| Description: |
Relive William McLaughlin's early
years as a child apprentice in Bob
Good's factory in Valverde,
Colorado before the turn of the
century.
Join young William McLaughlin as he traveled across the United States
both as a vacationing tourist and as a
working glassblower in the early
1900's.
Witness the unusual series of events
that cause William McLaughlin to
leave the glass industry & rejoin it,
becoming a major force as a glass
manufacturer for 40 years.
63 pages of Mr. McLaughlin's
anecdotes edited into chronological
order.
Over 150 half tone photographs of
family, factories, items manufactured
& people involved.
Over 50 pages of patent information,
advertising, drawings and exhibits.
30 page insulator identification chart.
Discussions of bottles, insulators,
juice reamers, lighting fixtures,
largeware, and the McLaughlin
commemorative insulators.
4 color process insert of colorful
McLaughlin glass. |
