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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.
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Record ID

ebl-1742554500760-1742554500988-0

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22474, Brick making, placing green bricks in kiln after coning from dryer

Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

W.S. George Pottery Company, No. 4, East Palestine, Ohio

Souvenirs, flowers on table

20205, Blowing the bottle into required shape in a mold, American Glass Bottle Industry

Unidentified factory building

12479, Cutting glass sheet into various sizes with straight edge and diamond

12473, Capping off a cylinder into flattening lengths with electric capping stick

6455, Display room of Venetian Glass Factory, Venice, Italy

12462, Reshaping tempered brick with hand press

12719, Drawing a kiln of glazed tile

12470, Blow stand where the blowing of the cylinders is controlled

12469, Row of drawing kilns on which cylinders are blown by compressed air

21819, Molding and drying adobe brick, Mendoza, Argentina

6888, Pottery making city of Pueblo, Mexico

Howland & Potter

12481, View in warehouse where the glass is stored for shipment

48, Selling earthenware in Mexico

Glass Works in Birmingham

12722, Pressing out floor tile and putting into saggar for firing

12476, [V22674], Flattening cylinder in oven with flattening block

12581, Machine mixing sand, soda and lime for glass in a big factory

5525, Plate Glass works, Tarentum, Pennsylvania

12457, Removing brick from kiln after burning


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