Club Meetings

The 1st Chicago Bottle Club meets the third Friday of the month, except July at:

Hinsdale Covenant Church
412 S. Garfield
Hinsdale, Illinois 60521

7:00pm—doors open
7:30pm—business meeting/program

Every meeting includes a program, which may involve a speaker presentation, films or slides dealing with a variety of subjects relating to bottles and other collections of interest to Club members. Prior to the program, a show-and-tell feature gives the members the opportunity to bring in new finds. These fresh discoveries often come with interesting and humorous stories, and ensure that group members continue learning about the world of bottle collecting. The Club provides snacks and refreshments.

Please note, meetings are sometimes held at Club members' homes. Any changes will be noted in the newsletter.

2025—Meeting Dates:
January 17
February 21
March 21
April 11 DATE CHANGED
May 16
June 20
July off
August 15
September 19
October 17
November 21
December 19

2025

March Show N Tell

March Program: Your Oldest Bottle

March Program

2024

Sept. Program: Hutchinson related items

September program

September Show N Tell

April Program: Dug & Acquisitions

Winner of Jars: Mason Improved

Winner of Miscellaneous Category

Award Winners: pictured left to right

January meeting Show N Tell

Show N Tell

January Program Tobacco

Auction Time - Super rare mini Bolton bottle :-)

Club Bottles coming soon, look at those colors

2023

April Program: Dug & Acquisition

Best in Show: Dr. S.F. Collins Jaundice Bitters, Chicago, ILL with IP base

Award Winners: pictured left to right

Winner of Miscellaneous Category

Winnor of ACL Category

Winner of Stoneware Category

ACL entry

Rare Von Hofe stopper for the BUSCH & BRANDS BREWERY CO.

January program: Animals

2022

April Show N' Tell: John P. with his ACL soda finds

Excelsior Lager Beer with rare Schlich Closure, Russ S.

Lafyette & Summer/Winter Historical Flasks, Russ S.

Program: 2022 Dug and Acquisition Awards: A rare Pelikan Bros./Chicago pictorial Pharmacy bottle on the judging table, Christine M.

Award Winners: pictured left to right:

Best in Show: Lafayette/Coventry C-T Historical Flask

March: Program ACL bottles

Program: ACL bottles - Craig

Program: ACL bottles - Tom

Program: ACL bottles - Mario P

Program: ACL bottles - John

January: Show N Tell

Show N Tell: Russ - whatchamacallit?

Show N Tell: Russ - Supreme Beverages

Program: Inks - Mario P

Program: Inks - Tom

2021

Sept.: Program Crates & Containers from Chicago

Fuller & Fuller Wholesale Druggists

Chief Brand painting supplies

Sept.: Show N Tell - Mario B. – J.A. Lomax round bottom & M. Keely blob soda

Mario B. - Dodds German Cough Balsam & Dr. Marshall’s Lung Syrup

John P. - IL COSMET COLD CREAM

May: Show and Tell - Joe Gourd contributor

Mario P - New Chicago ACL – LIFE

May : Dug & Acquisitions : Mario P.

Mike

Tory

Mike

John

2021 DUG AND ACQUISITION AWARD WINNERS

April program: Stenciled Pottery

Mike: Indianola Brand rolling pin

Mike: Matthews Soda Water Co.

JR's pottery collection

JR: Morrison Plummer & Co.

JR: pickle crocks

JR: Van Schaack Wholesale Druggist

Show N Tell - Russ: Emanuel Duschek - Chicago potter

Russ: Base signature

March program: Paper Labeled Bottles

John: Dr. Blendigo's Celery Tonic / Pepsin Cinchona Bitters

John: Richelieu Capers

John: Dr. Sawyer's Medicine

Craig with his paper labeled quarts

Craig: Hydrox Ginger Ale / John: Hydrox Root Beer

Mario with his paper labeled bottles

Mario: I.R. & Co. Marsala Wine

Mario: close-up of Marsala wine label

2020

November: Show & Tell

Mario: The Fromherz Berlizheimer Co. Cigar jar

Russ: The Casper Co. whiskey jug

November program: Suburbs

Craig: Willow Farm Products, Willow Springs, IL

John: F. W. Muller quart hutchinson, Arlington Heights, IL

Frank: J. G. Bolton, Lemont, IL

October program: Dug & Acquisitions

Cincinnati Beer Bottling Company & Globe Bottling Company

Farley candy jar

Cloverleaf Dairy

Great Northern Bitters

J A Lomax Medicated Aerated Waters

Milwaukee Time Bitters

Geo. S. Eissler Oak Park mini-jug

October Show & Tell: H. Torchiani Lager Beer and Davison and Welch hutch

September meeting, social distanced and masked

September program: Large Capacity

Berland's (Poison)

Schreiber Bros. Co. handled whiskey

September Show & Tell

Smiling Frog inside

F. W. Muller Arlington Heights cobalt quart hutch

Foley Cathartic Tablets

Morand and Stuart Hale Beverages ACL sodas

Historical Virtual May Meeting

February Program: Household & Food

H. Wichert - Chow Chow

Ladies Delight - Ammonia

February Show & Tell

E. E. Eaton Guns & c.

Hutchinson Crowns - Paper Weight

2019

May Program: DUG & ACQUISITION

Best Overall - E. Hess Mineral Spring Waters Chicago

FFFF Household Ammonia (paper label)

October Program: SUBURBS

Blob soda from Dunton, Illinois (now Arlington Heights)

Adolph Westphal (Quart Hutch) from River Forest, Illinois

November program: COLORS OF FALL

F. C. Lang & Co., complete with stopper & wire bail

Bissell's Tonic Bitters from Peoria

50th Anniversary cupcakes

2018

October Show & Tell: Joe Gourd showing off a green, Augauer Bitters bottle and related Augauer Bitters Company advertising.

April was our annual Dug and Acquisition Awards

2018 Dug & Acquisition Award Winners: (left to right)

Cub's Park Pharmacy

Oak Park advertising piece on glass

2017

September-show & tell:

October Program: Stoneware, presented by Jr. Gibson and Bill Vander Veen

November:President John Panek auctioning off Chicago blob sodas

January-show & tell: A. Stone & Co., IP base fruit jar

January-program: soda & beer glasses

Jim and Jodi Hall hosted our February Club meeting

Hospitality Chair, Jen Pisterzi

Dug & Acquisition Awards Winners

July, 2016 Program

What else we collect, Participation was phenomenal with 14 members showing collections.

2015

Coca-Cola syrup dispenser

Coca-Cola display table, program by Mario

2015 Bottles being judged for our annual Dug and Acquisition awards

2015 Award Winners

2014

2014 Award Winners

Annual dug and acquisition ballot