DREAMS OF GLASSThe Story of William McLaughlin
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256 pages, 8 1/2" x 11",
softbound (1996)
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 as he travelled
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 caused William McLaughlin to leave the glass industry and 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, and people involved.
Over 50 pages of patent information,
advertising, drawings, and exhibits.
25-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.