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No. 249

On the Cover: Mark Wiseman and friends along with a collage of images

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FOHBC Officers | 2018 - 2020 .............................................................................................2

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FOHBC President’s Message .................................................................................................3 Shards of Wisdom ...............................................................................................................4 History’s Corner ..................................................................................................................5 FOHBC News - From & For Our Members ..............................................................................6 Columbus' John Ryan Branch by Bill Baab .................................................................. 12

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Florida's Earliest Soda Bottlers by David Kyle Rakes ................................................ 14 Meet Steve Kehrer by Ferdinand Meyer V................................................................ 18 FOHBC 2020 Reno National Shoot-Out..................................................................22 FOHBC 2020 Reno National Silent Auction.............................................................24 FOHBC 2020 Reno National Team Bowling Event.....................................................25 Kiefer's City Soda Works, The Small World of Bottlers in Indianapolis by Steve Lang..... 26

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Reno's "Fight of the Century" and Pepper Whiskey by Jack Sullivan .......................... 30 The Hobby Loses Another Great One by Jim Bender..................................................... 38

Barkhouse Bros. & Co. Gold Dust Kentucky Bourbon by Ferdinand Meyer V ............. 48 FOHBC 2020 Club Contest Announcement..............................................................51 Page 42

Virtual Museum by Richard Siri.................................................................................. 56 Preserving the Past by Jenn Hurley ............................................................................ 58

FOHBC Member Photo Gallery .......................................................................................... 64 Classified Ads ................................................................................................................... 66 Page 48

FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes ......................................................................... 70 Membership Benefits, Ad Rates, Donations to the FOHBC ................................................... 71 Membership Application & Advertising ............................................................................. 72 Coming next issue or down the road: Lindsey's Blood Searchers • Abraham Klauber, an early San Diego Pioneer • The Color Aqua • Rushton’s Cod Liver Oil • American Scent Bottles • On the Trail of Indian Medicine Bottles • Dr. Lovegood's Bitters

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Lost & Found .................................................................................................................... 62

FOHBC Sho-Biz - Calendar of Shows .................................................................................. 68

Martin Van Zant BOTTLES and EXTRAS Editor 41 E. Washington Street Mooresville, Indiana 46158 812.841.9495 email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com

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A.B.A., American Bottle Auctions by Steve Abbott......................................................... 42

Electric Bitters and Electrified Ginger Ale: Were they really "Zapped" or was it just more Quackery? by Ken Previtali................. 52

Elizabeth Meyer FOHBC Business Manger 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A Houston, Texas 77002 phone: 713.504.0628 email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

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Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Business & News

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

FOHBC Officers 2018 - 2020

President: Matt Lacy, 3836 State Route 307, Austinburg Ohio 44010, phone: 440.228.1873; email: mlacy28@yahoo.com

Conventions Director: Lindsey Fifer, 604 Topaz, Brunswick, Ohio 44212; phone: 440.552.2454; email: lindsey_stoneman@yahoo.com

First Vice-President: Louis Fifer, 604 Topaz, Brunswick, Ohio 44212; phone: 330.635.1964; email: fiferlouis@yahoo.com

Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.504.0628; email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

Second Vice-President: John O’Neill, 1805 Ralston Ave. Belmont, California 94002; phone: 650.631.7495; email: Joneill@risk-strategies.com Secretary: Andrew Rapoza, 28240 Nancy Lane, Conroe, Texas 77385; phone: 832.928.7472; email: rapoza.2025@gmail.com Treasurer: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: jhberry10@yahoo.com Historian: Jim Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net Editor: Martin Van Zant, 41 E. Washington St., Mooresville, IN 46168; phone: 812.841.9495; email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com Merchandising Director: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: vgberry10@yahoo.com Membership Director: Linda Sheppard, P.O. Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net

Director-at-Large: Ferdinand Meyer V, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x115; email: fmeyer@fohbc.org Director-at-Large: Richard Siri, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, California 95402, phone: 707.542.6438; email: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net Director-at-Large: John Pastor, PO Box 227, New Hudson, MI 48165, phone: 248.486.0530; email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com Midwest Region Director: John Fifer, 5830 Enfield Circle, Medina, Ohio 44256, phone: 330.461.0069; email: coinop1958@gmail.com Northeast Region Director: Jeff Ullman, P.O. Box 121, Warnerville, New York 12187, phone: 518.925.9787; email: jullman@nycap.rr.com Southern Region Director: Brad Seigler, P.O. Box 27 Roanoke, Texas 76262, phone: 940.395.2409; email: drgonzo818@gmail.com Western Region Director: Eric McGuire, 1732 Inverness Drive, Petaluma, California 94954, phone: 707.778.2255; email: etmcguire@comcast.net Public Relations Director: Elizabeth Lacy, 3836 State Route 307, Austinburg Ohio 44010, phone: 440.994.9028; email: elacy@fohbc.org

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President’s Message The FOHBC has also experienced some additional impacts from Matt Lacy Ferdinand Meyer V

3836 State Inc. Route 307 FMG Design, Austinburg, Ohio 44010 101 Crawford Street 440.228.1873 Studio 1A mlacy28@yahoo.com Houston, Texas 77002 713.222.7979 x115 his year sure has beenfmeyer@fohbc.org off to an interesting start. In only a few weeks’ time our entire way of life has been turned ittingdown. down at my desk, onall thisoffirst Monday afterlife New upside Many, if not us, back-to-work have experienced some Years, I conjure up a vision of a stove with lots of pots-a-cooking. changes during this COVID19 global pandemic. My heart goes The kettle labeled antique bottle events has us all looking forward to the out to all of those have experienced healthNational issues Antique or majorBotstretch leading up towho the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento economic distress.

These trying I hope ourconference FOHBC tle Convention & Expo this are August.

Wetimes have and a coordination call later in the week and plan step Iitwould up a notch or two.everyone We are also community stays healthy andtosafe. encourage pleased that we locked in Springfield, Massachusetts for our 2017 Nationto take this time to reflect on the great relationships you have al Antique Bottle Convention, and by the time you read this message, the with family friends.

FOHBC 2018and National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo will have been

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announced for Cleveland, Ohio. We really have our teams in place and our in motion.

I suppose should change start thinking the 2019 Thiswheels pandemic has also forcedwe a major in theabout hobby Convention in the Southern Region. Planning ahead has many benefits.

with many shows cancelling along with local live auctions, flea markets, andissales.

Some to shows have rescheduled for2016 later issue in theof The FOHBC also proud say that this March | April year, so I have high hopes we will a very intense BOTTLES and EXTRAS is that the first to behave printed in full color,and which only costs ussecond an additional $184, an issue.

This change a few productive half. The FOHBC VM board hasprompted responded design revisions, which we hope you will notice, such as the Table of to the pandemic by opening up the FOHBC Virtual Museum to Contents and a few of the section headers. We receive quite a few refree admission for a limited time. recently saw a very ally nice compliments on how the I magazine looks and nice have green come Pike’s Peak flask added.

I have also been seeing regular so far in a relative short number of years. Oh, and look for aupdates new section back ofgallery the magazine calledramping “Memberup.

Photo Gallery”. that in thethe whiskey is currently Keep in mindThis new section is dedicated to the fine photography of antique bottles and that this effort takes a lot of time. Alan DeMaison and Ferdinand glass. Please feel free to submit your images for consideration. We Meyer V have beenwork putting addand items. have already started on in themany May hours | June to issue hopeGalleries that you will consider continueauthoring to grow an andarticle new for ones be opening inhere the to help! will thewill magazine.

We are coming months. Continue to check back for more exciting glass.

Within this issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS, please read the proposed bylaw updates and revisions that have been marked in red. All revisions We also thatby many of you are likely aboutbylaws the have beenrealize approved the FOHBC Board of wondering Directors. These status of our Reno 2020 National Antique Bottle Show & Expo have been amended and need to be reviewed by the FOHBC membership prior to the annual membership meeting the FOHBC happening in lategeneral July / early August.

At thisattime, we plan2016 to National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo in Sacramento, California by move forward with the event. Richard Siri has been keeping a an affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast by the eligible voters pulse on the local schedules Please makeareyour in attendance, provided that a and copyother of theevents. proposed changes made hotel reservations and table reservations soon ifby you plan to timely available to each member in advance, either directly mail or by notice the Federation’s official periodical or on the Federation attend.inThe hotel has a very flexible cancellation policy andwebsite. is

working with our organization closely to monitor the status of

In other news, we are moving ahead with photography for the Virtual the eventand as we Please photography keep in mindlabs thatsetyour health Museum hopeget tocloser. have regional up in regions and safety is of the upmost importance and we will make more to start photographing bottles both in a standard format and 3-dimensionally.

This effort being spearheaded Director, Alan Deannouncements asisthe dates draw near.byI Museum know I am personally Maison. You may have met Alan at the Virtual Museum table during the looking forward to the ability to travel again and get to a great FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show last August.

show! I hope many of you are as well.

Federation member Alicia Booth, is heading up the nomination process for the election of all Federation officers including the President, Vice President(s), Secretary, Treasurer, Business Manager, Membership

the current pandemic.

TheDirector, FOHBCConventions board has agreed to delay Director, Public Relations Director, Historian, Merchandising Director, Directors-at-Large (3), the andelections Region Directors the officer elections by one year. This means will (4). occur everyyear. two years.

Anymany officeropportunities may run for suctakeThese placeelections in August of next We have cessive terms. This committee has prepared a slate of nominations for to serve onand theisboard. you are each office listed If below.

It isinterested important in to serving note thatthe any member organization, Berry. Existing desiring to runplease for anyreach officeout in to theVal Federation may fileofficers a nomination form withnot thebe Election (in accordance with procedures that will servingCommittee another term on the board will have approved by the membership and instituted by the Election Committee) successfully completed their term at the conclusion of the Reno indicating the office they desire to run for. The deadline for filing this 2020 Expo.

Some new officers may then be appointed by the is April 1st 2016. We have seen successful campaigns by our memberserving President towant boardtopositions until the please elections next year. ship before so if you run for a position, let Alicia know.

You her atimportant this emailtoaddress, alicia@cis-houston.org.

You I feltand thisreach was very communicate to our membership. will be receiving a ballot for voting so please take the time to vote.

This year has been exceptionally trying for our family Ferdinand Meyer V as well. I FOHBC Candidates President: continue to battle health issues thatTexas have recently peaked again, Houston, FOHBC we Here hadis the to slate sayof goodbye toFirst our 17 year old furry familyBaugh member, Vice President: Sheldon recommended candidates Russellville,is Kentucky andputasforth I write this, my father-in-law in the hospital slowly by the nominating committee (Alicia Booth,a dangerous recovering from multi-week battle with Second Vice President: Gene influenza Bradberry Chairperson) for 2014 - 2016.

Bartlett, Tennessee andThepneumonia.

This slate is being put forth for is all in addition to the lifestyle changes we yourhad consideration and anyone Secretary: James Berry have to adapt to during this pandemic.

However, the most desiring to run for office may Johnsville, New Yorkless than a week ago. tragic and quite frankly horrific news came be nominated by going to the Treasurer: Gary Beatty website and printing out a North Port, Florida nomination form.

Then, mail or I am sure most of you have heard and are aware of the email to Alicia Booth, 11502 Historian: Jim Bender devastating news that we have lost a true icon in the hobby.

Burgoyne Drive, Houston, Texas Sprakers, New York 77077. alicia@cis-houston.org Legendary historical flask collector, Mark Vuono passed away date for nominations Editor: Martin Van Zanttouched so many as aClosing result of a senseless act of violence.

Mark is April 1, 2016 at midnight.

Danville, Indiana lives in a nominations positivewillway and was one of the biggest advocates Additional Berry this printed alongside the slatethat IMerchandising for beour great hobby have ever comeDirector: to know.Val I write Johnsville, New York proposed by the nominating all with a and very heavy committee will be listed heart as Mark and I were great friends Membership Director: Sheppard the May-June 2016 issue I feel andintalked regularly. obligated not to writeLinda too much in Sprakers, New York of BOTTLES and EXTRAS along this letter as many tributes are currently being composed for with a short bio of each Fifer and publication.

Jim Bender isConventions working onDirector: a tributeLouis for Bottles candidate.

Brunswick, Ohio Extras, another tribute will be published in Antique Bottle and Business Manager: Meyerbeen Glass Collector magazine, and many tributesElizabeth have already Houston, Texas posted to the Facebook group “In memory of Mark Vuono” Director-at-Large: Bobinducted Ferraro into the created by good friend Rick Ciralli. Mark was Boulder City, Nevada FOHBC Hall of Fame along with his late father Charles Vuono in Director-at-Large: Steve Ketcham 2017. My heart is broken for Mark’s family and all of those that Edina, Minnesota have gotten to know Mark through the years.

Director-at-Large: John Pastor New Hudson, Michigan

I want to take this time during a great trial and disruption of our Midwest Region Director: Matt Lacy way of life to encourage everyone toOhio love a little more, be more Austinburg, forgiving, be more kind, and cherish the friendships that we have.

Northeast Region Director: Andrew Vuono You never know what someone elseConnecticut is going through. We are Stamford, blessed in so many ways Southern and now is the time to helpRon others when Region Director: Hands they need it most. I hope Wilson, each and every one reading this stays North Carolina safe, stays healthy, and has a great year ahead.

Western Region Director: Eric McGuire Petaluma, California

As always, I look forwardPublic to serving you!Director: Rick DeMarsh Relations Ballston Spa, New York

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Bottles and Extras type and similar to spelt), pure barley or a mixture of grains. The Babylonian King Hammurabi enacted a law that established a daily beer ration. The higher ones rank, the more beer that was rationed. High priests received two and a half times the ration of a common worker. The Babylonians also exported beer to Egypt.

Bottle & Product Histories - Beer

By Tod von Mechow Beer was brewed from ancient times and no doubt it was bottled soon afterwards.

The first records of brewing are about 6,000 years old and refer to the Sumerians. Sumer was between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and in the area of Southern Mesopotamia. An ancient clay tablet engraved with the Sumerian language outlines the steps for making beer. This tablet has pictographs that represent barley, baking bread, crumbled bread being put into water and made into mash and then a drink. The Sumerians perfected this process and are recognized as the first civilized culture to brew beer. They brewed beer that they offered to their gods as in an 1800 B.C. hymn to Ninkasi, the goddess of brewing. The beer was drunk out of jars with a straw to help filter out the sediments and soggy bread that was part of the brew.

When the Sumerian empire collapsed, the Babylonians became the rulers of Mesopotamia and incorporated the Sumerian culture into their own. As a result, they acquired the knowledge to brew beer. The Babylonians brewed at least twenty different types of beer. The beers were brewed with pure emmer (prehistoric grain

Circa 1845

Circa 1860

Circa 1870

The Egyptians soon learned the art of brewing and carried the tradition into the next millennium. They continued to use bread for brewing beer but also added dates to flavor it. The ancient Egyptians even had a hieroglyph for the word brewer, which illustrates the importance of brewing to the culture. Ancient Egyptian documents show that beer and bread were part of the daily diet and was consumed by the wealthy and poor alike. Beer was an important offering to the gods and was placed in tombs for the afterlife.

With the rise of the Greek and Roman Empires, beer continued to be brewed, but wine was the drink of preference. In Rome itself, wine became the drink of the gods and beer was only brewed in areas where wine was difficult to obtain. To Romans beer was the drink of barbarians. Tacitus, a Roman historian, wrote about the Teutons, the ancient Germans, and documented "a liquor from barley or other grain" that these people drank.

During these ancient times, brewing beer was a woman's job.

In some cultures beer was brewed by priestesses in the temples.

During the Middle Ages this changed when brewing was carried on in monasteries. It is interesting that monks were able to drink beer when fasting. Beer was a drink and not food. This runs contrary to later beliefs where beer was considered "liquid bread."

When Columbus first arrived in the New World, the American Indians that he met served him a corn-based beer. The Aztecs, Incas and Mayans had been brewing such beers for hundreds of years before the arrival of Europeans.

Circa 1885

Circa 1890

Circa 1910

Circa 1915

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Beer was considered a healthy drink for most of its history and was a good source of nourishment. It was often advertised as good for the sick and elderly. But perhaps its biggest health advantage was that beer was brewed. At a time when impurities and microbes in water were unknown, beer provided a safer drink as it was boiled as part of the brewing process. Beer drinkers were less susceptible to waterborne diseases and thus healthier. Over the centuries this trend was noticed but was not understood until pasteurization was discovered.

