Bottles and Extras
Vol. 31 No. 1 | January – February 2020 | No. 247 (Mailed 20 December 2019)
Features: Celebrating the 11th Hour – John Van Buskirk & David Henry Ray Komoroski 16 Shards of Glory – Part III Jeff Mahalik 28 Julius Goldbaum – Arizona’s Pioneer Whiskey Man Jack Sullivan 38 Mystery Solved! Who and What is Hetra? Susan R. Arthur 44 Collectors to Mount Drive for John Ryan Memorial Paul Chance 48 Wholesale Liquor Business – Harold Schmidt Steve Lang 52 NuGrape – A flavor you can’t forget Mike H. Brown 56
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 Open House at the Fletcher’s Bill Baab 12 Virtual Museum News 22, FOHBC National – Reno Shootout Information 24 Oldest Message in a bottle ever discovered Rob Green 34 Preserving the Past Jenn Hurley 54 Lost & Found 62 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2018-2020 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Directory 70 Membership Application 72
Bottles and Extras
Vol. 31 No. 2 | March – April 2020 | No. 248 (Mailed 20 February 2020)
Features: The Preacher and his Bottles David Kyle Rakes 16 Klee and Coleman Steve Lang 28 Moore’s Revealed Remedy Eric McGuire 38 Precious Vessels fit for a Queen Gayle Syers, Elizabeth & Frank Creech 50 Summer Diggin – Havin some fun… Mark Wiseman 54
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 How Bleeding Kansas wound up on a Peppersauce Bottle Jeff Eastland 14 Kansas Territory Bottle and Postcard Show Hutchinson, Kansas Mark Law 18 Virtual Museum News 20 Oklahoma Bottles – Dose Glasses & Crock Jugs Bill Baab 34 Preserving the Past Jenn Hurley 46 Rareities turn Collectors Green with envy Alan Blakeman 48 Lost & Found 62 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2018-2020 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Directory 70 Membership Application 72
Bottles and Extras
Vol. 31 No. 3 | May – June 2020 | No. 249 (Mailed 28 April 2020)
Features: Florida’s Earliest Soda Bottlers David Kyle Rakes 14 Summer Reno’s “Fight of the Century” and Pepper Whiskey Jack Sullivan 30 The Hobby Loses Another Great One – Mark Vuono Jim Bender 38 Electric Bitters and Electrified Ginger Ale: Were they really “Zapped” or was it just more Quackery? Ken Previtali 52
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 Columbus’ John Ryan Branch Opened Earlier Than Thought Bill Baab 12 Meet Steve Kehrer Ferdinand Meyer V 18 Kiefer’s City Soda Works, The Small World of Bottlers in Indianapolis Steve Lang 26 American Bottle Auctions (ABA) Steve Abbott 42 Barkhouse Bros. & Co. Gold Dust Kentucky Bourbon Ferdinand Meyer V 48 Virtual Museum News 56 Preserving the Past Jenn Hurley 58 Lost & Found 62 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2018-2020 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Directory 70 Membership Application 72
Bottles and Extras
Vol. 31 No. 4 | July – August 2020 | No. 250 (Mailed 26 June 2020)
Features: The Swengel Dairy Company, Seymour, Indiana Cody Wayt 10 The R. M. Rose Co. Distillers Yesterday and Today Bill Johnson 16 Nevada’s Desert Shrine to the Lowly Beer Bottle Jack Sullivan 22 Killer Bottles – Several Georgia sodas from Augusta, Savannah fit the bill David Kyle Rakes 32 “J.M. Lindsey and his World Renown Blood Searcher” Zack Baer 38 Jimmy the Pup and I go Digging Mark C. Wiseman 56
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 Virtual Museum News 28 Reno 2020 Cancellation Announcement 51 Preserving the Past Jenn Hurley 52 Lost & Found 62 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2018-2020 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Directory 70 Membership Application 72
Bottles and Extras
Vol. 31 No. 5 | September – October 2020 | No. 251 (Mailed 07 August 2020)
Features: Ingredients in Pontiled Medicine Bottles Burt Robbins 16 George Waterman Chelsey: Sacramento and San Francisco Whiskey Dealer Steve Abbott 22 Ruddick’s Dairy in Seymour, Indiana Cody Wayt 30 Windowsill Bottles – Reflections on a Collection David Kyle Rakes 38 Bottle Trademark Identification, A Key to the Past Mike Polak 42 Warner History Update Michael Seeliger 52
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 Bill Ham 7 FOHBC 2020 Hall of Fame Recipient – Willy Van den Bossche 8 New Historical Bottling Museum Open in Silsbee Texas Bill Baab 10 Preserving the Past – Tending The Garden Jenn Hurley 14 Nearly a Half-Century of Friendship with Teal not Nearly Long Enough Bill Baab 34 Virtual Museum News 48 Lost & Found 62 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2020-2021 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Directory 70 Membership Application 72
Bottles and Extras
Vol. 31 No. 6 | November – December 2020 | No. 252 (Mailed 22 October 2020)
Features: Chasing a Good Bitters Jeff Mahalik 10 Toothpick holders catch bottle collector’s fancy John DeGraff 18 Dorlon & Shaffer Pickled Oysters Ferdinand Meyer V 26 The “Hail Mary” Holtzermann’s “Slim” Wilberger 30 The Rakes from Shooting Creek: Legit liquor dealers, moonshiners David Kyle Rakes 38 The Rise and Fall of the Rattlesnake King Courtney Llewellyn 44 The Curious Career of T. W. Dyott, M.D. Part 1 Q. David Bowers 48 Sample’s Dairy and Ice Cream Shop Cody Wyat 54 Luke Kearney and “Keeping Christmas” Jack Sullivan 58
Vignettes: Shards of Wisdom 4 History’s Corner 5 A brief commentary on the somewhat new Bottle Digging Video craze Jeff Mihalik 16 Virtual Museum News Richard Siri 22 Lincoln Bottle Show 2020 Jake Smith 42 Lost & Found 62 Member Photo Gallery 64
Departments: Table of Contents 1 FOHBC Officer Listing 2020-2021 2 President’s Message 3 FOHBC News, From and For Our Members 6 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info 66 FOHBC Show-Biz, Show Calendar Listings 68 Membership Directory 70 Membership Application 72
