Newsmaker. Corning Museum of Glass [videorecording] : [the amazing Blaschkas, interview with David Whitehouse, July 18, 1991] / WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY ; Eric L. Johnson, director.

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Newsmaker. Corning Museum of Glass [videorecording] : [the amazing Blaschkas, interview with David Whitehouse, July 18, 1991] / WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY ; Eric L. Johnson, director.

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Publisher: 
Rochester, N.Y. : WHEC-TV, c1991.
Description: 
1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
1 videodisc (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Authors: 
Whitehouse, David, 1941-2013.
Doremus, Warren.
WHEC-TV (Television station : Rochester, N.Y.)
Format of Material: 
Video
Subjects: 
Whitehouse, David, 1941-2013 Interviews.
Blaschka, Leopold, 1822-1895.
Blaschka, Rudolf, 1857-1939.
Lampwork Germany 19th century.
Lampwork Germany 20th century.
Bib ID: 
62340
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Location: 
Audio/Video Collection
Call Number: 
Amazing Blaschkas, interview with David Whitehouse, July 18, 1991
Holdings Note: 
VHS
Location: 
Audio/Video Collection
Call Number: 
Amazing Blaschkas, interview with David Whitehouse, July 18, 1991
Holdings Note: 
DVD Digitized Preservation Copy
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Variant Title: 
Also known as: Amazing Blaschkas, interview with David Whitehouse, July 18, 1991
Notes: 
Title from title frame.
Shelving title: Amazing Blaschkas, interview with David Whitehouse, July 18, 1991.
Technical supervisor, Mark S. Jablonski ; audio, Paul Pakusch ; camera, Trisha Bean, Helen Takeuchi.
Warren Doremus, interviewer ; David Whitehouse, Deputy Director, Corning Museum of Glass.
Filmed in the studios of WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY.
David Whitehouse is interviewed by Warren Doremus about the special exhibition "Nature's wonders in glass: the art of the Blaschkas", exhibited at The Corning Museum of Glass, in 1991. Whitehouse touches on the lampworking skills of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka and the connection between them and Harvard and Cornell universities. This exhibition will include glass botanical models from Harvard University, and sea animals from Cornell University. Slides of some of the invertebrate, flower and plant models are shown.
VHS.
DVD.
The original video has a long pause between the first 11 minutes of the video and the second segment; also between the second and third segments.
Event Notes: 
Filmed in the studios of WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY.