Block, Printing
Block, Printing
Block, Printing

Block, Printing

Object number2017.74.10 a,b
MediumWood; Metal; Ink; Paper; Adhesive; Adhesive tape
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 graphic imagery; yellow tint to raised sections of the metal surfaces. Plate contains advertisement for Martin Marietta Aggregates including an outline of the United States of America with locations marked and photographic image of business site. Ink residue on wood block. Packaging for printing block. Brown kraft paper folded and taped into rectangular shape (printing block shape). Front has white paper label taped to it with image of printing plate design.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 6.75 × 4.063 × 0.938 in. (17.1 × 10.3 × 2.4 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 7.375 × 4.25 × 3 in. (18.7 × 10.8 × 7.6 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Front of plate has inverted text including at top "Sands for Industry" and on bottom half "Martin Marietta is a major supplier of the 20 million / tons of industrial sand sold annually to the metals / casting and glass industries. Five quarries and processing / plants operated by Martin Marietta in five midwestern states... / ... / main office and research laboratory are in Rockton / with producing facilities in Bridgman, Michigan; Michigan City, / Indiana; Festus, Missouri; Oregon, Illinois; and Portage, Wisconsin. / MARTIN MARIETTA AGGREGATES / INDUSTRIAL SAND DIVISION / ROCKTON, ILLINOIS 61072 / ..."

(b)
Label has printed text at top "Sands for Industry" and on bottom half "Martin Marietta is a major supplier of the 20 million / tons of industrial sand sold annually to the metals / casting and glass industries. Five quarries and processing / plants operated by Martin Marietta in five midwestern states... / ... / main office and research laboratory are in Rockton / with producing facilities in Bridgman, Michigan; Michigan City, / Indiana; Festus, Missouri; Oregon, Illinois; and Portage, Wisconsin. / MARTIN MARIETTA AGGREGATES / INDUSTRIAL SAND DIVISION / ROCKTON, ILLINOIS 61072 / ..."

Label has handwritten text across top in blue ink "BUDGET" and underlined in red ink.
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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