HISTORY’S CORNER In Memory of Dick Watson longtime FOHBC Historian

Most beers brewed over the last four hundred years have been made of the following ingredients: Barley malt for fullness Hops add bitterness Yeast to convert barley malt sugars into alcohol Water to serve as a medium for the fermentation process Brewers over the years have substituted other grains for the barley. These include corn, wheat and rice.

The early brewing centers of modern times were England, Holland and Germany. English beers had the greatest influence on American consumers at the country's founding and through the mid-Nineteenth century. The first brewing center in the New World was run by the Dutch on Manhattan Island or New Amsterdam.

During the second half of the Seventeenth Century, the Dutch were exporting some beer, but much beer was still imported. The problem in Manhattan was getting a good supply of water and this problem was not addressed for another 150 years. Even so, the brews were various ales and beers also common in England.

Starting around 1700, Philadelphia started to emerge as the brewing center of the English Colonies in America. A good supply of water, the productive farmlands that surrounded Philadelphia, a thirsty population and the skills of the English trained brewers were responsible for this. Soon Philadelphia beers were exported to all of the English Colonies in America. George Washington was an ardent fan of Philadelphia porter and ordered quantities of it for consumption at his Mount Vernon home. The beer bottles of this period were the common black glass bottles that were also used to bottle wine and other spirits. In the late 1700s, the shapes of wine and beer bottles started to evolve in different directions. Wine bottles started to be more slender with higher shoulders, while beer bottles tended to be shorter with lower shoulders. This beer bottle shape, known as the porter shape, was associated with English beers and remained in use until well after 1900. In the 1840s, a new English bottle form started to evolve from the porter shape. These bottles grew taller and narrower and the neck evolved a bulge. This style was exported to North America and is known as the export beer shape. American glass manufactures started to produce this form in about 1855. The earliest form of this type is known as an early export beer. Later, in the 1880s, a bottle with a softer shoulder and gentler bulge in the neck evolved called the later export beer shape. This shape endures today in many beer bottles.

During the 1830s, a new style of beer, lager, was being brewed in Germany. The Germans had isolated a strain of yeast that produced a lighter beer. This yeast was a bottom fermenting yeast (Saccharomyces uvarum) as opposed to the top fermenting yeasts (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) used to produce the heavier

Sometimes when you hear people talking about old bottles you hear the term "It is a three piece mold."

So what does that really mean? Just what it says, the bottle was blown in a mold made out of three pieces.

Note there is no seam up the side of a bottle made in a three piece mold.It must also be noted that many three piece molds had a removeable base. So it really is a four piece mold.

Watch each issue for a new installment of History’s Corner.

English style beers. In 1840, John Wagner smuggled some of this yeast out of Germany and to Philadelphia, where he brewed the first lager beer in America. The earliest lager beer bottle had a distinctive shape that is called an early lager. This beer did not find popularity immediately in Philadelphia where the German population was well established, but did become very popular in the Midwest where many of the new German immigrants were settling. Slowly, lager beers gained in popularity in the older settled areas of the United States, but it took almost thirty years until the German style lager beers usurped the English style beers in these areas. Lager beer bottles of this period are called late lagers. By this time, the Midwestern breweries in Saint Louis and Milwaukee had a firm handle on the market and would eventually dominate beer production in the United States. Around 1875, a new style of beer bottle appeared in the New York area. This style is the called the champagne beer style and remained popular until well into the twentieth century and its shape can be seen in many of today's beer bottles.

Around 1875 beers start to acquire trade marked names. Prior to this point beers were advertised by their brewer, the type of beer or the region it was from. Widely advertised types of beer included; lager, ale, brown stout, cream ale, weiss beer and bock. Regional branding included; Philadelphia Porter and Ale, Saint Louis Lager, Milwaukee Lager, and Pentucket Ale. Of the branded beers, one of the most enduring is Budweiser (1876), but others include Pabst Blue Ribbon (1882) and Miller High Life (1903).

Check out more information on www.sodasandbeers.com

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FOHBC News News from across the Sea Hello dear Ferdinand, How are you there?

First of all a few words about the situation and the consequences of the Coronavirus here in Europe and Belgium.

Most countries are in lockdown or lockdown-soft including Belgium. Nearly nobody to see on the street and nearly everybody staying inside their home to prevent contact with other people (at least 1.5 meter distance to everybody, washing frequently the hands, no handshakes, no kissing etc…). Most shops etc… closed. The Belgian government helps people and companies who are without income or lost their job. We have also very good social security to help (that’s why we pay such high taxes 52%!)

In Italy more than 5000 people already died including doctors and nurses, the urgencies in the hospitals cannot follow, are short of mouth caps and other basic protections, they were not well prepared. Hospitals as for example in Bergamo (North Italy) select people older than 60 years who has to die or who may receive medical help because of the overwhelming thousands and thousands infected people. They didn’t take the virus serious in the beginning and several still today and continue to spread the virus, the same situation now in Spain where it becomes even worse. Here in Belgium the hospitals have tripled their urgency capacity to avoid the Italian situation. Mainly elderly people above 60 with already a bad health before the virus are 90% of the deaths. To get rid of Corona it will take still 2 months up to a year “if everybody follows the instructions” So I tell you this story as a warning of taking the virus and the rules very serious because the aim is to push down the number of patients to avoid overwhelming the hospitals and to avoid to make the “death selections” at the entrance of the hospitals…. sounds terrible but that’s what it is.

Important for everybody now is to survive.

What’s the situation there in Houston?... and with you?... and your wife Elizabeth?

Without being indiscreet is it allowed to know the result of the votes for the Hall of Fame or does it remain secret for a while which I would understand?

So, this is the news for today and I would say take care for each other.

Willy -;)) still in good health.

Well known Hutchinson collector Richard James Brown Sr Passes Richard James Brown Sr., Tampa, Fla., was well-known among bottle collectors for his colored Hutchinson bottles. I think he was a federation member (Elizabeth, please check). Here is a brief obituary for member news.

TAMPA, Fla. – Richard James Brown Sr., 84, passed away March 3 at his Tampa home.

Known in the antique bottle hobby as the “King of Colored Hutch Collectors,” “R.J.” was known for his advertising in the bottle collector magazines for Hutchinson bottles, especially those from his home state of Pennsylvania.

He was a native of Oil City, Pennsylvania. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. He was recognized in the glass industry for his expertise, mentorship and work ethic and had spent most of his 50year career with Anchor Hocking/Anchor Glass.

He is survived by his wife, a son, three daughters and other relatives.

He was buried in Prairie Cemetery in Harrisville, Pennsylvania on March 12, 2020.

Georgia bottle collector dies DANIELSVILLE, Ga. –John H. (Jay) Wood, 81, a collector of antique bottles since the early 1960s, died Jan. 23 after a short illness.

“I knew John well before his wife Dot died in 2010,” said FOHBC member Bill Wrenn, of Hartwell, Ga. “We set up at shows together and Dot always went with us.”

Wood collected early slug plate crown top bottles, White House Vinegar bottles, Jumbo Peanut Butter jars, Rose Distillery jugs and folk pottery jugs.

“He had probably the best ever collection of Georgia crown top slug plate bottles and photos of many of them were used in the book “Georgia Crown Top Sodas” written by Ken Nease and Carl Barnett,” said Brent Jones, a close friend of Wood’s.

“John was a good friend and highly thought of. He helped a lot of collectors establish collections over the years,” Jones added.

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Dyott and Dr Robertson Dear Ferdinand, My name is Pete and I live in England. I have found a bottle that does not seem to appear in any book or internet searches. The closest that I have seen is on your site relating to Dyott and Dr Robertson. This bottle is completely different from your images and I wondered if it might be an original “Scottish” version as it has the family shield, crest and motto on one side ? ( Virtutis Gloria Merces ). Have you come across this bottle before please?

It is pontilled and has a cross hinged mould. The size is very large for a cures bottle. You might almost call it a flask. Do you think it is a Dyott bottle or a Scottish pre Dyott version ? I have attached some photos to help.

I hope that you may find this enquiry interesting and I look forward to your comments.

Kindest regards, Pete Randall.

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40th Annual Milk Bottle Convention NEW date after show is cancelled 40th ANNUAL MILK BOTTLE CONVENTION AND BOTTLE SHOW IS CANCELLED! NEW DATE IS MAY 21 and 22, 2021 in Sturbridge, Mass.

Robert Esposito dead at age 90; grandfather was Koca Nola bottler

By Bill Baab CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Robert V. (Bob) Esposito, 90, whose grandfather, James, and Vincent, the latter’s brother, emigrated from Italy to the United States in 1893, passed away on Dec. 5, 2019, according to his son, Alexander.

His relatives became United States citizens in 1901 and opened a beer and soda bottling business in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1905, James applied for and was granted a Koca Nola franchise from that fledgling soda bottler whose home office was in Atlanta, Georgia. James later pulled out of the partnership and bottled soda waters, while Vincent stayed in the beer business.

The complete Esposito story can be found in “A Head’s Up on Koca Nola” by Charles David Head and published by the Seattle History Company. Copies of the book are still available at SeattleHistoryCompany@yahoo.com.

Bob Esposito retired in 1992 from the Campbell Soup Company.

He was proud of his Italian heritage and loved to share information about his grandfather’s soda water business with researchers.

To Bottles & Extras — A New Find More than thirty years ago I carried on a debate with the British guru on ceramic bottles, Alan Blakeman. At that time I was convinced that most, if not all, of the transfer printed whiskey jugs found in the U.S. were made in Scotland or England and shipped to our shores. Alan disagreed. He argued that the U.S. must have had pottery firms with the capability of designing and executing even intricate transfer designs.

Alan was right.

I saw the proof for myself in 1998. It was a small stoneware butter crock, likely a salesman's sample issued by the Sherwood Brothers Pottery of New Brighton, Pennsylvania. The crock was

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drawn with an elegance and precision equal to anything the “Old World” could produce.

The label claimed Sherwood Brothers clients could expect underglaze transfer printing of equal perfection.

The crock was part of a private collection of Sherwood Bros. ceramics that I drove 280 miles from Virginia to see in New Brighton. The collector, who regularly was digging at the site of the former ceramics works, also had found a shard that suggested a similar pattern might be found on a whiskey jug. For thirty-two ensuing years I have looked fruitlessly for that jug — until last month.

Shown below is the “new find” Sherwood Bros. jug as it appeared at auction on eBay in March, advertised as “very rare” — almost an understatement. Attracting five bidders, the jug opened at $125 and ultimately sold for $305, a relative bargain given its uniqueness.

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Pickle Identification Hello Mr. Meyer, I discovered you on Peachridgeglass.com. I have been trying to identify the manufacturer and possibly pickle bottlers for a relatively plain pickle bottle.

We recovered several pickle bottles from the wreck of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama sunk off the Normandy coast in 1864. The bottles recovered from CSS Alabama are plain sided, with flutes from the shoulder to the base of the neck below three reinforcing or decorative rings. The mouth was reinforced by a flat lip. Research on the internet identified only one virtually identical example. That bottle, advertised on Ebay (image attached), was recovered from a site in Ware, Massachusetts indicating that the CSS Alabama bottles were quite likely from one of the New England prize vessels.

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Michael George: I don't know the answer to the question, but one of the largest packaging companies for such bottles was the William Underwood Company. The time frame is consistent to the dates, as is the square semi-cathedral form. They actually produced well over a dozen bottle forms for packaging, and was located in Boston. I don't know if they had these bottles made or not, but it is a good place to start.

Lyndeborough NH made similar style bottles, but they were not in business in 1864, so maybe this was a New London or Willington CT product?

Here is a Wells / Miller / Provost bottle, civil war era, that is different, but in a similar style. Also, you see those neck rings on the peppersauce bottles made for this company as well. So, a strong possibility... https://www.ebay.com/itm/CATHEDRAL-PICKLE-JAR-BOTTLE-CIVIL-WAR-TRASH-PIT-DUG-WELLS-MILLER-PROV OST/323940130599?hash=item4b6c561f27:g:DTAAAOSwJkV dmpT2 Rick Ciralli: I can tell you it’s scarce to rare. Studied Zumwalts book for years. Could be an Eastern works like WK Lewis or one of the Boston merchants. This mold is not often seen. Many Peppersauce type bottles had neck rings but not too many in the pickles plus flutes. Probably held Gherkins

Supporting the National Bottle Museum Dear Jim and Ferd, On behalf of all of us here at the Museum I thank you both for your time and financial assistance with the NBM brochure.

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Very much enjoyed the Peachridgeglass site.

Gordon: (from Ferdinand Meyer V) Many types of antique bottles

Tough to make a call on this one without an embossing. I asked a couple of prominent collectors with pickle and sauce bottle knowledge. Here are their comments:

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gratefully accepted. You both together make a great team!! We will give you a shout out in our spring newsletter.

Bored and stuck at home? Check out the FOHBC Slide Shows

Thank you, stay safe and look forward to bumping into you at bottle shows!

In the members portal you can check out these quality slide shows the have been recently digitized.

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The FOHBC recently digitized old slide shows and created a file for FOHBC individual members or clubs to use. This project was headed up by Jeff Ullman, FOHBC Northeast Director.

Please understand that this is FOHBC material and should not be given to non-FOHBC members. See FOHBC Code of Ethics. The slide programs include:

FOHBC supports 2022 as year of glass Dear Ferdinand Meyer, I hope this note finds you enjoying friends and family as we usher in the beginning of a new decade.

I'm writing to include you in a glass-related action plan that is rapidly gaining support, and that I have been engaged in for the past few months with glass-related partners, associates, institutions and friends around the globe. These international partners have joined together toward enacting a resolution in the United Nations to declare 2022 The Year of Glass--and I'm asking that you craft and send a letter of endorsement by March 1, 2020 in support of the initiative.

I've attached several documents, including a presentation that outlines the many benefits and opportunities afforded by the UN designation, along with a timeline and actions completed by the organizing consortium to-date. A sample letter of support is also included for your reference.

If you are willing, please draft your letter on institutional letterhead (as appropriate), signed by yourself or a representative of the organization. Feel free to keep it simple, using the attached sample as a guide. Send your endorsement to me at this email address, and I will incorporate it with others for submission by March 1, 2020.

The more letters of endorsement we submit now, the better our chances of receiving the endorsement from the United Nations for the 2022 designation.

If the 2022 UN designation is successful, we will then have two years to create programs, ideas and present this transformative material to the world. We hope to have your input as we move forward, and please feel free to forward this request to your own people, institutions and contacts for their endorsement.

Once again, the more letters of endorsement we have from institutions and countries around the world, the better our chances of being successful in receiving this designation by the United Nations If you have questions, please contact me directly. I Look forward to your help and endorsement!

All the best, Steve Gibbs Sr. Manager, Hot Glass Bus/Technology Development |Corning Museum of Glass | One Museum Way | Corning, NY 14830 | www. cmog.org [1] | Office: (607) 438-5230 |

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Close up of the front of the John Ryan Columbus bottle

Find the right sites and totally unexpected information will be revealed in what some call “Eureka Moments,” as in “Eureka! I have found it!”

Allen Woodall in 2019 decided to become a collector of antique Columbus, Georgia bottles so he visited other collectors to learn just what was out there from his hometown. One of those collectors was Tom Hicks, of Eatonton, Georgia. He has been a collector of antique bottles since the early 1960s and specializes in early Georgia and Alabama examples.

It just so happened that he owned two rare John Ryan sodas from the Columbus Branch established by the pioneer Savannah bottler who also established branches in Augusta (1866) and Atlanta (1867). So Woodall celebrated his own “Eureka Moment” when he was able to purchase the two rare cobalt blue sodas, the rarest with an embossed capital “R” on its back.

Collectors have always thought thar Ryan had established his Columbus Branch in 1867, but thanks to research conducted by John M. Ahearn II, a Columbus librarian, the branch was established in 1858 just six years after Ryan had opened his Excelsior Bottling Works in Savannah. Woodall had engaged Ahearn to help find original Columbus bottling sites through old newspapers and other records.

Close up of the back of the John Ryan Columbus bottle, with a large R

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John Ahearn holding his John Ryan Columbus branch bottle

Ahearn noted his task would not be easy due to the fact a majority of newspapers and maps was burned by Union Army Major General James H. Wilson. After the Civil War Battle of Columbus, much of the city’s industrial infrastructure was destroyed in retaliation against the South by northern forces. But Ahearn had access to post Civil War maps at the Chattahoochee Valley Library in Columbus. He learned the Ryan branch site at the corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph streets is now on present day 12th and Front streets.

