Block, Printing
Block, Printing
Block, Printing

Block, Printing

Object number2017.74.1
Date1974
MediumWood; Metal; Ink; Paper; Adhesive; Adhesive tape
Credit LineGift of National Glass Budget
DescriptionPrinting block consisting of rectangular block of wood with metal plate adhered on front. Metal plate has inverted advertisement containing raised text and machinery imagery; yellow tint to raised metal surfaces. Plate contains advertisement for General Glass Equipment Company/General Glass International, Inc. Model 317 Check Inspector, Automatic Oscillating Batch Charger, and Hydra-Mix Batch Wetting Feeder. Ink residue throughout.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 10.125 × 7.188 × 0.938 in. (25.7 × 18.3 × 2.4 cm)
InscriptionsMetal plate has inverted text including "PROVEN PROFIT PARTNERS / PRICE: $14,000... / The model 317 Check Inspector... / ... / GENERAL GLASS EQUIPMENT CO. / GENERAL GLASS INTERNATIONAL, Inc. / ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A." and also text under top image "WORLD'S MOST MODERN / HIGH SPEED CHECK INSPECTOR", under center image "GANAGLASS AUTOMATIC / OSCILLATING BATCH CHARGER / For Side-Port, End-Port or / Unit Melter Furnaces", and under bottom image "BATCH WETTING FEEDER".

White paper label on one of the short sides of the wooden block with handwritten ink text "... / General Glass equip. co."

Bottom side of wooden block has handwritten text in black ink "Glass - June 1974".
Historical NotesThe National Glass Budget (NGB), a weekly review of the American glass industry that covered glass manufacture and distribution, was established in Wheeling, West Virginia, by Michel J. Owens as the Ohio Valley Boycotter in 1884. A Pittsburgh politician named Tim O’Leary acquired the publication and renamed it the National Glass Budget in 1890. Originally created as a union workers' publication, the NGB became increasingly orientated with the manufacturing side of the glass industry in the early twentieth century. The NGB boasted the largest circulation of any U.S. glass industry publication among manufacturers, jobbers, and dealers in all kinds of glass products during the twentieth century. The NGB also published special reports on associated enterprises which affected the glass industry. Elizabeth Scott became editor of the National Glass Budget in 1978. The NGB's name was changed to Glass News in 1984 and discontinued in 1988. The Glass Factory Directories are still being published.
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