Category Archives: History

Whiskey Cylinders Looking Strong in ABA Auction 57

Posted on 5 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Bottle Fiends Ranch in Deadwood, Black Hills.” Jeff Wichmann over at American Bottle Auctions recently wrote about Deadwood’s Bottle Bonanza which is a fantastic circa 1876, Deadwood stereo view titled in period manuscript “Bottle Fiends Ranch in Deadwood Black Hills.” With … Continue reading →

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Lady’s Leg Series – Weis Bros Knickerbocker Stomach Bitters

Posted on 5 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

WEIS BROS KNICKERBOCKER STOMACH BITTERS 05 March 2013 (R•101113) (R•031615) [Incoming email today] “My mom recenly passed and I remember her telling me about a bottle she had found and she thought it was worth some money. Attached are photos of … Continue reading →

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Those West Coast Megaphone Bottles

Posted on 26 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

W E S T   C O A S T   M E G A P H O N E S THE SPEAKING TRUMPET [Wikipedia] A megaphone or speaking-trumpet is a portable, usually hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify … Continue reading →

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Looking back at the Tony Shank Bitters Collection – Part II

Posted on 22 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is the second post of old 35 mm slides that were digitally converted by Tom Lines (Birmingham, Alabama). Sometime in the past Tom and Howard Crowe (Gold Hill, North Carolina) visited the famous Tony Shank collection of figural bitters. … Continue reading →

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Looking back at the Tony Shank Bitters Collection – Part I

Posted on 21 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A couple years back, Tom Lines (Birmingham, Alabama) asked me if I would like some pictures of the legendary Tony Shank collection. Of course I said yes. Tom was kind enough to get the 35mm slide transparencies converted into digital … Continue reading →

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Lightning Rod Exhibit at the Franklin Institute

Posted on 21 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

F – Thought you’d find interesting. (Some Executive at) AMC Pictures collects LIGHTNING RODS. Dealer Ted Storb in Connecticut sold many of these to him. JEFF (FROGGY) BURKHARDT Hi All, Jeanne and I visited family in Philadelphia last weekend and … Continue reading →

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Marihuana Tax Act 1937

Posted on 16 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

MARIHUANA TAX ACT OF 1937 I suppose it is fitting to see if there are any Cannabis bottles after the recent posts on Peachridge Glass on Cocaine, Heroin and Opium. With my United States postage stamp background, it is exciting … Continue reading →

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Blacking Bottles & a little more

Posted on 15 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B L A C K I N G This past week, a number of primarily eastern US collectors have been posting some really great pictures of Blacking bottles. I thought I would take a moment to nest a few images … Continue reading →

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To Smoke Opium is to get out of the Train (while it is still moving)

Posted on 14 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life … Continue reading →

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Heroin – Purest and Best

Posted on 12 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

H E R O I N “In the City Market is the Meet Café. Followers of obsolete, unthinkable trades doodling in Etruscan, addicts of drugs not yet synthesized, pushers of souped-up harmine, junk reduced to pure habit offering precarious vegetable … Continue reading →

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