Shiny Brite Christmas Tree Ornaments Box, 1944-1946
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When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. Eckardt's company decorated and sold many of these bulbs under the name Shiny Brite - a brand that would remain one of Americans' favorites into the 1950s.
When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. Eckardt's company decorated and sold many of these bulbs under the name Shiny Brite - a brand that would remain one of Americans' favorites into the 1950s.
Artifact
Packaging
Date Made
1940-1950
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2000.99.37
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Color
Green
Dimensions
Height: 2.75 in
Width: 8.75 in
Length: 11.125 in
Inscriptions
SHINY BRITE/REGISTERED/AMERICAN MADE/GLASS CHRISTMAS TREE/ORNAMENTS/FACTORIES/K & W GLASS WORKS, INC./NORTH BERGEN, N.J., WEST NEW YORK, N.J./MAIN OFFICE & DISPLAY ROOMS/MAX ECKARDT & SONS, INC./45 EAST 17TH STREET NEW YORK CITY [top of box lid] 1 DOZEN/SHINY BRITE/GLASS TREE ORNAMENTS/MADE IN U.S.A. [side of box] SHINY BRITE [side of box]
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