Ahearn’s “Eureka Moment” came when he discovered a John Ryan ad dated June 5, 1858 in a copy of the old Columbus Sun. The advertisement read: “Something New in Columbus! A soda water bottling establishment has been opened at deGraffenried’s Corner opposite the Post Office where the subscriber will be happy to receive orders for an article of Soda Water which CANNOT BE SURPASSED! Fourteen years Practical Experience not only in preparing Soda Water, but in constructing Apparatus for its preparation, should entitle me to the confidence of a discriminating public. Six years established in Savannah, Ga., where I will continue the same business, this being a branch to be conducted in the same style as my Savannah house. (s) John Ryan. N.B. (note at bottom): Our wagon will pass around DAILY to customers.”

Ahearn was not able to locate Ryan’s business in Columbus until 1882. His business agent at the branch was Francis Early Slaughter, sometimes called Early. But Slaughter’s name does not appear in city directories until the 1873-74 edition. His address

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was listed on Oglethorpe “below the bridge.” There is the distinct possibility that Slaughter served during the Civil War so he was not present in the city. Ryan’s branch may not have been in operation during the war years of 1861-65. The manufacturer of Ryan’s bottles was the Philadelphia Glass Works while another northern business manufactured his bottle corks. Those sources would have “dried up” during the war.

Earliest and rarest of the Columbus Ryans has a large “R” embossed on its back and John Ryan/Columbus, Ga., on the front. It is undated, The other Columbus Ryan shares the same name and city embossed on its front, but is dated 1883. There is no “R” on the back. It, too, is considered rare, probably because the business closed when Ryan died in 1885.

The Atlanta branch also shut down, but the Augusta branch, also called the Excelsior Bottling Works, continued to operate when its manager, Edward Sheehan, took over and in 1880 established the soda bottling works under his name. Meanwhile, the popularity of Ryan’s many bottles lives on in today’s collectors because of their vivid colors of cobalt blue, emerald green, yellow, red, pink and amber.

NOTE: Researcher John M. Ahearn II wishes to thank his wife, Brianna, and Allen Woodall, Daniel Bellaware, Blythe Moseley and the Columbus Public Library Adult Services staff and Genealogy Department for their support.

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here is a scarcity of early Florida soda water bottles which is almost demoralizing to antique bottle collectors who live in the Sunshine State. Only a handful of soda water manufacturers exist who utilized pony or squat-style bottles made of thick colored glass with sloping shoulders and blob tops designed to be closed by a cork and wire bail.

As a Florida resident and antique bottle collector, I’ve wondered why there so few so I decided to do a spot of research. I speculated that perhaps Florida’s population did not expand until long after the squat soda era of 1840-1880, but perhaps there were other reasons. One of my sources was “More Pop,” a book written by Californian Alan Schmeiser in 1970. I learned which cities had soda water manufacturers who used the squat sodas, went online to a site which listed the biggest cities by population from 1850-1900 and found the cities listed in “More Pop” were the same. The bigger the city, the more squat sodas.

My research also revealed that most of the cities with early soda water manufacturers were from states in the eastern half of the country being more populated than those in the west. Exceptions were Vermont, West Virginia and Florida where areas were mostly rural and cities much smaller. The bottles used by soda water manufacturers in larger cities were mostly produced by northern glass factories in brilliant colors such as cobalt blue or emerald green. Aquamarine was not a popular color in those businesses.

There were many factors that led to Florida’s slow commercial development, not the least of which were hurricanes, year-around hot and humid weather (before air conditioning), plentiful pests

like mosquitoes and perhaps the ubiquitous alligator. The state’s largest cities during the 19th century were St. Augustine and Key West. Jacksonville did not reach its status as the largest city until the late 19th century. While it became Florida’s largest city by 1900, it did not make the Top 100 most populated cities in the country, but it did become the state’s birthplace for soda water manufacturers.

Before it became a city in 1822, however, it was called Cowford by the British because of cattle being ferried across the St. John’s River. It was named after Andrew Jackson, military governor of the Florida Territory who eventually became president of the United States. Even before Florida gained statehood in 1845, the city was developing commercially by exporting cotton, lumber and citrus and importing manufactured goods from the north and midwest.

The city quickly became a mecca for tourists who fled severe winter conditions for balmy Florida and hotels and other accommodations were quickly developed along the beaches to house the ever-increasing numbers of winter visitors. Among the new arrivals were two soda water manufacturers who planned to stay and set up shop.

George H. Emery emigrated from England, arriving in Jacksonville in the mid-1860s. He married Constancia M. Baya, daughter of wealthy farmer Joseph Baya of Jacksonville on Feb. 27, 1865.

A year later, a city directory noted that Emery & Baya were selling cigars, sundries and soda water. History does not record which Baya was in business with Emery, but I like to think it

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Only a handful of soda water manufacturers exist who utilized pony or squat-style bottles made of thick colored glass with sloping shoulders and blob tops designed to be closed by a cork and wire bail.

(Above) George H. Emery’s Magnolia Soda Water bottle (left) flanked by Antonio Solary’s soda (Robin Lennon photo)

was his wife. The business was known as Magnolia Soda Water Works and her middle name began with an M, perhaps Magnolia.

The Emery soda water bottle is not easy to find, The ice blue-colored bottle stands seven inches high with a smooth base and a blob top. MAGNOLIA is embossed in an arch near the top followed

by SODA WATER WORKS / JACKSONVILLE / FLORIDA. On the back of the bottle in arched letters is G.H. EMERY. It is unique. The business was in existence from 1866 to the middle or end of the 1870s.

The 1870 Florida Census says Emery was in the retail grocery business and father of 4-year-old son George W. Emery. The 1880 Census notes the fam-

(Right) A pair of Florida’s earliest soda water bottles with appropriate background sold by Antonio Solary. (Corey Stock photo)

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Antonio Solary’s neat ad says it all

ily moved to St. Augustine and Emery’s occupation turned to auctioneer, He died July 30, 1880 and was buried in St. Augustine’s Huguenot Cemetery.

The second earliest Jacksonville soda water manufacturer was Antonio Joseph Solary, an Italian from Genoa who emigrated to Boston and New York before he finally settled in Jacksonville sometime in the late 1860s. The 1870 Florida Census lists Solary as a retail liquor dealer and Jacksonville city directories list him as operating a soda water business from 1870-1901.

At least three different Solary soda bottles are known. Each is ice blue in color and have smooth bases and blob tops. One is embossed A. Solary & Co. / Jacksonville / Florida, another A. Solary (without the & Co.) / Jacksonville / Florida, and the third A. Solary / Jacksonville / Florida / A&DHC (embossed near the base). The latter letters probably stand for Alexander and David H. Chambers, who operated a glass works in Pittsburgh, Pa. Solary’s business was located at the corner of Bay and Pine streets. A few advertisements listed his products as soda water, sarsaparilla, ginger ale, bottled ale, porter, lager beer, Saratoga Water, Gettysburg Water, Vichy Water, Carlsbad Water and Kissengin waters.

On May 22, 1872, he married Lavina Rohr. He was of the Catholic faith and Father John Macy Bertazzi officiated at the wedding. The couple became parents of four children: Antonio Joseph Solary II, Edward J. Solary, Amelia L. Solary and John Jacob Solary, Tragically, 26-year-old Lavina died after giving birth to John.

Lavina and Antonio Solary with one of their four children

In 1900-01, Antonio II joined his father as a business partner, but his father passed away in 1901, ending a 31-year-old business. He was buried next to his wife in the Old St. Joseph Cemetery in Jacksonville.

The next comers in the early Florida soda water business were Lewis F. Hoefer of Sanford, Fla., John Wedding, Jacob H. Kornahrens and John Lewis Kornahrens, all of Jacksonville, and D.T. Sweeny of Key

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John Lewis Kornahrens’ 19th century newspaper ad

West. German immigrant Hoefer had an aqua pony bottle made for his drinks. During the 1870s and ‘80s, he also was a baker and hotel keeper. He later took his bakery business to Miami where he later died.

Wedding was a partner with Jacob H. Kornahrens from 1887-88.

The store was located at 105 West Monroe Street, the residence and business address of John Lewis Konahrens, likely Jacob’s brother. However, in 1889, Wedding and Jacob separated, Wedding moving to 146 West Beaver and Jacob to Julia Street.

Wedding bottled beer in blob top bottles and Jacob’s bottles were Hutchinsons.

John Lewis Kornahrens bottled from 1876 to 1895 when he was joined by Jacob and started the Star Bottling Works. The pair was bottling soda water in mostly Hutchinson bottles. John Lewis was on his own again after the partnership ended in 1897 and the bottling works stayed in business until 1916 when he retired, ending a business after 40 years, a longer time than those bottlers who had preceded him. He died Aug. 29, 1921 and was buried in the Old Jacksonville City Cemetery.

D.T. Sweeny was a bottler in Georgia and New York before establishing his soda water works in Key West. Douglas T. Sweeny was born March 31, 1838 in New York City and died September 26, 1890 in Key West. In 1860, he was employed as a soda water bottler by John Ryan at the latter’s Excelsior Bottling Works in Savannah. After moving to Key West, Sweeny owned and operated two businesses: D.T. Sweeny Saloon and Billiard Parlor and D.T. Sweeny Bottler of Mineral Water and Lager Beer. He used four different bottles; however, two of his cobalt blue pony bottles are said to be from his New York operation at 33 Norfolk Street.

When Charles G. Hutchinson of Chicago patented his spring

stopper in 1879, it eventually led to the end of the squat-type bottle. In fact, more than 17,000 differently embossed Hutchinson sodas were manufactured during the middle of the 1880s to about 1910. Development in the 1890s of the cork-lined crown top soon made Hutchinson bottles extinct SOURCES: Soda and Beer Bottle Closures, by David Gracy, 2003.

More Pop, by Alan Schmeiser, Michalan Press, Dixon, Calif., 1970.

1870 Jacksonville, Fla. Census: George Emery listed as a grocer. 1880 St. Augustine, Fla. Census: George Emery listed as an auctioneer.

1860 Jacksonville Census: Joseph Baya listed as a farmer and father of Constancia M. Baya. Florida Marriage Records, 1861-72: George H. Emery married to Constancia M. Baya, Feb. 27, 1865, in Jacksonville.

1866 Jacksonville Retail Directory: partners Emery and Baya. Find A Grave: George H. Emery, b. 1840, d. July 390, 1880, buried in Huguenot Cemetery, a.k.a. Protestants’ Cemetery, St. Augustine, St. John’s County, Fla. 1870-80 Jacksonville Census: Antonio Solary. Florida Marriage Records, 1832-1974, RF Book 3, Page 228: Antonio Solary to Lavina Rohr, in Jacksonville. Webb’s Jacksonville City Directories for the years 1876-77, 1876-79, 1878-79, 1882, 1885, 1891: Antonio Solary listed.

Thanks to Corey Stock, Jacksonville, for the research and copies of ads.

Find A Grave Memorial by Cousins by the Dozens online site: Antonio Solary grave and headstone found. 1880 Orange County, Fla. Census: Lewis F. Hoefer, baker; 1885 Orange County Census: L.F. Hoefer, hotel keeper; 1900 Miami, Fla. Census: Louis F. Hoefer, baker. Find A Grave: Louis Hoefer, b. Nov. 13, 1850, d. Nov. 12, 1908, buried in Miami City Cemetery. 1900 Jacksonville Census: John L. Kornahrens, manufacturer of soda water; 1910 Jacksonville Census: John L. Kornahrens, age 75, probably retired. Jacksonville City Directories for years 1876-77, 1878-79, 1882, 1879-87, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1899-1903, 1904-05, 1916, 1918: John L. Kornahrens, soda water manufacturer, 105 West Monroe, Jacksonville. 1887-99 Jacksonville City Directories: John Wedding and Jacob H. Kornahren, partners in soda water manufacturing. Certificate of Deathm State of Florida: John Lewis Kornahrens, d. Aug. 29, 1921, b uried in Old Jacksonville City Cemetery.

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lease meet Federation member Steve Kehrer who lives in southern Illinois. He’s been collecting glass since 1968 and started with his father, Skip Kehrer, who will be 83 years old in October. Steve will be 63 this August. They both collected fruit jars and went to Indy shows searching for jars for many years. They would also buy local sodas and better bottles and trade for fruit jars. Sometimes, collectors would rather have jars and bottles instead of money.

In 2003, Steve started selling southern Illinois real estate.

You can look him up on Facebook. His company is called The Kehrer Team. Steve’s son Jay is his partner.

During this period in 2003 or so, Steve decided to collect sodas in all the areas where they sold property. Steve drew a line from I-70 south but sometimes would buy sodas from the north, if he liked them. He has a few better bottles he bought just because he liked them from other states.

Also, during this time period, Steve went around to the bottle collectors who were getting up in age that he had sold sodas bottles to for years and years and asked them what they were going to do with their collections? If they came to an agreement, Steve would end up buying their collections.

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As the years have gone by, Steve is trying to complete his collection. “I have to say, it has been a challenge as sometimes I go for months and months without a find and sometimes, I find a few bottles that I never thought I would find. I always try to pay a fair price and those sellers come back with more bottles if they know what I am looking for.”

Last year, Steve found about twenty southern Illinois sodas he thought he never would find.

He also likes to show his bottles on the bottle Facebook sites.

This has led other collectors to message him with similar bottles from his area. He is always surprised how these local bottles turn up. Steve also collects St. Louis colored sodas and has a great start but says he has many still to get!

Last of all, Steve collects eggbeaters, mixers, mayonnaise makers and Dazey butter churns from St. Louis. He also has a few amber Mason jars and is trying to find a good screw-on beater for the amber jars. “They look cool,” Steve says.

Steve also enjoys and supports his local bottle show in Belleville, Illinois and in St. Louis, he is a member of The Metro East Bottle Club. He never knows what someone will bring to his sales table and will always take some better colored sodas and bottles just to attract advanced collectors to see what they collect and like to trade with them. Steve has many doubles, he says, and usually does well.

“The thrill of the find is like digging, I never was a digger, just a buyer.”

In closing Steve reports, “if I have to have a bottle cleaned, I use by my good friend Lou Lambert in California. A true professional. When they come back, it's like Christmas when I open up the package and look at my freshly cleaned bottle.”

“Like I always say on Facebook, Thanks for looking!”

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This friendly competition will compare and judge three particular types of bottles from anyone who would like to enter examples that they own. The three judging events will be for the ‘best’ J. F. Cutter star shield type whiskey fifth, Bay City Soda Water Co. bottle and for the Old Sachem’s Bitters and Wigwam Tonic. The merits of each bottle will be judged by a panel of veteran collectors experienced with each type. Each bottle entered into the competition will be given a unique code that represents the owner, so the judges will not know the identity of the owner until after final judging. Limit three bottles per category per person.

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GROUP 1: BAY CITY SODA WATER BOTTLES The Bay City Soda Water Company was formed under the laws of the State of California in December 1870, with stock amounting to $100,000. It was the first incorporated soda water company in California.

On April 27, 1872, the company trademarked its unique styled bottles to deter imitators. The bottle described in the submitted registration papers is shown here and is a copy of the actual filing. Several mold and color variants are known so it will be very interesting to see what has been found in this family of Bay City soda bottles. With that in mind, this competition will truly be based solely on the aesthetic qualities embodied in each example. Color, condition and other characteristics of the glass will be the merits that will guide the judges to their decision of a first, second and third place winner.

As is nearly always the case with antique bottles, some real surprises may emerge from the submitted entries, and this is what we are hoping to see. We urge anyone who has an example that they think is special, to share it in a grouping that may never be witnessed again.

GROUP 2: J. F. CUTTER FIFTH WHISKEY BOTTLES Just as with the Bay City Soda, the second ‘shootout’ will be with a decidedly western bottle with a similar historical beginning. The J. F. Cutter bourbon bottles were initially documented with a protective trade mark issued by the State of California on April 15, 1870, although the registrant, John F. Cutter, was actually a resident of Louisville, Kentucky when the trade mark was registered. Cutter worked closely with his San Francisco agent, Edward Martin, in attempting to corner the Cutter brand whiskey market.

Much has been written about the brand and legal troubles that entangled it with the J. H. Cutter trade marks. It is safe to state that this whiskey was far more popular than soda water and many more examples and mold variants of the bottle were produced over the next three decades, but they all kept with the general theme of the registered trade mark. Some beautiful examples of this bottle have been found over the years and it will be exciting to see a representative grouping entered into this competition.

GROUP 3: OLD SACHEM’S BITTERS AND WIGWAM TONIC This figural bitters barrel is a favorite among collectors. With a great name, the bottles come in a stunning array of colors. The label stated that it was “From an old Indian recipe in possession of the family of the proprietor for upwards of a century is now offered to the public as one of the most healthy and wholesale beverages extant and as a tonic is unsurpassed. Sold by principal grocers, druggists and hotels throughout the union. Endorsed by a professor at Yale College.”

