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Category Archives: Spirits
Photographs and Images of People Drinking – Part II
Photographs and Images of People Drinking – Part II PART II of a Series 19 August 2012 It is time to open the second gallery of vintage drinking pictures as the first galley filled to volume. This is a continuation … Continue reading
Posted in Breweriana, Civil War, Fruit Jars, Photography, Spirits, Tobacco, Whiskey, Wine & Champagne
Tagged bootleg, Civil War, Confederate, Dennis Fox, Dennis Humphrey, Drinking, Jeff Wichmann, photograph, Prohibition, soldiers, Sutler, tent, Union, Whiskey, whisky
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Buchanan Brass Printing Plate – Figural Cannon Series
Buchanan Brass Printing Plate – Figural Cannon Series 19 August 2012 Really phenomenal new material coming in from Abel Da Silva regarding my recent post on the Buchanan Cannons. This information pretty much closes the door on my questions about … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Digging and Finding, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Abel Da Silva, advertising, canada, Cannon, copper, Figural, Glass Works Auctions, Hotel Bourges, Hughes and Kimber, James Buchanan & Co., James McNeill Whistler, Malt Whiskey, plate, printing, Toronto, Whiskey, whisky, Yorkville
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Buchanan’s Black & White Scotch Whisky Advertising
Yesterday I was writing and posting pictures of figural Buchanan cannon bottles (read: “the Buchanan Cannons”). During my research to determine the source of the Buchanan name I was led to the James Buchanan Company which is a scotch whisky “merchant”- a … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Ephemera, History, Holiday, Humor - Lighter Side, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Black & White, Elizabeth Meyer, Glascow, James Buchanan & Co., London, Mac, Magee, Maggie, maryland, Mia, Murphy, Scotch, Scottie, Scottish, Terrier, Towson, West Highand, Westie, Whiskey, whisky
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Bininger Advertising Art & Labels
Abraham M. Bininger Bininger Advertising Art & Labels 10 August 2012 (R•022419) As a designer and artist, I really admire the wonderful advertising art for Bininger products such as the fully labeled A.M. Bininger & Co. figural cannon pictured above, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, Gin, Glass Companies & Works, History, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Abraham M. Bininger, Bouquet Bourbon, Essence of Old Virginia Wheat Whiskey, Great Gun Bourbon, La Sylphide Bourbon, Library of Congress, Old Kentucky Bourbon, Pioneer Bourbon, sylphs, Traveler's Guide Bourbon, Zouave Bourbon
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Barrel Series – Bininger Old Kentucky Bourbon
BININGER OLD KENTUCKY BOURBON 10 August 2012 Let’s now move on to the great and well-known Bininger brand figural barrels. I am fortunate to possess an example (pictured below) and one was included in the recent Glass Works Auctions | … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Auction News, Bourbon, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, Glass Companies & Works, History, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged A.M. Bininger & Co, Abraham Bininger, Bininger, F. Heppenheimer, Glass Works Auctions, GreatAntiqueBottles.com, Library of Congress, lithograph, Meyer Collection, New York, The New York Times
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FOHBC Reno Expo Shoot-Out Pictures
We are writing a big article on the FOHBC Reno EXPO for Bottles and Extras which will be delivered to FOHBC members by 01 September 2012 and hopefully sooner. I know some of you have been asking for pictures and I … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, FOHBC News, Inks, News, Photography, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged bitters, Bottle, Circle Cutter, Drake's Plantation Bitters, Expo, fohbc, Ink, JH Cutter, Jim Jakobitz, Norman C. Heckler, Reno, Shoot-out, Whiskey
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FOHBC 2012 Reno Expo Sneak Preview Pictures
I will be developing a number of posts after this monster show. I thought I would sneak out a few of my early favorite photographs so far! Early Photographs
Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Figural Bottles, Inks, Miniatures, Pickle Jars, Spirits, Whiskey
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