distance of the millyard, the Merrimack River, many specialty shops, and plenty of nightlife. Don’t miss the nearby Currier Museum, or take a ride to the coast and explore Historic Portsmouth, and the early settlement at Strawberry Banke. Whatever you decide to do, you will certainly enjoy the beauty and history that this area has to offer!

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HISTORICAL SITES Currier Museum of Art - 150 Ash Street, Manchester, NH - currier.org Millyard Museum - 200 Bedford Street Manchester, NH - manchesterhistoric.org The Palace Theater - 80 Hanover St., Manchester, NH - palacetheatre.org The NH Historical Museum - 6 Eagle Sq., Concord, NH - nhhistory.org Historical Society of Cheshire County - 246 Main Street Keene, NH - hsccnh.org Franklin Piece Homestead - Routes 9 & 31, Hillsborough, NH - nhstateparks.org Strawberry Banke Museum - 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, NH - strawberybanke.org America’s Stonehenge - 105 Haverhill Rd., Salem, NH - stonehengeusa.com Canterbury Shaker Village - 288 Shaker Road, Canterbury, NH - shakers.org The Freedom Trail - 139 Tremont St, Boston, MA - freedomtrail.org ANTIQUE SHOPS RT. 4 Antique Alley (shops) - Northwood, NH - nhantiquealley.com New Hampshire Antique Co-op - 23 Elm St., Milford, NH - nhantiquecoop.com This Olde Stuff - Route 101, Amherst, NH - thisoldestuff.com

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PARKS & AMUSEMENTS Weirs Beach - Lake Winnipesaukee - Weirs Beach, NH - weirsbeach.org Hampton Beach - Hampton Beach, NH - hamptonbeach.org Canobie Lake Park - Salem, NH - canobie.com Water Country - 2300 Lafayette Rd., Portsmouth, NH - watercountry.com Mel’s Fun Park - Rt. 3A, Litchfield, NH - melsfunwaypark.com Franconia Notch Park - Franconia, NH - franconianotch.org Pawtuckaway State Park - Nottingham, NH - nhstateparks.org SHOPPING Merrimack Premium Outlets - Merrimack, NH - premiumoutlets.com/merrimack Mall of New Hampshire - South Willow, Manchester, NH - simon.com/mall/?id=337 TRAVEL Manchester-Boston Regional Airport - Manchester, NH - flymanchester.com Logan Airport - Boston, MA - massport.com OTHER Amoskeag Fishways - 6 Fletcher St, Manchester, NH - amoskeagfishways.com SEE Science Center - 200 Bedford St, Manchester, NH - see-sciencecenter.org Verizon Wireless Arena - Elm St, Manchester, NH - verizonwirelessarena.com Capitol Center ForThe Arts - Concord, NH - ccanh.com New Hampshire White Mountains - Northern NH - visitwhitemountains.com New Hampshire Info Guide - online - visitnh.gov

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Banquet Lecture EDUCATION AND SHARING ARE THE KEYS TO GREAT COLLECTING! Mark Vuono was born and raised in Stamford, CT where he still resides with his lovely wife Annie. They have two sons, Andrew and David.

Mark was subjected to bottle collecting at the early age of nine as his father was the legendary pioneer flask collector Charles Vuono. Mark recalls the first two flasks his dad purchased were a quart Stoddard eagle and a quart Willington flask which are still contained in the collection. During his dad’s tenure as a premier collector, Mark was fascinated by the flasks and studied all the mold variations and their different colors, recording all of the examples in the family’s collection. Mark and Andrew continue collecting together making the collection a third generation collection. David is quite interested in the collection as well and has captured each flask in a professional photograph.

The Vuono collection is without a doubt the finest collection of historical flasks ever put together taking over fifty years of dedication in its assemblage. Mark has earned the reputation of being a specialist on early American historical flasks and has the stories to back it all up. A current life member of the FOHBC, the Connecticut Museum of Glass and other organizations, Mark writes a column on historical flasks for the AB&GC magazine with factual information for collectors at any level.

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Seminars / Lectures Connecticut Glass Rarities Rick Ciralli was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and was raised in New Britain, Connecticut. He currently resides with his family in Bristol, Connecticut and is the Vice President of Remarketing for North Mill Equipment Finance Company. In 1976, on a weekend in Vermont, he stopped at a tag sale, bought an old Seltzer water bottle with an 1870s patent date on the pewter closure and got bit bad by “the bottle bug”. After collecting in many categories in his earlier days, he has settled down to studying and collecting bottles, flasks and glass from the Connecticut Glasshouses of Pitkin, Coventry, West Willington, Westford and New London.

He also has an antiques business and hobby nickname under “RCGLASS” Rick is a past president and current member of the Somers Antique Bottle Club. He is also a past president and current Vice President of the Pitkin Glass Works, Inc., with affiliations at the Manchester, Coventry and Willington historical societies.

Also a current member of the FOHBC and the Connecticut Museum of Glass in Coventry, Connecticut, Rick has done numerous presentations on Connecticut Glass in a variety of forums throughout the state and beyond. Rick was a featured speaker at the Eastfield Village workshops on Pitkin glass and was the keynote speaker for a Manchester Historical Society’s event on early glassmaking. Rick has also displayed portions of his collection at past bottle shows, club meetings and historical societies.

He has also studied and consulted on New England glass at Old Sturbridge Village and on early glass in the American Decorative Arts department at the Yale Art Gallery. Rick has also written numerous articles on Connecticut glass for Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine, Bottles and Extra and for many clubs and organizations. He is also very connected to the bottle shows in New England and a regular at the Keene and Baltimore shows. Rick’s passion for Connecticut glass is obvious and his enthusiasm is contagious!

Last Links to the Past 20th Century South Jersey Glass

A collector and historian of American Glass, Thomas C. Haunton is the author of Last Links to the Past 20th Century South Jersey Glass, Tippecanoe and E. G. Booz Too!, a book about cabin bottles, and well over a dozen articles.

Last Links to the Past has been described by reviewers as a “spectacular piece of research and writing” and “amazing and valuable.”

Tom has appeared as a guest lecturer for historical societies and other organizations throughout the Northeastern US. He presented his own exhibition, The Colorful Clevengers, at the Gloucester County Historical Society in Woodbury, New Jersey in 1992, writing and designing an accompanying catalog and slideshow. He also assisted with the 1987 Clevenger Brothers Glass Works The Persistence of Tradition

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Seminars / Lectures exhibition and catalog by the Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village in Millville, New Jersey.

As the owner/operator of Jerseyana Antiques and Collectibles, Mr. Haunton appears at numerous antique, glass, and collectible shows. He is presently working on the second volume of Last Links to the Past 20th Century South Jersey Glass, and writes a quarterly column, Jerseyana Corner, for Antique Bottle and Glass Collector Magazine. He resides in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

Tom’s FOHBC presentation is called Last Links to the Past 20th Century South Jersey Glass. Based on his two-volume work of the same title, the presentation will cover the history and production of 20th century New Jersey glassblowers such as the Clevenger brothers and Emil Larson, as well as glass operations such as Beacon, Dell, Old Jersey, the WPA, and others.

American mold blown tableware, 1815-35: A fresh look at “Blown Three Mold” George and Helen McKearin’s 1941 book American Glass brought order to the two earliest categories of American molded glass: the large variety of figured and historical flasks, and the equally large and varied group of mold blown tableware. Both were first made around 1815 but while flasks were made until at least the Civil War, mold blown tableware was gradually replaced by pressed glass starting in 1828.

Both categories contain great rarities and both attracted high prices from early collectors.

Ian Simmonds ‘fresh look’ at “blown three mold” will start by showing what is unique about this glass. Just like historical flasks, this glass was blown, shaped and patterned in hinged molds. However, a great many pieces of blown three mold were further shaped by hand, leading to many other forms including bowls, pitchers, tumblers and salt dishes. Next, Ian will show some of the many varieties of blown three mold and how Helen McKearin went about classifying them. Finally, he will share his new research about which pieces were made first and which came later. In particular, Ian will present the first TEN recorded examples of tableware molds that were modified, and help clean up the story of which blown three mold was made at Keene and when they made it.

Ian Simmonds is a leading researcher and dealer in early American glass. He has published many articles and given many talks including on early cut glass, blown three mold, early glassmaking inventions, and Midwestern glass. His most important rediscovery is of New York City machine cut glass of the 1850s, which is the subject of his fall 2013 article in The Corning Museum of Glass’s Journal of Glass Studies.

Ian started collecting as a child in England. His first collection was of United States postage stamps. He moved to New York in 1995 and bought his first piece of glass – a GIII-21 blown three mold dish – in 1997. Ian became a full time glass researcher/

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Seminars / Lectures dealer at the start of 2012. Before that Ian worked at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center where he researched and designed software for use by business and IT consultants. He is joint inventor of many issued and pending software-related patents. He lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Ian’s website is at www.iansimmonds.com.

New Hampshire Glass Factories and Their Products Michael George was born and raised in New Hampshire, and currently resides with his family in the countryside of New Boston, NH. He has a bachelor’s degree in Commercial Art from Notre Dame College, and is currently employed as a Marketing Director. His passion for American glass started at an early age, as a collector of medicine bottles that were discovered at local auctions or unearthed in old dumps. Over the years, his expertise and knowledge for bottles expanded into historical flasks and early American glass wares, as he researched the production of 18th and 19th century glasshouses throughout New England.

Michael has become an avid collector and premiere antique glass dealer. In 2004, he launched a website, www.bottleshow.com, an online venue for buyers and sellers of bottles, flasks and early American glass. He has also conducted numerous lectures for historical institutions and produced formal appraisals for collectors or estate settlements, while actively coaching new collectors in the hobby. His glass articles have been published in such magazines and newsprints as Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, Bottles & More, Unravel The Gavel, and Antiques & Arts Weekly. Recently, Michael served as organizer and curator of the New Hampshire Glassmakers Exhibit at the Peterborough Historical Society. He is a member of the Federation of Historic Bottle Collectors, member of the Yankee Bottle Club, and member of the Merrimack Valley Bottle Club. He is also very active in the bottle and glass show circuit, participating in over a dozen events annually throughout the East Coast.

Mount Vernon Glass Co. – History, Products & People Brian P. Wolff is a technical data analyst for a high voltage testing and engineering firm in Central New York. He makes his home in Sherrill, New York. Brian is a current FOHBC member, has been involved in bottle collecting since 1973. His introduction into collecting began with bottle digging in Batavia, New York and the surrounding Western New York area. Immediately interested in learning more about the bottles he was finding; he volunteered his time at the Holland Land Office Museum in Batavia and as a teenager was the youngest member of the now defunct Tonanwanda Valley Glass & Bottle Collectors Association, at that time. During his high school years he spent much of his time performing historical research and trying to located more places to dig.

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Seminars / Lectures Brian enjoys collecting pontiled (NY) medicines, Saratoga type mineral waters and other early New York State bottles. His collecting took a brief hiatus in the 80’s while moving about the state with work and raising a family. His affection for bottles, glass and historical research was rekindled when he relocated, in 1988, to the town in which the Mount Vernon Glass Company had operated. Brian has been excavating at Mount Vernon for a number of years and has spent a tremendous number of hours researching and gathering shards for identification; logging 28 visits to the site just last year alone.

