Description: This glass flask, which measures 7" by 4" (17 by 11 cm), was manufactured by J. Sheppard and Company in Zanesville. It includes both an American eagle and a Masonic symbol. J. Shepard and Company was started in Zanesville in 1823 by Reverend Joseph Shepard. During the 1820s and 1830s, Zanesville was one of the leading glass-manufacturing cities in the nation. Ohio has continued to play a major role in the nation's glass industry because of its abundant sandstone resources. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1382_1535066_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Glass industry; Glassworking; Bottles; Eagles
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of an exhibit of early Ohio glass, possibly in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse. Since the early nineteenth century glassmaking has been one of the major industries of Ohio, and Ohio glass holds an important place in the development of the industry in the United States. According to Rhea Mansfield Knittle of Ashland, Ohio, whose book "Early American Glass" was published in 1927, the first glass house in Ohio was a Zanesville organized by a group of citizens and incorporated May 13, 1815, as the White Glass Works. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07538
Subjects: Other--Ohio Historical Society; Glass industry; Glassware; Art, American--Ohio; Artists--Ohio; Arts and crafts movement
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Note affixed to the pictures reads in type: "This interesting photo shows a pot of molten glass being removed from one of the ovens in the huge Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company's factory in Toledo." Photograph shows large machinery at work in the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company in Toledo Ohio. A man holds onto a handle of a 20-plus foot steel clamp as he pulls a crucible of molten glass out of the oven. The Libbey–Owens–Ford Company (LOF) was a producer of flat glass for the automotive and building products industries both for original equipment manufacturers and for replacement use. The company's headquarters and main factories were located in Toledo, Ohio. The company was formed by the merger of Libbey-Owens' flat-glass operation with the Edward Ford Plate Glass Company, both located in Toledo, in 1930. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F07_032_1
Subjects: Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company--History; Glass industry--United States--1920-1950; Glass manufacture--Ohio--Toledo--History
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: An image of the Glass Door Oven Plant in Cincinnati, Ohio. This plant, and the ovens it produced were started by E.H. Huenefeld. Huenefeld made a significant technological advancement in making his then unique glass door oven. He came up with a novel way to allow his ovens to have a glass door that would be easy to see through even in the middle of cooking, and was sure not to crack from the stress that it was put through. This oven was considered to be a huge advancement in both manufacturing and general convenience for home owners. Suddenly owners could simply look into their ovens without any need to do anything but that. In addition to the ovens, Huenefeld's successful company was also involved in producing a number of other appliances. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06692
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Glass industry; Manufacturing industries--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Edward Drummond Libbey was born on April 17, 1854, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Attracted by the promotion of a civic group, as well as abundant fuel, Libbey relocated his glass operation, the Libbey Glass Company, from Massachusetts to Toledo in 1888. His company was renowned as a producer of fine art glass. Libbey was the founder and first president of the Toledo Museum of Art. He died in 1925. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07685
Subjects: Libbey, Edward Drummond, 1854-1925; Glass industry; Toledo Museum of Art
 

Description: This image shows the square in Mount Vernon. Mary Ann Ball or Mother Bickerdyke was born near here in 1817. The town originally came to be back in the early years of the 19th century, and took its name from the estate of George Washington. Throughout the years Mount Vernon has become the main population center of the county where it resides, and has experienced consistent growth in population since it's founding. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06751
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799; Knox County (Ohio); Glass industry; Gas industry--Ohio
Places: Mount Vernon (Ohio); Knox County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Dated 1895, this is an advertisement from The Specialty Glass Co. in East Liverpool, Ohio, for their Crystal Pennova Ware. The Specialty Glass Co. manufactured blown, pressed, cut, and engraved tableware. The company was founded in 1882, but was not prosperous until 1888. Because the Ohio Gas Company could not provide sufficient gas supplies, glass production stopped several times throughout the 1890s, and the company also fought the city for a railroad from the city streets to the plant. By 1897, the company decided to leave the city due to the lack of cooperation with the city council, but in 1898 the plant caught fire and burned down and the decision was made to not rebuild. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4253
Subjects: Glass industry; Glassware; Tableware; Advertisements; Ohio Economy
Places: East Liverpool (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)
 

Description: Main Street in Lancaster, Ohio 1870 showing the Mithoff House. Lancaster was settled by many people of German descent traveling through Pennsylvania. In the early 1800s there was even a newspaper printed in German. Lancaster was quite successful economically, being home to numerous places of business. This would be helped along by a railroad being built in 1854, and numerous canals. While the primary source of income was originally farming, production of commercial goods would soon expand the economy. Lancaster was also the birth place of William T. Sherman, who came to be a famous figure in U.S. history for his role as a general in the American Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06691
Subjects: Lancaster (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Glass industry; Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Places: Lancaster (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: E.H. Huenefeld, the man who created the first successful oven to have a see through glass door. Huenefeld made a significant technological advancement in making his then unique glass door oven. He came up with a novel way to allow his ovens to have a glass door that would be easy to see through even in the middle of cooking, and was sure not to crack from the stress that it was put through. This oven was considered to be a huge advancement in both manufacturing and general convenience for home owners. Suddenly owners could simply look into their ovens without any need to do anything but that. In addition to the ovens, Huenefeld's successful company was also involved in producing a number of other appliances. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06693
Subjects: Glass industry; Manufacturing industries--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: The exterior of the Imperial Glass Museum in Bellaire. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06703
Subjects: Glass industry; Historical museums--Ohio; Belmont County (Ohio)
Places: Bellaire (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: The exterior of the Imperial Glass Museum in Bellaire. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06704
Subjects: Glass industry; Historical museums--Ohio; Belmont County (Ohio)
Places: Bellaire (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio); Ohio