Block, Printing
Object number2017.74.6
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 Ottawa Silica Company product. Ink residue on wood block.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 5.375 × 2.563 × 0.938 in. (13.7 × 6.5 × 2.4 cm)InscriptionsFront of plate has inverted text: "Serving / the glass industry / for over 75 years. / Our only product... / Silica / 99.9% pure SiO2 ["2" is subscript] / 1900 / [hourglass] / SANDS OF TIME / TM / For more information write to / OTTAWA SILICA COMPANY / ...OTTAWA, ILLINOIS... / PLANTS: Ottawa, Illinois / Rockwood, Michigan / Mystic, Connecticut / Oceanside, California".
Along bottom of plate is inverted "723" and handwritten text "DELETE".
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
Ottawa Silica Company
On View
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Wood Specialty Company
1974
1972
