"Two Pioneer Women"

These two great women are pioneers of the bottle collecting world. They are Dr. Pauline Rosen (left) and my grandmother Marilyn Lehr (right). This ad is from the Sac Bee, 1968. They are setting up a bottle display at the El Dorado County Fair. Which was probably the first bottle display ever put on in California. Dr. Pauline Rosen was at the time, one of the largest figural bitters collecters. She also was one of the first members of the ABC, and helped Marilyn Lehr form the Hangtown Bottlenecks Club in Placerville. After her husband past, she disapeared from the hobby. Her collection was bought by Mike Henness some 25+ years ago. Not sure if she is still with us... Marilyn Lehr along with my Grandfather Ed Lehr were some of the first diggers/collecters in California,(Placerville area) about 1958. Marilyn loved collecting western meds and Chinese artifacts. She had the first largest collection of Gold Rush town med's anywhere. She also had one of the first Bottle Shops, located in Diamond Springs,(1967) where lots of collecters came to buy bottles. She was the founder of the Hangtown Bottlenecks, an early member of the ABC and help form the El Dorado County Musem. Marilyn Lehr is alive and well at 82 and lives in Madera, Ca.