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[Dyottville Glass Works] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A64313
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Contributor
Easton, Alexender, printer.
Title
[Dyottville Glass Works] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: Alex Easton's lith. 407 Walnut St
Date
[ca. 1858]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone on blue paper; 13 x 22 cm.(5 x 8.5 in.)
Description
View showing the Dyottville Glass Works, in Kensington along the bank of the Delaware River, purchased in the late 1810s by English-born boot black maker and patent medicine dealer Thomas Dyott. Shows several of the 50 buildings of the premier glass works, including the factory adorned with the sign "Dyottville Glass Works", farmhouses, and barns. Workers enter the factory and walk on the grounds. Also shows several skiffs docked in front of the complex. The works also had a butcher shop, bakery, and chapel. Originally established as the Kensington Glass Works in 1771 by Towars and Leacock, the Dyottville Glass Works manufactured vials, bottles, flask, demijohns, and "indispensable articles." The factory ceased operations following Dyott's conviction for fraud in 1837 but resumed glass manufacturing in 1842 under the new ownership of Henry Seybert and was active until the end of the century.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 101
Notes
Philadelphia on Stone
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Stauffer, vol. I, folder 56
Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 14:84
Trimmed.
Subject
Dyottville Glass Factory.
Glass industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Stauffer, vol. I, folder 56
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collections
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