George Goodwin began manufacturing patent medicines in the 1840s at 76 Union in Boston. Around 1850, he and Dr. John O. Langley of Langley’s Bitters became partners and in 1854, moved to 99 Union.

By 1857, the firm was named Geo. C. Goodwin & Co., and had taken in William B. Hibbard as a junior partner. Goodwin retired in 1859 and his son Charles C. Langley, and Hibbard ran the business. In 1863, they moved to 38 Hanover.

Eventually the company became on of Boston’s largest wholesale drug firms.

We will see some great examples in this category.

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The Small World of Soda Bottlers in Indianapolis

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he history of soda/mineral water goes a lot further back than I thought. I think of squat soda bottles and Hutchinson bottles being the correct time period. Not that the first man-made glass of carbonated water was produced by Joseph Priestley in 1767 or that the term “soda water” was coined in 1798. Joseph Hawkins received the first United States patent for the manufacture of imitation mineral water in 1810. The first effervescent lemonade was sold in Britain in 1833. Thomas Joseph Cantrell, an Irish Apothecary and Surgeon from Belfast, Northern Ireland, is credited with the invention of Ginger Ale in 1851. The soft drink industry expanded quickly and in 1860 there were 123 plants bottling soft drink water in the United States. By 1870, fueled by the Temperance Movement and the popularity of carbonated beverages, the number of plants more than doubled to 387 by 1870. Root Beer was mass-produced for public sale for the first time in 1876.

One thing I have noticed as I have researched Soda, Mineral Water & Beer manufacturing and bottling in Indianapolis is that a lot of the people working in the bottling business worked for several different bottlers/manufacturers over the years. I guess when you are skilled in a trade, work is available when you want a change of scenery. I started looking into Philip E. Kiefer and his City Soda Works, and found connections that lead back to two earlier bottlers and connections between those bottlers as well.

in the bakery owned by his father. From 1874 to 1895 Kiefer worked in the bottling business for both Scribner & Firmin and for John R. Firmin after he leaves the partnership. Kiefer went into business for himself later.

George B. Scribner was a very successful businessman from 1858-1874 bottling mineral water and beer. He partnered with several different people over the years including William Smith in 1869 and again in 1873. An advertisement for Scribner and Smith in 1869 lists them as successors to L & J Kern who had bottled mineral water from 1865-1869. The 1869 City Directory listed Charles and Louis Kern as working for the company that bought them out. On January 17th, 1874, the Indianapolis News mentions in their “City News” column that John R. Firmin has bought out William Smith’s soda works. In the 1874 City Directory Kiefer is listed as a driver for Scribner & Firmin. Scribner & Firmin are only partners for one year before Firmin sets out on his own. John R. Firmin is in business 1875 & 1876 at 44 S. Pennsylvania. William Smith who Firmin bought out in early 1874 is listed as a laborer with Firmin’s new company along with driver/teamster Philip E. Keifer. Whew, need a scorecard?

Kiefer set out on his own in 1879 opening his own bottling company at 290 E. Washington Street. He moved to 215 E. Washington in 1881 and began manufacturing mineral water.

Kiefer moved again in 1883 to 444 W. Washington and finally moved to 439 W. Washington in 1887. Kiefer was referred to as a bottler, mineral water manufacturer & beer / ale bottler over

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these years. Kiefer referred to his business at least for a while as the City Soda Works or City Bottling Works as shown in the embossing on his Hutchinson Style soda bottles. There is no mention in City Directories or Newspapers from that time period of any City Soda Works or Bottling Works so I have to believe it was just what he wanted referred to but was never incorporated as.

Philip E. Kiefer Indianapolis IND.

He left the bottling business sometime around 1896/ 1897 and was listed as a lithographer, collector & canvasser over the years before retiring in 1905. Philip E. Kiefer passed away

W. Smith Indianapolis, IND.

The group of Soda bottles above are some of the Soda companies that gave birth to P E.K. and his many embossed bottles, whether he worked for them or worked with them he learned the business and ran his own soda stand for 16 years or so.

on Saturday, June 25, 1910 at the age of 76.

His obituary states he had been an invalid with paralysis for several months and suffered a fatal stroke. He was a member of Company C, 33rd Indiana Regiment during the Civil War serving from 1861-1864 in skirmishes in Kentucky and Tennessee for the Union Army. He was survived by 6 sisters and 2 brothers.

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Reno’s "Fight of the Century” and Pepper Whiskey

By Jack Sullivan

Jack Johnson(right side) against a former champion, James J. Jeffries (left) With Rickard serving as the referee, the boxers sparred in a desultory series of 14 rounds, as a James E. Pepper banner flapped in the breeze behind them

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he 20th Century had only just begun, Mohammed Ali and Joe Frazier were not yet born, when a 1910 heavyweight boxing match was announced for Reno, Nevada, as “The Fight of the Century,” pitting the champion, Jack Johnson against a former champion, James J. Jeffries. The bout might never have occurred, however, if it had not been for the James E. Pepper distillery 2,170 miles away in Lexington, Kentucky.

Reno seemed like the perfect place to hold a major heavyweight boxing match. As one writer put it: “For many Americans Reno was a moral as well as a physical desert.” Gambling was wide open. Visitors could see a swinging door, push through it, and inside find the roulette wheels spinning and faro being dealt. Strong drink was readily available as well. In a four or five block area were more than fifty saloons, most with board floors and bare wooden walls.

(Fig. 1) “Gentleman Jim” Jeffries

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(Fig. 2) Saloon and gambling hall called the “Louvre” One major problem loomed with the site at Reno — “Gentleman Jim” Jeffries (Fig. 1). Some months earlier Jeffries had come to Reno, not to box, but to be the celebrity referee for a heavyweight fight. He was paid $1,000 for his trouble. “Renoites turned out in a cheering throng to welcome the retiring champion….,” noted one writer. After the fight, apparently feeling in an ebullient mood, Jeffries entered a local saloon and gambling hall called the “Louvre” (Fig. 2).

Pockets bulging with $2,500 in cash, Jeffries joined a group at one of the Louvre’s roulette tables. He soon was parted from his money. Unwilling to stop gambling at that point, Jeffries wrote two checks for $2,500 each and then proceeded to blow the proceeds. In today’s dollar his total losses would be equivalent to $187,000. Before he left the Louvre, Jeffries’ checks were torn up in exchange for his note for $5,000 to be paid to the owner. Jeffries failed to pay, however, and never returned to Nevada.

For the owner of the Louvre the bout offered a chance to recoup on Jeffries’ debt. He sued him. Although the case got little attention outside Nevada, the Nevada State Journal featured a front page cartoon of “Gentleman Jim” with a caption that read: “Jeffries the Welcher.” The boxer through his attorney claimed that the Louvre roulette wheel was crooked and that anyway, gambling debts were not enforceable. At the least, his attorney pleaded, the trial should be postponed until after the fight. Recognizing that Jeffries was never likely to re-enter Nevada once he left, a local Reno judge set a trial date in advance of the fight and ruled Jeffries would have to appear.

(Fig. 3) Tex Rickard, the fabled boxing impresario

Tex Rickard, the fabled boxing impresario (Fig. 3), had publicized the

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(Fig. 4) Pepper’s advertising and branding stressed the Nation’s first war, appearing on serving trays.

(Fig. 5) Pepper’s advertising and branding stressed the Nation’s first war, also appearing on bottles.

(Fig. 7) A pint size bottle of Pepper's Whiskey

(Fig. 6) A full bottle of Pepper's Whiskey

(Fig.8) A early Pint bottle of Pepper's Whiskey

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(Fig.9) An early Printed Advertisement for a saloon for Pepper's Whiskey match nationwide as “The Fight of the Century” and millions of Americans were anticipating the event. As one observer put it: “The upcoming fight would be relentless hyped as a titanic clash of races, leaving little room for objectivity…Most Americans believed that Johnson was mentally and physically inferior and conversely believed in Jeffries’ invincibility.” The Louvre debt had to be paid off and the suit avoided.

In Lexington, Kentucky, a distillery that bore the name of its founder, James E. Pepper, offered an opportunity for Rickard. Pepper, from a notable distilling family, had built a major brand by claiming that his whiskey could be dated to the year 1780, smack in the midst of the American Revolutionary War. Throughout its history Pepper’s advertising and branding stressed the Nation’s first war, appearing on serving trays (Fig. 4), bottles (Figs. 5-8) and saloon signs (Fig. 9).

In 1906, James Pepper died.

The following year a group of

Chicago investors acquired the distillery from the Pepper estate, bringing new equipment and ideas to the distillery and bottling operations. The new owners believed it necessary to “modernize” their marketing approach. Seeking other venues of advertising, “The Fight of the Century” seemed to offered an opportunity.

For exclusive rights to advertise liquor at the Reno event, the James E. Pepper Co. laid out a sizable amount of cash to Rickard at a time when the promoter had a pressing need for money to pay off Jeffries’ debt and make sure the fight went forward. When that was accomplished only days before the scheduled event, boxing fans sighed with relief.

(Fig. 10) As they clustered downtown at the hotels and saloons, a huge banner hung above them. It read: James Pepper Whiskey “Born with the Republic.”

Reno itself buzzed with anticipation. A large outdoor arena was built near downtown as townsfolk eagerly watched its construction. As fight day approached, some 15,000 visitors stepped off trains or came by automobile from all over America to watch the spectacle. As they clustered downtown at the

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(Fig. 11) Jack Johnson on the eve of the fight to have his photograph taken with fans, drinking a glass of whiskey with James Pepper bottles and the banner in prominence hotels and saloons, a huge banner hung above them. It read: James Pepper Whiskey “Born with the Republic.” (Fig. 10).

Then the Kentucky distillery took another a bold step. It contracted with Jack Johnson on the eve of the fight to have his photograph taken with fans, drinking a glass of whiskey with James Pepper bottles and the banner in prominence (Fig. 11). Johnson, known for his fondness for liquor, seemed delighted to advertise the whiskey. The photograph later was reproduced as a trade card by the distillery and circulated widely in black saloons.

Given all the hype, the so-called “Fight of the Century” turned out to be a ho-hum affair. Jeffries was several years away from his prime as

(Fig.12) The final knockdown and end to the greatest fight of the early century

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May - June 2020 a boxer, overweight and rusty from being on a vaudeville circuit rather than in the ring. By contrast, Johnson for all his boozing and racy lifestyle was at the peak of his form. With Rickard serving as the referee, the boxers sparred in a desultory series of 14 rounds, as a James E. Pepper banner flapped in the breeze behind them. Finally, apparently deciding that he had given the fans all the action they needed, Jackson put Jeffries on the canvas and ended the fight (Fig. 12).

For the next eight years James E. Pepper was a nationally known brand with substantial sales. Newsreels of the fight had blanketed America and with them views of the Pepper whiskey banner. Because of World War One restrictions on malt and other grain, the Lexington distillery was

35 forced to stop making whiskey in November, 1918. The shutdown was closely followed by National Prohibition. After Repeal in 1934, under several ownerships, the Pepper brand was revived and continued until finally phased out in the 1960s.

“The brand was revived once again in 2008 and currently available."

Note: The Reno “Fight of the Century” is available on YouTube in an abbreviated form. Excerpts from the silent newsreel are presented with a narration that captures the highlights of the bout. If you look very closely you may even get a glimpse of the James E. Pepper banner. The information on Jeffries’ debt to the Louvre was gleaned from “The Last Great Prizefight: Johnson vs. Jeffries,” by Steven Frederick, 2010.

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The Hobby Loses Another Great One

By Jim Bender

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was contacted on this past Sunday March 29th by Andrew Vuono with some shocking news.

I learned that his father Mark Vuono had been shot and killed Saturday during a robbery at the family jewelry store called Marco Jewelers, a business Mark had started nearly fifty years ago.

I still have not come to terms with this yet even as I write this article. It seems so unreal to me.

Mark, Jim Berry, Rich Ciralli and I had just sat a few weeks ago in a restaurant in Baltimore for hours laughing and visiting as we often would do at bottle shows.

After a day passed by, I knew I had to be the one to write the tribute article for Mark. I knew he would want me to. A few years ago, I wrote the article on Dick Watson, another dear friend when he passed. Mark had told me he really liked what I had to say. I never realized I would have to go down this path again.

We all know of the legendary collection that the Vuono family amassed over fifty years. As Mark would always tell everyone: "they are my father’s bottles," or "they are the family bottle."

You never heard the words "my bottles" come from his mouth.

Anyone who ever saw the collection will tell you there will never be another collection like it again. It was a labor of love passed down from father to son.

In 2017 at the Springfield National show I was able to nominate and get voted into the Hall of Fame, Mark and his father Charlie together. This was no easy task, but I knew and had been told by Mark that he did not want to be in the Hall of Fame without his dad.

So, I was lucky enough to get it done for them. They both belong there together for history to remember them. There is a plaque in the upstairs bottle room dedicating the collection to his dad. That is the kind of man Mark was.

Mark Vuono and part of the family collection

At this point in time I could care less about those bottles and now I would like to share with you the man I called my friend.

I first met Mark at one of Norm Hecklers barn sale auctions some 10 to 12 years ago or more.

I spoke to him about his father and how he had made me feel good one day as a kid at a bottle show. I was maybe 12 years old, and was looking at a half pint flask that was priced at $50.00. Charlie stopped and saw me looking at it and told me what it was and everything about it. I had no idea who he was at the time, just some nice old guy. After that from time to time, Charlie would see me at a show and say hi. Then one day I opened the bottle magazine and saw Charlie's photo and he had bought a flask at Skinners auction for a world record price. Now you must imagine me as a boy saying I know that guy! It was like knowing Superman of bottles.

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sell my Union flask collection I knew where it belonged and that is where it went, to the Vuono collection. I had many people tell me they would have bought it or paid me more. They did not understand that many of the best bottles in the collection were there because of Mark. You see, Mark and I both understand the friendship thing.

Mark Vuono standing next to his framed stamp that he helped with.

my life. You see, I saw great bottles, but I also found a great human who would become a dear friend.

Over the years I watched Mark teach anyone and everyone whatever he knew about American flasks. He was very humble about his knowledge, and I will tell you there is no man on this planet that will ever know as much about American flasks as Mark did. He wrote countless articles about them to share the knowledge he had. Every bottle but a few in the articles were from the family collection. He would write "I know of one example," but he never said he had it.

Here again, Mark was a humble man always.

When we would sit at a bottle show and someone would show him a bottle from their collection which was super rare, they would say this is the best one of these known. Mark would say yes it really is a great bottle. Most of the time the one he had home was better. I asked him about that one day and he said he learned that from Blaske during a visit to his house with his father. Charlie had brought a flask to show Blaske, and he told Charlie it was one of the nicest ones he had ever seen.

Later that afternoon Mark and Charlie saw the one Blaske had, and it was ten times better than theirs. Mark said he realized then how much class Blaske had and he wanted to be like that.

Mark, along with his wonderful wife Annie, had an open door for me and anyone I would like to bring down. Over the years I took many people to see the collection, and every time we were treated with the greatest respect and given lunches second to none. It doesn't matter to the Vuono family where you work or how much you have or make. They just like people and treat everyone the same. This is something I admire in them. I guess that’s how the family business has lasted so long. During many visits I can tell you I never looked at the bottles, and Mark and I just visited while the people or person I brought would look. Another thing was that Mark felt the bottles should be handled and enjoyed.

Many times, I heard him say to somebody, this is not a museum, take it out and look at it when someone would ask a question about a certain bottle.

Sometimes I would go in the kitchen and visit with Annie who was truly Mark’s love of his life. Many times, he told me he was blessed to have her. Annie told me one day when she saw the relationship that Mark had with his dad, she knew that was the man for her, and she was right. Mark loved his wife and kids as much as anyone could. He would tell me how proud he was of his sons, Andrew and David. The only thing I feel sad about is he never got to have a grandchild, which was something he often spoke about. He also knew that it had to be right when it happened.

The Mark that I knew and grew to love like a brother was a kind, caring, polite, generous hard-working man. Everything Mark had he earned and did it with the help of his wife and sons. The beautiful home they shared was mostly built by Mark himself. He would chop his firewood from downed trees around the neighborhood. Let me tell you he knew how to stack firewood. The stack's as straight and perfect as you could ever imagine. He also knew how to build a stonewall fence as his yard was surrounded by them, and Mark took great pride in his work.

This plaque hangs in Mark's upstairs bottle room.

It is a sign of love and respect for his father who Not to long ago we were talking, and he told started it all. Never again will a collection of me it took him a lot longer to do the walls Flasks this size and quality ever be assembled now. He said he would work a little and then

When I was collecting Union Clasping Hands flasks and one would come to auction, Mark would never bid against me. Even if he needed it for the collection. He would tell me I will never bid against you. If he did, he would win every time. It was not always about the bottles with Mark.

