At 8 o’clock in the evening on Monday, December 30, 1907, the Uniontown Flint Glass Factory in Uniontown, Pennsylvania went up in flames. The Morning Herald, the city’s only daily paper, described throngs of people flocking to watch the glassworks … Read more →
This blog post was written by Nancy Magrath, Library Collections Management team member. Glassworkers have a long tradition of making whimsies—fanciful objects to show off their creativity, skill, and humor. These were personal items made during work breaks and at … Read more →
This post comes from Joseph Schill, the archives intern at the Rakow Research Library. In 1958, photographer Constance Stuart Larrabee came to Corning, N.Y., to photograph Steuben glass workers in action. Larrabee was a gifted artist who is best known … Read more →
This post is written by Thatcher project digitization assistant Christina Baker. Read more about the Thatcher project and collection in previous posts. By now, you may be familiar with the existence of the Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Co., which was located … Read more →