Antique bottle collection stars in new historical museum exhibit

The Washington Historical Museum is presenting a collection of historic bottles in its new exhibit, Checking Out the Past in Glass: The Collection of Bill Baab, Jr.

The exhibit will run from July 1 through September 30. "To celebrate the opening of this exhibit," said Curator Stephanie Macchia, "Mr. Baab will be giving a lecture on his bottles and the hobby of collecting on Tuesday, July 1, at 2:30. The talk will explain how the bottle-collecting hobby evolved, starting in the goldfields of the Old West and eventually making its way eastward."

The lecture will begin at 2:30 p.m. at the Washington Historical Museum, 308 E. Robert Toombs Avenue in Washington. The admission charge is $3 for adults, $2 for children 6-12, 5 and under free.

The 72-year-old Augusta resident was the long-time outdoors editor for The Augusta Chronicle, and has been collecting antique bottles and antique and contemporary pottery since 1969. He has written hobbyrelated feature stories for a number of American and foreign magazines. He served as Southern Region editor for Bottles & Extras, official publication of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.

In 2007, Babb and his wife, Bea, self-published a book about Augusta bottles called "Augusta on Glass." Supplements featuring Augusta area dairies and their bottles, Augusta drug stores of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and "go-withs," objects such as photos, bartender's knives, and other things that "go with" bottle collections, are being developed.

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