Block, Printing
Object number2017.74.7
Date1972
MediumWood; Metal; Ink
Credit LineGift of National Glass Budget
DescriptionPrinting block consisting of rectangular block of wood with metal plate mounted on front with metal nails. Metal plate has inverted advertisement containing text; blue tint to raised sections of the metal surfaces. Plate contains advertisement for Electrocleaning, Inc.'s electrocleaning process. Ink residue throughout.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 4.813 × 3.063 × 0.938 in. (12.2 × 7.8 × 2.4 cm)InscriptionsFront of plate has inverted text including "Clean your molds / this modern way and get / 20% longer mold life / at this date 29 / container plants are / using this process / Electrocleaning TM: In a non-toxic chemical / bath. No acids. No abrasives. So no cleaning scars. / Figure on 20% longer mold life. ... / ... / For details write Electrocleaning, Inc., 2709 / East 93rd St., Cleveland, Ohio 44104 / electrocleaning / [company logo with "e"]".
Reverse of wood block has handwritten ink text across bottom half "Electrocleaning / 1972".
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
Electrocleaning, Inc.
Terms
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1974
Wood Specialty Company
