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The Libby Glass Co., of Toledo, Ohio, has opened its new cutting shop and when all the frames are filled it will give employment to 200 journeyen cutters. {2048} |
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1951, February
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Libbey Exhibit at Toledo Museum
Traces Century of Glass History
Two hundred items made by the New England Glass Company and its successor, Libbey Glass, during the century between 1820 and 1920 have been presented to the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, on the occasion of the Museum's fiftieth anniversary.
The collection, monetary value of which has not been determined, was presentedby Libbey Glass at commemorative ceremonies at the opening of the Museum's first golden anniversary exhibit on January 6, 1951.
Present at the ceremonies were a number of trade peo plc and press representatives including J. G. Kaufmann, publisher of CHINA, GLASS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES, whose long career provided him with personal experience connected with much of the trade history symbolized by the displays.
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| Cornerstone brick of this Libbey exhibit at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago is included in the Toledo Museum's 50th Anniversary exhibit opened last month. |
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The presentation was made by C. R. Megowen, president of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, of which Libbey Glass is a division. It was accepted by C. J. WilcoT, president of the Museum.
Piece de resistance of the collection is a cut glass table in the "Neola" pattern. Made in 1902, the table was displayed at the St. Louis Exposition of 1904. The table is 32 inches high and the top has a diameter of 28 inches. It has been valued at $5,000.
Other pieces in the group include "Amberina," "Peach Blow" and "Cameo" glass of the 1880s, the elaborate, exquisitely-cut glass of the turn of the century, and fine nineteenth century pressed glass. Cut glass floor and table lamps, as well as bowls, decanters, vases and pitchers, are represented in the collection.
The gift brings the number of items that Libbey Glass has presented to the Museum to more than 400. Previous gifts included twentieth-century products like "Modern American" crystal and the fabulous "Nash" line produced by Libbey in the 1930s, as well as nineteenth-century glass.
The additional pieces provide the Museum with a chronological collection of Libbey items, from the founding of New England Glass Company in 1818 to the present.
The Museum, founded by Edward Drummond Libbey, is celebrated as having the most complete assortment of historical glassware in the world.
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1952, November
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LIBBEY OFFERS GLASSWARE SETS
As part of a concerted program to draw attention to the second annual American Glassware jubilee, held last month, Libbey Glass recently offered a 36-piece set of matching table glassware to any couple in Toledo and vicinity observing a 50th wedding anniversary during jubilee week. To be eligible for this novel offering, one member of the married couple was required to bring proof of the marriage 50 years ago to the company's offices in Toledo. |
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1953, January
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| Screen star Paula Corday cuts ceremonial ribbon, watched by Ashton A. Stanley, right, president of the California State Hotel Association and John Higgins, left, Libbey's West Coast sales representative, as the first table glassware comes oft the lehr of the new Libbey Glass factory in Los Angeles. Housed in the plant of the parent organization, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, the new factory will serve West Coast States, Canada and the South Pacific. Principal products at the start will be institutional glassware and decorated table glasses for home use. |
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1953, May
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Carl U. Fauster (right), advertising manager of Libbey Glass, proudly examines the 1952 Award of Merit won by Libbey in the annual competition held by the Associated Business Publications. It is the fifth award in seven years won by the company for effective use of advertising in trade publications. Holding the plaque is William A. Perry, III, of J. Walter Thompson Company, Libbey ad agency. |
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| Four retirees of Libbey Glass Company, now active members of the Glass Collectors Club of Toledo, inspect the Club's Commemorative Paperweight, honoring the 85th anniversary of the glass industry, in Toledo, to be presented to the Glass Museum in Voxjo, Sweden. From left, Carl Kraft, who made the weights at his GLASS APPLE Studio; Stan Westlund, Libbey blower from 1917 to 1948; Carl Fauster, sales and advertising executive at Libbey from 1930 to 1969 and Harvey Leafgreen, retiring in 1960 after 24 years as a blower at Libbey. {1090} |
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