He has dedicated the last three years exclusively to researching the history, people and products in an effort to shed new light on this factory.

His presentation on the Mount Vernon Glass Co. will briefly touch on other early Central New York glass houses and will provide information on key people and a historic timeline of the Mt. Vernon/Granger operation. We will walk in the footsteps of pioneer researcher Harry Hall White and rediscover the evidence he found in the 1920’s.

Flasks, medicine and utility bottles, blown three mold patterns and other item will be discussed, confirmed and New Discoveries will be revealed!

Additional commentary will also be provided by Mark Yates, collector, researcher and enthusiast of early Central New York glass. Mark brings a wealth of knowledge on early CNY bottles and has been collaborating with Brian, for the last four years, with shard identification and additional research.

Early 20th Century Milk Marketing In New England Jim George was born in Nashua, New Hampshire and raised in Milford, New Hampshire, where he currently lives with his family. Jim’s dad, Ernie George, was an avid milk bottle collector and dairy agent for the UNH Cooperative Extension for over 30 years, as well as the co-author of the first New Hampshire milk bottle book “Milk Bottle Collector’s Guide to New Hampshire and Vermont Dairies” with A. B. “Jerry” Jerard. After Ernie’s passing in 1998, Jim has carried on the milk bottle tradition as a passionate collector and dealer of all things “dairy related”. He spent several years working with a New Hampshire team of milk bottle collectors to publish a new reference book “New Hampshire Milk Bottles”, authored by Richard Clark, Jr, now in its Second Edition. Jim has travelled around New Hampshire giving milk bottle talks and lectures to various organizations and historical societies.

Jim currently works as an Antique Sales Associate at the New Hampshire Antique Coop in Milford, NH, as well as being self-employed as an antique dealer and mobile disc jockey. He is also the current treasurer of the Merrimack Valley Antique Bottle Club, host club for this year’s FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show.

Markings & Seals Embossed on Milk Bottles Al Morin, Merrimack Valley Bottle Club member, longtime member “The Milk Route” National Association Milk Bottle Collectors, and 40 year glass enthusiast who has spoken about milks and a variety of glass topics at clubs in Massachusetts and

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Seminars / Lectures West Virginia. Al is a longstanding supporter of the West Virginia Museum of American Glass in Weston, West Virginia.

He will speak about “Markings & Seals Embossed on Milk Bottles” and will also answer collectors questions on the subject. This should interest all bottle collectors, as there are many embossings found on milk bottles from all over the United States.

Uncovering Demijohns David Hoover lives in Michigan with his wife of 38 years, Shirley and their four cats. He retired in 2012 after more than forty years working in the communication technology field.

He has had an interest in bottles for many years. However, he only became a serious collector after finding an early Hutchinson bottle in the Tattabawassee River in eastern Michigan. When he saw a demijohn at an antique show, he was hooked. “I have no idea why that particular style intrigued me, but it did.” David said. In addition to demijohns, David also collects early blown glass.

He has been collecting and studying demijohns and related go withs for over 15 years.

His collection spans all types, colors and sizes from many different countries. He displayed some of his collection at the 2005 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He regularly sells at bottle shows in the Midwest and at National Shows.

David is an FOHBC member and a regular contributor to Antique Bottles & Glass Collector magazine and is responsible for the Heard it Through the Grapevine monthly column.

Saratogas George Waddy has been collecting Saratoga-type mineral water bottles since the late 1960’s. He has been a member of the Hudson Valley and Genessee Valley Bottle Clubs, and is past president of the Saratoga-type Bottle Collectors Society. He has presented seminars at two previous national shows and at numerous historical and museum societies across New York. He has also written over 200 articles on collecting bottles in various hobby magazines, including a column on “Saratogas” in the Bottle and Glass Collector magazine through the late 1960s to the early 2000s. The seminar will include information on identifying the forms and ages of various Saratoga bottles, as well as illustrations of “color-runs” and actual examples of the range of colors and rarities available in these popular Northeastern bottles. Some folky stories about interesting mineral water finds in his 40+ years of collecting will add some variety to the program! Research materials will also be suggested and a brief hand-out with key information to assist both newer and advanced collectors will be available.

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Official host bottle club of the 2013 FOHBC show!

Meetings are 7:00 pm every third Wednesday of the month at the:

American Legion Hall, A.W. Vinal Post #212 90 Groton Rd. (Rt. 40) North Chelmsford, MA 01863

Join our club, and join in the fun!

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“Let’s Get Ready To Battle!”

Don’t Miss The

BOTTLE BATTLE!

Friday Night, Following the Banquet!

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Categories for judging:

Colored Medicines Utility Bottles Whimsical Objects

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Glass Works Auctions The Official Auction Company of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is proud to present the

“MADNESS IN MANCHESTER” Auction!

Saturday evening, July 20th 2013 at the Radisson of New Hampshire Expo Center, Manchester, New Hampshire.

Over 100 select bottles, flasks and related items will be offered at public auction.

This is the first Federation Convention ever, to be held in the New England States!

And we expect it to be a real old-fashioned ‘Barn Burner’!

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Don’t Miss This One...

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28th Annual

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Saturday, September 28th, 2013 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Collectors from 25 States Early Admission Available

Admission $5.00

www.memphisbottleclub.com www.fohbc.org Show Chairman Gene Bradberry, 3706 Deerfield Cove, Bartlett, TN 38135 (901)372-8428 (901)359-8428

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Bottle Battle Questions & Answers Please explain the process?

Your bottle will be checked in at the start of the category event. This process may take some time depending on the number of applicants. Your object will be given a number, and displayed with the other applicants. The judges (3 in each category) will review the group making cuts until the top choices have been selected. These will be placed into a backlit cabinet for final review, and the judges will select place winners.

What constitutes as a UTILITY bottle in this event?

A blown & molded body container form that would have been for household or utilitarian use, but does not fall into another primary collecting category. Objects should be pre-civil war era. Utilitarian bottles were a generic containers serving a very diverse purpose, and contained anything from beverages, oils, and spices to mustards, medicines and snuffs. For the purpose of this event, it should be made clear that embossed, as well as unembossed, are acceptable. Demijohns, early flasks, pickles, peppersauces, inks, and embossed medicines, although utilitarian in nature, are not a consideration for judging in this event. They fall under other “primary” collectible categories. Snuffs and blacking bottles are acceptable, as well as unusual pitkin and chestnut bottle forms which were clearly produced for a utilitarian purpose. Ultimately, the three judges of this category will make the final decision, and will be basing their selections on the above criteria. Good luck to all!

Medicines... pontilled? Is aqua a color?

The medicine bottle competition is likely to be a rather large and exciting group!

There is no restrictions regarding pontil or smooth base, and yes aqua is a color.

Once again, final decisions will be in the hands of the judges.

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Offered For Sale At Manchester!

Historic Antique Bottle Making Tools from Whitney Glass Works and Bottle Slug Plates from Whitall Tatum Glass Co. of NJ See me at table # 23 and 24

Tom Phillips

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List of Dealers / Assistants

Table #

Dealers are listed in alphabetical order by the primary dealer last name. List may not be complete due to late table assignments after the printing of this guide.

Justin Alberti Plymouth, MA Christine & Carl Alimonti Stamford, NY Carol Ambruster / Tony Hull Philadelphia, PA John Apple Middleton, OH Ron & Carol Ashby Blackwell, OK Greg Bair / Mike O’Malley Stow, MA Dan & Jenn Baldwin Carver, MA Bob & Cathy Barenski Baltimore, MD Sheldon & Brenda Baugh Russellville, KY Bill Beckett / Brad Magery Cheshire, CT James F Bell / Gary Berkley New South Wales Jim Bender / Linda Sheppard Sprakers, NY James & Val Berry St. Johnsville, NY Alan Blakeman S Yorks, England Clarence / Lee Blanchard Pownal, ME John & Colleen Bowers Berryville, VA Gene Bradberry Bartlett, TN Jinny Brodsky / Sandra Bladen York, ME William / Carolyn Brugmann Covington, LA Chuck Bukin / Joyce Kingsley Richardson, TX Don Burkett / Dennis Garrett Monroe, MI Jeff & Jeanine Burkhardt Cedarburg, WI Jim Burns / Dave Potter Oneida Castle, NY Chip Cable / Tom Masiarik McMurray, PA Brett Cabral Salem, NH David & Maggie Caccamo New Paltz, NY Laurence Tod & Kim Cagle Galway, NY Gale Campbell Willington, CT Steve & Barbara Carter Worcester, MA Rick Ciralli / Woody Douglas Bristol, CT Collectibles Insurance Services Hunt Valley, MD Peter Colman / Jim A Rogers Round Lake, IL Daniel G & Judy Corker Mechanicsville, VA Eric Correira / Lynne Fratini Dighton, MA Marty Costa ?

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List of Dealers / Assistants Chris Davis Steve DeBood / Elmer Ogg Dan Dechene / Joe Quaid Alan DeMaison / Roger Hardesty William & Mary Depeel John DeVolder / Mariannie Wink Dario DiMare Mark Dumond / Pat Dumont Tom & Elaine Duff Wallace Farrington James & Cathy Ference Louis Fifer / John Fifer Ralph & Janet Finch Jeff Fischer / Jim Megura Michael & Janet George Dennis Gionet / John Della Pena Robert Girouard / Phil Cortina Julian & Panny Gottlieb Leo Goudreau / Bev Goudreau Ed & Kathy Gray Matt Greig Art Gueguen Guy & Vicki Kelley Jim & Janice Hagenbuch Jim & Jodi Hall Bill Ham / Jerry McCann Henry & Bonnie Hartley Thomas C & Robin Hauton Jennifer & Roger Heatly Norm Heckler / Normand Heckler Norm Heckler / Jason Heckler Chris & Jenn Helenek Michael L & Tish Hewins Tom & Mabel Hicks Chris Hill / Stan Tart Bobby & Barbara Hilton Robert F Hinely Jr / Kim Kokler Randall Hoffman Jamie Houdeshell Fran & Donna Hughes William & April Hungtington John R & Wanda Joiner David & Kelly Kam

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Newark, NY 103 Jenison, MI 189 Portland, ME 82 Painesville, OH 135 Rapid City, MI 67, 68 Ontario, NY 181 Marlborough, MA 131 Bath, ME 80, 81 Manchester, CT 226 Bryant Pond, ME 107, 108, 109 Ashford, CT 3 Brunswick, OH 186 Farmington Hills, MI 52 Englewood, NJ 207 Bedford, NH 18, 19, 53 Manchester, NH 96 West Granby, CT 31 Cos Cob, CT 169, 170 Ware, MA 126, 155 DuBois, PA 13, 14 Washington, DC 120, 121 Whately, MA 43, 44 Pittston, ME 100 East Greenville, PA 196, 197 Gurnee, IL 27, 28 Lakeport, CA 198 Rochester, MA 129, 130 Wilmington, MA 16, 17 Pepperell, MA 239, 240, 241 Woodstock Valley, CT 91, 92, 93 Woodstock Valley, CT 123, 124, 125 North Attleboro, MA 88 E. Bridgewater, MA 119 Eastonton, GA 99 Woodbourne, NY 116 Nassau, NY 143 Newnan, GA 140 Jamaica Plain, MA 163 Haskins, OH 244, 245 Scotia, NY 137, 138, 139 Cuyahoga Falls, OH 83 Newnan, GA 94 Wilson, NY 162 ~ 31 ~

