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- Side Lever Glass Press, Used by Fostoria Glass Company, 1890-1920 - As early as the 1820s, American glass manufacturers mass-produced pressed glassware to meet the demands of a rapidly growing population. Using presses to shape molten glass in intricately engraved molds, workers could churn out highly decorative -- yet affordable -- pieces that looked like expensive cut or etched glass. By the late 19th century most Americans owned a set of pressed glass tableware.
- 1890-1920
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Side Lever Glass Press, Used by Fostoria Glass Company, 1890-1920
As early as the 1820s, American glass manufacturers mass-produced pressed glassware to meet the demands of a rapidly growing population. Using presses to shape molten glass in intricately engraved molds, workers could churn out highly decorative -- yet affordable -- pieces that looked like expensive cut or etched glass. By the late 19th century most Americans owned a set of pressed glass tableware.
- Corning Glass Ribbon Machine, 1928 - Design as a discipline is rooted in craft but revealed in industry. Similarly the story of incandescent lamp manufacture begins with craft (the earliest ones offered for sale were exquisite hand-made objects) and ends with mass production. This high output machine (ten bulb blanks a second) was developed by a former glass blower and a mechanical engineer.
- 1928
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Corning Glass Ribbon Machine, 1928
Design as a discipline is rooted in craft but revealed in industry. Similarly the story of incandescent lamp manufacture begins with craft (the earliest ones offered for sale were exquisite hand-made objects) and ends with mass production. This high output machine (ten bulb blanks a second) was developed by a former glass blower and a mechanical engineer.
- Glass Press, Used by Cambridge Glass Works, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
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Glass Press, Used by Cambridge Glass Works, circa 1920
- Crown Typewriter, 1894-1899 - This rare index typewriter was developed by inventor Byron Brooks in the 1890s. The user would select a letter along the linear index and press the lever to print from the circular typewheel. Index typewriters were popular in the 1890s, a time when both inventors and consumers were unsure what the best, standard, most efficient typewriter design might be.
- 1894-1899
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Crown Typewriter, 1894-1899
This rare index typewriter was developed by inventor Byron Brooks in the 1890s. The user would select a letter along the linear index and press the lever to print from the circular typewheel. Index typewriters were popular in the 1890s, a time when both inventors and consumers were unsure what the best, standard, most efficient typewriter design might be.
- World War I Press Photo of Red Cross Volunteers Machine Knitting, December 24, 1917 - When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the Red Cross realized that the American soldiers' need for knitted goods far outstripped the available supplies. The Red Cross mobilized volunteer knitters--some using banks of knitting machines set up at their headquarters. The volunteers pictured here on December 24, 1917 are using Gearhart knitting machines to quickly produce warm wool socks.
- December 24, 1917
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World War I Press Photo of Red Cross Volunteers Machine Knitting, December 24, 1917
When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the Red Cross realized that the American soldiers' need for knitted goods far outstripped the available supplies. The Red Cross mobilized volunteer knitters--some using banks of knitting machines set up at their headquarters. The volunteers pictured here on December 24, 1917 are using Gearhart knitting machines to quickly produce warm wool socks.
- Pressed Glass Dish,1825-1835 - Mechanically pressed glass was an innovation in glass history, making decorative, "patterned" glass available to a broad audience. One of the earliest types of pressed glass, dating to the 1830s is known as "Lacy Glass". Complex stippled patterns were developed to help hide technical defects caused by early presses, when the glass gather was cut off and dropped into a mold.
- 1825-1835
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Pressed Glass Dish,1825-1835
Mechanically pressed glass was an innovation in glass history, making decorative, "patterned" glass available to a broad audience. One of the earliest types of pressed glass, dating to the 1830s is known as "Lacy Glass". Complex stippled patterns were developed to help hide technical defects caused by early presses, when the glass gather was cut off and dropped into a mold.
- Copy Press, 1890-1910 - The copy press, while visually similar to certain printing presses, serves a different function. These devices were used to make copies of handwritten correspondence or drawings. A document written in water-soluble ink was moistened and placed in the press to make a duplicate. James Watt--who improved upon and invented important steam engines--patented the perfected copy press in 1780.
- 1890-1910
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Copy Press, 1890-1910
The copy press, while visually similar to certain printing presses, serves a different function. These devices were used to make copies of handwritten correspondence or drawings. A document written in water-soluble ink was moistened and placed in the press to make a duplicate. James Watt--who improved upon and invented important steam engines--patented the perfected copy press in 1780.
- Cyclist Albert Schock Seated on Bicycle With Floral Tribute, circa 1890 - Albert Schock poses astride his bicycle in this early-1890s photograph. Schock competed in six-day races in the 1880s and 1890s. He set an American record atop a high-wheel machine in 1886, but switched to safety bicycles when they proved to be faster. Six-day races lasted up to eighteen hours a day for one week, with no racing on Sunday.
- circa 1890
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Cyclist Albert Schock Seated on Bicycle With Floral Tribute, circa 1890
Albert Schock poses astride his bicycle in this early-1890s photograph. Schock competed in six-day races in the 1880s and 1890s. He set an American record atop a high-wheel machine in 1886, but switched to safety bicycles when they proved to be faster. Six-day races lasted up to eighteen hours a day for one week, with no racing on Sunday.
- Pressed Glass Mold for a Dish, 1850-1910 -
- 1850-1910
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Pressed Glass Mold for a Dish, 1850-1910
- Trowbridge at Press, 1890-1915 - In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the <em>New York Herald</em>. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- 1890-1915
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Trowbridge at Press, 1890-1915
In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the New York Herald. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.