Mark understood what real friendship was. When I decided to

stop. He said his knees were bothering him.

You see Mark was the oldest hockey referee on the ice when he retired from that part of his life. I believe he was 64 at the time.

Many people never knew Mark even skated.

I could sit here and go on and on about my friend Mark, and how nice and wonderful a person he was. Mark will live on in my memories and the memories of the many people he touched.

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Mark Vuono and father Charlie talking and enjoying a bottle show circa 1985

I will miss him more than you ever could believe and if I am very lucky someday, we will see each other again and talk about everything we did before.

Not to sound like my mother but if you have something you really want to do in life you should do it. Life can end in a minute and you may not get the chance. The next time you’re at a show and someone wants to visit, take a minute and visit. There will always be another bottle to buy, and you may not get that chance to visit again. Over the past few years I had become so busy I missed out on some trips to see Mark. Thank goodness a few months ago I just stopped from life and went down to see him. I will remember that day now forever.

I have also asked a few other of Mark’s friends to add their comments to this article. I am sure many people would have liked to but with the publishing deadline, and this being last minute I was only able to contact a few. Please feel free to send a letter to the editor so we can share your thoughts in the next issue.

I will close by saying: Goodbye Mark, I will miss you and I loved you like a brother.

Bob and Marianne Strickhart When Jim Bender and I co-chaired the 2017 FOHBC National show in Springfield, Jimmy proposed the idea of inducting Mark and his father Charlie into the hall of fame. It was the right move, enough said.

I write and speak about the “bottle family” quite a bit. It’s not just words, it’s real for me. Many years ago, I was invited to Mark

and Annie’s house for a visit. Dick Watson accompanied Marianne and me for that visit and while I had known Mark for some time and enjoyed his company, it was my first visit to see the “stuff” and I never imagined the mind blowing collection I was privileged to see. The flasks were superb, but what I remember most was the warm and welcoming feeling I had in Mark and Annie’s home. Like the truly great collectors, Mark never bragged or boasted of what is the finest collection of flasks I’ve ever seen, and was so willing to answer questions and share what he knew with us all. His knowledge of American Historical Flasks was unrivaled, no one knew his stuff like Mark. He was a straight up guy, full of fun and energy, down to earth and honestly real.

Funny how you remember things; I recall that during that first visit when we were eating in the kitchen this terrific feast he had arranged, I had a bit of everything there was to offer on my plate.

Mark liked that, he said “you like to try everything and eat well!”

I knew I was in the right company.

It was the first of many visits to Connecticut, and he and Annie came to New Jersey a time or two to share in bottle talk but most importantly just the friendship we shared. Mark and I are a year apart in age and we saw eye to eye on most everything. We always laughed and enjoyed our times together when visiting, at shows or on the phone.

The laughter is gone now. It has been stolen from us by a senseless act and our bottle family is hurt, really hurt. I’ve been around long enough to know that this grief we share can only be somewhat healed with time and prayer. I pray that God can send peace and healing to Annie, Andrew and David. I also pray that we can all get to a time when we don’t cry when we think of Mark, but smile a bit

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Mark Vuono and son Andrew talking and enjoying a bottle show at the Cleveland, Ohio National.

for the wonderful times we shared. I am thankful for being given the opportunity of knowing this man, a pillar of the bottle family, and the reMarkable privilege of being able to call him my friend.

Jeff Ullman Mark Vuono was my friend. Many people can say that, and that is a tribute we all hope can be said of us when our time comes.

My first visit to the Vuono home was with my usual bottle buddies Jim Bender and Jim Berry. They had both been there before.

I can still remember Mark taking me case to case explaining the collection. That downstairs room is just jaw dropping whether it’s your first visit or tenth visit. I’m a mineral water collector and not as knowledgeable on flasks as many of you guys, but he always took time to answer my questions. I sat on the couch looking at the cases and said, “This is an awesome collection Mark!” He just smiled and said, “Well let’s go upstairs and see the other half then.” I was just blown away! I also think he got a big kick out of listening to Bender, Berry & me busting on each other about all the stupid stories we had. It was always a good time!

Mark and Annie were so gracious. We always went away feeling good and of course well fed! After my first visit, before we left, Mark brought out a small book and asked me to sign it. Apparently, he and his father had asked everyone who visited for the first time to sign it with the date and comment on your favorite bottle in the collection. I put down his yellow green. gloppy, crude Albany Glass Works pint. He read it and smiled. He said, “That’s interesting Jeff, that was one of my father’s favorites too.” I always remember that for some reason.

Annie, you’re the best! I always loved our conversations too! I hope to sometime soon be able to give you a hug a tell you in person what I’m trying to say here. My deepest condolences to you and the whole Vuono family. Mark was my friend and always will be.

Matt Lacy Mark Vuono was more than a great friend and mentor, he was family. Mark was not only a great teacher and story teller, but a life coach. He poured his passion and knowledge into those that knew him. He invested a part of himself into each one us by sharing his kindness and wisdom. Mark was humble and made time for everyone. He cared deeply about others. Mark was truly the greatest of all time. Many of us that knew him are blessed by the time and memories we share. A tribute to Mark would be to carry on the Vuono legacy by investing in others, encouraging new collectors, enjoying the great friendships we have, and sharing our knowledge with others. Mark's legacy lives on through us all.

Jim and Val Berry I have known Mark for many years. He was always gracious and friendly to my wife and I every time we visited. Every trip to Mark and Annie's home was a different experience, and their home was always open to anyone who wanted to visit. I went with Jim Bender most of the time. Mark would greet us at the door and say "Here come Abbott and Costello!" That was the nickname Mark gave to Jim and I - although I don't know why!

We would visit with Mark and Annie for hours and never get bored. We heard so many interesting and funny stories. Mark was the only man I knew who could tell you off the top of his head what McKearin's group numbers were for every flask.

As many times that I visited, I would sit and look over the "greatest flask collection ever assembled" and I would see something new to me every time! When we went to shows, we would always look for Mark and Andrew, later meeting up for lunch or dinner.

Mark has been a great friend and fellow collector and will certainly be missed by all who knew him. Our deepest sympathy goes out to Annie, David and Andrew.

A.B.A.

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n 1967 a tall rangy kid and two friends were ambling under the coastal redwoods and through the coyote brush and woolyleaf manzanita of Nisene Marks State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Aptos, California. They weren’t looking for rare plants, birds’ nests, or gold, but for old abandoned bottles for which a friend’s mother had a resale shop. They would walk up Aptos Creek after a storm, looking for old glass the swollen creek had uncovered. Their finds not only brought them small monetary rewards, but planted in their minds the seeds of historical curiosity and the ancient malady “collectivitis,” which the maturity of years often does not cure.

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With the idea of antique bottles germinating in his psyche, the tall kid, Jeff Wichmann, went about the business of growing up and preparing for a career in journalism and advertising. The skills of computing, design, layout, and photography led to an early career in printed media advertising. A move to Sacramento and perusal of the classified section of the SACRAMENTO BEE brought back the latent memories of his boyhood: bottles. The legendary 49er Bottle Show in Auburn, California summoned him to

take a peek at the biggest and best bottle show in the West. All the luminaries of western glass collecting were there to talk to, either in person or influence: John Tibbits, John Fountain, Elmer Lester, Frank Peters, Elmer Smith, Peck and Audie Markota, John Thomas, Betty Zumwalt, Bob Barnett, Don Smith,and others. Additionally there were two big buildings filled with every variety of glass known, silent tongues which spoke to the imaginations of collectors.

Up until this period the western antique bottle fancier had two choices for increasing his collection: bottle shows (there were many of them) and bottle auctions (there were few of them and1/3/18 all on the East Coast). There was only a slim chance of a novice gathering enough bottles to be a dealer/collector, but with his background in the print media Jeff pondered the daunting possibility of a bottle auction located in the West. The eastern auctions were well established and the first western auction house, though short lived, had just opened in the East Bay of San Francisco.

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Their finds not only brought them small monetary rewards, but planted in their minds the seeds of historical curiosity and the ancient malady “collectivitis,” which the maturity of years often does not cure.

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Bottles on display in the office, Whiskeys and the such.

Pacific Glass Auctions. Though he had some experience in the administrative side of business, Jeff had little knowledge on the antique bottle side and so relied on those who were experts in the field, notably Mike Dolcini, Tom Quinn, both walking encyclopedias on western glass. As time went the junior giants Louie Pellegrini, Bobby Hinely, Richard Siri, Ralph Hollibough, George Mross,, the Gold Dust Twins John O’Neill and John Shroyer, Bob Ferraro, Lou and Lisa Lambert, and others too numerous to mention, all grew into their status as senior giants and friends.

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Then there was a tooth rattling speed bump on the road to getting started: how to get in touch with potential customers around the state, nation, and eventually the world? Today an entrepreneur can buy lists through internet sources, but at its inception, Pacific Glass Auctions had to rely on word of mouth, fliers handed out at flea markets, antique magazines and newspapers, antique shows, and the major one, lists from contemporary competitors. Advertising in competitors’ publications did not work for long, but Pacific Glass Auction was able to buy a list from a major eastern auction house, Harmer-Rook (now H.R. Harmer), and move ahead.

A list of customers was a start, but how to get a picture of the bottles in front of potential customers was another problem. The first effort to place the merchandise in front of buyers’ eyes was a black and white stapled catalogue. It was better than a written description, but an impossible way to sell a puce umbrella ink by illustrating it in shades of gray. This led to the first all color catalogs which were impressive, but expensive. Sending out X number of catalogs costing $13, plus mailing was an expensive outlay, but worth it. These catalogs were eventually replaced with a professional photography setup and digital internet catalogs online at americanbottles.com. This website with a few iterations not only features the merchan-

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A SUPER rare Yosemite Beer reverse painted Sign From TheSchwartz Collection

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The next obstacle was stock and here serendipity played a role. During his first visit to the Auburn bottle show, Jeff ran into an old a childhood chum who was scouting around to see what his father’s whiskey bottle collection would bring.

Their meeting revealed that Jeff had bought an aqua Gold Dust consigned by his friend to the East Bay auction.

Jeff’s Personal Collection of California Gold and Some Cabin Bottles.

The realization that Jeff had enough money to buy this grossed 1.5 million. The Alex Kerr target ball collection, sparkler moved his friend to invite him to his home, which several old timers thought ABA would not get, where he ended up selling the entire collection to was also an unqualified success and brought in the most Pacific Glass Auction, stock which was featured in money for the consignors up to that point. Most recently early PGA auctions. the Ken Fee collection took two auctions to complete and brought to the consignor just south of a half million Success breeds success and consignments from dollars. individuals and major collections began to roll in, including eastern glass, inspiring a new name Some of the best single bottles to go through the auction for Pacific Glass Auction, American Bottle have brought record or near record prices. The Bowen’s Auctions. Dennis Fox, ABA’s long time “bottle Blood Purifier, Dr.Parker’s Indian Tila-quillaugh’s bloodhound’” (this dog can hunt), came across Balsam, an amazing Lyon’s Powder, an incredible a nearly free Bowen’s Blood Purifier, thought to H&G walking bear soda, Bryant’s Stomach Bitters,the be among the earliest western blown medicines, Julius Goldbaum bar bottle, and most recently the aqua then came across a laundry basket full of super Cassin’s. Even with a large overhead consisting of a rare medicines with an aqua Sachem’s Bitter self-owned building in Sacramento, a treasured full time resting on top like a cherry on an ice cream office manager, Chi Chi , advertising, ABA has been Sunday. Shortly following this a call brought able to keep its consignor fees, ranging from 10-13% ABA to an elderly couple who had bottle colamong the lowest of any national auction. ABA also lection in the barn. The husband was blind, but occasionally functions as a middleman, matching sellers could tell every Gold Dust and Miller’s flask, as buyers as it recently did with a Tippecanoe log Cabin, by feel, kind of a braille technique. This colwhich sold for around a quarter of a million dollars. lection didn’t come cheap, a stack of cash and credit cards were maxed, but the stock was The ABA office is itself a mini-museum with some maincreasing. jor bottles and advertising on displays: from great whiskey ads and bottles trays, signs, marbles, target balls, Then there have been major western coland, yes, the great American pastime baseball. Visitors lections, starting with the Bob West trove, are welcome with a healthy headsup before a visit.

Bryan Grapentine, Vince Madruga, Alex Kerr’s target balls, and most recently the Ken The future looks bright for ABA and other bottles collecFee collection. The West cache brought tors, dealers, and auction houses. These antique treaa lot of publicity and did phenomenally sures are still affordable to the new collector and a few well. The Grapentine collection was newer collectors with avaricious appetites and unlimited enormous, over budgets. Plans for upcoming auctions are in the planning 900 lots, which stages. If you plan on coming to the FOHBC EXPO in required three Reno, stop by ABA’s table for a visit. auctions and

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Spring Antique and Bottle Show combined with a Classic Car Show

Several years ago Batsto Citizens Committee, Inc (BCCI) joined with Crusin’ Classic Car group for a spring antique, glass, and bottle show. It seemed that a show with antique and classic cars should have something else for visitors to enjoy. What better than antiques. Being held in the heart of Wharton Forest at Batsto Village where glass and bottles were produced after the iron industry financially could not survive also seemed appropriate.

So iron is no longer produced at Batsto Village. The idea of British coming up the river to end the production of shot and cannon ball at the Village no longer exists. The history of such can be seen at the monument at Chestnut Neck and whispers of such at Batsto.

May 17th will be a day to enjoy the quiet of a once noisy iron producing town.

A chance to walk around and remember some of American History. Not only the history of the Colonies before America was America can be enjoyed but some of the more recent history of toys without batteries, tin toys not plastic, records that were analog not digital sounds produced on your phone, bottles that were returned for 2 or 5 cents not throw away plastic.

There will be food trucks to quench your thirst and satisfy your hunger.

It is a rain or shine event, but let’s hope for sunshine.

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These bottles have it all with a great name, history, and bottle design. The typography and embossing are spectacular and the bottles come in great colors.

John Van Bergen is first noted in Sacramento, California, in 1850. By 1851 he was selling “liquors, merchandise and provisions” with his partner. Scheper left the firm in 1858 and returned to New York, where he died in 1866. John Van Bergen returned to his old home of New York in May of 1858 but came back to San Francisco in November 1859 and created a new company styled John Van Bergen & Co., which included his brother and Henry Voorman.

Born in 1855 the Morgan-Arabian crossbred “Gold Dust” became one of the most famous Kentucky horses of his time. The image used above is one of several representing the famous horse.

With the removal of Voorman in 1865, a new partnership was formed which consisted only of brothers John and Nicholas Van Bergen, under the style of John Van Bergen & Co. In 1868, John Van Bergen & Co. purchased the wholesale wine and liquor business of Taylor & Bendel of San Francisco. Taylor & Bendel kept its grocery business as well as the agency for Dr. Hufeland’s Swiss Stomach Bitters. Van Bergen later purchased

Early Ad for the Gold Dust Bourbon and Rye Whiskies

the bitters brand. The business continued under the partnership of the two Van Bergen brothers until 1874 when John sold his interest to his brother, and it became N. Van Bergen & Co. John Van Bergen re-connected with his old company on January 1, 1877, with the business name continuing as N. Van Bergen & Co. Born in 1855, the Morgan-Arabian crossbred “Gold Dust” became one of the most famous Kentucky horses of his time. As a trotter, he raced only three times and won them all. He sired his own ‘breed’ that were often well known for their speed, and the Gold Dust name proudly noted in their lineage. The Louisville based Barkhouse Brothers (Louis and Julius) applied for and received federal trademark No. 2,513 on January 9, 1872, for their Gold Dust brand of bourbon, which is accompanied by a cut of a horse. The drawing of their official registration looks very much like the central feature on the fifth whiskey bottles of the Van Bergen’s.

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While there is much speculation whether the Gold Dust bottles were blown in the earlier years of the 1870s, soon after the trademark was registered, we can only be sure that those lettered with the name of John Van Bergen were blown first, but no later than July of 1874 when he sold his interest in the business to Nicholas Van Bergen. Logic would posit that the examples embossed with the name of N. Van Bergen would soon follow the change in ownership of the company.

In fact, it would seem likely that the company change would indicate that the John Van Bergen bottle variant would have been blown closer to the 1874 date.

The newspaper advertisement above is one of the earliest for Gold Dust Whiskey. It is from the Sacramento Daily Union, 24 September 1873.