List of Dealers / Assistants Jay & Mary Kasper David & Sharon Keith Adam & Phyllis Koch Garry & Bev Koltookian Ted & Hazel Krist Kevin Kyle / Charles Dascenzo Matt & Elizabeth Lacy Alvin & Cindy Lamphere Albert & Delores Lamson Andy Lange / Dave Kyle Bob & Cathy Lanpher John Lawery / Jimmy Chebalo Mark Legere / Gerry Durval Robert & Florence Lemos Anthony Lennon (Tony) Barb & Jim Lesniewski Robert B Lincoln / Robert G Lincoln Mike Malanowski / Wayne Dugas Peter & Trish Manfredi Larry Marshall / Bill Taylor Vince Martonis / Tom Karapantso Gene McCain / Matt King Terry & Pat McMurray Jonathan Melnick / Mike Morgan Ferdinand & Elizabeth Meyer Jim & Lynn Mitchell Gary & Pam Moore William Morford / Dick Mackey David & Lynda Mosher Edward Motta Dale & Susan Murschell Edward D Nikles / Jim Jack Jeff & Holly Noordsy George & Dot Ogelsby Dave Olson / Charles Olson John Pastor / Liz Maxbauer Jack Pelletier / Lex Lim Tom & Lisa Phillips Kathryn & Durk Piersma David Powell / Jim Becker Carl Pratt Ed Provine Glen & Deb Quimby

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Victoria, TX 77, 78 Canton, OH 177, 178 Akron, OH 151 Chelmsford, MA 236 Northfield, OH 15 East Windsor, NJ 191 Austinburg, OH 225 St. Albans, VT 201 Londonderry, NH 117 Plymouth, MA 41, 42 North Attleboro, MA 51 Andover, NJ 114 Franklin, NH 165 Dartmouth, MA 188 Stafford Springs, CT 79 Saratoga Spa, NY 233 Framingham, MA 144 Albion, NY 62 South Glastonbury, CT 39, 40 St. Augustine, FL 29 Gerry, NY 223 Dighton, MA 4, 5 Kirkwood, NY 147, 148 Sarasota, FL 118 Houston, TX 22 Brandon, FL 237, 238 Williamstown, MA 229 Cazenovia, NY 246, 247 St. Albans, VT 60, 61 Somerset, MA 200 Springfield, W.V. 134 Milford, PA 9, 10 Cornwall, VT 252, 253, 254 NJ 208 Carver, MA 6, 7, 8 New Hudson, MI 54, 55, 56, 89 Gorham, ME 58, 59 Memphis, TN 23, 24 Grandville, MI 175, 176 Savannah, GA 199 Sandwich, MA 110, 111 Millington, TN 26 Dunstable, MA 204

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List of Dealers / Assistants

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Ron Rainka / Dennis Clowes Warren, MA 71, 72, 73 Josh Reinhart / Jesse Sailer Pennsburg, PA 235 Bob & Nina Renkar Southington, CT 171, 172 Dale J & Barbara J Santos El Cerrito, CA 50 Jim & Joanne Scaturro Bayville, NY 33, 34 Jim Scharnagel Gainesville, GA 230, 231 Eric Schmetterling / Terry Gillis Moorestown, NJ 49 Wes & Diane Seeman Charlestown, RI 11 Ole & Candy Severson Durham, CT 202 David Sidelinger / Coralyn Bochler Corry, PA 159, 160 Ian Simmonds / May Warren Carlisle, PA 128 Gerry Sirois South Portland, ME 104 Phillip & Joan Smith Union, KY 132 Eric Sobieczewski / Rachel Boombatz Andover, NJ 113 Burton Spiller Pittsford, NY 193, 194 Greg & Angela Spurgeon Rosedale, IN 146 Scot St. Laurent / Wyat St. Laurent Warren, MA 63 Bill Stankard Supply, NC 206 Lucille Stanley / Don Gosselin Exeter, NH 168 Jack & Audrey Stecher Rochester, NY 102 Mike & Peg Stephano Kingston, NY 84, 85 Carl Sturn / Joan Goree Longwood, FL 184, 185 Steve Swiechowicz /Fred Swiechowicz Seekonk, MA 242, 243 Judith Tallman North Hampton, NH 127 Jerry & Sharon Tebbano Aurora, OH 152, 153, 154 Noel Tomas / Ken Prevatali Glastonbury, CT 45, 46, 47 Donald & Lois Tucker North Berwick, ME 66 Richard & Kathy Tucker Newport Beach, CA 179 Paul & Dorothy TutKo Danvers, MA 64, 65 David Van Loon England 164 Paul & Pat Van Vactor Louisville, KY 115 Jon & Joy Vander Schduw Bradenton, FL 190 Tod & Sue Von Mechow Phoenixville, PA 101 Mark Vuono / Andrew Vuono Stamford, CT 195 George & Larie Waddy Port St. Lucie, FL 95 Brian Wade / Velma Dove Huntinton Station, NY 57 David & Carol Waris Amherst, NH 136 Dick Watson Medford, NJ 150 Robert Watson Cattaraugus, NY 166 Barbara White Canton, NY 37, 38 John & Mary Wolf Dayton, OH 70 Christopher Woods Plymouth, NH 133 Mark Yates / Mark Jackson Cazenovia, NY 105 ~ 33 ~

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FOHBC

HALL OF FAME In 1980, the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs, in conjunction with its subsidiary, the National Bottle Museum, created the bottle collector’s Hall of Fame.

Nomination and induction into the Hall of Fame is based on major contributions to the bottle collecting hobby, which had significant impact and enduring quality. Descriptions of activities and achievements are gathered by the nominator(s). Distinguished services to the hobby are noted and documented. Successful candidates are then officially inducted into the Hall of Fame. All documentation is bound and appropriately filed in the FOHBC’s archives.

The following pages summarize the accomplishments of these honored collectors.

1981 - Helen McKearin

In recognition for her outstanding literary achievements in the field if research and writing, resulting in the publication of comprehensive reference books and periodicals on the subject of American glass and bottles. She co-authored American Glass with her father, George S. McKearin.

1983 - Charles Gardner

Known as the “Father of Modern Day Bottle Collecting,” he was the link between past greats in the hobby such as Stephen Van Rensselaer and George and Helen McKearin. He was a master collector for 45 years, stimulating the hobby’s growth to what it has become today – a vibrant collecting field filled with camaraderie and adventures.

1985 - Edmund R. & Jayne Blaske

Dedicated collectors and researchers in the field of historical flasks. Teachers of many young and new collectors, the Blaskes were popular banquet speakers, as well as active supporters of many local clubs, the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs (now Collectors) and the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa, N.Y.

1985 - John C. Tibbitts

Founder and first president of the first U.S. bottle club, the Antique Bottle Collectors Association of California. It eventually had a national membership of more than 250 persons representing 23 states and was the model for the formation of many others. He was the first to edit a club newsletter. It was called The Pontil.

1985 - Harry Hall White

A great bottle archaeologist, his excavations of glass houses and research of public libraries produced sound data that was used by authors such as Kenneth Wilson and George McKearin in writing books that enriched the knowledge of glass collectors. “Harry Hall White is the outstanding pioneer in this field of research and investigation,” McKearin wrote in American Glass, published in 1941. In November of 1926, his story on Early Pittsburgh Glass-Houses was featured in The Magazine Antiques to which he was a frequent contribu-

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tor for more than two decades. He was born in 1884 and died in Shelbyville, Ind., at the age of 60 in April 1944. He was buried in Cleveland, Ohio.

1987 - Paul L. Ballentine

A collector who became an authority on Midwestern glass, he was a noted author, speaker, collector, club founder, educator and friend. He will be remembered by members of a hobby that he promoted, preserved, advanced and loved. He was ably and lovingly supported by his wife, Mary.

1987 - Dr. Cecil Munsey, Ph.D

A bottle collecting pioneer noted for significant contributions to the organized hobby, not the least of which was his 1970 book, An Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles. He also authored The Illustrated Guide to the Collecting of Coca-Cola. He is a skilled researcher, writer and editor.

1988 - Bernard C. Puckhaber

He helped popularize the collecting of “Saratoga-type” mineral water bottles by writing and publishing a book (SARATOGAS) (1977). He helped further the educational aims of the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs (now Collectors) and was instrumental in establishing the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa, N.Y.

1989 - George S. McKearin

His commitment to bottle collecting resulted in extensive research and development of two major books with daughter Helen – American Glass and Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass. He spoke extensively throughout the United States and Europe and was consulted by major museums, collectors and auction houses. His unequaled early glass collection sold at auction in 1931-32, being dispersed in collections across the U.S. His figural (historical) flask identification chart remains the singular means of describing each specimen.

1990 - Jean Matthews Garrison

She lived the FOHBC slogan: “The Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs (now Collectors) strive to promote, foster and encourage all activities toward the betterment of bottle collecting.” She became national chairman of the Federation in 1980 and served as public relations chairman for eight years. A life member of the Federation, Jean was active in no fewer than seven bottle clubs. Sam Fuss, in 1990 the Northeast Region chairman (now called director) said in nominating her to the FOHBC Hall of Fame, “She was like an auto sparkplug getting things started and finding proper people to finish the job. . .a vote for Jean is a vote for America, motherhood and apple pie!” She did not live to enjoy her hobby’s ultimate honor, passing away in her sleep at Walter Reed Army Hospital on March 16, 1990.

1992 - Dr. George Herron

He became a member of the original bottle club (in Sacramento, Calif.) in 1965 and two years later, “Doc” and his wife, Ruth, were among the original charter members of the Iowa Antique Bottleers established in 1967. He retained membership and leadership in that group and the hobby until his death. He began a regular column in Old Bottle Magazine called “Herron’s Hunches” in July of 1989.

1993 - Stephen “Peck” Markota

The Federation’s first honorary director, Peck and his wife, Audie, dug, cleaned and

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collected bottles and researched, wrote and taught others about them. He helped found the Federation and later the Markotas published a book called Western Blobtop Sodas.

1993 - Verna L. Wagner

Her tireless efforts in organizing the first national bottle show – the 1976 EXPO in St. Louis – set a standard of excellence. She was an officer and ambassador, in person and in print, for her local club and Federation and guided its growth, made lots of friends, and loved every minute of it.

1994 - Harold G. “Hal” Wagner

His vision and chairmanship of the first national show gave lasting strength to the Federation and hobby. The Federation was not financially able to follow through his suggestion to hold a national show in St. Louis during the nation’s Bicentennial Celebration in 1976. He volunteered to use his own money, to be reimbursed after show profits were collected. It was the crowning achievement in his three decades of local and national leadership.

1995 - Alice Creswick

She took up the formidable task of documenting fruit jars and authoring The Red Book of Fruit Jars, among other publications, for a quarter of a century. She authored six editions of the Collector’s Guide to Old Fruit Jars, more commonly known as the Red Book, bringing to light more than 3,000 varieties of fruit jars.

