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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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23622, Making adobe brick and drying them in the sun, Mexico

22095, Shaping plates on potter's wheel, Trenton, New Jersey

5527, Glass making, Tarentum, Pennsylvania, revolving iron disks grinding surface of glass plate

12591, Glazing terra cotta with slip of desired color and texture

10999, Dipping plates in preparatory to firing, Porcelain Works, Worcester, England

22683, Blowing pipettes for laboratory use in glass factory

23393, Brick making, pressing out clay into bricks

22009, Polishing plate glass after grinding, Rossford, Ohio

12453, Molding silica brick

12475, Shover boy shoving cylinder into flattening oven

20203, Shoveling the mixed batch into the furnace for melting

12467, Pouring a ladle of glass into pot for blowing to form a cylinder

Glass ware presented to a couple for their anniversary

12559, Gathering molten glass on blow pipe for shaping, Glass Works, New Jersey

12708, Blunger tank which mixes materials forming slip

3446, Rival pot sellers in chatty market, for thrifty housewives, Lahore, India

22096, Firing tableware in the noted pottery center, Trenton, New Jersey

11001, Turning and trimming a cup on the lathe, Royal Porcelain Works, WorcesterEngland

33929, A glass factory [Pittsburg]

10461, Making beer mugs in famous pottery works, Höhr, Germany

12449, Raw material for Silica brick, ganister or quartz rock

15, Manufacture of Kyoto Porcelain

V13957, Blowing glass works, New Jersey

12472, Taking down cylinder and placing on capping off horse


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