Block, Printing
Object number2017.74.3
Manufacturer
Wood Specialty Company
MediumWood; Metal; Ink; Adhesive
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 text and product imagery; yellow tint to sections of the metal surface. Plate contains advertisement for Davison Chemical Rareox product. Ink residue on wood block.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 5.938 × 3.688 × 0.938 in. (15.1 × 9.4 × 2.4 cm)InscriptionsFront of plate has inverted text including "RAREOX" on product image, "Numero Uno*" at top, "Since its introduction over twenty years ago, Rareox has / been tops for blocking and beveling...flat glass...mirrors / ...auto windshields. ..." at center, and "GRACE / DAVISON CHEMICAL / Pompton Plains, N.J. 07444 / Chattanooga, Tenn. 37406" in bottom left corner.
MarksBack of wood block has red stamped text along right margin "SPECIALTY CO. WOOD SPECIALTY C..."
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.
Previous owner
National Glass Budget
Related institution
Davison Chemical Company
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1974
1972
