Chapter 2, top shelf
Owens-Illinois Co. Articles of incorporation and other records, photographs, and a glass container catalog.
Cost estimate brochure
ca. 1905
“Comparative Estimate of Production of Costs,” ca. 1905. Owens-Illinois Company Records, MSS-200.
To promote its new bottle machine, the Owens Bottle Machine Company produced this small sales brochure comparing the cost of hand production of bottles to the cost of using its bottle machine.
Owens workers
February 20, 1914
The photograph shows Owens works. The caption from 1914 indicates that they were erectors. The other photo in this set also presents Owens glass workers.
Articles of Incorporation
1907
Articles of Incorporation, the Owens Bottle Machine Company, 1907. Owens-Illinois Company Records, MSS-200.
These incorporation papers were signed by all of the principals of the company, including Libbey and Owens.
Machine Patent
October 22, 1895
A drawing from the patent by Michael J. Owens for this glass blowing machine. The paternt was dates October 22, 1895.
Owens in England
ca. 1905
Michael Owens and the bottle machine, Manchester, England, ca. 1905. Owens-Illinois Company Records, MSS-200.
Owens, shown here with his bottle machine (second from left). Owens began licensing his bottle machine abroad in 1905.
Owens Headquarters
ca. 1904
The Owens Bottle Company headquarters, ca. 1904. Owens-Illinois Company Records, MSS-200.
Owens’s company was located on Wall Street in Toledo.
Glass containers catalog
1930
Glass containers catalog, 1930. Owens-Illinois Company Records, MSS-200.
A catalog of O-I’s product line.
