Presidents Message (July – August 2015)
Some of you may know that I spend quite a bit of time travelling for business. Sometimes, I can even tie in a weekend bottle show if I am fortunate. With all of the tools available, I can run my [...]
2015 Chattanooga National Jug to be Raffled!
2015 Chattanooga National Jug to be Raffled! Now, here is some exciting news. Jim Bender, FOHBC Historian, has commissioned Jim Healy from Tribes Hill, New York to make a commemorative stoneware jug for the upcoming 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle [...]
2017 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo
FOHBC 2017 Springfield National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo Latest Update: 20 July 2017 I N F O R M A T I O N Contract: READ in ISSUU or PDF VERSION Contract to Print (open, save to desktop and print) Hotel Information [...]
FOHBC General Membership Meeting moves to a Breakfast
FOHBC General Membership Meeting Breakfast 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show (Info) The FOHBC General Membership Meeting has been moved from Friday, 31 July 2015 to Saturday, morning, 01 August 2015 in the Marriott Plaza C room. A Breakfast for [...]
Presidents Message (May – June 2015)
Every two months, I am faced with a blank ‘page 3’ of the upcoming issue of Bottles and Extras. This is where the President of the FOHBC is supposed to give a message. The blankness is expansive until I start [...]
Battle of Chattanooga News
Battle of Chattanooga News The “Battle of Chattanooga” bottle competition will be held at the Marriott on Friday, July 31st after the banquet in Plaza Room C. There will be three categories. Each category will have three judges. The categories [...]
My bottle from the Empress of Ireland
My bottle from the Empress of Ireland 08 April 2015 Recently we received a couple of e-mails from Francine Saint-Laurent in Montréal (Québec) with questions about a bottle she had in her possession. The e-mails also referenced the Empress of Ireland which rang [...]
2015 Chattanooga National Banquet Speaker – Tom Hicks
2015 Chattanooga National Banquet Speaker - Tom Hicks Adventures in our Hobby James Thomas “Tom” Hicks was born Nov. 7, 1940 in Autauga County, Alabama. He attended Auburn University and graduated in 1965 with a degree in wildlife biology. He [...]
FOHBC 2015 National Antique Bottle Show Seminars
FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show S E M I N A R S Saturday Morning - August 1, 2015 Jack Hewitt and John Joiner, Chattanooga National Show Co-Chairs, have a great line-up of presentations and seminars at the 2015 FOHBC National Antique Bottle [...]
Abbott’s Bitters from Baltimore
Abbott's Bitters from Baltimore We received the following very interesting e-mail from Peter Schaf who allowed us to share. This guy really has it covered for Abbott's Bitters. Dear Mr. Meyer, Thank you for your very informative site! I very much appreciate [...]
