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Category Archives: Club News
FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Logo Design
FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Logo Design 19 May 2014 “Choo-Choo to Chattanooga” will be our catch phrase for the FOHBC 2015 National Antique Bottle Show in Chattanooga, Tennessee hosted locally by veteran show chairs, Jack Hewitt and John Joiner. Yes, it … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Art & Architecture, Bottle Shows, Civil War, Club News, FOHBC News, History, News
Tagged art, bottles, Chattanooga, Choo-Choo, Glenn Miller, Jack Hewitt, John Joiner, light, Logo, neon, sign, Southern, station, tender, Tennessee, Terminal, train
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New Sponsorship Opportunity at Lexington
New Sponsorship Opportunity at Lexington 13 May 2014 A New Sponsorship Opportunity! The FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show in Lexington, Kentucky is introducing Aisle Floor Stickers. For only $75, lead visitors to your table, promote your service or tout … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art & Architecture, Bottle Shows, Club News, FOHBC News
Tagged art, Lexington, Logo, marketing, sponsorship, sticker
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Unlisted Dr. Bourbon’s Aromatic Forest Bitters
Unlisted Dr. Bourbon’s Aromatic Forest Bitters 16 April 2014 (R•040819- R&H listings) Interesting news from Steven Libbey, chief of the Wisconsin bottle club. Steve is reporting about an unlisted Dr. Bourbon’s Aromatic Forest Bitters from Madison, Wisconsin. What a great … Continue reading
2014 Morro Bay Bottle Show
2014 Morro Bay Bottle Show San Luis Obispo Bottle Society 05 April 2014 I have always heard that the Morro Bay, California bottle show, put on by the San Luis Obispo Bottle Society, was an experience. This quaint show, in … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, Hair Tonics, Medicines & Cures, News, Utility Bottles
Tagged Anthony, bay, Bird, bitters, california, Edward, Forbes, Gildea, Hansen, Henness, Kyle, Lambert, Lindgren, Mello, Monterey, Morro, Obispo, Pol, Ronald, sausage, Selenak, steak, Swearingen, Tartaglia, Weathersbee, Webb, Wine
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My Purdy’s Bitters Mystery Solved!
My Purdy’s Bitters Mystery Solved! 14 March 2014 (R•082818) (R•042219) Hiram Purdy was engaged for many years in the wholesale liquor trade. He was the inventor of the metal showcase and was the projector of the first horse street railway in New … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bitters, Club News, Digging and Finding, History, Liquor Merchant, Publications, Questions
Tagged Adolphus, Alcoholic, bitters, Burggraaf, Burlington, cottage, Delahaye, Distiller, Hiram, Iowa, Jimmy, liquor, mystery, Patent, Pup, Purdy, rectifier, Springer, Stewart and Haas, Wiseman
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Manville New Jersey Bottle Show
Manville New Jersey Bottle Show by Jim Bender | FOHBC Membership Director 05 February 2014 The New Jersey Antique Bottle Collectors Club held its 18th annual bottle show on February 2, 2014 in Manville, New Jersey. For years, this show … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, FOHBC News, News
Tagged Bender, Bottle, fohbc, Manville, New Jersey, show, Strickhart
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New bottle club in Wisconsin!
Hello Ferdinand, In the frozen tundra up here in Wisconsin we are starting a NEW club. We tried for the better part of a two years to create value and bring in new members. We reached an all time high of … Continue reading
Victor Rivaud’s Imperial Bitters | Louisville
Victor Rivaud’s Imperial Bitters Louisville 17 December 2013 While looking around some Louisville archives for the Walker’s Tonic Bitters, I came across the above art in an 1870 directory for Rivaud’s Imperial Bitters. This rang a distant bell. Six or … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Club News, Digging and Finding, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged bitters, Clerget, france, Imperial, Kentucky, louis, Louisville, Rivaud, Victor
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FOHBC Board Members visit Lexington
FOHBC Board Members visit Lexington FOHBC board members plan for the 2014 National Antique Bottle Show in Lexington, Kentucky by Randee Kaiser On October 23rd, FOHBC Conventions Director Tom Phillips, 2nd Vice-President Jamie Houdeshell and National Show Co-chairs Sheldon Baugh … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bottle Shows, Club News, FOHBC News, News
Tagged Becky Trimble, Bond Jacobs, bottles, convention, fohbc, Jamie Houdeshell, Kentucky, Lexington, Randee Kaiser, Sheldon Baugh, show, Stacey Jarboe, Tom Phillips
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They call him Mr. Bourbon…
They call him Mr. Bourbon… 18 October 2013 I am pleased to announce that Michael R. Veach (Mr. Bourbon – pictured above) will be the keynote speaker at the FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show in Lexington, Kentucky. Keeping in mind … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Article Publications, Bottle Shows, Bottling Works, Bourbon, Club News, FOHBC News, History, Museums, News, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Bourbon, Filson, fohbc, Kentucky, Lexington, Michael R. Veach
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