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Category Archives: History
Some Information on New England and Midwestern Pitkin Flasks
Some Information on New England and Midwestern Pitkin Flasks 16 February 2012 *Post amended 21 February 2012 with Dana Charlton-Zarro information and Dave Maryo image. * Post amended 09 April 2012 with additional Pitkin Ruins image of archway. Jeff Noordsy (visit … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Flasks, Freeblown Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, History
Tagged American Collector, Cincinnati, Connecticutt, Dana Charlton-Zarro, George S. McKearin, half-post, Harry Hall White, Holly Noordsy, Jeff Noordsy, Kent, Manchester, Mantua, Moscow, New Geneva Glassworks, ohio, pattern mold, Pitkin, Pitkin Glass Works, Ravenna, Rhea Mansfield Knittle, Rick Ciralli, Steubenville, W.T.D. Howe, Zanesville
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Telegraph & Telephone Poles carrying some Beautiful Glass
Telegraph & Telephone Poles carrying some Beautiful Glass 15 February 2012 I like juxtaposition in life and contrast. The unexpected beauty of finding and collecting glass insulators has always intrigued me. I wanted to do a post of some interesting … Continue reading
Posted in History, Insulators, Photography
Tagged ceramic, Glass, Insulators, Pony Express, Reading Railroad, telegraph, telephone
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Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles
Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles 12 February 2012 (R•012614) (R•010919) This weekend I was cataloging a bottle from Edward Wilder, who was a wholesale druggist in Louisville, Kentucky. I purchased the bottle from John Pastor (Antique Bottle & Glass … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Legal, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla, Tonics
Tagged Antique, Bashford, bitters, Bottle, Bourbon, Brian Shultis, brother, building, Chaptico, chill, clerk, Compound, Druggist & Drugstore, drugs, Edward Wilder, Egerton, Frank Wicker, Graham Wilder, hob-nail, J. Murray Percival, James Bennett Wilder, Joe Gourd, John Bull, Kentucky, legal, Louisville, Main, marble, maryland, Medicine, merchant, Oscar, partnership, pills, potash, proprietary, retail, Robert L. Egerton, Sarsaparilla, Stamps, Stomach, Syrup, tax, Thomas O'Mara, Tonic, wholesale, Wild Cherry, worm
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Dr. Wonser’s U.S.A. Indian Root Bitters – Looking at Some Information and Colors
Dr. Wonser’s U.S.A. Indian Root Bitters – Looking at Some Information and Colors 10 February 2012 (R•052914) (R•101714) One of my favorite Bitters bottles and certainly one of the very top western Bitters bottles is the Dr. Wonser’s U.S.A. Indian Root … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, History
Tagged bitters, Dave Kyle, Dr. Wonsers, Indian, Liquid Bitters, Michael Dolcini, Miller's Extra, Rick Simi, Root, Warren Friedrich
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Benicia Iridescence and Patina on Bottles – Not a Sick Bottle
Benicia Iridescence and Patina on Bottles – Not a Sick Bottle 09 February 2012 (R•041614) I wanted to start a collection of pictures of bottles with Benicia iridescence and/or patina. Please send me examples of bottles you have or pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Ancient Glass, Digging and Finding, History, Questions, Sea Glass
Tagged American Bottle Auctions, ancient, Andy Goldfrank, Benicia, Benicia Beach, bottles, california, Coon & Spencer Nectarian, Dennis Rogers, Eagle, Iridescence, Jeff Wichman, Lauren Bottone, Mike Dolcini, Mineral, Patina, Pocahontas Bitters, Roman, Schnapps, sea glass, Vonthofen
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Glass Works and Glass Factories – Hell on Earth?
To a little sand, a little alkali, and a little limestone, add considerable heat and a still greater amount of skill, might be taken as a brief recipe for the manufacture of a glass bottle. Popular Science Monthly/Volume 36/December 1889/Glass-Making … Continue reading
Posted in Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History
Tagged Acme Glass Works, American Flint Glass Works, Appert Glass Company, bottles, Clyde Glass Factory, Coshocton, Dyott, Ellensville Glass Works, Fostoria Glass Works, glass making, Glassboro, Graham Glas Works, Libbey Glass Works, Manitoba Glass Works, New Jersey, Pacific Coast Glass Works, Philadelphia, Popular Science, sand, Schram Glass Factory, Smethport, Smethwick Glass Works, Sneca, Whitall Tatum, Whitney Glassworks
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Boys in Glass Houses – Taking on the Mannerisms of Men
Boys in Glass Houses – Taking on the Mannerisms of Men 07 February 2012 (R•090115) As I sometimes contently watch my grandson Nicholas (9 years old this month) playing his video games, riding his ATV and taking on the challenges … Continue reading
Posted in Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Photography, Technology
Tagged child labor, children, Crescent Glass Works, Cumberland Glass Works, FMG Design, gaffer, glass factory, Glass Works, Indiana Glass Works, labor laws, Lehr Glass Works, Lewis Hine, molder, Monougah Glass Works, South Jersey, Unites States, Wheaton Glass Works
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Bunker Hill Monument Figural Colognes
Bunker Hill Monument Figural Colognes 05 February 2012 (R•111215) (R•022319) Yesterday I spent the day recording and moving some new bottle acquisitions around. One bottle that was a conversation piece on facebook was my new citron, SKILTON, FOOTE & COMPANY … Continue reading
Posted in Cologne, Figural Bottles, Glass Companies & Works, History, Revolutionary War
Tagged Antique Bottle and Glass Collector, Boston, Breed's Hill, British, Bunker Hill Monument, Bunker Hill Pickles, Cape May, Charlestown, cologne, colonial, Foote, Harold Leonard Krevolin, Lighthouse, Meyer, New Jersey, Revolutionary War, Sandwich Glass Works, Skilton, Trade Mark
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Dr. Petzold’s Genuine German Bitters – Patent Medicine
Dr. Petzold’s Genuine German Bitters 01 February 2012 (R•011715) (R•050819) My friend and Civil War author, Jim Schmidt (see Civil War Medicine) sent me a link today for an eBay listing for a Baltimore Letterhead dated 1887 for a Dr. Petzold’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Stoneware, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged Baltimore, Berlin, bitters, Civil War, Dr. Petzold's, eBay, Genuine, German, Jim Schmidt, Meyer, stoneware, Tonic
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