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Glass Gatherer at Work

ca. 1970

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Glass Gatherer at Work
  • Title
  • Glass Gatherer at Work
  • Creator
  • Lenox, Incorporated
  • Date
  • ca. 1970
  • Identifier
  • 20710321-hpichswp-0052
  • Source Identifier
  • MSS_800_B018_F012_I01
  • Description
  • A Lenox glass gatherer at work. According the photograph's caption, the image depicts 22-year-old glass gatherer George Gowton, whose task is to take an exact amount of molten glass from the furnace. Gowton was trained to be a glass blower at the Mount Pleasant, Pa. plant opened by Lenox Crystal, Inc.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Lenox, Incorporated.
    Glassware--Pennsylvania.
    Glass manufacture--Pennsylvania.
    Glass industry--Pennsylvania.
  • Source
  • Bryce Brothers Company and Lenox Incorporated Records, 1828-2002, MSS 800, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Bryce Brothers and Lenox Incorporated Glass Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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