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Tag Archives: Kentucky
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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William H. Walker and his Tonic Bitters
William H. Walker and his Tonic Bitters 17 December 2013 (R•072719) I came across this 1869 advertisement above for Walker’s Tonic Bitters that I found in the Louisville Daily Express. I think I may have an unlisted bitters. Doing a little … Continue reading
Agents and Distributors of Brady’s Family Bitters
Agents and Distributors of Brady’s Family Bitters 07 December 2013 Bitters trade card collector Joe Gourd (Chicago, Illinois), forwarded the image of the top trade card for Brady’s Family Bitters suggesting possibly that J. A. Sangston & Company in Cincinnati, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards
Tagged agent, bitters, Brady's, Cincinatti, distributor, family, Gourd, Houston, Kemler, Kentucky, Louisville, ohio, Sangston, St. Louis, texas, Wiggins
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Sterne’s Celebrated Congress Bourbon Bitters
Sterne’s Celebrated Congress Bourbon Bitters 3 November 2013 (R•101818) While looking at Bourbon Cordial advertising last night, I came across this wonderful lithograph of an early agriculture and hunting scene held by the the Library of Congress. The date is … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Bourbon, Cordial, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Spirits
Tagged bitters, Bourbon, Celebrated, Congress, Evan Williams, Kentucky, Louisville, Sterne
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This gorgeous, lemon yellow Clouds Cordial
This gorgeous, lemon yellow CLOUDS INVIGORATING CORDIAL 29 October 2013 (R•103113) (R•050819) John Pastor has this gorgeous Clouds Cordial in a vibrant lemon yellow in his American Glass Gallery Auction that closes tonight. Man-oh-man…if this just were a bitters. The … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Cordial
Tagged Brandon Smith, Clouds, Cordial, Evansville, Hiram Wilber Cloud, indiana, James C. Cloud, Kentucky, Louisville, Sarah M. Akin, Tim Pillow
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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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Axel Lindskog attended the Wright & Taylor Old Charter Distillery Event
Axel Lindskog attended the Wright & Taylor Old Charter Distillery Event DR. LINWOOD CABINET BITTERS 11 October 2013 I recently added this unlisted color, extremely rare Dr. Linwood’s Cabinet Bitters to my collection from a listing on ebay. According to the … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Axel Lindskog, bitters, cabinet, chicago, Distillery, Dr. Linwood, Kentucky, Louisville, Old Charter, Sweden, train, Wright & Taylor
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Henry Bolingers Maysville Glass-Works 1814-1825
Henry Bolingers Maysville Glass-Works 1814-1825 by Stephen Atkinson 08 September 2013 The Kentucky glass industry begins with a gentleman with a colorfull past named John Henry Bolinger (known as Henry). Henry was born in 1761 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Blown Glass, Breweriana, Collectors & Collections, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Utility Bottles
Tagged Chocolate, Glass Works, Henry Bolinger, Kentucky, Lancaster County, Maysville, Mustard, Pittsburgh, Stephen Atkinson, Sumrall, Susan Anna Wigman, William Porter
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The incredible Price’s Patent Texas Tonic
PRICE’S PATENT TEXAS TONIC REPUBLIC OF TEXAS “A Purely Vegetable Medicine or Bitters” Ferdinand Meyer V with contributions by Doyle Bailey, Brad Seigler, Brandon DeWolfe, James Viguerie, Eric McGuire & Bob Skiles 26 June 2013 (Updated 29 & 31 August … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Digging and Finding, History, Tonics
Tagged Ben C. Stuart, Bob Skiles, Brad Seigler, Brandon DeWolfe, Clifford Campbell, Colonel John Price, Doyle Bailey, fire, Frankfort, Galveston, James Viguerie, John Price, Kentucky, McGuire, New Orleans, Price's Patent Texas Tonic, slave, texas, Thomas K. Price, Winnie
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