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Author : Joan E. Kaiser
Release : 2009
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 045/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Glass Industry in South Boston by : Joan E. Kaiser
Download or read book The Glass Industry in South Boston written by Joan E. Kaiser. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of and collectors' guide to nineteenth-century glass manufacturing in South Boston
Author : Boston Glass Manufactory
Release : 1826
Genre : Advertising
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Book Synopsis Boston Glass Manufactory. South Boston Flint Glass. Chelmsford Glass ... by : Boston Glass Manufactory
Download or read book Boston Glass Manufactory. South Boston Flint Glass. Chelmsford Glass ... written by Boston Glass Manufactory. This book was released on 1826. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Stuart Gordon
Release : 2018-01-01
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Synopsis American Glass by : John Stuart Gordon
Download or read book American Glass written by John Stuart Gordon. This book was released on 2018-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Glass can be decorative or utilitarian, and its forms often reflect technological innovations and social change. Drawing on an insightful selection from the Yale University Art Gallery and other collections at Yale, American Glass illuminates the vital and often intimate roles that glass has played in the nation's art and culture. Spectacularly illustrated, the publication showcases eighteenth-century mold-blown vessels, nineteenth-century pressed glass, innovative studio work, and luminous stained-glass windows by John La Farge and Louis Comfort Tiffany, the latter reproduced as a lush gatefold. These are considered alongside beguiling objects that broaden our expectations of glass and speak to the centrality of the medium in American life, including one of the oldest complex microscopes in the United States, an early Edison light bulb, glass-plate photography, jewelry, and more. With an essay on the history of collecting American glass and discussions of each object that present new scholarship, this engaging book tells the long and rich history of glass in America--from prehistoric minerals to contemporary sculptures"--Dust jacket front flap.
Author : Thomas H. O'Connor
Release : 1994
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 881/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis South Boston, My Home Town by : Thomas H. O'Connor
Download or read book South Boston, My Home Town written by Thomas H. O'Connor. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging yet objective look at the 350-year old history of "Southie," a neighborhood that has survived largely unchanged since the early days of immigrant Irish families and old-time political bosses.
Author : Quentin Skrabec
Release : 2007-01-31
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Michael Owens and the Glass Industry by : Quentin Skrabec
Download or read book Michael Owens and the Glass Industry written by Quentin Skrabec. This book was released on 2007-01-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the “Owens” in “Owens Corning”—a brilliant but humble inventor with nine companies and forty-nine patents bearing his name. He stands next to Thomas Edison in the pantheon of inventors. Commercial products stamped with his name are ubiquitous in modern life. His inventions are directly responsible for safety glass in car windshields and consistently proportioned medicine jars—and helped to significantly reduce child labor in America. His designs have changed the way we illuminate a dark room and buy pasteurized milk. Michael J. Owens has left an indelible mark in human history, yet his name often has been overlooked publicly, until now. Michael Owens was a driven but unassuming man who shunned the spotlight, wanting only to create. In this first biography of a visionary, artist, and craftsman, Quentin R. Skrabec’s research has uncovered a resourceful, colorful, and dynamic industrialist and inventor. This insightful account sets the stage for Owens by going back to the beginning—the history of glass as an art form. Today, his flourishing legacy includes Owens Corning, employing nearly twenty thousand people in over thirty countries.
