Reheating Glass for Molding, Gillinder, 1907

Title

Reheating Glass for Molding, Gillinder, 1907

Description

The picture shows a man reheating glass for molding in the Gillinder Glass factory. The glass would be reheated so it would become pliable and could be shaped.

Source

Philip Scranton and Walter Licht, Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950 (Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, 1986)

Date

1907

Contributor

Michael Weiss

Rights

Courtesy of Commercial Museum Collection Archives, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Files

Glass Makers.jpg


Citation

“Reheating Glass for Molding, Gillinder, 1907,” Philly Immigration, accessed September 7, 2024, http://phillyimmigration.nunncenter.net/items/show/598.