1995 - John C. Fountain

A bottle collecting pioneer, he operated the first bottle shop (in Sacramento, Calif.), was the first bottle wholesaler, wrote articles and co-authored three books about bottles. He also published the National Bottle Gazette, one of the first publications geared to the hobby. He always saw to it that a full page was available for Federation use – free of charge.

1996 - Carlyn Ring

Early collector and historian who amassed what was believed to be the most complete bitters collection, she wrote For Bitters Only, which became the primary reference of bitters bottle collecting. She later collaborated with California collector Bill Ham in publishing the massive Bitters Bottles book.

1997 - Doc Ford

Considered one of the chief ambassadors of the bottle hobby, for 30 years he traveled the country supporting shows and displaying his collections, making many friends in and for the hobby.

1997 - Richard “Dick” Watson

Author of the first major book on bitters collecting, Bitters Bottles (1965), setting a standard for all the bottle books that followed, and later published a supplement to the book (1968). His service to the Federation came at a time when leadership was greatly needed. He and his wife, Elma, amassed outstanding collections of bitters and Saratoga waters. He currently serves as the Federation historian and a member of the board of directors.

1998 - Dr. Burton Spiller

Giving lectures and writing articles, putting on programs and sharing his vast knowledge, he has tirelessly worked to promote our hobby.

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1999 - Howard Dean

His literary contributions and work with the Federation, the National Bottle Museum and bottle clubs have made a lasting and enduring impact on the hobby. His activities continued even into his 90s.

2002 - John Eatwell

One of the giants of the hobby, he was the Federation’s first chairman (now called president), designed the organization’s first logo, and was the first to suggest the possibility of holding a national show. He was an active member of the Antique Bottle Collectors of Colorado since 1967, serving as its president. He was famous for his collection of Pike’s Peak flasks and co-authored (with David K. Clint III) the comprehensive and beautifully illustrated landmark book, Pike’s Peak Gold, in 2000.

2002 - Bob Ferraro

President of the Federation from 1977-79, he has been a collector since the mid-1950s.

He co-authored (with first wife Pat) The Past in Glass (1963) and A Bottle Collector’s Book (1964). He continues to serve the Federation (first vice president, 2008-14) while building collections of figural bitters, Eastern whiskeys and Nevada bottles.

2002 - Elma Watson

The perfect helpmate to husband and Hall of Famer Dick, she was an important leader in the Federation, serving as treasurer for many years. Co-chair of the 1994 National Show in Cherry Hill, N.J., she helped establish and arrange bottle exhibits at the Wheaton Museum and assisted with the establishment of the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa, N.Y. She was an important contributor to her husband’s books – Bitters Bottles (1965) and Supplement to Bitters Bottles (1968).

2003 - Norm & Junne Barnett

Early Federation members, the Barnetts specialized in fruit jars. In 1972, Norm joined Roger Emory of Hagerstown, Ind., to organize the Midwest Antique Fruit Jar and Bottle Club. Norm served as president for all but 10 years of its existence and was show chairman at the same time. Junne served as club newsletter editor for 30 years, retiring in 2006. She did the program books for the FOHBC 25th anniversary show in Cherry Hill, N.J. (1994) and Nashville, Tenn., Expo (1996).

2007 - Bill Ham

Avid bottle collector and author of numerous articles on historical glass, he collaborated with Carlyn Ring to produce the massive Bitters Bottles, as well as a supplement. He also contributed to the revised Whiskey Bottles of the Old West. He is always willing to share his vast knowledge and has given many talks on his favorite subject to various organizations.

2008 - Betty Zumwalt

She researched and co-wrote Spirits Bottles of the Old West with her first husband, Bill Wilson. They later published Western Bitters and 19th Century Medicine in Glass (1971).

She was an active member of the first bottle club – the ABCA of California. She was instrumental, with Bill and Dick Hansen, in drawing up the first draft of the Federation bylaws. After parting with Bill, she researched and published Ketchup-Pickles-Sauces, 19th Century Food in Glass (1980). It is sure to become the standard for this division of bottle collecting.

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2008 - Tom Caniff

Since 1995, he has authored The Label Space (complemented by the photographic skills of wife Deena) in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. From 1999, he’s authored Fruit Jar Rambles in the same magazine. He entered the bottle collecting world in 1975, became active in Midwest collecting circles and served a term as president of the Jefferson County Antique Bottle Club in Steubenville, Ohio. He served a two-year term as co-editor of the Federation newsletter (1978-80), was the Northeast Region newsletter editor from 1981-83 and served as editor of the Federation’s annual newsletter contest in 1995. He was vice president and president of the national Jelly Jammers between 1990-93. He is the recognized authority on the various Flaccus family companies and their competitors along the Ohio River.

2008 - Junior Carl Sturm

Completing his 19th straight year as a member of the FOHBC board of directors and his third term as president of the organization, Carl has freely given his time and himself for the betterment of the hobby and fellow collectors on a local and national scale. He became editor of The Federation Glassworks newsletter in 1988 and played a key role in the acquisition of Bottles & Extras, the magazine having been privately published by Scott Grandstaff and Kitty Roach, who gave it to the FOHBC as a gift. Carl’s favorites among his own collections are cures, half-pint pictorial flasks, black glass and tobacco tags.

2008 - Jim Hagenbuch

After an accidental start (through marble collecting) landed him into the bottle collecting hobby in the early 1970s, Jim Hagenbuch has become an authority on such diverse collectibles as pottery pigs and historical flasks. After the Firestone Tire and Rubber Plant at which he worked 14 years closed its doors, he became a full-time bottle dealer to earn a living for himself, his wife, Janice, and daughter Jessica. After Old Bottle Magazine and another publication went out of business in 1983, he decided to publish Antique Bottle & Glass Collector and the first issue came out in May 1984. It was an instant hit with collectors, and has become a forum for topics relating to bottles around the world. In 1986, he started Glass Works Auctions, selling reasonably priced, high-quality, full-color catalogues so potential buyers could see what they were bidding on, at the same time giving collectors options to obtain bottles not often seen. His catalogues have become collectors’ items.

2009 - Johnnie Fletcher

A founder and several times president of the Oklahoma Territory Bottle & Relic Club, Johnnie has served as editor of Oklahoma Territory News since the club was founded in 1987. In 1991, he published Oklahoma Drug Stores; in1994, he published the first edition of his Kansas Bottles 1854-1915; in 2006, he published the second edition of Oklahoma Bottles, and is working on a St. Joseph, Mo., bottle reference book. He won FOHBC awards for best newsletter and best story in 2003. He was nominated for inclusion on the Federation Honor Roll, but board members voted him Hall of Fame status instead because of his important contributions to the hobby.

2011 - Bill Baab

A collector of antique bottles since 1969, Bill joined the Federation in 1996 and a few years later volunteered to become Southern Region editor when Mary Jane Ferguson was forced to resign because of illness. His goal was to improve the quality of FOHBC club newsletters by urging more historical research. His regional reports were designed to contain news

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of interest to all bottle collectors, leaving out items of interest only to member clubs. He updated the FOHBC Hall of Fame and Honor Roll lists. He also collected information to be used in sketches of the FOHBC presidents. His suggestion that errors of fact in stories published in Bottles and Extras be corrected in the following issue, thus raising the Federation’s credibility with members, was adopted. He also designed a stylebook for regional editors, following guidelines in The Associated Press Stylebook. Bill proof-reads all stories and President’s Messages carried in Bottles and Extras. He also proof-reads copy in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, the National Fishing Lure Collectors Club Gazette, and Ralph Finch’s target ball newsletter On Target! In 2009, he inaugurated a series of stateby-state bottle collecting histories which continue today. He resigned as Southern Region editor in mid 2011. Bill was given President’s Awards from Ralph Van Brocklin (2004) and John Pastor (2006). Bill and his wife, Bea, self-published four books on Augusta bottles.

He retired as outdoor editor and sports writer from The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle in 2000 after 36 years. He still edits the newspaper’s Friday fishing page each week.

2012 - Jack Sullivan

Author of an incredible number of bottle- and pottery-related stories, Jack Sullivan’s name has been a familiar one to collectors for many years. He has written extensively for collector publications in the U.S., England, Australia and Canada. A resident of Alexandria, Va., since 1965, he writes frequently for Bottles and Extras, the Ohio Bottle Club’s Ohio Swirl newsletter and the Potomac Pontil, the online publication of the Potomac Bottle Club. He is a member of both clubs. He also has written three self-published books on whiskey containers and other collectibles. Jack also maintains two online blogs devoted to aspects of collecting and history – “Bottles, Booze and Back Stories,” and “Those Pre-Prohibition Whiskey Men.” His collecting interests include glass and ceramic whiskey containers, whiskey collectibles, breweriana, hillbilly items and paperweights. Jack holds B.A. (1957) and M.A. (1960) degrees in journalism from Marquette and a PhD in international relations from American University (1969). He is married (for 49 years in 2012) to Paula Boyer Sullivan and is the father of two sons, John, an icthyologist at Cornell University, and Brian, an entomologist with the U.S. Forest Service in Louisiana.

2012 - Warren Friedrich

He was born in Southern California in 1954, the son of a World War II barnstormer and his University of Southern California-educated wife. Seeking a better environment for their only child, they set their sights on Nevada City, a tiny rural community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and put down roots. While his parents worked, young Warren began to explore the area, spending his days miles from home, digging up artifacts. While his friends were spending hot summer afternoons in the coolness of a movie theater, Warren was picking his way through dark tunnels of long-abandoned mines. As he grew into adulthood, Warren continued to seriously collect bottles, amassing a modest collection of western bitters. He began traveling to bottle shows, meeting many like-minded people. He joined the local Mother Lode Antique Bottle Club, then the Federation, and in 1993 co-founded the Downieville Antique Bottle Show. He has authored articles for Antique Bottle & Glass Collector as well as Bottles and Extras. He has helped put on local shows and has a keen interest in encouraging a younger generation to get active in the hobby. Years of research led to the 2010 publication of the book, “Early Glasshouses of California,” with revisions made in 2011.

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What’s the Attraction for You at National Federation Shows?

By Bill Baab

Why are you here? That’s an easy question, but the answer may not be. You might be here because of a chance to buy quality bottles for your collection. Or you might be here to visit with friends. Or it may be a combination of both answers, with a few personal reasons thrown in.

Whatever the reason, the facts remain that you are happy to be here, and you plan to make the most of it.

Before 1976 when the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs (as it was then known) held its first national show in St. Louis, antique bottle shows were strictly local or regional, attended mostly by collectors and members of the curious public who resided within those locales.

The National Antique Bottle-Jar Exposition held Aug. 14-15, 1976 during our nation’s Bicentennial celebration changed all of that, especially from a collector’s perspective. “I wasn’t exactly a stranger at bottle shows when the St. Louis show was scheduled, but I’d never traveled so far,” said FOHBC member Tom Hicks, of Eatonton, Ga. “LeRoy Smith (a collector from Union Point, Ga.) and I got so excited because the show was going to be s-o-o-o big. We got to calculating just how many minutes we could spend at each table so we could see everything.”

Hicks has attended every national federation show since except Nashville, Tenn. “We had our van all packed and pointed out at the road, ready to go to Nashville, when I came down with a case of kidney stones. I later told my wife, Mabel, that missing that show was worse than the stones and ranked right up there with the other major disappointment of my life — not seeing Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams play an exhibition game in Montgomery, Alabama.”

Presumably Hicks and his friend found the time to visit all 280 sales tables in St. Louis. Let’s go back in time and check out all the shows leading up to this one. It’s made possible thanks to pages of past issues of Old Bottle Magazine, Bottle News, Antique Bottle World, Antique Bottle & Glass Collector and Bottles & Extras.

1976 National Antique Bottle & Jar Exposition - St. Louis, Missouri

There is no doubt this show set the standards for those to follow. There were 140 outstanding displays of bottles and fruit jars, many of which had never been in the public view; 280 sales tables, and 4,000 collectors. Hal Wagner was chairman and Jerry Jones co-chairman of the event.

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The program featured articles by some of the legends of the hobby, including Helen McKearin, Alice Creswick, George Herron, William E. Covill Jr., Dr. Cecil Munsey, Dick Roller, John Wolf and Paul Ballentine. Ken and Shirley Asher, Old Bottle Magazine publishers, devoted 17 pages to photos of the displays, unfortunately, all in black and white, because color was expensive to print back in those days. There was a surprise awaiting visitors – a commemorative Expo bottle in the shape of a scroll flask with the federation’s distinctive eagle on one side and crossed flags on the other. How many of these bottles sold during the Expo still exist?

1980 National Antique Bottle-Jar Exposition - Rosemont, Illinois

The St. Louis extravaganza was a tough act to follow, but show chairman Ken Sosnowski and co-chairman Jim Hall did their darndest and, in the opinions of those who were there, succeeded.

There were 330 sales tables and 70 displays, the latter including a Hutchinson bottling display

by Bob Harms and Sean Mullikin. Demonstrations on how Hutchinson bottles were actually filled were held every two hours. The 96-page program included articles by Betty Zumwalt, Bob Ferraro and Clevenger Glass Works’ Jim Travis, among others. Souvenirs included a commemorative paperweight to display owners, a miniature stoneware jug to those attending the banquet and suitably inscribed log cabin bottles in cobalt and amethyst made at the Clevenger factory and sold for $20 apiece.

1984 Antique Bottle, Jar & Insulator Exposition - Montgomery, Alabama

After the two previous shows were held in the Midwest, the Sunny South finally got a chance to shine and highlighted insulators on the cover of its 78-page program. Chairman James Robbins called the show “my dream come true.” Feature articles were written by Bernie Puckhaber (Saratogas), Dick Bowman (Insulators) and Dennis Smith (Pioneer Glass Works), among others.

The latter also found time to put together an outstanding exhibit on Celery Cola (on which he is still THE authority). There were 32 exhibitors and 204 dealers listed in the program. There also was a heat wave as one might expect in the Deep South during the August show dates so visitors and hosts alike built up lots of sweat equity. One specially made quilt was raffled (and brought $3,400) and the other was auctioned (for $1,600). Profits from the two plus auction of a one-ofa-kind Federation bottle ($325) were donated to the Verbeck House/National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa, N.Y.

1988 Antique Bottle & Jar Exposition - Las Vegas, Nevada

Show chairman Lou Pellegrini and his crew of volunteers “hit the jackpot,” according to comments from many of those who attended the Federation’s fourth Expo. There were 285 dealers set up on 365 tables and there were 53 displays. Show-goers likened the atmosphere as comparable to that of the St. Louis Expo and, while there were a few glitches, bulk of the comments was positive. Bob Harms had his traveling Hutchinson bottling machine there, while other displays ranged from Alex Kerr’s target balls and go-withs to a display of historical flasks. There was something to please just about everyone. There was no mention of Expo souvenirs.

1991 Bottle & Advertising Show - Memphis, Tennessee

Display of a pair of $40,000 bottles owned by Frank Brockman was one of the highlights of the show at the Memphis Cook Convention Center. One was the Northbend-Tippecanoe Cabin and the other the sapphire blue Columbia-Eagle Flask. “He brought them in from California at my request and we used them in our pre-show publicity,” said show chairman Gene Bradberry. “I borrowed the artwork for the full-color, slick paper flyer from Norm Heckler and used it with his permission. We had 200 sales tables and (Atlanta collector) Bob Simmons handled some great

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displays. Heckler, Jim Hagenbuch and Dick and Elma Watson were among well-known collectors in attendance.” Bradberry’s idea at the time was to create a national show every year.

“There were still those who wanted an Expo every four years so we compromised and had the national shows every year between the Expos.”

1992 Antique Bottle & Jar Exposition - Toledo, Ohio

Show chairman Adam Koch and his Ohio Bottle Club volunteers had to get used to hearing exclamations of “Holy Toledo!” from excited visitors at the show at the Seagate Centre. Bulk of the comments from show-goers was highly positive. The program was the thickest ever, 110 pages counting the covers, with features by Ralph Finch, Bill Agee and Stanley and Isabel Sherwood. There were a bunch of specialty group meetings taking place, too – the Jelly Jammers and those who liked fruit jars, Saratoga Waters, painted label sodas, poisons, whimsies, glass knives, milk bottles and infant feeders. There was a chance for early buyers to get into the show in advance of the rest of the crowd and this did not sit well with many. But as one dealer among those manning a record 550 sales tables put it: “those people were there to buy and they did.” There were 60 displays, all outstanding.

1993 National Advertising & Bottle Show - Richmond, Virginia

Somewhere in the Federation board of directors records, there is mention of someone who probably was suffering from bottle show withdrawal pains suggesting that instead of waiting another four years for an Expo to roll around, why not hold annual national shows. This Virginia show was the first of many and it was a good one. “The show was great and went off without a hitch,” said Federation Chairman Gene Bradberry. There were 17 displays, including a genuine wagon showing off hundreds of medicine bottles and go-withs. Post-show stories never gave a dealer count, but comments given to reporter Ralph Finch were mostly on the positive side.

The 25th Anniversary National Bottle & Advertising Show & National Convention – Cherry Hill, New Jersey - June 22-26, 1994

The Federation was “born” in 1968 so the Silver Anniversary show was a special one, thanks to Dick and Elma Watson of New Jersey and Jerry McCann of Chicago. The Watsons had come up with the idea of a bus trip to Wheaton Village in Millville, N.J., and McCann got the ball (and the bus) rolling, according to a post-show article. The Federation rented the bus for $500 and each one who made the trip paid $10 that included the trip, admission to the museum and a box lunch. The next day, the Watsons arranged for a Wheaton glassblowing display to set up in the hotel parking lot. Collectors from Canada, England, Scotland, Germany, Grenada and the United States came to the show. Some of the visitors made it to the Watsons’ “bottle house.” Jon Panek of Deerfield, Ill., said his visit there “was like dying and going to heaven!”

1995 National Bottle Show - Chicago, Illinois

Dealers set up on 210 tables and there were 11 outstanding displays. Many visitors were able to take a Friday night cruise on the Chicago River and out into Lake Michigan. Jon Panek of Deerfield, Jerry McCann of Chicago and Barb and Bob Harms of Riverdale, Ill., came up with lots of neat extras not normally found at such shows. At previous shows, visitors lamented that two days were just too short. The complaints at this one were that the show was too long. Perhaps the 90-degree heat had something to do with that. One of the most unusual items sold during Jim Hagenbuch’s Glassworks Auction was a salt-glazed jug imprinted with Lancaster Tonic Bitters / C.A. Wood & Co. / 37 Haverhill St. / Boston. It sold for $400. Hagenbuch’s 3-day-old van was stolen, and that was bad enough, but happily there were no bottles inside.

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1996 National Antique Bottle Exposition - Nashville, Tennessee

“Music City, USA,” attracted 665 sales tables staffed by 461 dealers and many of those in attendance came in a vacation mode. There were 45 displays. Bitters maven Carlyn Ring was named to the Federation Hall of Fame. Many visitors, among them non-smokers, enjoyed a trip to the Museum of Tobacco Art & History. Show chairman Claude Bellar and his staff of volunteers were lauded for their efforts. Norm Heckler conducted the auction and among noteworthy items were an 1820-30 Concentric Ring Flask that netted $20,000 and a cobalt Columbia Eagle Portrait Flask that garnered $21,000. There were no awards given for the displays, but each entrant received a commemorative bottle of Jack Daniel’s best stuff. Ken Anderson’s trailer, which held all of his Indian cures, go-withs and the great medicine wagon he displayed them in, escaped being damaged when the trailer broke loose from the hitch and wound up in a ditch. “It must have been Indian magic,” commented one observer.

1997 National Antique Bottle Show - Jacksonville, Florida

The show was smaller than usual, with 120 dealers manning 160 tables, but enthusiasm was high for the first show held in the South since the 1993 affair in Richmond, Va. Dick Watson and Doc Ford were inducted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame. Carl Sturm celebrated his birthday and a slice of key lime pie with one candle was delivered to him. There were several outstanding displays, ranging from Wayne Boynton’s Celery=Cola display to Ron Rasnake’s pictorial case gins to Joe Brock’s Jacksonville’s Past in Glass, among others. Another highlight was a dinner cruise up the St. Johns River.

1998 National Antique Bottle Show - Cincinnati, Ohio

Burton Spiller gave a nostalgic talk about the early days of bottle collecting as he remembered them and that was one of the highlights at the Cincinnati Convention Center. Another event was more personal for Spiller, who was inducted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame. Fifteen terrific displays attracted lots of attention. There were 160 dealers’ tables and at one of them, a dealer was going to put out some Beanie Babies. But show chairman Adam Koch was adamant that Beanie Babies had no place at an antique bottle show and sale. Good for him!

1999 National Antique Bottle Show - Cincinnati, Ohio

No one made a bid to play host to this year’s show, so Adam Koch & Co., agreed to do a 2-peat. Howard Dean, longtime collector of Saratoga Springs bottles and author of many stories relating to the bottle hobby, was elected to the FOHBC Hall of Fame during this meeting.

Kevin Sives, an FOHBC member and early user of the Internet, gave a userfriendly talk about using that medium to one’s advantage. There were two programs on inks and labeled inks by Keith Leeders and John Hinkle, respectively.

2000 National Antique Bottle Exposition - Denver, Colorado

Dave Cheadle succeeded Dave Hinson as editor of Bottles & Extras and found time to give an educational talk on trade cards and bottles, one of the Rocky Mountain highs during the show.

Sheryl Anderson was show chairman and did a remarkable job. There were new books galore from Pike’s Peak Gold by John Eatwell and David Clint III, Antique Glass Bottles by Willy Van den Bossche of Holland, and Bitters Bottles by Bill Ham and Carlyn Ring. Seven countries and 33 states were represented at the event and the federation picked up 60 new members, according to post-show reports. It was noted that the first FOHBC convention was held in Denver back in 1969, presided over by John Eatwell.