Support Material: Research by Eric McGuire. Secondary bottle images courtesy American Bottle Auctions and Peachridge Glass.

Provenance: Richard T. Siri Collection

In 1874, he sold his interest in the business to Nicholas Van Bergen.

Logic would posit that the examples embossed with the name of N. Van Bergen would soon follow

Olive green example embossed with the name of N. Van Bergen made sometime after 1874 Amber example embossed with the name of N. Van Bergen

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Probably the earliest variant of the MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY bottle. It has an applied top with stars within the central shield. They were apparently replaced, as the trade mark registration notes, with screw heads on what is likely the later variant.

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Determined to likely be the later variant of the MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY bottle, it contains the screw heads within the central shield, as noted in the federal Trade Mark registration description.This variant was blown within an air-vented mold, giving it a much more crisp surface compared with the other variant. It also has a tooled top.

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Electric Bitters and Electrified Ginger Ale:

Were they really “zapped” or was it just more quackery?

by Ken Previtali

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eading the most recent Electric Bitters post on PRG got me thinking about this “zapping” thing. With the hundreds of 19th-century patent medicine concoctions that were ineffective and perhaps injurious, why might H.E. Bucklen’s Electric Bitters be any different? And what’s this about an “Electrified Ginger Ale”? Let’s look at Bucklen’s label first (see below). Apparatus and contraptions involving electrical current were being invented by the bushel in the late 19th century and Bucklen’s example looked as much

Front and back of a labeled Electric Bitters

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53 a fantasy as all the rest. Before we call Electric Bitters just another scam, we need to find out about a gas called ozone. Yes, ozone; the same atmospheric layer we have been poking holes in for decades. But our story begins many decades even before Bucklen.

Von Siemens Generator: ” Von Siemens’ Induction Pipe, 1857

At one time or another, we have all experienced the distinctive scent of ozone when we’ve been too close to a bolt of lightening, had a wall plug short out, or jump-started a car. That quick sensory “zap” is ozone, expressed chemically as 03: that’s oxygen with 3 atoms.

As early as 1785 Dutch chemist van Marum noted this smell in the presence of electrical discharge in the air.

However, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, a German physicist, is known as the discoverer of ozone. In 1840, he deduced that the odor that Van Marum had described many years earlier was a gas. Schonbein called it “ozone,” a name which he may have derived from the Greek word “osme” for odor. In 1857, Von Siemens, built the first ozone generator which was called an “Induction Pipe.” The ozone was created by passing electrical current through oxygen (see below).

What’s this got to do with Electric Bitters? In the 1870s, European scientists claimed that ozone gas could disinfect water. Not long after that claim, tests in Germany confirmed that ozone did kill bacteria, and very effectively. Ozone water treatment research and development took off, especially with lingering memories of European epidemics caused by waterborne bacteria. Both the Netherlands (1893) and France (1906) built ozone treatment facilities for municipal water sources. Master inventor Nikolas Tesla patented his own version of an ozone generator (1900) which gained him a Nobel prize.

Tesla Machine: “Tesla got a prize for his generator, but others were already ahead of him in Europe.”

Electric Bitters was introduced right in the middle of this new water purification method. If Bucklen did indeed treat his water source with electrically-generated ozone gas, or even ran his whole bitters recipe through it during the bottling process, then his fanciful label illustration was not completely quackery. (The drawing is an advertising gimmick as it is not at all the way it really worked.) Regardless, the label depiction of the “electric” treatment surely contributed to the popularity of his bitters not only because of the current novelty, but also if ozone was truly applied it probably did reduce the amount of bacteria ingested by his many thousands of customers.

Now, the ginger ale connection to all of this: In 1922, the Electrified Water & Machine Company of Dallas, Texas (see listing above) was producing ginger ale with “Electrified” embossed on their bottles (see pictures below). Very little is known about this company and after 1926 there is no record of the business. We can only guess that they used ozone to purify their products, but since by 1915 there were nearly 50 ozone water treatment plants operating in Europe, it is a safe bet that they did.

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The leaflet pictured beneath the advertisement below is probably from the mid-1930s.

The ozone treatment equipment on the left looks very similar to modern installations.

Electrified bottle : “Machine made crown top, ca: 1922. Few known.”

Electrified bottle bottom: “Base with logo and Dallas, Texas.”

A Pittsfield, MA bottling company left no doubt about their use of ozone treatment for their ginger ale. It was “electrified.” Starting out as the Pittsfield Mineral Water Company, the firm merged with the Pittsfield Coca-Cola Bottling Company in 1920 and continued to produce Mohawk brand beverages. The leaflet pictured beneath the advertisement below is probably from the mid-1930s. The ozone treatment equipment on the left looks very similar to modern installations.

The U.S. lagged behind the rest of the world in adopting ozone water treatment.

Even though Whiting, Indiana was using the process in 1940, it was only in 1982 that the “generally recognized as safe” GRAS approval was given for purifying bottled water. (Dallas, Texas, home of Electrified Ginger Ale, only joined the ozone club in 1993.)

The ubiquitous bottle of water everyone seems to be attached to these days was most likely zapped with ozone. But none of them has a dramatic machine on the label or a name like Electric or Electrified to intrigue us.

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Inventory in Open Galleries:

As of 05 April, 2020, we have 213 specimens on shelves. All with 3-dimensional imaging, superb support imagery and facts and information provided by top specialists in the collecting area. We are currently working on many other bottles that were previously imaged.

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**************** Alan DeMaison has new imaging trips planned for the the new year and post world after the Covid-19 Pandemic. He first needs to complete many specimens that have already been imaged. Just yesterday we saw some fantastic images for our planned Mineral Water Gallery. This includes a very common Congress Water, Congress & Empire Springs, Saratoga NY pint, a Crystal Springs Water pint C. R Brown Saratoga Springs NY and a Washington Springs pint Ballston Spa, NY with contents. Also saw a Gem Butter jar!

**************** In the current state of the nation and world with the coronavirus mandating that everyone shelter in place, the Virtual Museum team and FOHBC board decided to open the doors to the museum to everyone without first paying a fee. This action was widely announced and I hope everyone out there has taken a look.

With bottle shows being canceled and bottle club meetings postponed, this action gives collectors a chance to view the great work that has made the Virtual Museum. Alan, Ferdinand and Miguel have been working on a daily basis putting new images into galleries and I must say that they are exceptional. It’s hard not to like antique bottles and jars when you visit the museum. I’m sure that the virtual museum will bring new people into the hobby of antique bottle and related glass objects.

**************** We are still in the construction mode and are expanding rapidly. If you remember, we opened the Bitters and Historical Flask Galleries only on January 1st. We now have ‘Sneak Peak’ access to our Jar, Spirits, Target Ball, Inks and Food & Sauces Galleries. Here is an overview of our public inventory. While we are building the galleries, we recommend that you use the black navigation menu to navigate as we are working on interactive corridors and floorplans.

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After reflection, the need for canning and gardening seemed to be the topic which hits home most for me. I grew up in the mountains and when the harsh winter snows made travel impossible, being unable to go to a grocery store for supplies was not unheard of. We did without power and water for a day to a couple weeks at at time. Our power lines ran across mountains and not easily accessible, most repairs had to be done by hand by the line crews in our area. Our heat was from a wood or coal pot belly stove which could also be cooked on, or from a wood cook stove used for centuries by people before power was a luxury not a necessity.

Our water came from a well source or spring, which had to have electricity to run.

During these times, we

All you need to get your canning started, well and a couple jars

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relied on creek water and our stores of canned goods from the garden to survive.

Most people are dependent on our grocery stores for their meats, eggs, and produce for their daily needs. They have never been exposed to growing their own food or hunting for their meats.

Our next generation has no idea how to provide for their daily needs by gardening, canning or hunting. The thoughts of raising chickens for eggs and meat, hogs for pork, or a garden are a foreign concept. These are necessary skills that have kept the generations before us alive. Foraging for any type of food is a new concept that many do not see as essential, or see it as something that they don't need to do because the grocery store or a fast food chain provides all their needs. This pandemic from the Covid-19 virus has proved how many are ill prepared for the unavailability of meats, vegetables or frozen dinners. The panic and hoarding of toilet paper and cleaners is unprecedented and how a two week travel advisory led to shortages on basic necessities even for people who have food stores.

Older generations were used to this as they relied on themselves, their gardens, hunting and fishing to feed their families, there were no luxuries that we enjoy today. Foraging for food was commonplace. Today these people are called preppers, but generations ago it was a means for basic survival. Growing a garden is simple, even with limited space, a person could grow fruits and vegetables in containers and with care and attention, harvest vegetables all during the growing season. Children could be taught the way to plant and harvest and grow to love the idea that they are growing their own food. Children exposed early will learn an appreciation for growng their own food if encouraged.

Canning meats and vegetables was essential to the older generations. The canning jars have evolved over the years. Sealing with wax at one time was the only means of preserving foods and the jars were not airtight and suseptible to spoilage. The jar manufactures changed those methods to meet that need. They began

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Sealing with wax at one time was the only means of preserving foods and the jars were not airtight and suseptible to spoilage.

manufacturing zinc lids, these were somewhat better. The next step was the advent of the rubber seal and glass lid, while this method was better, the cost was too great on people in depressed areas. The movement to the rubber gasket flat and ring with machined jars has made this as the best option and is still used today.

The jars can be reused over and over again, so the cost is not as high.

Our new generation needs to be better prepared to handle crises than they are now. Teaching our children to garden and make it an enjoyable activity is key. Kids can plant in container gardens and be responsible for watering and weeding their plants. Most children see this as fun, what kid doesn't want to play in the dirt and get their hands dirty. Gardening and exposure to the world outside also boots a child's immune system, and being outside playing in the sun is an added benefit. Children learn to appreciate where their food comes from, not just a grocery shelf. The skills needed are fundamental, dirt, water, sun and seeds that anyone can learn to do.

Growing your own vegatables can be great for the body and mind, as well as some great food later on!

Hunting for food, deer, squirrel, any meat source, fishing, are all activities that can be enjoyed. Those meats can be preserved in canning jars or frozen for future use. The smokehouse was a huge advantage for people as they salt cured their meats to make it last longer. Chickens were kept as a meat and egg source, pigs were raised for their meat when the frost came and was normally a neighborhood get together, the men would move from neighbor to neighbor helping each other with the harvest of the hog as this was an ardurous task given the size of the animal.

In spring, when the woods started coming to life with plants, we would head up into the mountains, flats, anywhere, and collect the fiddle fern heads, morel mushrooms, and other edible mushrooms. The dandelion was dug up and the root used to make a tea, the leaves were used in wilted greens with bacon grease and wild onions. Plantain and creesy greens were another delicacy that was enjoyed as this was the first fresh food of the gardening season. The cellars were being prepared for the new growing season. Jars were inspected for spoilage and cleaned, potatoes were checked for sprouting, and the best were kept to eat. The sprouted

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wrinkly potatoes were returned to the garden and planted for the next crop.

The land started to come alive as the garden was tilled, planted and we waited for the next harvest.

The older generations lived through epidemics of their own as there wasn't the medical services available to them that we enjoy today.

People died from the illnesses we can now be vaccinated against, children and elderly adults, not unlike what is happening with us today. Visit any old cemetary and you can see evidence of this on the headstones, the ages and the year they passed away. People in the mountains were more isolated than we are today, the distances and the travel options were limited. Even though our family sizes are smaller than they were generations ago, the towns and cities are more populated. The spread of viruses was still a reality even though Our new generation needs to be better prepared to handle crises than they are now. Teaching our children to garden and make it an enjoyable activity is key. people did not do much traveling.

They congregated at churches and the general stores, worked away from home in mills and factoThis article, I know, is different from the others, but it still brings ries. As seen even during WWII, factories have converted their to mind the past that we must preserve. Without the generations production lines to accomodate the needs of the medical and the that preceeded us, lived without the modern conveniences we publics needs. Distilleries are using their alcohol production to enjoy and consider necessities, knowledge and foresight our lives hand sanitizer production. Even with factories closing production would be dependent on commercial institutions for our daily lines, the medical staff, first responders, fire departments are still needs. Going back to our roots we will be better able to sustain on the front lines. Truck drivers are delivering more goods, even ourselves during times of global crisis. at the expense of time away from their families. The hoarding and closures have affected their ability to do their jobs, getting food Until next time, stay safe, stay strong and keep Preserving The and necessities on the road. We must remember, their trucks are Past!! their homes during their journey.

One season of growing and look what you can do, and a few to trade with the neigbors

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The National

Bottle Museum

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Where history is the bottle!

Saturday, June 6 2020 Raleigh Antique Bottle and Collectibles Club

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Open To The Public From 9:00 AM Until 2:00 PM

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Dealer Set Up 7:00 AM Until 9:00 AM Hill Ridge Farms Events Center 703 Tarboro Road

Youngsville, NC 27596

Bottles, Jars, Insulators, Stoneware, Advertising, Breweriana, Small Antiques, Etc. New and Larger Location with Lots of Parking and Open Space.

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Situated in the heart of Ballston Spa, New York is a museum whose mission is to preserve the history of our nation’s first major industry: Bottle making.

Exhibits inside of the National Bottle Museum allow visitors to view thousands of glass bottles.

National Bottle Museum 76 Milton Avenue Ballston Spa, NY 12020

NationalBottleMuseum.org

518.885.7589

Admission $3 Children Under 12 Free For Information Contact: David Tingen – Show Chairman Telephone: 919-848-4387 Email: tingen1@mindspring.com For More Information Visit Our Website: www.raleighbottleclub.org

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Commonly referred to as “tugboat” inks, this labelled example shared

by Mike Shanker shows a different motif: a horseshoe. Great find and thanks for sharing, Mike! (Facebook)

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Another thrift store shopping success! In Kitty Hawk, NC, a shopper wisely purchased a woodcut print found out to be by Salvador Dali.

The print was a part of a series created by Dali showing Dante’s “Divine Comedy” and was authenticated after the purchase. (source: kovels.com)

This 2,000 year old silver dagger was excavated along with its sheath and belt at the archaeological site of Haltern at the Lake in Germany. It is believed to be of Roman origin, and used during a Roman/German war in the first century A.D. The discovery was made by a 19 year old intern, and took 9 months of excavating and sandblasting to finally get it revealed. It will on display at Haltern’s Roman Museum in 2022. (Source: Smithsonian Magazine, www.smithsonianmag.org)

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Rare American notes sold for high prices at a much-anticipated auction this past March. Despite COVID-19 changes looming on the horizon and a change in location, the notes brought record prices. The 2 notes pictured here were the two highest sales: a “Spread Eagle�

Friedberg 167a Series 1863 $100 legal tender note graded Gem Uncirculated 65 Exceptional Paper Quality by Paper Money Guaranty for $432,000, and a F-151 $50 United States note graded Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ that sold for $300,000. (Source: Coin World, www.coinworld.com)

Bottle pieces turn up in all kinds of excavation projects. The archaeological site of a Tasmanian prison dating from 1838-1847 has unearthed a surprising amount of alcohol bottles from case gin bottles to beer bottles. Further excavations of the site are set to continue through next year.

(Source: Howarth, Carla. ABC News. Abc.net.au)

Setting yet again more auction records this year at the auction house Profiles in History: the original artwork for the first appearance of Flash Gordon published on January 7, 1934. The gavel hammered at $480,000 when the auction closed at the end of March 2020. (right)Home renovations can be a tricky thing when your home is located in the city of the first Civil War conflicts. This artillery shell that could have produced a 100-foot blast radius was found in the basement of a Charleston, SC home by electricians. (source: Kovels.com) (left) Egypt re-opens Djoser pyramid to the public after restorations closed access starting in 2006.

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A collection of spectacular and inspiring photographs from around the world and around the web. Please feel free to submit your images for consideration.

16 Swirl Chestnut flask from the Mantua Glass Works, photo curtsey of the Ohio Bottle Club

A trio of Wisharts Pine Tree Cordials from Dave Olson

Femia Alberts’ beautiful yellow umbrella ink with an open pontil.

A pair of Rohrer’s Bitters bottles in Jerry Forbes’s window

“Mini glob mayhem” from Jeff Noordsey

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Dale Santos’s Large demijohn with a glass seal attached to the side of the top.

John Hiscox with a window display of National Bitters figurals

Check out that whittle on the US Hospital Dept. bottle of Chip Cable’s!

