Wheeling Glass 1829-1939 [videorecording] / Paul/Jay Associates ; Raymond George.

Title: 
Wheeling Glass 1829-1939 [videorecording] / Paul/Jay Associates ; Raymond George.

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Publisher: 
Wheeling, W.Va. : Oglebay Institute, c1996.
Description: 
1 videocassette (7 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
1 videodisc (7 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Authors: 
Measell, James.
McCluskey, Holly Hoover.
George, Raymond.
Oglebay Institute.
Paul/Jay Associates.
Format of Material: 
Video
Subjects: 
Measell, James.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
Central Glass Co. (Wheeling, W. Va.)
Northwood Glass Company.
Glassware West Virginia Wheeling.
Glass manufacture West Virginia Wheeling.
Glass industry and trade West Virginia Wheeling. YKM
Bib ID: 
62964
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Location: 
Audio/Video Collection
Call Number: 
Wheeling Glass 1829-1939
Holdings Note: 
VHS
Location: 
Audio/Video Collection
Call Number: 
Wheeling Glass 1829-1939
Holdings Note: 
DVD Digitized Preservation Copy
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Notes: 
Title from title frame.
Includes a rolling transcript at bottom of screen.
Writer, Holly Hoover McCluskey.
Holly Hoover McCluskey, narrator ; James Measell, glass historian.
A brief history of glassmaking in Wheeling, West Viriginia, which includes the firms Ritchie (founded in 1829), Sweeney, Hobbs, Central, and Northwood (founded in 1902). Includes some coverage of life in a factory, an interview with glass historian James Measell, and a picture of the Northwood Portland Vase.
VHS.
DVD.
CMoG's image of Northwood's Portland vase was used in this production and is acknowledged at the end.