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FOHBC Virtual Museum of Historical Bottles and Glass

Source: https://fohbcvirtualmuseum.org/

Source: https://fohbcvirtualmuseum.org/ Ingested: 2026-07-26 (WebFetch extraction of the homepage)

Why this is in the wiki: the virtual-museum playbook (output/playbook-virtual-museum-three-rivers-glass-2026-07-25.md) cites fohbcvirtualmuseum.org as the reference implementation of the format. This source captures what the museum actually is and how it is organized, as a model for the Three Rivers Glass virtual museum. It is NOT a factual source about the Three Rivers Glass Company — the homepage contains no Texas or Three Rivers content.

Organization & Purpose

  • Operator: FOHBC (Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors), a collector organization dedicated to preserving and showcasing antique glass bottles and related artifacts.
  • Model: free online educational resource, no entry fees, supported by donations and volunteer contributions.
  • Scope: history of bottles and glass production in North America.

Museum Collections & Galleries

Organized into thematic galleries:

  • Ales & Beers — brewery bottles, alphabetical (A–Z)
  • Bitters — medicinal bitters by manufacturer
  • Blown Three Mold — early American glass (GI–GXIII classifications)
  • Cures — patent medicines and remedies
  • Druggist — pharmaceutical bottles
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Food & Sauces — pickle, condiment, food packaging
  • Free Blown & Pattern Molded — early glasswork incl. flasks and tableware
  • Historical Flasks — portrait and pictorial flasks (GI–GXV)
  • Inks — writing fluids and inkwells
  • Jars — fruit preservation and storage
  • Medicines — compounds and tonics
  • Perfume, Scent & Cologne
  • Poisons — toxic-substance containers
  • Soda Water — by region (Northeast, Southern, Midwest, Western)
  • Spirits — whiskey, bourbon, gin, brandy
  • Spring & Mineral Water
  • Target Balls — shooting-sport collectibles

Navigation & Access Features

  • Floor-plan overview as the primary navigation metaphor
  • Alphabetical browsing within categories
  • Regional organization for some collections (notably sodas)
  • User accounts (login/password recovery) and a shopping cart
  • Site search

Relevance to the Three Rivers Glass project

Structural ideas worth borrowing: the floor-plan/gallery metaphor over a flat article list; galleries keyed to product categories (which maps directly onto the Three Rivers product lines — milk bottles, sodas, jars, tableware); regional organization; and the free-with-donations operating model. The homepage’s category set also suggests where Three Rivers pieces would sit in the wider collecting taxonomy (sodas — Southern region, jars, milk bottles).