A set of Bininger Clock bottles curtsey of Mike Stephano A blue “dancing Indian” from the Charles Aprill collection

An emerald GII-105 historical flask shared by Louis Fifer

Two Ales shared by Bill Knepp

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FOR SALE: New Mexico Hutchinson, Jugs Milwaukee. Photos and other ephemera and Mineral Water Bottles. 2nd Edition, 130 for game. Contact Henry Hecker, Email: pages. Pictures not drawings, much new Phantomhah@gmail.com, Telephone: information on bottles, much history. Signed (262)-844-5751 by authors. $30 includes mailing. Check or Money Order to: Zang Wood, 1612 Camino WANTED: New members to join the St Rio,Individual Farmington, NM 87401 & AffiliatedLouis Antique Bottle Collectors Association. We meet every 1st Tuesday at 7pm Club Information FOR SALE: Crown Top Sodas, Pottery, (except July), First Baptist Church of Advertising signs, Dispensary bottles. ConArnold, MO Family Life Center. Basement tact John Bray at Bottletree Antiques Farm; Rm 2. Always a lively discussion. Patsy (864) 379-3479 or bottletreeantiques.com Jett Show Chair (314) 570-6917

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WANTED: Jar lid for Cohansey 2-1/2-gallon R.B. #628. Contact: Ed DeHaven (609) 390-1898. 23 W. Golden Oak Lane, Marmora, NJ 08223

Shards WisdomWANTED: Labeled Wahoo & Calisaya Calendar ofof Shows Bitters J.F. Barker & Co. – Syracuse in green & cobalt H. Lakes Indian Specific & Related Events

FOR SALE: Apothecary Cabinet “Replica” Full page ad in December 2015 Bottles and Extras, also displayed at the 2016 National Show in Sacramento. $2,500 Bargin Basement Price. 8’Long, 2’Deep and 57” Tall.

Delivery possible for extra fee. Contact: Bob Hirsch, Phone: (562) 941-6979, Email: Bob. Hirsch@verizon.net

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FOR SALE: The 2018 updated POISON BOTTLE WORKBOOK by Rudy Kuhn. Price $50 plus $5 media mail USA. Contact Joan for postage out of USA. Email: jjcab@b2xonline. com. Phone: (540) 297-4498. Make check or money order out to Joan Cabaniss, 312 Summer Lane, Huddleston, VA 24104

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WANTED: Ladies Leg Bitters. Contact: Bill Taylor - Phone: (503) 857-0292 or Email: wtaylor178@aol.com

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FOR SALE: Several hundred bottles in mint condition, most with labels and contents, circa 1910 plus advertising and pharmacy equipment from that era.

Contact: Neil Sandow at Telephone: (707) 373-8887 or Email: nsandow@gmail.com

FOR SALE: Books “A History of the Des Moines Potteries,” with additional information on Boonesboro, Carlisle, Herford and Polmyra. 214 pages, 65 color. Cost $23 plus shipping, Media Mail add $4.50, Priority add $6.00. Mail to Mark C. Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50310 or call (515) 344-8333

WANTED: Bottles or any items from E. Milde Bottling Works, Milde’s Soda, Milde’s Cola. Also, any bottles from Jackson, Missouri.

Contact Steve Ford by text at (615) 714-6254 or e-mail at sford@garney.com WANTED: New Bottles Monthly. Contact:

Individual & Affiliated Carlasboy on Ebay Membership Benefits WANTED: Green Top Kimberry, SouthClub Information

FOR SALE: 236 different Minnesota shot glasses. 22 different A M SMITH Mpls. $10,000. Contact: Pat Stambaugh at (651) 564 0200 or Email minnbeer@gmail.com

Africa, Ginger Beer Browing & Co. Contact: Dennis Fox (530)295-0124, Email: mummysisters@aol.com WANTED: H. & J. F. Meyer New York, aqua soda bottle. Contact: David Rakes Barakes123@gmail.com or Call/Text: (352) 817-5136

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FOR SALE: Labelled Bitters Bottles, South Carolina Dispensary Bottles, Advertising Signs and Paper. Contact: John Bray at Bottle Tree Antiques, 1962 Mt Lebanon Road, Donalds, SC 29638 or visit our website at: bottletreeantiques.com

WANTED: Redondo Beach/Redondo California bottles. Labeled or embossed.

Elk bar Redondo flask most wanted. Also tokens and souvenir china. Contact: Dave Deto at P.O. Box 118, Yosemite, CA 95389 or (209) 626-9846

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WANTED: Early Wisconsin Bottles, Earthenware P. Stoneware. Pontiled bottles from

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WANTED: NC and GA advertising jugs (any size & condition) and flasks – also want anything Saloon marked and error fruit jars and old 78 records (blues & country). Contact Bill Wrenn at ncjugs@gmail.com (706) 372-3793. Facebook group: Advertising Jugs & Pre-Pro collectibles + group: Saloon Jugs & Flasks + group: NC Jugs & Flasks WANTED: THEO.BLAUTH/WHOLESALE WINE/&/LIQUOR DEALERS/SACRAMENTO CAL. (whiskey fifth Barnett 55); C&K/WHISKEY/Casey & Kavanaugh/SACRAMENTO, CAL. (shot glass); SHADOW BROOK (block letters on slant on side, label under glass on bottom) CALIFORNIA WINERY/monogram/TRADEMARK/ SACRAMENTO, CAL. (shot glass). Contact: STEVE ABBOTT (916) 631-8019 or Email: foabbott@comcast.net WANTED: Paducah Kentucky items especially Pre-pro Paper Label Whiskey and Medicine Bottles, Crocks, paper goods.

Contact: BJ SIMMONS (270) 994-7762 or Email: bjsummers65@gmail.com or by mail at: 233 Darnell Road, Benton, KY 42025 WANTED: Pint Clear Phoenix Pumpkinseed Flask. Also, any coffin or pumpkinseed flasks from Los Angeles. Contact: Brian (805) 4487516 or Email: taps60@cox.net

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WANTED: Whiskey and Saloon related glass paperweights. Contact: Jack Sullivan (703-370-3039) or Email: jack.sullivan9@ verizon.net

WANTED: Lacour's Sarsapariphere Bitters bottles in colors. All conditions considered. Contact: 530-265-5204 or Email: warrenls6@sbcglobal.net

WANTED: ARKANSAS BOTTLES: Sodas, Hutches, Mineral Waters, Whiskey Flasks, Drug Stores, Patent Medicines.

ARKANSAS WHISKEY JUGS: Marked Stoneware, Shot Glasses, Cork Pulls and any Arkansas Advertising. Contact: James Larry Childers, 801 N 18th Street, Ozark, AR 72949. (479) 264-4601 or Email: jamesl.childers@yahoo.com

WANTED: Rare Dr. Kilmer examples (such as sample bottles of Cough Cure or Female Remedy) or any examples w/ contents/boxes/circulars. Also, rare cobalt "Extract of Witch Hazel, 8" (see Adams' "Bottle Collecting in New England", page 30). Contact: MIKE, maleect@aol.com (preferred) or (623) 825-2791

WANTED: Bottles, Pottery, ephemera from Oak Park, Illinois. Email: Ray at komo8@att.net WANTED: Kimberley Green Top Ginger Beer, Browning & Co. Contact: Dennis Fox Email: mummysisters@aol.com WANTED: TEA KETTLE OLD BOURBON SAN FRANCISCO, Contact: Russell Dean, 228 Labelle Drive, Stuarts Draft, VA., Phone: (540) 255-3143; Email: 4649dean@comcast.net WANTED: Always looking for rare and unique Applied Color Label Soda bottles, Chero colas, Straight-sided Cokes and Pepsi, Royal Palm, Florida soda bottles, Tampa bottles, Buying collections, Vintage soda artifacts. Contact: Tom Pettit, Email: VintageSodaCollector@yahoo.com, Website: http://www.vintagesodacollector.com WANTED: Bottle Tree Antiques, Donalds, South Carolina. Bitters, SC Dispensaries, CrownTop Soda, Folk Pottery, Primitives.

Website: bottletreeantiques.com or Contact: John Bray at (864) 379-3479 WANTED: Peoria and Pekin Illinois blob top sodas. Contact Jen Searle at 309-3467804 or Email: skyjames962@gmail.com

WANTED: Old OWL DRUG Co. bottles, tins, boxes, paper, anything/everything from the Owl Drug Company. Paying TOP DOLLAR. Contact: MARC LUTSKO, PO BOX 97, LIBBY, MT 59923 – Email: letsgo@montanasky.net WANTED: WL Brewery items, Advertising, etc. Contact: Audrey Belter, Phone: (520) 840-0111 WANTED: Vintage Crock or Jug with name: Morton. Contact: Darlene Furda 6677 Oak Forest Drive, Oak Park, CA 91377 or Call: (818) 889-5451 WANTED: Cash Paid for Knife Collections, Indian Artifacts, Baskets, Civil War Relics, Bottle Collections, Comic Book Collections, Old Toy Collections. Contact: KEVIN PIPES (865)-567-4925 WANTED: North American Log Cabin Commemorative: GVII- 25-I-Cool X-C; GVII25-E-AllenTown; GVII-25-F-Christmas 1976; E.G. Booze Log Cabin Bottles; GVII-37; GVII-40; GVII-9 Cobalt Blue; GVII-7-Jacob’s Cabin Tonic Bitters. Contact: STEVE GRAY (440)-279-8381 or by mail at 7533 Clay Street, Thompson, OH 44086 WANTED: New Members to join the Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois. Meet

1st Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm, Antioch Senior Center, Antioch, Illinois WANTED: Clarke's Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, MA & Rockland, ME., All sizes, variants, smooth/pontil base.

Especially need labeled Clarke's any size.

Also, any Clarke's ephemera...trade cards, Almanacs, news ads, etc. Contact: CHARLIE MARTIN (781) 248-8620 or Email: cemartinjr@comcast.net WANTED: **COCA WINE & SECONAL BOTTLES* Any Seconal & Coca wine & *COCA TONIC bottles* with label intact.

Preferably N-Mint to Mint Condition. Also, TUINAL & PENTOBARBITAL bottles, vintage compounding bottles of *SECOBARBITAL & PENTOBARBITAL* ANY OLD PHARMACY FINDS, Medical artifacts & related advertising. Please save this add & contact me with any of the above. TOP $$$ PAID! Contact: pharmatiques@gmail.com WANTED: Just love Bitters! Especially Ohio Bitters. Here are a few I am looking for. Star Anchor Bitters, Portsmouth, Ohio. Henry C. Weaver Mexican Bitters, Lancaster, Ohio. H.I. Weis Dayton, Ohio. Stewart Bros. Swamp Root Bitters, Columbus, Ohio. Greenhut’s Bitters, Cleve. Ohio, Cliff’s Aromatic Bitters, Clev. Ohio. Catawba Wine Bitters, Cleve.

Ohio. American Plant Bitters, Wooster, Ohio.

Hofstettler Bitters, Galion, Ohio. B&L Invigorator Bitters, Cincinnati, OH. Dear Wahre Jacob Bitters Toledo, OH. Frazier’s Root Bitters. For The Blood, Clev. Ohio. Hartley’s Peruvian Bark Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Night Cap Bitters Cincinnati, Ohio. Pale Orange Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. M. Pinton’s Pure Stomach Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Holtzernann’s Patent Stomach Bitters Piqua, O. this is an amber square. Any other Ohio Bitters you might have; also, Blue Jacket Bitters. Thank you for your consideration and Best Regards, Contact: Gary Beatty (941) 276-1546 or Email: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net

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FOHBC Sho - Biz is published in the interest of the hobby. Federation affiliated clubs are connotated with FOHBC logo.

Information on up-coming collecting events is welcome, but space is limited. Please send at least three months in advance, including telephone number to: FOHBC Sho-Biz, C/O Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; e-mail: emeyer@fohbc.org, Show schedules are subject to change. Please call before traveling long distances. All listings published here will also be published on the website: FOHBC.org

Please check the https://www.fohbc.org/ shows/ for the most up to date information. Shows listings are changing daily.

May 9 - RESCHEDULED Mansfield, Ohio - (see new October Date listing) 42nd Mansfield Antique Bottle Show, Hosted by the Ohio Bottle Club, at the Richland County Fairgrounds, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Early admission, May 8, 3:00 to 6:00 pm. Info: Matt Lacy at 440.228.1873 or email info@antiquebottlesales.com or Louis Fifer at 330.635.1964, fiferlouis@ yahoo.com

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May 1 & 2 - CANCELLED Sturbridge, Massachusetts The 40th Annual Convention and Bottle Show of the National Association of Milk Bottle Collectors (NAMBC) will be held May 1st and 2nd at the Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center in Sturbridge, Mass. Milk bottle enthusiasts from throughout the U.S. and Canada will gather to buy, sell, trade bottles and other dairy memorabilia while socializing with fellow enthusiasts and collectors. The event has a 40-year history which is testimony to its continuing popularity.

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May 17 Ellendale, Delaware DELMARVA Antique Bottle Club Show and Sale, Ellendale Fire Hall, 302 Main Street, Ellendale, Delaware, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Info: Keith Fleming, 302.684.8138, JohnKeithFleming@gmail.com

Coventry, Connecticut Antique Bottle & Glass Show, Hosted by the Museum of Connecticut Glass, 289 North River Road, Coventry, CT 06238.

General Admission 9:00 am – 1:00pm, $4; Early Admission 8:00 am, $15. Info: Bruce Mitchell, bruce.mitchell@glassmuseum.org, 203.799.2570

Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information May 2 Gray, Tennessee State of Franklin Antique Bottles & Collectibles Association 22nd Annual Show – Sale, Saturday, May 2nd, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Free admission & door prizes, Gray, Tennessee, Exit 13 on I-216, Appalachian Fairground, sfabca.com

May 15 & 16 - CANCELLED Kent, Washington The WBCA Antique Bottle & Collectible Show. Kent Commons West Gym, 525 4th Ave N, Kent, Washington, 98032. Early Admission $5, Friday 11:00 am – 5 pm; Free General Admission, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm.

Info: Pete Hendricks 253.335.1732 or Niel Smith 360.485.8343, wbcaweb@gmail.com

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May 2 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1st Annual Baton Rouge Antique and Relics Show, Louisiana Resource Center, 5550 Florida Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Saturday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Cost of admission: $5, Website: brewrt. com/antique–relic-shiw.html, Contact: John Potts, Chairman, 225.937.2782, fooh@att.net

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May 3 CANCELLED Marcy, New York 26th Annual Utica Bottle Show & Sale, Hosted by the Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club, at the Utica Maennerchor, 5535 Flanagan Road, Marcy, New York 13403, Info: Peter Bleiberg at 315.735.5430 or email pmbleiberg@aol. com, www.mohawkvalleybottleclub.com

May 16 Troy, Alabama The 4th Annual Indian Artifact Antique Bottle & Civil War Relic Show. Shrine Club, 3700 US-231 South, Troy, Alabama, 36081. Free General Admission, 8:00 am – 3:00 pm. Info: (332) 494-3203; thegreatchaz@yahoo.com

May 17 Washington, Pennsylvania Washington County Antique Bottle Club 46th Annual Show and Sale, Alpine Star Lodge, 735 Jefferson Avenue, Washington, Pennsylvania 15301, Admission $3, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Info: Ed Kuskie, 412.405.9061, 352 Pineview Drive, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 15037, bottlewizard@ comcasat.net

May 17 - CANCELLED Hammonton, New Jersey Historic Batso Village: The Spring Antique and Bottle Show combined with a Classic Car Show presented by Batsto Citizens Committee, Inc., Sunday, May 17, 2020, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Rain or Shine, Set-up 7:00 to 9:00 am, Admission Free, Batsto Village, Wharton State Forest, RT 542 Pleasant Mills Road, Hammonton, New Jersey 08037, Cost of 20′ by 20′ space: $50; For information, Paul DelGuercio, Show Chair, 856.252.7730, PaulHavoc@Comcast.net or Harry Rheam 856.768.1532, hcrheam@gmail.com

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May 16 Richmond, Rhode Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club Tailgate Swap Meet, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Free setup for all who wish to attend. Free coffee, donuts, and pizza for participants. Bring your own tables! Show Address: Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown Road, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138), Contact Info: William Rose, 508.880.4929

June 6 - CANCELLED Canyonville, Oregon 2020 Canyonville Oregon Jefferson State Antique Bottle & Insulator Expo, Saturday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Free Admission, $10 early admission 7:00 to 9:00 am. Seven Feathers Casino Resort, I-5, Exit 99.

Info: Bruce Silva, P.O. Box 1565, Jacksonville, Oregon 97530, 541.821.8949, jsglass@q.com June 6 - CANCELLED Youngsville, North Carolina The Raleigh Antique Bottle and Collectibles Club Annual Show and Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm; Dealer set up 7:00 am

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CO 80104. General Admission: Saturday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, $3. More information: Eric Grace, 303.250.7498, eleegrace@ aol.com; www.antiquebottlecollectorsofcolorado.com

Ballston Spa, New York The 41st Annual Saratoga Bottle Show, Saratoga County Fairgrounds, 162 Prospect St, Ballston Spa, New York 12020.

