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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. Kraft's father, Bernt, came to Libbey from Sweden in 1906 and Westlund and Greenleaf both learned their craft in Sweden before coming to America. tart Kraft started as a carry-in boy at Libbey in 1930 and retired in 1971. Fauster, on retirement, established the Antique & Historic Glass Foundation to compile history and sponsor research about Libbey Glass and welcomes letters directed to him at P.O. Box 7415, Toledo, Ohio 43615. {1090} |
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