Libbey+Glass+Works

The World's Fair held alot of amazing features, but the Libbey Glass Working Company was one of the top features. Mr. Edward Drummond Libbey who created ths amazing company started out in Toledo,Ohio with a much smaller company. He took off on his own and eventualy created this amazing company. The company started off slow but by the time the Worlds Fair came to view they were the hit of the show. Hos most remarkable invention/creation, was the glass spun dress. This was a beautiful dress, but was really to heavy to wear around, so it was mostly for show. Mr. Libby died in the year 1925 at the age of 71, after making a wonderful company. Today Libbey Glass Works is still in business.
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http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Libbey-Inc-Company-History.html - History of Libbey Glass Works

Andrews, E. Benjamin. History of the United States, volume V. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1912

http://www.chicagohs.org/history/expo/liberal.html - Pic of Building

http://www.glassmenagerie.com/catalog/images/CruetSetLibbey.jpg - pic of glass work

http://www.glassmenagerie.com/catalog/images/PinkBrightonDividedPickle.jpg - glass art work

Creator: Herman Heinz Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi - 27750)

Richard Wilson. "Challenge and Response: Americans and the Architecture of the 1889 Exhibition. " in Annette Vlaugrund (ed.) Paris 1889. American Artists at the Universal Exposition. Philidelphia: Pennslyvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1989. 93-110. Findlin,John E. Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions: 1851-1988. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. Meehan, Patrick. "The Big Wheel." Chicago's Great Ferris Wheel of 1893 Rydell, Robert W. Fair America: World's Fairs in the United States. ashington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. Keefe, John WebsterLibbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years: 1918-1968. Toledo Museum of Art, 1968.

The New York Times Published: July 16, 1893 Copyright The New York Times

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