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Title
Libbey
Glass
Company
Plant
-
cut
glass
bowl
Subject
Industries--Ohio--Toledo
Glass blowing and working--United States
Libbey Glass Manufacturing Co
Libbey, William, 1855-1927
Owens, Michael Joseph, 1859-1923
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Libbey Inc
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Toledo (Ohio)
Lucas County (Ohio)
Description
This
is
most
likely
the
Libbey
Glass
Company
Plant
in
Toledo
,
which
manufactures
tumblers
,
cut-glass
,
thin-blown
stemware
,
engraved
and
decorated
glass
. A
workman
handles
a
bowl
with a
decorative
pattern
.
It
could
also be the
Anchor-Hocking
Glass
Company
in
Lancaster
or any of the
other
glass
making
plants
in
Ohio
The
Libbey
Glass
Company
Plant
,
located
at
1000
(now
940)
Ash
Street
in
Toledo
,
Ohio
was an
affiliate
of the
Owens-Illinois
Glass
Company
from
1933
until
it
was
spun
off
as
Libbey
Inc
. in
1993
. The
company
,
owned
by
William
L
.
Libbey
,
moved
to
Toledo
in
1888
with the
city
providing
a
4
acre
factory
and
50
lots
for
employee
homes
. The
company
changed
their
name
from
W
.
L
.
Libbey
&
Sons
Company
to
Libbey
Glass
Company
in
1892
, the
same
year
they
secured
a
contract
from
Edison
General
Electric
to
produce
hand
blown
light
bulbs
.
Michael
J
.
Owens
, in
charge
of the
Toledo
plant
,
designed
machines
to
produce
things
such
as
light
bulbs
and
tumblers
and in
1903
he
invented
the
automatic
bottle
blowing
machine
. The
company’s
growing
success
was
stifled
by the
Depression
,
which
resulted
in
Owens-Illinois
buying
Libbey
. With
better
management
of the
plant
, the
company
was
able
to
pull
Libbey
out
of its
financial
problems
. With the
onset
of
World
War
II
, the
company
began
producing
tubes
for
x-ray
machines
and
other
electronic
equipment
, as
well
as
preparing
to the
postwar
market
.
Libbey
continued
to be a
profitable
part
of the
Owen-Illinois
company
until
the
1990’s
.
Spinning
off
the
division
in
1993
was a
way
to
free
Libbey
of the
constraints
of
being
part
of a
large
company
, and
unburden
the
large
debts
that were
piling
up
. In
2001
,
Libbey
attempted
to
buy
Anchor-Hocking
, but the
Federal
Trade
Commission
opposed
the
deal
. As of
2004
,
it
was the
United
States
'
largest
manufacturer
of
glass
dinnerware
, with
plants
in
Louisiana
,
California
, and
Ohio
, as
well
as in the
Netherlands
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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File Name
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Image Height
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Image Width
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File Size
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Display File Type
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Format
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Date created
2010-04-30
Date modified
2010-05-26
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