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2001 National Antique Bottle Show & Sale - Muncie, Indiana

Thirteen exhibits featuring fruit jars, water bottles, poisons and show globes, among others, and 140 sales tables highlighted the show in “Fruit Jar Country, USA.” Future federation president Ralph Van Brocklin gave a slide presentation on Western Whiskey Flasks. The show was chaired by Norman Barnett, with lots of help from his wife, Junne. The federation made a nice profit via an auction conducted by Norm Heckler with lots ranging from inks to barber bottles. Collectors came from California, Colorado and Georgia. The Minnestrista Cultural Center housed a collection of patent models of fruit jars plus other exhibits relating to Muncie history and the Ball Brothers Fruit Jar Co. Visitors literally had a ball!

2002 National Antique Bottle Show & Sale – Syracuse, New York

The 72-page program features 16 pages of “Pride of New York” bottles in full color and is definitely a coveted collector’s item. Ralph Van Brocklin, who was elected FOHBC president, gave a seminar on Western Flasks, and George Waddy, a featured columnist in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, gave one on Saratoga Bottles. There was more on Saratogas inside the program written by authority Howard Dean, while Kevin A. Sives wrote about New York glass houses of the 17th through 19th centuries. Elma Watson, John Eatwell and Mayor Bob Ferraro were inducted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame. Phyllis and Adam Koch wrote a touching tribute to Elma Watson in the September Bottles & Extras. Mrs. Watson died of cancer on Aug. 26, 2002. There were 252 sales tables and 29 exhibits and the show’s auction conducted

by Norm Heckler grossed $25,000.

2003 National Antique Bottle Show & Sale - Louisville, Kentucky

More than 200 tables awaited early buyers at this show co-hosted by Wayne and June Lowry of Raymore, Mo., after two years of planning. Longtime collectors Norm and Junne Barnett were inducted into the Federation Hall of Fame. They set up their famous collection of unusual fruit jar closures as one of 16 educational exhibits. Orville Seals of North Jackson, Ohio displayed more than 100 Louisville mini jugs (mostly from the Bauer Pottery). Norm Heckler called the auction which grossed more than $30,000.

2004 National Antique Bottle Exposition - Memphis, Tennessee

Ralph Van Brocklin closed out his last term as FOHBC president with the triumph that was this Expo. Chaired by his friend and longtime federation member Gene Bradberry in the latter’s home town, the show featured 371 sales tables and 23 displays. Seminars included such topics as baby bottles, locating sites and digging them, black glass dating, fruit jars and bitters. Twelve authors got a chance to sign and sell their books. Jimmie Wood of Denver, N.C., was awarded the FOHBC People’s Choice ribbon for his stunning display of applied color label sodas from North and South Carolina. There also was a forum describing the trials and tribulations of becoming a book author, with Jack Sullivan, Dewey Heetderks, Jerry McCann, John Eatwell and Bill Ham chiming in.

2005 National Antique Bottle Show - Grand Rapids, Michigan

Thirty-one outstanding displays awaited visitors’ attention at the show where chairman John Pastor and his crew of volunteers did a marvelous job. Seminars were plentiful and first class, with Red Book author Doug Leybourne discoursing on fruit jar closures, Carl Sturm speaking about identification and dating of black glass bottles, Dann Louis talking about cures, Dan Simons on Michigan bottles, Wayne (Jar Doctor) Lowry about cleaning old bottles, Dr. Darell Erickson on infant feeders, Rick Cirali about Connecticut glass and Mark Vuono on histori-

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cal flasks. Norm Heckler again loaned his auctioneering talents to the Federation. One of the outstanding bottles sold was a green Drake’s Plantation Bitters for $10,500.

2006 National Antique Bottle Show - Reno, Nevada

This was the first national show held in a Western state since the 2000 Expo in Denver, Colorado, and it was a roaring success, thanks to the efforts of FOHBC conventions director Wayne Lowry, show chairman Marty Hall and Reno-Sparks club members. There were 287 in line for early admission and 315 more for general admission, making for standing room only around the 266 sales tables. A significant piece of federation business was the approval to publish Bottles & Extras bi-monthly instead of quarterly. California collector Richard Siri was the keynote speaker and his discourse on Hostetter’s Bitters was complemented by his 190 variants of those well-known bottles. The displays drew this rave from Ralph Van Brocklin: “Hands down, THE BEST group of displays I have ever seen at a show!” Wonderful seminar topics ranging from target balls to historical bottle research were highlights of the meeting.

B&E editor Kathy Hopson-Sathe gave the show coverage more than17 pages of the Fall issue and Van Brocklin did a masterful job of describing what went on.

2007 National Bottle Show - Collinsville, Illinois

“Back To Where It All Began” was the theme at Collinsville’s Gateway Center, pointing to the inaugural national show held in 1976 across the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri.

Special pins were presented to “Long Timers” who attended both shows. Wayne (Jar Doctor) Lowry was show chairman, with assists from Curt and Ellen Faulkenberry, Jim and Debbie Taylor and Pat Jett. Wayne’s wife, June, business manager for the federation, was stunned to receive the President’s Award from Carl Sturm. Seminars ranged from “Something for Everyone” by Jelly Jammer members Phyllis Pahlman and Margaret Shaw to “Chero-Cola – There’s None So Good” by Dennis Smith to “Using the Internet to Collect Bottles” by John “Digger” Odell to “Ink Symposium” by Keith Leeders, John Hinkel, Ed and Lucy Faulkner, Frank Starczek and Don Carroll. Longtime collectors and federation members Gene Bradberry and Ed Provine did a show and tell session on early glass-blowing methods and tools of that trade.

Other highlights included 19 outstanding displays. Greg Hawley, one of a group of treasure hunters who found and excavated the Steamboat Arabia, was the banquet speaker.

2008 National Antique Bottle Exposition - York, Pennsylvania

Collectors from across the country and around the world (Australia, Germany, United Kingdom) made the trek to the ninth Federation Expo where they enjoyed seeing 32 terrific displays ranging from fruit jars to California perfumes. They also attended outstanding seminars on Saratoga waters, black glass, inks, the Lancaster, N.Y. Glass Works and the Kola Wars.

Convention Director R. Wayne Lowry reported 415 sales tables had been sold. Perhaps the show’s only negative aspect came at the banquet where featured foods were in short supply and some of the 246 guests had to accept substitutes. The FOHBC Hall of Fame grew by four new inductees in Tom Caniff, Jim Hagenbuch, Carl Sturm and Betty Zumwalt. Steve Ketcham and the late Katie Foglesong were inducted onto the Honor Roll. Norm Heckler once again was the auctioneer for the Expo event, with an early, olive-green Wryghte’s Bitters / London the top lot with a $3,900 bid. Russ Smith of the United Kingdom and Rex and Joanna Barber of Australia penned views of the Expo from their perspectives in the November-December Bottles & Extras. Former FOHBC president John Pastor resigned as Midwest Region director and Jamie Houdeshell was named to take over the post. Mr. Pastor accepted the position of

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second vice president and remains on the board of directors. June Lowry became editor of B&E after Kathy Hopson-Sathe was forced to step down because of illness.

2009 National Antique Bottle Show - Pomona, California

Highlight of this show, host of which was the Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club, was the awards banquet during which many collectors received their just dues. It was the first Federation National Show to be held on the West Coast and was ably chaired by Pam Selenak. Onlookers included collectors and dealers from Australia and England, as well as from 18 states.

Outstanding exhibits included Richard Tucker’s historical flasks (winning the People’s Choice ribbon) and Terry Monteith’s well-displayed collection of demijohns and carboys captured the FOHBC Most Educational ribbon. Alan DeMaison received the President’s Award for his outstanding contributions as Federation treasurer from Richard Siri. The FOHBC Hall of Fame gained another member in Johnnie Fletcher of the Oklahoma Territory Bottle & Relic Club.

Johnnie was originally nominated by his friend, Ed Stewart, of Paola, Kansas, for inclusion on the FOHBC Honor Roll. but Johnnie’s dedication and contributions to the hobby led board members to vote him into the main shrine. Midwest Region Editor Joe Coulson’s Glass Chatter of the Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club was a first-class winner in the newsletter category. The Ohio Swirl, edited by Phyllis Koch of The Ohio Bottle Club, was second. Huron Valley Antique Bottle Club’s show flyer was first and the Antique Bottle Club of San Diego placed second. Jack Sullivan, of Alexandria, Va., won for the best researched article for “The Night the Axe Fell on Cleveland.” Dave Maryo, the host club’s president, was second with his article, “Forsha’s Balm is Endorsed by President Lincoln.” Mike Bryant won the best true story award for “The Snake in the Glass” and best fiction for “Ask Aunt Blabby.”

2010 National Antique Bottle Show - Wilmington, Ohio

Best thing about this show, those who attended would agree, was the Roberts Centre showroom with its well-lighted, wide aisles, offering plenty of room for 297 sales tables, 20 wonderful displays and hordes of people. Show chairman Jamie Houdeshell became ill a few days before the show, but co-chairman Joe Hardin and chief coordinator Patty Elwood stepped up. They were assisted by Jamie’s parents/ Jim and Mira Houdeshell, as well as Richard Elwood and John and Margie Bailey. Jamie’s pet project was the auction and, thanks to his early efforts. the event grossed just shy of $20,000. A highlight of the show was the induction of Scott Grandstaff and Kitty Roach, of Happy Camp, Calif., onto the FOHBC Honor Roll. Joining them was another Californian, Jeff Wichmann. Scott and Kitty founded the original Bottles and Extras magazine, eventually giving it to the Federation when it got too much for them. Sheldon Baugh gave an educational talk about Ohio’s Shaker communities and displayed Shaker bottles from his own collection.

2011 National Show - Memphis, Tennessee

FOHBC President Gene Bradberry played the perfect host as the Federation returned to the Southland for the first time since 2004. That show also was held in Memphis, known for its downtown trolley cars and barbecue. Second Vice President Ferdinand Meyer V outlined his progress on the FOHBC web site (FOHBC.org) and Virtual Museum during the semi-annual board meeting held prior to the show and sale. Seminars were held dealing with inks (John Hinkel), bitters (Meyer, Don Keating and Sheldon Baugh), odd-closured fruit jars (Dick Watson), German colognes (Carl Sturm) and applied color label sodas (Randee Kaiser).

Seven outstanding displays sparked interest, with Base- Embossed Cylinder Whiskeys by Steve Schingler winning the Most Educational Award and Patented Labeled Medicines by

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Henry Tankersley garnering the People’s Choice Award. Ninety-one lots were offered during the FOHBC National Auction, with the highlight of the sale the Morning Call Bitters going for $5,460, which was $1,460 over the high estimate. The unique variant, light amber with a hint of olive in color, sports deeply indented panels and arched column corners. Another highlight was the induction of Bill Baab, of Augusta, Georgia, into the FOHBC Hall of Fame. Former Federation Treasurer Mike Newman, of Martinez, Ga., nominated the 76-year-old Baab, who joined the Federation in 1996 and later became its Southern Region editor.

2012 National Antique Bottle Exposition - Reno, Nevada

Those who were there at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino included longtime collector and published author Mike Polak, of Long Beach, California. Let’s hear all about it from Mike: “Over the years, I’ve attended a large number of club bottle shows, national shows and Expos, and I need to say that the Reno 2012 Expo was absolutely fantastic and probably the best all around show I’ve ever attended!” If that comment didn’t make show co-chairmen Marty Hall and Richard Siri proud, who knows what will? This was a show of “firsts” in the hobby.

