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fiberglass

Object NameFiberglas
Maker Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
Made FromNon-lead fiberglas
Date1939
Place MadeUnited States
Techniquefiberglass
SizeH: 10.8 cm, W: 11.1 cm
Accession Number86.4.190
Credit LineGift of Dowell Howard
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionWhite, navy blue non-lead Fiberglas. Square of Fiberglas material, made of white and blue fibers woven in a pattern which has a picture of a building with "GLASS/CENTER" above it and "1939/NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR/FIBERGLAS/PURE GLASS IN NEW FORMS/FOR NEW USES" below it.
Provenance
Source Dowell Howard
promotional material
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
1939
promotional material
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
about 1935
tie
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1893
necktie
W. W. Ross Corp.
1945-1965
carafe
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation