Block, Printing
Block, Printing
Block, Printing

Block, Printing

Object number2017.74.2
Manufacturer
Datec. 1974
MediumWood; Metal; Ink; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of National Glass Budget
DescriptionPrinting block consisting of rectangular (nearly square) block of wood with metal plate adhered on front. Metal plate has inverted advertisement containing raised text and company logo in top left corner; yellow tint to raised metal surfaces. Plate contains Glass Selection Guide for PPG Industries architectural glass and components. Ink residue on wood.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 5.063 × 5.688 × 0.938 in. (12.9 × 14.4 × 2.4 cm)
InscriptionsMetal plate has inverted text including "A broad selection of architectural / glass and components from / PPG Industries" at top right, "PPG / INDUSTRIES" at top left, "GLASS SELECTION GUIDE", and section headings including "CLEAR GLASS", "ENVIRONMENTAL GLASS", "MULTIPLE PERFORMANCE / ENVIRONMENTAL GLASS", "HIGH STRENGTH GLASS", "LAMINATED GLASS", "SPANDREL GLASS", "ARCHITECTURAL METALS", and "DOORS AND ENTRANCEWAYS".
MarksBack of wood black has red stamped text "WOOD SPECIALTY CO. WOOD S... / SCHOOL LANE & RIDGE AVE. SCHOOL... / P... FEB. / 74".
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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