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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Michael George: Manchester Chairman & New England Tour de Force
Tour de Force is defined as “a feat demonstrating brilliance or mastery in a field”. Now if this does not describe the role and backbone of the Chairman of our FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bitters Bottles, Blown Glass, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Decanter, Demijohns, Early American Glass, Flasks, FOHBC News, Freeblown Glass, Historical Flasks, News, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Sarsaparilla, Snuff, Utility Bottles, Whimsies
Tagged 2013, bitters, contract, Decanters, Demijohn, fohbc, Janet George, Manchester, Merrimack Valley Bottle Club, Michael George, national, New Boston, New Hampshire, Pitkin, Sarsaparilla, Snuff, Stoddard
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How to make an EXTRACT OF SMART WEED bottle look enticing
Every once in a while I notice a style of photographing bottles and glass that prompts closer review. In this case the body of work is from Peter Marston from Plymouth, New Hampshire. These pictures speak volumes. They are crisp, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Medicines & Cures, Photography
Tagged Buffalo, Dr Ray Vaughn Pierce, eBay, Extract, mirror, New Hampshire, New York, Peter Marston, photography, Plymouth, Smartweed, The Quack Doctor
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Post Office against Diggers? Hmmmm
Incoming email from James Campaglia. See Outhouse Patrol On Friday Aug 24th, a friend and I went to the state run historical society (McFarland Curatorial Center) in Virginia City, Montana to see what they could show us that had been … Continue reading
Posted in Digging and Finding, History, News
Tagged artifacts, Digging, Historical, James Campiglia, McFarland Curatorial Center, Montana, outhouse, Outhouse Patrol, Post Office, Society, Virginia City
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How we Transported our Goods, Beer and Liquor Back Then
As you may have noticed of late, I have been developing a number of posts dealing with historical photographs. It started earlier this year with glass houses and factories, boys that worked in glass houses and then moved on to … Continue reading
Posted in Ales & Ciders, Bottling Works, Breweriana, Ephemera, History, Milk & Creamers, Photography, Technology
Tagged Beer, Bower & Company General Store, Budweiser Clydesdales, Eller Wagon Works, FMG Design, Galveston Brewing Company, Green Brewer's Hops, J.R. Watkins Remedies, Joplin, Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company, Louis Gluntz, Missouri, photograph, Prohibition, Texas Wagon Works, transport, transportation, wagon, Wagon Works
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Mike AKA Chinchillaman1 AKA Mike’s Bottle Room
I received this response on facebook to my recent post Cool Embossings 2: Those are all cool!!! but I’m saddened by the fact that you didn’t mention any NYC stuff, there are some amazing embossing on blobs, Olbermeyer and Liebmann, Easter … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Ales & Ciders, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Facebook, Glass Makers, History, Sarsaparilla, Water
Tagged Beer, blob, Bottle, Brewery, Brooklyn, Carl H. Schultz, Colonial Bottling Company, digger, Fred Opperman, Henry Sierichs, J.H. Currie, John Kress, Joseph Strohmenger, Manhattan, Michael Urbanski, Mikes Bottle Room, New York, Obermeyer & Liebmann, Queens, Rockaway Beach, top, Turtle Bay, Vichy
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Photographs and Images of People Drinking – Part IV (Brewing)
Ketcham | Brewing Gallery Steve Ketcham Early American Bottles, Advertising, and Stoneware www.antiquebottledepot.com Presenting the fourth gallery of vintage pictures from up North as new material has come in from Steve Ketcham. This is a continuation of: Photographs of People … Continue reading
Posted in Ales & Ciders, Breweriana, Ephemera, History, Photography
Tagged Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company, Beer, Brewing, Edward Drewry, Fitger Beer, Fox Head Beer, gallery, Gund Brewing Company, Hamm's Brewing Co., Heinrich Brewing Association, History, Joseph Schmucker Brewery, Lauritzen Malt Company, Louis Sadar, Milwaukee Waukesha Brewing Company, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Brewing Company, Minnesota, photography, Redwood Brewery, Stene Ketcham, United Brewery, Wisconsin
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JD Willoughby NY Fruit Jar, Bottle “The Ladies Favorite”
Did anyone happen to see the “The Ladies Favorite” fruit jar that closed on eBay today? I love that name. Reminds me of the People’s Favorite Bitters (Read: Barrel Series – Favorite Bitters & Peoples Favorite Bitters. The pictures on eBay … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, eBay, Fruit Jars
Tagged eBay, Fruit Jar, greg spurgeon, JD Willoughby, New York, North American Glass, stopple, The Ladies Favorite, Willoughby, Wm Haller
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Rick Ciralli – Comedic Genius Bottle Guy
The Urban Dictionary describes Comedic Genius as “the most intensely, legit, bad-ass on the planet; a comedic genius misunderstood in his era”. In the antique bottle and glass world, where our passion rules, there are numerous characters that I have … Continue reading
FOHBC Bottles and Extras in the mailbox Monday!
With record speed and great teamwork from the Bottles and Extras Editorial Team,(Martin Van Zant, Bill Baab, Alan DeMaison, Randy Selenak, Dave Maryo, Gene Bradberry & Ferdinand Meyer V) I am pleased to announce that we were able to assemble … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Club News, FOHBC News, News, Publications
Tagged Bottles and Extras, Expo, fohbc, membership, Reno
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