Browse Items (15 total)
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Robert Burress Oral History Interview | This oral history interview with Robert Burress was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. In this oral history, Alton resident Robert Burress discusses former businesses and buildings in the Alton area and changes in the community from the mid-20th century to 2001. This interview had no transcript in the original archive. It was transcribed by Madison Historical staff. |
October 18, 2001 | September 2, 2018 |
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Glass Mold Used By Owens-Illinois Glass Company | This metal glass mold was used by the Owens-Illinois Glass Company to create drinking glasses. | Unknown | March 28, 2017 |
!["Diamond I" Products Catalog for the Illinois Glass Company](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/e21f7478b41aa1d7621cfaf1d3eee218.jpg ""Diamond I" Products Catalog for the Illinois Glass Company") |
"Diamond I" Products Catalog for the Illinois Glass Company | This catalog for the Illinois Glass Company, later the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, shows many of the company's products and gives other information about the company. | 1900 - 1929 | February 24, 2017 |
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Newspaper Clippings from the Altonian Newspaper about Owens-Illinois Glass | Newspaper Clippings from the Altonian Newspaper about Owens-Illinois Glass | February 6, 1976 | November 15, 2016 |
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Newspaper Clipping of a timeline for Owens-Illinois Glass | A clipping from an unknown newspaper includes a timeline for Owens-Illinois Glass. Dates included: June 25, 1929 September 28, 1929 October 10, 1929 December 5, 1929 December 31, 1929 January 15, 1930 May 3, 1930 November 4, 1930 July 3, 1931 October 15, 1931 October 15, 1931 March 21, 1932 June 8, 1932 May 15, 1933 June 14, 1933 March 7, 1933 July 22, 1933 February 19, 1934 February 21, 1934 May 25, 1934 October 9, 1934 January 23, 1935 February 21, 1935 July 22, 1935 August 22, 1935 August 23, 1935 January 15, 1936 January 21, 1936 December 15, 1937 |
June 25, 1929 to February 15, 1937 | November 15, 2016 |
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Workers Inside Owens-Illinois Glass Factory | Groups of workers at a series of work stations at Illinois Glass Co. factory in Alton, Illinois in 1909 | 1909 | November 15, 2016 |
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Hand Drawn Postcard of Illinois Glass Company | Hand Drawn Postcard of Illinois Glass Company | Unknown | November 15, 2016 |
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Office Employees of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company | Office employees of Owens-Illinois Glass, with 9 men and 6 women. First from the left in the first row is company co-founder Edward Levis, and third from the left is Geo. McClellon Levis. | Unknown | November 15, 2016 |
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Wicker Room Crew at Owens-Illinois Glass Factory | The Wicker Room Crew (23 females 9 males) standing outside of the factory featuring glass bottles with wicker tightly woven around them. | Unknown | November 15, 2016 |
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Worker at Owens-Illinois Glass Factory in 1973 | Photograph of a worker using glass-making machinery at the Owens-Illinois factory. | June 25, 1973 | November 15, 2016 |