Chuck Brown AKA ‘CobaltMan’
Chuck Brown AKA 'CobaltMan' 23 November 2013 by Charles Brown My name is Charles Brown and with such a name I changed it to Chuck very early in my life with most people not putting together Charlie Brown. Some got [...]
Glass Eye Cup & Eye Bath Collection
Glass Eyecup | Eye Bath Collection Please contact the FOHBC if you have any interest in pursuing this collection. My late Father was a member of your organization (the FOHBC) which is where I got your e-mail. He had a [...]
2014 Lexington National Planning Field Trip
Meeting with Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau, Director of Services, Bond Jacobs (second from left) are from left to right, National Show Co-chairs Sheldon Baugh and Randee Kaiser and 2nd Vice President Jamie Houdeshell and FOHBC Conventions Director, Tom [...]
President’s Message (November – December 2013)
It is always interesting to straddle months and seasons during times of change. I started last week in the extreme heat in Houston and finished the week deep in the Sierra Mountains in Downieville, California with a morning mountain chill. [...]
FOHBC 2013 Club Contests – Manchester National Award Winners
Steve Charing representing the Baltimore Antique Bottle Cub, First Place, Web Site FOHBC 2013 Club Contests - Manchester National Award Winners The FOHBC would like to congratulate the winners of the 2013 Club Contests. All awards were announced [...]
2014 Lexington National Banquet Speaker
2014 Lexington National Banquet Speaker Mr. Bourbon The FOHBC is pleased to announce that Michael R. Veach (Mr. Bourbon - pictured above) will be the keynote speaker at the FOHBC 2014 National Antique Bottle Show in Lexington, Kentucky. Keeping in mind [...]
Wyatt Earp’s Northern Saloon and Tonopah, Nevada
Wyatt Earp's Northern Saloon and Tonopah, Nevada Covers for the last nine issues of Bottles and Extras, the flagship magazine of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Ferdinand Meyer V | FOHBC President As a design and image [...]
Jigsaw Puzzle made from a Chicago Dig
Jigsaw Puzzle made from a Chicago Dig We received this interesting e-mail and pictures from Barry Rustin thru Alan DeMaison (FOHBC Business Manager) regarding a Chicago bottle dig. I contacted Barry with a few questions, and congratulated him on the [...]
National Bottle Museum Adopt an Orphan Bottle Fundraiser
Greetings All, Just to advise the club if you are not aware, on October 20 from 1:00 pm -4:00 pm at the Museum, the National Bottle Museum is sponsoring an "Adopt an Orphan Bottle Fundraiser". Attendees receive a non-accessioned orphan [...]
Avon Mineral Springs – the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y.
AVON MINERAL SPRINGS the “Saratoga” of Western N.Y. by FOHBC member Jack Stecher “Grimace was the prevailing feature on the face of the new-comer when swallowing the beverage of the fountain” Back in 2005 I published an article on the [...]
