Pin, Membership
Object number2017.74.13 a,b
MediumMetal; Enamel; Plastic; Fabric; Paper
Credit LineGift of National Glass Budget
DescriptionMembership pin for the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association. Circular gold-tone metal pin with threaded post on reverse at center and gold-tone metal screw-on disk backer. Front of pin has blue enamel border with gold enamel text identifying the organization and union name; bottle depicted at center.
Plastic clamshell box. Maroon bottom connecting with two snap hinges to transparent lid. Paperboard insert is lined on the top with white grosgrain fabric; hole at center for pin.DimensionsDiameter x Depth (a): 0.438 × 0.313 in. (1.1 × 0.8 cm)Height x Width x Depth (b): 0.75 × 1.125 × 1.375 in. (1.9 × 2.9 × 3.5 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Front has gold text around the perimeter "GLASS BOTTLE BLOWERS ASSOCIATION / A.F. of L. C.I.O." and around interior circle's perimeter "OF THE UNITED STATES & CANADA".
Marks(a)
Maker's marks on the reverse of the pin, illegible.
(b)
Lid's front right corner has text "FLITELINE".
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
Glass Bottle Blowers' Association
Related institution
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
On View
Not on view
1945
1999
c. 1944
