1973 – Volume No. 1, Spring (March) & Fall (November), Numbers 1 & 2
Publisher: The Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs
Chairman: Gene Bradberry
Editor: Cecil Munsey, Ph.D

March (Spring)
“Reflections,” by Gene Bradberry
“Where Organized Bottle Collecting Began,” by Alan Schmeiser
“The State of the Bottle Collecting Hobby,” by John C. Tibbitts, Charlie Gardner, 
            George Herron, D.C., Katie Foglesong
“Early Pickle Containers,” by Steve Allard
“Von Schlott, the Oldest Wke Bottle?,” by James F. Shafer, II
“Drinking Saloons and Gilded Palaces – A Description,” by Danie Hudson
“Journal of The Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs Records a 1927 Interview
With the Famous Author and Collector, Mr. C. R. Clifford”
“Medicine Glasses,” by Frank Sternad, Pharm.D.
“The Reign of Rumford,” by Dolores Dennis
“There’s a Glassmaker’s Word for It,” by Julian Harrison Toulouse, Ph.D.
“BOOK REVIEWS:”
    ‘Creative Bottle Cutting,’ by B. Kay Fraser
    ‘Antique Bottles, Book I, Washngton-Oregon Whiskies,’ by Keith Willis
    ‘Soda & Mineral Water Bottles,’ by J. L. Jones
    ‘Poison, A Collector’s Guide,’ by Wallis W. Stier
    ‘Western Blob Top Soda & Mineral Water Bottles,’ by Peck & Audie Markota
    “History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills,”
             by Robert B. Shaw, Ph.D.

November (Fall)
“Reflections,” by Gene Bradberry
“The Ten Most Wanted ‘Saratogas’,” by Bernard Puckhaber
“The Pontil as a Tool for Holding Glassware During Finishing,” 
            by Julian Harrison Toulouse, Ph.D.
“Pickles, East and West,” by Betty Zumwalt
“New Inventions Revolutionize Bottle Collected,” by Ed And Harriet Young
“It’s A ‘Hamilton!’,” by Dr. Cecil Munsey
“Snuff Stuff,” by Louis A. Fournier & Margarette Clark
“How To Locate and Dig A Privy,” by Donald C. Wicks
“Early Glass Bottle Manufacturing in Connecticut,” by Noel E. Tomas
“A Complete Spoof,” by Dr. Cecil Munsey
“The First Bottle Collector in America?,” by Annie Howes Barus
            [The Women’s Anthropological Society (Bulletin No. V.) for March 2, 1895.]
“They Laughed At Bottle Collectors Too,” by Jane C. Bass
“BOOK REVIEWS:”
    ‘Ink Bottles and Ink Wells,’ by William E. Covill, Jr.
    ‘The South Carolina Dispensary: A Bottle Collector’s Atlas and History of the System,’ 
            by Phillip Kenneth Huggins
    ‘The Antique Trader Weekly Annual of Articles on Antiques for 1972’
    ‘Collecting Nostalgia,’ by John Mebane, Editor of “The Antiques Journal”
    ‘The History of Wyoming as Told in Bottles,’ by the Cheyenne Antique Bottle Club
    ‘Collectors’ Manual to Fruit Jar Wrenches,’ by Robert G. Douglass
    ‘Here’s to Beers – Blob Top Beer Bottles 1880-1910,’ by Byron & Vicky Martin
    ‘A Price Guide to Old Infant Nursing Bottles,’ by Karen Hughey
    ‘McGraw’s Book of Antique Inkwells – Volume I,’ by Vincent D. McGraw
    ‘The Nostrum Peddlers,’ compiled by John P. Papp
    ‘Old Bottle Foster and His Glass-Making Descendents,’ by John Morrill Foster
    ‘New England Glass & Glassmaking,” by Kenneth M. Wilson

1974 – Volume No. 2, Spring & Fall , Numbers 1 & 2
Publisher: The Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs
Chairman: Roy Brown
Editor: Cecil Munsey, Ph.D

