Category Archives: Breweriana

Anything related to beer and brewing.

Buffalo Bayou, Buffalo Beer Tour & Buffalo Brewing Company

The American Buffalo Three things on my desk(top) or laptop today all dealing with the American Bison. First is the next segment in a series I am writing about Houston history including Allen’s Landing and Buffalo Bayou. You can read … Continue reading

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Mailbox Letters – March 2013

March Mail starting to pile up again. Thanks for all of the emails and information everyone. Meeting a Collector on My Flight to Baltimore Hello Ferdinand, It was a pleasure meeting you and learning about glass on the flight the … Continue reading

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Some Great US Postal Advertising Covers & Cards

As a United States stamp collector too, I find myself really enjoying patriotic covers and advertising covers related to history and antique bottle and glass collecting. I have assembled a few here to demonstrate my point. By combining a topic, … Continue reading

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Photographs of People Drinking – Part V

People | Drinking Gallery V Presenting the Fifth Gallery of vintage pictures of “People Drinking” This is a continuation of:  Photographs of People Drinking - Part I Photographs and Images of People Drinking - Part II. Photographs and Images of People Drinking – Part III … Continue reading

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Shipping Crates

How about those old bottle boxes. The stories they might tell? Tami Barber Tami Barber attached the above picture of a stacked Richardson Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Lead, South Dakota and Anheuser Busch St. Louis, Mo. beer shipping crate to the … Continue reading

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1865 San Francisco Directory – All Quiet before the Quake

SAN FRANCISCO – 1865 Interesting to look at the innocence of an 1865 San Francisco business directory right before the first great earth quake. With all of the great advertisements, the city must have been prospering and booming. I wonder … Continue reading

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Woods’ Baltimore City Directory – 1864

I get asked all the time from collectors, especially in my collecting area of Bitters; “so what is happening?”, “heard about any new bottles?, “anything in the upcoming auction interest you?” or “are you going to the so and so … Continue reading

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Looking at a few of my favorites in ABCR Auction 10

A B C R    A U C T I O N    10 Closing Saturday November 17th, 2012 at 8:00 PM AEST Visit Auction Travis Dunn with ABCR Auctions announces their Auction 10: The catalogue is now available for viewing - Auction … Continue reading

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Could we have a 2016 Mega Expo and a 2020 International Antique Glass Festival?

Hi Ferdinand, I went to the Springfield Insulator show last weekend and was approached by three different high end insulator people about exploring the possibility of the Federation and NIA getting together in the future to collaborate on a national … Continue reading

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Saint George the Dragon Slayer – Not only on Hostetter’s

The recent post of a picture of a Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters and a New Factory Smoking Tobacco can (see below) by Steve Ketcham has prompted some dialogue across the Internet that wanted to be corralled into a post. Specifically … Continue reading

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