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Division of Ceramics and Glass Stereographs

American History Museum

12463, Batch mixing plant and storage tanks of glass factory
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Object Details

Content Description

Collection consists primarily of stereographs and some postcards documenting aspects of glass, pottery, porcelain, and earthenware manufacturing. Includes factory scenes.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82aa5be8f-5993-40c2-acde-69eaf1f205c5

Collector

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Ceramics and Glass

Place

England
Japan
Mexico

Topic

Factories
Glass blowing and working -- United States
Glass manufacture
Kilns
Porcelain
Pottery

Provenance

Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

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Division of Ceramics and Glass Stereographs

Extent

.25 Cubic feet (1 box)

Date

circa 1894-1900s

Custodial History

Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Home and Community Life, 2024.

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.1662

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Picture postcards
Stereographs

Citation

Division of Ceramics and Glass Stereographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in one series. Series 1: Steregraphs, 1880s-early 1900s

Processing Information

Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2025. Collection digitized by Noah Stewart, digitization technician, 2025.

Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

Picture postcards
Stereographs

Restrictions

Collection is open for research.
NMAH.AC.1662
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Record ID

ebl-1742554500760-1742554500988-0

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Accession 1986.3014

Accession 2017.5002

W.F.M. Brooks , jewelers specialties in stone and earthenware, Providence, Rhode Island

Stereographs

Accession 1989.0677

24697, Decorating earthenware is one of the many ceramic factories in Modra, Slovakia, Czechoslovakia

28, G.A.R. banqueting hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

View of the Pottery District, Trenton, New Jersey

19, Grinding down the surface after firing Kyoto porcelain, Japan

46, Selling pottery in market place, Delhi, India

12661, Mixing machine preparing clay for sanitary ware

24492, Doll factory, molding doll heads, Sonnenberg, Germany

Exterior view, Ovington China Warehouse

Accession 1985.0968

4605c, Still life study

Interior view of Ovington Brothers

11769, Painting ornamental circle around mugs in pottery works, Höhr, Germany

5525, Plate glass works, Tarentum, Pennsylvania modeling clay ports for glass, moving pot to drying room

Carrollton Pottery Company, Carrollton, Ohio

11189, Taking clay from great pit for fine English porcelain, Bugle, England

18, Manufacture of Kyoto porcelain, painting microscopic decoration

11771, Placing pottery for baking, looking into kiln, Höhr, Germany

Pottery Shop on Street in Mandalay, Burma

Pioneer Pottery, East Liverpool, Ohio


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