Complementing the thousands of words written about the show were a series of great color photos from the lenses of the first professional show photographer, Scott Selenak. (“There was so much action, my camera couldn’t stop firing,” he said later). Norman C. Heckler & Co., conducted the first “Drakes, Whiskey & Umbrella Ink Shootout” where more than 200 people showed up. Competing in back-to-back-to back “duels” were Circle Cutter Whiskey cylinders, Drakes Plantation Bitters and umbrella inks. After all was said and done, Judges Bruce Silva, Dennis Bray and Ralph Hollibaugh awarded Steve Hubbell, of Gig Harbor, Washington, top billing in the Cutter category for his olive green-amber specimen. Drakes Judges Jeff Noordsy, Jeff Burchardt and Rick Simi picked a blue-green example owned by Ferdinand Meyer, of Houston, Texas as No. 1. Umbrella inks Judges Holly Noordsy, Bryan Grapentine and Jamie Houdeshell chose a mint and pontiled puce ink owned by Jim Jacobitz, of San Francisco. “I learned how to have a shootout with killer glass bullets and still remain friends,” said veteran collector Lou Lambert. Two longtime contributors to the hobby, Warren Friedrich, of Grass Valley, Calif., and Jack Sullivan, of Alexandria, Va., were inducted into the FOHBC Hall of Fame. Fourteen scintillating displays ranging from David Hall’s fantastic assortment of E.G. Booz bottles to Dennis Bray’s outstanding EC&M insulators to eye candy Swirls, Whirls, Twists & Twirls from Dwayne Anthony, featuring bottles, fruit jars and insulators.

Special thanks to all the dealers that have made each and every show a success!

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FOHBC

HONOR ROLL On July 25, 1986, Dr. Cecil Munsey, of Poway, Calif., sent a memo to Marilyn Schmieding, FOHBC Western Region representative, that the FOHBC “seriously consider establishing an ‘HONOR ROLL’ of people who have contributed significantly to bottle collecting. The Honor Roll would not replace the Hall of Fame, the greatest honor the hobby can bestow, but only supplement it.” The FOHBC Board of Directors adopted the idea and it was put into place the following year.

1987 The following were nominated by The Ohio Bottle Club, Gary Beatty, President. Research was conducted by Paul Ballentine, Springfield, Ohio, and Gary Beatty, Galion, Ohio. “The Reward of True Excellence is to Obtain Honor.” The list was updated with capsule comments on each honoree (when available) by then Southern Region editor Bill Baab during 20082010, with help from Mary Ballentine, Sheldon Baugh, Ralph Finch, Norm Heckler, Cecil Munsey, Richard Siri, Dick Watson, Ralph Van Brocklin, Bruce Silva and Garth Ziegenhagen.

George S. McKearin, co-author (with daughter Helen) of American Glass, noted authority on early American glass in general, not just bottles.

Malcolm Watkins and Lura Woodside Watkins. He enjoyed an extensive career at the

Smithsonian Institution, was curator of several collections including ceramics and glass. He was a pioneer in the field of historic archaeology. Lura, his mother, was a pioneer in the study of American cultural history, and collected extensively at New England’s unexplored pottery kiln sites. She later donated her collection to the Smithsonian. She was the author of Cambridge Glass, 1818-1888, The Story of the New England Glass Company.

Stephen Van Rensselaer, one of the earliest individuals to collect and study early bottles (1920s). His Early American Bottles and Flasks was published in 1926. It was revised in 1929. His research for the time was nearly impeccable, since he was able to interview “former glassblowers, their wives, relatives and others who were familiar with local history and tradition.” The book was reprinted in 1969.

Otha Wearin was a congressman during the early Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration, and became an authority on figural bottles. He authored a book called Statues That Pour.

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Edgar F. Hoffman, of Maplewood, N.J., was a collector in the 1930s-50s who specialized

in historical flasks, although he collected others such as bitters, sodas and figurals, according to his early 1950s correspondence with Alabama collector Doy McCall. Hoffman became an expert on early glass and sold some to prominent collectors such as Charles B. Gardner.

James H. Thompson was the author of Bitters Bottles (1947), the first specialty bottle book.

He cited George McKearin, Sam Laidacker and Charles B. Gardner among the list of contributors to the book, which describes 500 bitters, as well as “amusing lore of the Bitters Era.” Neil C. Gest, Mechanicsberg, Ohio, was a flask collector, researcher, writer, contributor to

The Magazine Antiques. He was well-known for collecting rare Midwestern glass. He co-wrote a feature story on glassmakers Johann Baltazar Kramer and his son, George, in the March 1939 issue of The Magazine Antiques. The Kramers were associated with the Stiegel factory and those of Frederick County, Maryland, particularly Amelung, and with the New Geneva and Greensboro works. Gest also wrote the foreword to the Parke-Bernet auction catalog describing the early American glass collection of William W. Wood III of Piqua, Ohio, in 1942.

Frederick W. Hunter, collector and archaeologist of the Harry Hall White type.

Lowell Innes was one of the country’s foremost experts and museum consultants on 19th

century American glassmaking. As the leading authority on Pittsburgh glass, he wrote many articles and lectured widely on the subject. He was responsible for the first public exhibitions of Pittsburgh glass in the early 1940s. Author of the book, Pittsburgh Glass 1797-1891. He died in 1985.

Rhea Mansfield Knittle was a prolific author and early authority (1920s) on glass, silver

and pewter. She was one of the founders of and contributors to The Magazine Antiques from its inception in 1923. One of her books was Early American Glass.

Maude Wilkerson owned a “Mom and Pop” motel and operated a bottle museum in Camdenton, Mo., and was a contributor to Old Bottle Magazine for many years. Guests at her motel could enter the museum in an adjacent building for free. Bottles were displayed in cases around a room and many early bottle collectors went out of their way during the 1960s-70s to see what she had. She and Honor Roll honoree Otha Wearin were good friends and made many bottle trades over the years. After she died, some 1,900 items were moved to Skinner’s auction gallery in Bolton, Mass., and an auction was held there in 1976. Numerous glass candy containers were among the items sold.

Edwin Atlee Barber was an author who recognized the importance of early ceramics.

Among his books was one about lead-glazed pottery written in the 1930s. He also authored one on early American bottles. He also authored American Glassware Old and New. It was published in 1900.

Ruth Webb Lee authored books on antique fakes and reproductions, Victorian glass patterns, Sandwich glass and early American Pressed Glass, most published in the 1930s-40s.

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the most prominent magazine in Philadelphia along with Collier’s. He did publish (on Oct. 16, 1929) Edwin Lefevre’s story, “Why I Collect Empty Bottles.” Lorimer started collecting during the early 1920s, mostly great historical flasks and diamond-daisy types. His collection was donated to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and is always partially on display.

His philosophy on money was reflected in a quote published by investment firm Charles Schwab in the fall of 2009: “It’s good to have money and the things money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.”

Charles Baugh, with his wife, Roxy, of Menton, Ohio, pieced together a collection of early American glass that ranked at the top in rarity, condition, perfection of form and workmanship. The Baughs also made a thorough study of the fields in which they were interested.

Crawford Wettlaufer became an authority on early American glass and never hesitated to share his knowledge and collection, which contained many rarities, with other collectors.

Dale Kuhn, of Ohio, was a pharmacist who had amassed a wonderful collection of glass

that eventually was sold by Garth’s auction house near Delaware, Ohio. The sale gave modern collectors an opportunity to buy treasured items that previously had not been available. There were no bottle shows during his era and the only recourse collectors had was to buy from some of the many lists sent through the mails, or advertised in the antique journals.

Earl Seigfreid. Early collector.

Parke G. Smith was a collector and authority on early American flasks. He authored bottle-related stories in The Magazine Antiques and other publications during the 1930s and 1940s.

Edwin LeFevre was an early collector of bottles. His main claim to fame came when he authored a story, “Why I Collect Empty Bottles,” in the Saturday Evening Post of Oct. 16, 1929.

Charles McMurray was a well-known antiques dealer in Dayton, Ohio. He wrote ar-

ticles for local newspapers and in 1927 published a small black handbook on bottles, using items from his own collection for the photos. In 1970, a Connecticut bookseller sent out a list of bottle books for sale. On the list was a small black handbook the bookseller said was authored by Charles B. Gardner and himself. Turned out that Gardner had only priced the bottles in the book, which was nearly identical in every way to McMurray’s 1927 book.

Sam Laidacker was the author of two excellent books on blue China dishes. He also published a small magazine or paper on antiques in general. He operated an antiques shop in Bristol, Pa., and was considered an authority on antique bottles. He relocated to Bloomsburg, Pa., in the late 1960s and continued to deal from a large mansion and carriage house.

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ity on guns and military medals and an author on the subject. Sam also did cataloguing for many of the prominent auction houses across the country. He helped FOHBC Hall of Famers Dick and Elma Watson develop an expertise in antique bottles and sold them many that became the foundation for their extensive collection.

1991 Dr. Julian Harrison Toulouse was a student of glass containers for more than 30 years.

He was chief engineer and manager of quality control and operations research and later consultant to the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. He was chief of the glass container section of the War Production Board during World War II. He was the author of Fruit Jars: A Collector’s Manual, in 1969 and Bottle Makers and Their Marks in 1971.

1992 Ron Fowler was born in 1947 and is retired from the SAFECO Insurance Co. He became interested in bottles and their histories while serving as manager of the Triple R Ranch in Olympia, Wash. He discovered the ranch’s dump and excavated it over a period of several years. The bottles he uncovered he did research on. He maintains a worldwide correspondence with fellow bottle collectors. He was a monthly columnist for Old Bottle Magazine from 1983 to 1986. The author of six books on bottle collecting, he received FOHBC awards for research and editing. He established the Hutchinson Bottle Collectors’ Association in 2007 and continues compiling data while documenting the existence of more than 15,000 Hutchinson bottles.

1993 Lew and Lois Roach were from the original group of pioneer western collectors from Sacramento, Calif. They put together a marvelous collection of label-under-glass back bar whiskeys and Lew became the authority on that variety. Lew designed, printed and handcolored the first multi-colored show poster in 1968 for the Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society Inc. The show was held in Alameda, Calif., May 25-26. After the show, the poster was presented to FOHBC Hall of Famer Dr. Cecil Munsey, one of the poster’s admirers.

1995 Judge Edward S. MacKenzie began collecting by accident in 1959 during recuperation from a heart condition. His physician had ordered him to take walks and the judge found a few old bottles en route and became curious about them. Inspired by his wife, Romie, he and she eventually put together one of the finest general bottle collections in the world in their Brooksville, Fla., home. The collection had eventually grown to more than 7,000. The first of a series of auctions was conducted by Norm Heckler Sr., on Oct. 7, 1994. “This collection coming on the market carries the same weight, is similar in importance, as the glass collections of Charles Gardner, Edmund Blaske and even Paul Richards,” Heckler noted.

MacKenzie died in 1994.

Kenneth M. Wilson was an early collector, book author and distinguished glass expert.

He was the director of collections and preservation at Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford

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Museum. He teamed with the famous Helen McKearin to write American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry (1978), an update of George S. and Helen McKearin’s 1941 classic American Glass. Wilson also authored New England Glass and Glassmaking on his own.