General Admission: Sunday, 9:00 am – 2:30 pm, $5; Early Admission: Sunday, 8:00 am, $15; Show Set-up Hours: Saturday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm and Sunday, 6:30 – 8:00 am. Host Club: National Bottle Museum, www.nationalbottlemuseum.org, 518.885.7589, NBM@nycap.rr.com; Show Chairs: Roy Topky and Phil Bernnard.

The Iowa Antique Bottleers 51stAnnual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show and Sale at the Johnston Lions Club, 64th Place and Merle Hay Road, Johnston, Iowa, Admission $2, Children Free, For info contact: Mark Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50301, 515.344.8333 or Joyce Jessen, 515.979.5216

Individual & Affiliated June 27 Membership Benefits Club Information June 7 Johnston, Iowa Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information

June 13 - CANCELLED San Diego, California Save The Date! San Diego 2020 Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, Saturday June 13, 2020, New Site! Courtyard Marriott, Liberty Station, 2592 Laning Road, San Diego, California 92106, Located in Pt. Loma at the Historic & Popular Liberty Station. Come For The Day, Spend The Weekend. Close To Hotels, Airport, San Diego Harbor, Beaches, Sea World & The Zoo, Dealer Set-up, 6:00 am, “Early Bird” 6:30 am – 9:00 qm: $10, Free Admission 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Kids under 12 free with adult, Mike Bryant Chairman, Info: Jim Walker 858.490.9019, jfw@ internetter.com, www.sdbottleclub.org

July 11 Richmond, Rhode Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club Tailgate Swap Meet, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Free setup for all who wish to attend. Free coffee, donuts, and pizza for participants. Bring your own tables! Show Address: Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown Road, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138), Contact Info: William Rose 508.880.4929

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June 13 Cambridge City, Indiana The Huddleston Jar and Antique Market. 838 National Road, Cambridge City, Indiana 47327. Admission 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. For info contact Marty Troxell 765.478.3800, Richard Leece 765.586.2798 or visit www.indiananationalroad.org/jam June 27 Castle Rock, Colorado The 55th Anniversary Antique Bottle Collectors of Colorado Show. Douglas County Fairgrounds, Multipurpose Barn North, 500 Fairgrounds Dr., Castle Rock,

Alabama 35096, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Vendor set up on Friday, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm and Saturday, 7:00 am to 9:00 am. Contact chairman Jake Smith, 256.267.0446, 29 Water Tank Drive, Talladega Alabama 35160, syl_bottleguy@yahoo.com. Free public admission, $20 early admission, free kids table free appraisals. This is our fifth year and like every year we honor a different soda. Info on Facebook.

September 11 & 12 Smyrna, Georgia 50th Annual Atlanta Antique Bottle Show & Sale, Sponsored by the R.M. Rose Company, Saturday, September 12th, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Dealer Setup & Early Admission, Friday, September 11th, 3:00 – p:00 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Smyrna Community Center, 200 Village Green Circle, Smyrna, Georgia 30080, Free Admission! Early Admission with Dealers: $20 includes barbecue dinner Friday night, For table reservations and show information contact: Jack Hewitt, Box 12126, Big Canoe, Jasper, Georgia 30143, 770.856.6062 or Bill Johnson, 770.823.2626, bj3605@comcast.net

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July 18 Daphne, Alabama The Mobile Bottle Collectors Club’s 47th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Daphne Civic Center, 2603 US Hwy 98, Daphne, Alabama 36525. Free Admission and Bottle Appraisals. Contact: Rod Vining, 251.957.6725, vinewood@mchsi. com, or Richard Bottleshows, PO Box 241, Pensacola, Florida 32591. Call or text: 850.435.5425, shards@bellsouth.net

Huntington Beach, California The Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club’s 53rd Annual Antique Bottle, Fruit Jar, Antiques & Collectibles Show & Sale 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Early Bird $10 at 8:00 am, at the Huntington Beach Elks Lodge #1959, 7711 Talbert Avenue, Huntington Beach, California 92648. Free admission, Info: Don Wippert, 818.346.9833, donwippert@yahoo.com, or Dick Homme, 818.362.3368

July 30 – August 3 Reno, Nevada 2020 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Information: Richard Siri (rtsiri@sbcglobal.net) or Ferdinand Meyer V (fmeyer@fmgdesign.com), FOHBC National Convention – Western Region

September 12 & 13 Grayslake, Illinois Antique Bottle Show an accent of the Grayslake Antique & Vintage Market.

Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Rd., Grayslake, IL 60030. General Admission $7: Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Sunday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. For more information, please call Zurko Promotions at 715-526-976, windycitybottleshow.com

August 8 Lincoln, Alabama 5th Annual Lincoln Bottle Show. Lincoln Civic Center, 123 Jones Street, Lincoln,

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September 19 Lebanon, Indiana Indianapolis Circle City Antique Bottle, Advertising and Antiques Show, Boone County Fairgrounds, 1300 E. 100 Street, Lebanon, Indiana 46052, Set-up: 7:30 am – 9:00 am, show hours: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Admission – Free, (Early Admission– $20), Free Appraisals on Antique Bottles and Glass, For Show Information contact: Martin Van Zant, 812.841.9495, 41 East Washington Street, Mooresville, Indiana 46158, mdvanzant@yahoo.com or “Balsam” Bill Granger 317.517.5895, 6915 S. 280 E. Lebanon, Indiana 46052 bgranger@iquest.net

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Wayne Herring, 503.864.2009 or Mark Junker, 503.231.1235 or Bill Bogynska, 503.657.1726, billbogy7@gmail.com

President’s Message September 20

Cheektowaga, New York The Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association’s 22nd Annual Show & Sale.

PPvt. Leonard Post Jr. VFW, 2450 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga, New York 14225.

General Admission $4: Sunday 9 am – 2 pm. Contact chairman Joe Guerra, 29 Nina Terrace, West Seneca, New York 14224, 716.207.9948 or jguerra3@roadrunner.com, or www.gbbca.org

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September 26 of Shows Calendar Bath, Ontario, Canada 4thAnnual BathEvents Antique Bottle and Insula& Related

September 19 Richmond, Rhode Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club Tailgate Swap Meet, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Free setup for all who wish to attend. Free coffee, donuts, and pizza for participants. Bring your own tables! Show Address: Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown Road, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138), Contact Info: William Rose 508.880.4929

tor Show, Bath Masonic Lodge, 428 Main Street, Bath, Ontario, Canada, K0H-1G0, Saturday 9:00 am till 14:30 pm, No early admission, Set up Saturday at 7:30 am.

Free admission! Contact: Richard Dobing, 613.373.0268, loyalistcollectibles@ gmail.com

More show-biz September 19 Aurora, Oregon Oregon Bottle Collectors Association Bottle, Antiques, Collectibles Show & Sale, Friday 12 Noon – 5:00 pm dealer set-up and early bird admission $5, Saturday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm regular public admission by donation. American Legion Hall, 21510 Main St. N.E., Aurora, Oregon. Contact:

October 3 Mansfield, Ohio 42nd Mansfield Antique Bottle Show, Hosted by the Ohio Bottle Club, at the Richland County Fairgrounds, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Early admission, October 2, 3:00 to 6:00 pm. Info: Matt Lacy at 440.228.1873 or email info@ antiquebottlesales.com or Louis Fifer at 330.635.1964, fiferlouis@yahoo.com

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October 10 Waukesha, Wisconsin Wisconsin Antique & Advertising Club 4th Annual Antique Bottle and Collectable Show/Sale, Waukesha Exposition Center East Hall, 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha, Wisconsin, Saturday, October 10th, 2020, Dealers welcome application at www.wisantique.com, Contact show@ wisantique.com for more info. Six $100 shopping spree drawings for attendees November 1 Elkton, Maryland 48th Annual Tri-State Bottle Collectors and Diggers Club Antique Bottle Show, Singerly Fire Hall, 300 Newark Avenue, Route 279 & 213 (I-95 exit 109A), Elkton, Maryland 21922, Sunday, November 1, 2020 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, No Early Admission, Dealers Set-up from 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Admission: $3 per person, Children under age 12 free, Tri-State Bottle Collectors and Diggers Club, Inc, Contact: Dave Brown, Show Chair, 6 Martine Court, Newark, Delaware 19711, 302.388.9311, dbrown3942@comcast.net

2021 August 5 – 7 Syracuse, New York 2021 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show, OnCenter Civic Center, Information: Jim & Val Berry (jhberry10@ yahoo.com) or Jim Bender (jbender@ millservicesinc.com) FOHBC National Show – Eastern Region

Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information 6 Members gained this period. The names below represent persons agreeing to be listed in the printed membership directory. Some of those listed agreed to be listed in the membership directory but not the online directory.

Lisa Conners P.O. Box 358 Hobart, WA 98025 lisa.g.conners@gmail.com

Brian E. Schilz 1205 Westlawn Drive Ogallala, NE 69153-1840 (308) 289-0076 bottlenut@charter.net USA Hospital Department Nebraska Bottles

Tom Shindledecker 9447 Spanish Ft. Blvd., Lot 13 Spanish Fort, AL 36527 (574) 780-7338 Soda Pop Bottles

Andrew Tarbay Darryl Wagner 88 Cohoes Road 14615 Skyview Avenue Watervliet, NY 12189 Smithville, MO 64089 (518) 273-9594 (816) 532-3283 atarbay@live.com

Bottles, insulators, comic books, Mark Youngblood sci-fi books and art, stamps and 2292 Roth Place certain antiques White Bear Lake, MN 55110

651-329-0815 Jeffrey Vanaman myoung6766@aol.com 792 W. Clayton Avenue Bottle Digger for 40 plus years Clayton, NJ 08312 (856) 881-6431 j-vanaman@comcast.net Fruit jars, Commercial Canners, Whimseys

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NEW CLUB Mid-Maine Antique Bottle Club Paul D. McClure 349 Castner Road Waldoboro, ME 04572 Website: midmaineantiquebottleclub.com Newsletter and Facebook: MidMaine Antique Bottle Club (207) 832-1503 oldbottles@outlook.com

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Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits Club Information The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors cordially invites you to join a dedicated group of individuals and clubs who collect, study and display the treasured glass and ceramic gems of yesteryear.

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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is a non-profit organization supporting collectors of historical bottles, flasks, jars, and related items. The goal of the FOHBC is to promote the collection, study, preservation and display of historical bottles and related artifacts and to share this information with other collectors and individuals.

Federation membership is open to any individual or club interested in the enjoyment and study of antique bottles. The Federation publication, Bottles and Extras is well known throughout the hobby world as the leading publication for those interested in bottles and “go-withs”. The magazine includes articles of historical interest, stories chronicling the hobby and the history of bottle collecting, digging stories, regional news, show reports, advertisements, show listings, and an auction directory. Bottles and Extras is truly the place to go when information is needed about this popular and growing hobby.

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In addition to providing strength to a national/international organization devoted to the welfare of the hobby, your FOHBC Individual Membership benefits include:

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• A full year subscription to the bi-monthly (6 issues a year) 72-page publication Bottles and Extras. Various options are available including Digital Membership.

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• Free advertising of “For Sale” items in Bottles and Extras (restrictions apply ads may be up to 100 words, items must be of $25 or greater value, and free advertisements are limited to the first 100 received, based upon date mailed). One free ad of 60 words each year for use for items “Wanted”, trade offers, etc.

• Follow the development of the FOHBC Virtual Museum. FOHBC members will be museum members.

• The opportunity to obtain discounts to be used on “Early Admission” or table rental at the annual Federation National Shows and Conventions.

• Access to the private FOHBC web site Member Portal and a wealth of historical information.

713.504.0628 fohbcmembers@gmail.com

• FOHBC digital newsletter and so much more.

We encourage Affiliated Bottle Club memberships by offering these additional benefits to your group: • Display advertising in Bottles and Extras at an increased discount of 50%.

• Insertion of your bottle club show ad on the Federation website to increase your show’s exposure. Links to your club website free of charge. Social Media (Facebook) exposure.

• Free Federation ribbon for Most Educational display at your show.

• Participation in the Federation sponsored insurance program for your club show and any other club sponsored activities.

We need your support! Our continued existence is dependent upon your participation as well as expanding our membership. If you haven’t yet joined our organization, please do so and begin reaping the benefits. If you are already a member, please encourage your friends and fellow collectors to JOIN US!!

For more information, questions, or to join the FOHBC, please contact: Linda Sheppard, PO Box 162, Sprakers, New York 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net or visit our home page at FOHBC.org

Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC. Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a 501C(3) charitable organization?

How does that affect you? It allows tax deductions for any and all donations to the FOHBC. You might also consider a bequest in your will to the FOHBC. This could be a certain amount of money or part or all of your bottle collection. The appraised value of your collection would be able to be deducted from your taxes. (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney). The same type wording could be used for bequeathing your collection or part of it, however, before donating your collection (or part of it), you would need the collection appraised by a professional appraiser with knowledge of bottles and their market values. This is the amount that would be tax deductible.

Thank you for considering the FOHBC in your donation plans.

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Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information FOHBC Individual Membership Application For Membership, complete the following application or sign up at www.fohbc.org (Please Print) Do you wish to be listed in the printed membership directory? (name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No

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Name_______________________________ Address_____________________________ City________________________State____ Zip _____________Country____________ Do you wish to be listed in the Telephone___________________________ online membership directory?

E-mail Address_______________________ (name, address, phone number,

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email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No

BOTTLES and EXTRAS FREE ADS

Category: “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership year.

Category: “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 1 ad per issue.

(Use extra paper if necessary.)

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Collecting Interests_ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Would you be interested in ___________________________________ serving as an officer? { } Yes { } No

Additional Comments___________________ Would you be interested ___________________________________ in contributing your bottle ___________________________________ knowledge by writing articles

for the BOTTLES and EXTRAS? { } Yes { } No

Membership/Subscription rates for one year (6 issues) (Circle One) (All First Class sent in a protected mailer)

United States

- Standard Mail - Standard Mail w/1 Associate* - Standard Mail 3 years - Standard Mail 3 years w/1 Associate* - Digital Membership (electronic files only)

$40.00 $45.00 $110.00 $125.00 $25.00

1st Class 1st Class w/1 Associate 1st Class 3 years 1st Class 3 years

$55.00 $60.00 $125.00 $145.00

Canada - First Class $60.00 Other countries - First Class $80.00

- Life Membership: Level 1: $1,000, includes all benefits of a Standard 1st

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

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

Add an Associate Membership* to any of the above at $5.00 for each associate for each year

Associate Member Name(s) __________________________________ *Associate Membership is available to members of the immediate family of any adult holding an Individual Membership. Children of ages 21 or older must have their own individual membership. Associate(s) Members enjoy all of the right and privledges of an Individual Membership

Signature ______________________________Date ______________

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

Affiliated Club Membership for only $75.00 with liability insurance for all club sponsored events, 50% discount on advertising in the BOTTLES and EXTRAS, plus much more, Contact: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.504.0628; email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; ph: 713.504.0628; or better yet, email Elizabeth at: fohbcmembers@gmail.com

Article Submission Requirements: All BOTTLES and EXTRAS articles or material need to be submitted on CD (preferable) or an email using a compressed (zipped) file. The file must be created by Microsoft Word, Publisher or Adobe N-Design so the editor does not have to retype the work.

High-resolution digital images are our preferred format. Please submit digital images on a CD according to the instructions below. We will accept e-mail submissions only if the image resolution is acceptable. The e-mail or CDs must have only ONE subject per transmission to minimize confusion. Each image must be accompanied by a caption list or other identifying information. Professional-grade equipment is a must to achieve the size and quality image we require. The highest setting on the camera should be used for maximum resolution and file size. Only high quality images will be considered. Please do not send photographic prints or scans of images—the color and quality are generally not up to par compared with digital images or slides scanned by our imaging department. We will consider exceptions for photos that can’t be easily found, such as older historical images. We rarely use slides anymore and prefer not to receive submissions of slides due to the time and liability involved in handling them.

Seeking quality consignments for our 2020 auction schedule!

American Glass Gallery

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As a consignor, consider these benefits to help ensure your valued items reach their highest potential: w Competitive consignor rates and low buyer premiums w Broad-based and extensive advertising w Experience, knowledge, honesty and integrity w Attention to detail and customer service

These items and many more, will be included in our upcoming 2020 Auction schedule.

American Glass Gallery • John R. Pastor • P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165 phone: 248.486.0530 • www.americanglassgallery.com • email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com

FOHBC C/O Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002

Please Check your information and notify us of errors.

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