Spring
“Reflections,” by Dr. Cecil Munsey
“Reader Response”
“Take A Stand…,” by Robert Joseph Merada, R.Ph.
“The Story of Hires – ‘Spade-full of Mud Starts Great Soft Drink Manufacturer 
             on the Road to Millions,’ from “The American Bottler,” May, 1921.
“The Seven Sutherland Sisters,” by Dr. Cecil Munsey
“Between the Bottle and Baby’s Mouth is a Collectible,” 
            – June 1879, “National Library of Medicine,” Bethesda, Maryland
“Babies Killed by ‘Patent Medicines’,” April 1907 “The Ladies Home Journal”
“From My Want List,” by C. Richardson
An Annotated Listing of Miniature Bitters Bottles,” by Gary Odom
“BOOK REVIEWS:”
    ‘The Official Bottle Price List (2nd Edition),’ by Ralph & Terry Kovel
    ‘Unitt’s across Canada Bottle Price Guide,’ by Doris & Peter Unitt
    ‘Fruit Jar Manual and Price Guide,’ by Frank Peters
    ‘Western Canadian Bottle Collecting (Book 2),’ by G. Watson, R. Skrill, and J. Heidt
    ‘English Bottles & Decanters, 1650-1900,’ by Derek C. Davis
    ‘Worldwide Bottles,’ by grace Lawrence and Gretchen Teal

Fall
“Reflections,” by Cecil Munsey
“A Collection of Late Eighteenth-Century Bottles,” by John O. Sands
“Maid of the Mist,” by W. Daniel Bedford
“When Foolish Girls Court Danger,” by Mrs. Stephen Baker Thorne, 
            May 1908, “Ladies Home Journal”
“Addendum: Babies Killed by ‘Patent Medicines’,” by Scott Brown
“More Snuff Stuff,” by Louis A. Fournier & Mary Margarette Clark
“Damn the Demi-Johns! Full Speed Ahead!” by Earl Cancienne
“A Jug is a Jug; But a Cure or a Remedy?,” by Letha Martin
“Some Thoughts from Canada,” by Francis G. O’Brien
“Borden’s Bottles,” by Steven M. Scales
“Wheaton Museum of Glass,” by C. Richardson
“Found, More than 6,000 Civil War Bottles,” by Dr. Cecil Munsey
“Pottery Bottles, Crocks, and Jugs,” by John A. Martinelli
“BOOK REVIEWS:”
    ‘Coozen Dudley LeBlanc – From Huey Long to Hadacol,’ by Floyd Martin Clay
    “Bottle Collecting,’ by Edward Fletcher
    ‘Pre-Prohibition Beer Bottles and Breweries of Baltimore, Maryland,’ 
            by Everett & Janice Ford 
    ‘Mainly Codd’s Wallop,” by Roy Morgan
    ‘H. H. Warner, His Company and His Bottles,’ by Michael W. Seeliger

1975 – Volume No. 3, Spring & Fall, Numbers 1 & 2
Publisher: The Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs
Chairman: Roy Brown
Editor: Cecil Munsey, Ph.D

Spring
“A Last Glimpse,” by Leora White
“The ‘Mrs. Stewarts Bluing’ Story,” by Barbara Robertus
“Don Raffaele and His Medicines,” by Josie & Art Carrier
“How America’s Western Pioneers Lived,” by Julian H. Toulouse, Ph.D.
“In Reckless Exstasy,” by Carl Sandberg, from" In Reckless Ecstasy,” 
            1904 – Asgard Press, Galesburg, Illinois
“The Miles Story,” by Carol & Doug Sather
“Research Methodology & Sources,” by Eric McGuire
“[New Orleans] Historical Pharmacy Museum,” by Ben Bavly
“Putting it all Together,” [Follow-up of previous Journal articles.]
BOOK REVIEWS;”
    ‘The Canning Corner,’ by Judi Mondock & Lorin Buckner
    ‘A Bit About Balsams,’ Betty Blasi
    ‘Antiques – Professional Secrets for the Amateur: The Arts of Restoration,’
            by Michel Doussy
    ‘We Dug Those Dumps (of Nevada),’ by Adele Reed
    ‘Tobacco and Food Tins (Volume I),’ by Kay Clemens

Fall
“Reflections,” by Dr. Cecil Munsey
“Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs to Locate National Headquarters in Balston Spa, New York,” 
            by Barbara E. Maddaus 
“Simmons Liver Regulator Clock,” by Jim Olive
“Patent Medicines – Before and After the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906,” by Judy Nasco
“Labels Under Glass,” by C. Richardson
“Destined for Destruction,” by F. Byron martin
“Ok, I Will!,” by J. Albert Starkey
“Grandma’s Trunk,” by Betty Zumwalt
“BOOK REVIEWS:”
    ‘The Kovels’ Official Bottle rice List (3rd Edition),” by Ralph & Terry Kovel 

Other past issue listings:

The "New" Bottles and Extras (Year 2003)

BOTTLES AND EXTRAS (March, 1990 to December, 2002)

Western Collector Magazine (September, 1963 to May, 1972)

Note: Questions about, or requests of, past issue's or their articles can be directed to:
the Editor or to Cecil Munsey.

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