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The middle shelf holds records books of the Edward Ford Glass Plate Company, scrapbooks with photographs showing the Colburn experimental machine.


Colburn machine

1908

Photographs, Colburn experimental machine, 1876-1908.  Libbey-Owens-Ford Company Records, MSS-066.
In 1902, Colburn built a factory in Pennsylvania to perfect his method of pulling a continuous sheet of flat glass.  He took these photographs of the plant and the process, making detailed notes on each. 


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Ford Plate Glass Co.

1899-1909

Record book of the Edward Ford Plate Glass Company, 1899-1909.  Libbey-Owens-Ford Company Records, MSS-066.
This book documents the early history of Ford’s plate glass company located in the town he named Rossford.


Colburn photos

1904

Photographs, Colburn experimental machine, 1876-1908.  Libbey-Owens-Ford Company Records, MSS-066.
In 1902, Colburn built a factory in Pennsylvania to perfect his method of pulling a continuous sheet of flat glass.  He took these photographs of the plant and the process, making detailed notes on each.