2000 Sam Taylor was a pharmacist and member of the St. Louis Bottle Club. He had one of the best collections of pharmaceutical items in the U.S. He transformed his basement into an early drug store atmosphere, displaying his great collection. Supported by his wife, Eloise, he shared his enthusiasm by inviting numerous collectors who happened to be in the area into their home and shared their hospitality and tremendous knowledge. It was like stepping into an early drug store of the past if you were lucky enough to be invited.

The Taylors, who had no children, frequently attended the Mansfield, Ohio Bottle Show and stationed themselves near the front entrance. They were easily identified by their traveling companion, “Edith,” a full-blooded English bulldog of massive proportions, who spent most of her time sleeping behind their tables. When the dog passed away, she was mourned by all the collectors who had come to know her.

2001 Robert Eugene (Bob) Barnett was born in Kootenai, Idaho on August 27, 1921 and

was bitten by the bottle bug later in life than most, becoming active in the hobby about 1970. He specifically liked Western whiskies. He enjoyed what he called “a revolving collection,” buying and selling large numbers of bottles, most of which never stayed on his shelves more than a month or two. During the early 1970s, Bob and his wife, June, became permanent fixtures at just about every show west of the Rockies, He also began to mail monthly lists of western whiskies to an ever-growing number of collectors. His reputation for honesty, integrity and fairness was legendary. In 1979, Bob parlayed his vast knowledge into publishing his first book, Pacific Coast Whiskey Bottles. He published Western Liquor Bottles in 1987 and Western Whiskey Bottles in 1992 and 1997. He died June 4, 2007 in Lakeview, Oregon.

John Thomas was a collector, researcher and historian whose efforts contributed very

significantly to the understanding of Western whiskey bottles as well as bottle collecting in general. He is perhaps best known among collectors for his research and publishing of Whiskey Bottles of the Old West (1969). His next book was Picnics, Coffins, Shoo-Flies (1974). He also authored Whiskey Bottles and Liquor Containers from the State of Washington and Whiskey Bottles and Liquor Containers from the State of Oregon (1998). His longtime hobby was the collecting of Western whiskey bottles, shot glasses and related advertising. He was a significant factor in creating a broad interest in the history and collecting of these bottles through his contributions to the hobby. He died in 2000.

2003 Neal and Mary Jane Ferguson, of Nashville, Tenn., were early collectors who in 1965 founded the Middle Tennessee Antique Bottle Club in Nashville. They were life members of the Federation. Quiet and unassuming, Neal was a driving force in the antique bottle

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hobby in Tennessee and an acknowledged expert on Nashville bottles. His special interests included Nashville sodas and he conducted extensive research into the Diehl and Lord, Ottenville and McCormack companies. He wrote many articles for his club newsletter as well as for the Federation. Mary Jane was a constant help to her husband and was involved in all aspects of the Federation and the hobby with him. She was Southern Region editor of the Federation until ill health forced her to retire during the 1990s.

Willy Van den Bossche for more than 30 years has been a serious collector of Euro-

pean antique bottles (1500-1850). Since 1971, the native of Belgium worked as a patent examiner in the field of glass technology at the European Patent Office. He lives in Holland. In 2001, he authored Antique Glass Bottles, Their History and Evolution (1500-1850), capping 12 years of research and development. His library contains most of the significant American literature devoted to antique bottles.

2005 Frank Sternad is a graduate of the University of California School of Pharmacy. He has worked as a community pharmacist for 40 years. He is a historian who has studied and written about medicine for a number of publications, including those that specialize in collecting antique bottles. He has consulted with many collectors and is known for his vast knowledge of patent and proprietary medicine histories.

2008 Katie Foglesong was a charter member and sparkplug of the Iowa Antique Bottleers.

She also was an early secretary of the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs (later Collectors) and privately published an entertaining little book, Trials and Trails of a Bottle Collector.

Steve Ketcham began collecting antique bottles, advertising and stoneware in 1967 while still in high school. While attending the University of Minnesota, he began digging for bottles along the Mississippi River banks near the campus. He became charter member No. 11 of the North Star Historical Bottle Association in 1970 and a couple of years later joined Minnesota’s First Antique Bottle Club. He began attending regional meetings of the FOHBC in 1973, later serving as assistant chairman and then chairman of the Midwest Region. He established the Federation’s writers’ contest and served as chairman for several years. He was Federation president from 1982-84 and served on the board from 1982-98. A prolific writer, Steve contributes articles to Bottles & Extras and Antique Bottle & Glass Collector.

2010 The contributions to the bottle collecting hobby by Scott Grandstaff and Kitty Roach commenced in 1988 when the magazine Bottles and Extras took form on the kitchen table of their home in Happy Camp, California. With the help and support of FOHBC Hall

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of Famer Dr. Cecil Munsey, of Poway, California, they published their first edition in 1989. In 1995, when the publication had grown too big for both of them, they decided to turn over the magazine and subscribers list to the FOHBC at no charge. Bottles and Extras today has become the Federation’s most tangible asset.

Native Californian Jeff Wichmann has been a collector of antique bottles for more than40 years. In 1990, he established Pacific Glass Auctions, changing the name in 2001 to American Bottle Auctions. His was the first bottle auction house to provide full-color glossy catalogs sent to collectors at no charge. Other innovations that benefitted collectors included launching the first online antique bottle auction. He published www.americanbottle.com, a website loaded with news and features of interest to collectors. His bottle photography is considered by many to be the best in the business. In 1999, he published The Best of the West – Antique Western Bitters Bottles, considered one of the top resources for researchers.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: There are a few nominees about whom little is known. Anyone knowing their backgrounds is encouraged to get in touch with Bill Baab at riverswamper@comcast.net).

RICH AND KATHY TUCKER

COLLECTORS OF FINE HISTORICAL AND FIGURAL FLASKS CELL PHONE 949-500-1611, SEE US AT TABLE 179

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Over $5000 in Raffles & Prizes will be given out during the show!

Don’t miss It! You must be present!

In loving memory of Joe Zarro, antiques collector and dealer, co-founder of the Jersey Shore Bottle Club, my husband and mentor and friend to so many in our antique bottle hobby for over 40 years.

Joe would have delighted in being with us in Manchester this weekend! ~ Dana Charlton-Zarro

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New Hampshire GLASS

FACTORIES TEMPLE (1780-1782) Glass has been produced in the Granite State since the earliest days of American independence, when Robert Hewes launched his New England Glassworks venture in Temple in 1780. The vital natural resources along this rugged terrain were abundant; plenty of hardwood and a mountain of quartz.

Hewes’s glass “experiment” was to establish a factory for producing primarily crown glass, along with a scattering of other glass articles. The blend of the local ingredients produced a rich emerald green, the predominant color of glass seen in Temple. Excavations, however, show that test pots produced cobalt, amethyst, aqua, and clear glass as well.

With two disastrous fires only months apart, the Temple venture failed to thrive, and the New England Glassworks closed within two years. Very little Temple glass was produced and even less has survived and been documented. Robert Hewes continued his glass career in South Boston and Pitkin, Connecticut.

(Temple glass, including a bullseye window glass pane, c.1780)

KEENE (1815-1843)

After Hewes abandoned his ill-fated Temple venture, glassmaking in New Hampshire languished for more than a generation. At least three factories sprang up in Keene between 1815 and 1843; two between Washington and Gilsum streets and one on Marlboro Street. Thanks to early pioneers like Harry Hall White, we have documented site work supporting much of the information that we hold true today. In the 1920s, White did extensive excavations at the Marlboro Street factory (Keene Glass Works), uncovering numerous bottles, flasks, and blown three mold glass. Keene produced some of the ~ 60 ~

most attractive and colorful blown three mold glass objects known to collectors. The early Eagle / Masonic flasks (especially the “JKB” flasks) have been found in an incredibly wide range of colors from amethyst to cranberry to lime green, many of which are saturated with striated colors throughout.

In Keene, the art of glassmaking achieves a level of creativity and marketing previously not seen before in New England. The colors and techniques are clearly intentional; beyond a doubt, master artisans of Keene’s glasshouses achieved color control during production.

(Blown Three Mold decanters from Keene, NH, 1815-1825)

STODDARD (1842-1873) The next chapter in New Hampshire glassmaking commenced in Stoddard, a small, heavily wooded town roughly 15 miles northeast of Keene. The glass industry in Stoddard spanned more than three decades and employed hundreds of townspeople, more than doubling the present-day population. There were at least four documented glass businesses in town, producing a unique array from functional utilitarian vessels to elegant works of art. While excavations of the four sites have given us clues as to which bottles were produced at which factory, there is considerable overlap, and most of the bottles blown here are lumped together as “Stoddard.” In addition to the marked bottles and flasks, the various Stoddard glasshouses were the source of inks, blackings, snuffs, spirits, medicines, mineral waters, and figured flasks. Their range of color is striking, primarily in shades of olives and ambers and with extremes from emerald green to citron yellow to blood red. To see these wonderful “earthy” color tones, produced from New Hampshire’s raw materials, is powerfully evocative of the Granite State’s brilliant fall foliage.

(Rare medicine bottles from Stoddard, NH, 1850s)

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SUNCOOK (1839-1850) Originally incorporated in Massachusetts as the Chelmsford Glass Company in 1828, this productive window-glass factory moved to the Suncook Village in Pembroke, NH, in 1839. The reason for moving was simply the abundance of natural resources; wood for fuel and the right sand for good glassmaking.

After the move, the factory took the name Pembroke Glass Factory, but its product is commonly known among collectors as “Suncook” glass. While the primary output of Suncook was windowpane glass, a variety of blown table wares and bottles were produced as well. There isn’t much diversity when it comes to the color of the glass... it is simply a rich bluish aqua color. And what a color! This consistency was ideal for the manufacture of window glass, and it also worked well for lovely table wares.

(An exquisitely crafted pitcher made in Suncook, NH)

LYNDEBOROUGH (1866-1886) Lyndeborough was home to one of the most productive glass factories in New Hampshire history, the Lyndeborough Glass Company. Lyndeborough glass is a very durable high-quality substance with much fewer impurities and air bubbles. The colors of the glass offer a very dramatic range from a warm orange amber tone, to a vibrant lime or apple green, to a bright robin’s-egg blue. Usual production consisted of thick, heavy items such as insulators, battery cases, turtle whimsies, canes, canning jars, and demijohns, all in very dense colors. This broad range of color and diversity of glass objects has drawn the attention of many collectors, and the desirability of Lyndeborough glass continues to rise.

~ Michael George earlyglass@gmail.com

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Fall 2013 Preview begins October 25th by appointment.

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Welcome Federation members, dealers, collectors and friends to Manchester NH! Enjoy The Show!

Buy / Sell / Trade Always looking for good bottles, flasks, and early American glass. Contact Us! Free Appraisals - Table 18, 19

Michael George - (603) 765-8079 earlyglass@gmail.com We would like to welcome everyone to the first FOHBC National show being held in New England We are buyers and sellers of Early New England glass, Colored Sandwich Glass Colognes, flasks and utilities among other items.

Greg Bair & Maureen Crawford 978-256-1995

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