Muncie Summer Jar Show

Muncie Summer Jar Show, July 13th 2008

Jeff and I spent a couple days in Muncie, Indiana last weekend, enjoying the friendship and comeraderie of fellow Fruit Jar collectors. The room hopping and visiting was a blast. We've already made our room reservations for the January 2009 show!

• Read the Ball Jar Collector's Group's forum thread about the show -- scroll down to Joe Coulson's notes and show pix.
  

• The Signature Inn of Muncie hotel manager was very thoughtful, and put a lovely tribute to Phil Robinson in the lobby entranceway.

• Now available for purchase from the Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club -- a DVD of Phil Robinson giving his famous sermon illustrated with some of his jars; also includes pix of the jar museum. Ordering info: Dave Rittenhouse (765) 468-8091

• Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club --watch for their show report and info about the upcoming January show.

• Some of the group milling about at Saturday's Get-together Meeting.

Here are just a few things I took pix of -- mostly I was too busy visiting to think about documenting the event.

• Greg Spurgeon's colorful Petal Jars

• A really rare National 1876 salesman's sample jar
  

• Joe Coulson's photo of John Landis Mason -- U.S. inventor (d. 1902), who was granted a U.S. patent on 30 Nov. 1858 for the screw-top glass jar.

• Jeff Klingler with the huge 3 gallon jar that came out of Phil's Jar Museum(that he won from Greg's auction, and picked up at the show). Guess-timators think it is circa 1920-1940, and probably was used for sterilized gauze -- anyone who has any info, contact us, please.

• Since Muncie is the home of Ball jars -- check out the new Collectors Weekly page devoted to BALL Jars - see the ebay search widget with all the Ball Jar listings, and be sure to read the article by Bruce Shank. Pictured- some of his Ball jars.

Remember -- the York Expo Bottle Show is up next -- it'll be here before you know it! I have info and links on the Findlay Bottle Club's website.