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