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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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12595, Terra cotta doorway and clay tiled roof of an office building

12561, Rolling out a carboy partly formed on the blow-pipe, Glass Works, New Jersey

12593, Rubbing bed, revolving steel plate smoothing edges of terra cotta pieces

Glass manufacturer, Tarentum, Pennsylvania, casting and rolling sheets of plate glass

26279, Shaping plates on the potter's wheel for tableware

22097, Artists decorating porcelain ware, Trenton, New Jersey

Chandelier

12592, Kilns were terra cotta pieces are fired two weeks at 2500 degrees

Workmen finishing plate glass windows in polishing room, Glass Works, Tarentum, Pennsylvania

12474, Splitting cylinders on splitting blocked bucks ready to flatten

12464, In the glass yard digging up glass to be remelted

Plan of Electrical Porcelain Company, Carey Ohio

12572, Using compressed air to blow glass into shape of mold, Glass Works, New Jersey

12566, Finishing neck or corkage of a 12 gallon carboy, Glass Works, New Jersey

97, A potter and his wheel fashioning a vase, of Awada porcelain in the famous Kinkosan, Kyoyo, Japan

Hoosac Tunnel, view of brickyard

12451, Wet process mill in which material is finely ground

12715, Placing a kiln filling it for firing

12459, General view of brick plant showing several kilns

Floral arrangement on table [funeral arrangement?]

12456, Firing the kilns

22746, General view of brick yards, Haverstraw, New York

Porcelain items

12586, Mixture of clays and chemicals emerging from pugmill in a terra cotta factory


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