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 [...]

Plan Your FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show Vacation

Plan Your FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show Vacation 16 October 2014 Start planning  your vacation now and make the most of your trip to the 2015 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Chattanooga, Tennessee (pictured below). 31 July [...]

Jim Schmidt and his Civil War Medicine (and Writing)

Federation member James Schmidt continues to dazzle us with his writings and research with CIVIL WAR MEDICINE (AND WRITING). He also has a new book out called Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom. About James M. [...]

3-part series on “Burdock Blood Bitters”

In from one of newest Fed members and noted Civil War author Jim Schmidt…Make sure you visit his blog site and sign up to receive his posts. Part I of a 3-part series on “Burdock Blood Bitters” includes an 1883 letter from the [...]

“Converse Treatment” for Epilepsy

Read three (3) Jim Schmidt posts on the “Converse Treatment” for epilepsy (named for its “inventor,” Mrs. C. E. Converse) at A “Sure Cure” for Epilepsy – Part I – “Plausible, Ingenious, and Despicable” A “Sure Cure” for Epilepsy – [...]

Patent-Medicine Themed Patriotic Covers from the Civil War

Do you have a bottle of "Uncle Sam's Infallible Remedy"? How about "Lincoln's Renowned Rebel Exterminator"? I bet you don't! Check out some fun patent-medicine themed patriotic covers from the Civil War! Read the rest from one of our newest [...]

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