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Tag Archives: Downieville
Blue Gum Bitters – Stockton, California
Blue Gum Bitters A nice takeaway from the 2015 Downieville Antique Bottle Show 13 September 2015 Frank Ritz pulled me aside at the 2015 Downieville Antique Bottle Show to show me some bitters that he brought for sale. Most were pretty difficult … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged Asylum, Bill, bitters, blue, california, case, Downieville, Eucalyptus, exhibit, Frank, Gin, gum, Ham, Insane, Meyer, Ritz, Stockton, tree, Western
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Woodgate & Company – Club House Gin
Woodgate & Company – Club House Gin 18 September 2014 NO PLEASURE CAN EXCEED THE SMOKING OF THE WEED Ken Edward had this cool Woodgate & Co., Club House Gin bottle at the Downieville Bottle Show this past weekend. Ken let me … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Ephemera, Gin, History, Liquor Merchant, Tobacco, Wine & Champagne
Tagged Brandy, clubhouse, Downieville, Edward, Gin, New York, Roome, Wine, Woodgate
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The Great Comet of 1811 & Comet Wine
The Great Comet of 1811 & Comet Wine 17 September 2014 Ken Edward pulled me aside at the Downieville Bottle Show this past weekend and showed me what he called a “Halley’s Comet bottle” with an embossed comet seal and the date … Continue reading
Posted in History, Wine & Champagne
Tagged 1811, comet, Downieville, Halley, harvest, Ken Edward, Wine
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2013 Downieville Antique Bottle Show
Downieville Antique Bottle Show Photo Gallery | Part 4 21 September 2013 This fourth and conclusion post from Downieville is a grouping of some show photography from Scott Selenak (FOHBC Photographer) and myself from the 2013 Downieville Antique Bottle Show. Always lots … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, News, Photography, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged california, Cherry Simi, Coco, Dean Wright, Dennis Fox, Downieville, Jackie Lindgren, Jeff Wichmann, Jerry Forbes, Ken Edward, Leisa Lambert, Lou Lambert, Meyer, Mike Henness, Pam Selenak, rafle, Randolph Haumann, Randy Taylor, Richard Siri, Rick Lindgren, Rick Simi, Scott Selenak, Vicky Kramer
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Downieville Antique Bottle Show Dinner Party
Downieville Antique Bottle Show Dinner Party Downieville Trip | Part 3 20 September 2013 This third post from Downieville is a grouping of some nice photography from Scott Selenak (FOHBC Photographer) at Rick and Cherry Simi’s house this past Friday night … Continue reading
Posted in Bottle Shows, Club News, News, Photography
Tagged Cherry Simi, Downieville, photography, Rick Simi, Scott Selenak
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2013 Downieville Sabbatical – “just us two dogs”
2013 Downieville Sabbatical “just us two dogs” 16 September 2013 | Part 1 As some of you might know, I decided to take a long weekend, actually a week off sabbatical, to visit the historic town of Downieville, California with … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Bottle Shows, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, History, Humor - Lighter Side, News, Photography
Tagged california, Cheri, Coco, dog, Downie, Downieville, gold, Jeff Wichmann, Jerry Forbes, mine, Mountain, Pam Selenak, path, Randy Selenak, Rick Simi, River, sabbatical, sacramento, Scott Selenak, Steve Bird, trail, Weimeraner, Yuba
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Three extraordinary things: Alex Von Humboldts Stomach Bitters, Downieville & Coco
Three extraordinary things: Alex Von Humboldts Stomach Bitters, Downieville & Coco 14 August 2013 At the 2011 Downieville Antique Bottle Show I had the fortune to see, handle and photograph one of the most extraordinary bitters squares I have ever seen, … Continue reading
Brice Silva Downieville Post
Downieville at the Forks of the North Yuba River Visit Western Whiskey Tool Top Gazette
Posted in Bottle Shows, News, Whiskey
Tagged Bruce Silva, Downieville, Tool Top Gazette, Western Whiskey
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Some More Purdy Glass Pics from Downieville Displays
Bitters, Drugstore, Pickles & EC&M’s OK, this is the last of my pictures in case you are getting tired of them. I am learning so much by photographing, talking with displayers and hoarding glass pictures. Just addicted to glass I … Continue reading