Block, Printing
Object number2017.74.11 a-c
Manufacturer
Typecraft Press
Date1977
MediumWood; Metal; Ink; Paper; 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 raised sections of the metal surfaces. Plate contains advertisement for Davison Chemical products. Ink residue on wood block. Printing block has associated shipping label and paper note.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 5.25 × 2.625 × 0.938 in. (13.3 × 6.7 × 2.4 cm)Height x Width x Depth (b): 7 × 6.063 × 0.063 in. (17.8 × 15.4 × 0.2 cm)
Height x Width (c): 4.25 × 11 in. (10.8 × 27.9 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Front of plate has inverted text including at top "Good (polishing) things / come in threes." and at bottom "To fill your / cerium oxide needs, / call the / polishing powder people / at (201) 855-3060. / DAVISON CHEMICAL / A GRACE DIVISION / Sales...Pompton Plains, N.J. 07444".
Product images have text, from left product to right product: "vitrox / "C" / GRACE / ...", "RAREOX / 90 / CERIUM OXIDE / POLISHING POWDER / GRACE / ...", and "RAREOX / CERIUM OXIDE / POLISHING POWDER / GRACE / ..."
(b)
Postage label has red stamped text including "STAMFORD / JAN 19'77 / CONN. / ... / 1.12".
Shipping label has printed and typed text, from top to bottom: "client GRACE/Davison Chemical... / issue 1977 DIrectory... / ... / [logo] albert a. kohler company, inc. advertising / ...riverside, connecticut... / NATIONAL GLASS BUDGET / P.O. Box 4288 / Pittsburgh PA 15203 / ..."
Black stamped text in top left area "JAN. 21 1977".
Handwritten text below postage label "in 12/25".
Handwritten text on shipping label in red ink "77 6FD", "#23", and "First Class".
(c)
One side has handwritten red text at center "77 6FD / Grace Davison / called Kohler 2/25 / to send for off set / Hold Cat / SS".
Other side has printed green text at top "DATE / THINGS TO DO / DUN-IT".
Marks(c)
Other side has printed green text at bottom "Call Typecraft Press... / Complete Printing Facilities".
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
Related institution
Albert A. Kohler Company, Inc.
On View
Not on view
Wood Specialty Company
1974
1972