Chapter 2, bottom shelf
This shelf displays photographs and recordd book of Libbey-Owens Glass, a photo of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass company, a 1924 inventory of Owens's estate, and tributes to Michael Owens and Edward Libbey.
Colburn scrapbook
ca. 1908
A photograph from the scrapbook detailing the experimental process designed by Irwing W. Colburn.
L-O-F Rossford plant
A postcard from the Donald D. Duhaime collection (MSS-077) showing and aerial photo of the Libbey Owens-Ford Glass Company's plant in Rossford, Ohio.
Owens estate inventory
Lucas Co. Court, 1924
Inventory, estate of Michael J. Owens, 1924. Owens-Illinois Company Records, MSS-200.
This inventory lists some of the contents of Owens’s estate.
Tribute to Owens
1923
Tribute to Michael J. Owens, 1923. Owens-Illinois Company Records, MSS-200.
This booklet was produced to honor the achievements of Michael J. Owens after his death in 1923. It includes a personal tribute by Edward Drummond Libbey.
A bust of M. Owens
1923
A molded glass bust of Michael Owens made at the time of his death in 1923.
Tribute to Libbey
1925
Tribute to Edward Drummond Libbey by his associates of the Owens Bottle Company, 1925. Owens-Illinois Company Records, MSS-200.
A memento of the passing of the founder of Toledo’s glass industry. For an unknown reason, this was addressed to M. J. Owens, who had died two years before.