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History of Jeannette Glass
HISTORY OF JEANNETTE GLASS COMPANY
Jeannette Glass Company - 1920
Photo-Courtesy Daniel Morneau.
LOCATION:
Jeannette, Pennsylvania [Chambers Ave; close to Pennsylvania Railroad's main line]. HISTORY:
1887 - Western Land and Improvement Company's application for charter approved by state of Pennsylvania. Company directors: James A. Chambers, H. Sellers McKee, J. Gardner Cassatt, Horace Magee, and B. Maurice Gaskill. Town named after McKee's wife. 1888 - Jeannette Bottle Works (the "fizzle"; many ownership changes).
1898 - Succeeded by Jeannette Glass Company, incorporated June 14; Original officers: Joseph W. Stoner (president) and W. A. Huff (secretary); S. R. Hall as plant manager. Took over Bottle Works' product line: bottles for drugs, soft drinks, liquors, and food containers, all made by hand. 1899 – O’Neill semi-automatic blowing machine was introduced . ···· - Jeannette turns to wide-mouth jars (pickles, olives, relishes, mayonnaise); S. R. Hall resigns and is replaced by A. W. Crownover. ···· - Other products: automobile headlamp lenses, vault lights, glass building blocks, and numerous pressed wares. Also solicited private mold work. 1904 - George M. Davis president; products include prescription bottles, bottles for drugs, sodas, mineral oil, wine, brandy, flasks, patent medicines, milks, and other jars for preserves, etc. 1917 –American 3-way Luxfer Prism Co. buys controlling interest to ensure prism glass supply; Isaac Ambler new plant manager; entire plant production turns to pressed ware. 1920 - Plant improvements and additions; new packing facility. 1924 - Isaac Ambler, R.I.P. New plant manager Carl T. Sloan; increases number of items made on automatic machines and develops new hand-made pressed tableware line. C. P. Mills and C. H. Paschall (owning controlling stock in American 3-Way Luxfer Prism Co.) take active management role. 1926 - Mills and Paschall dispose of American 3-Way Luxfer Prism Co interests but retain control of Jeannette. 1930 - Peak capacity, 5 continuous tanks. 1933 - 4 continuous tanks. 1935 - Reorganized as publicly owned corporation. 1936 - Common stock listed on American Stock Exchange. 1941 - 3 continuous tanks. 1944 - Low capacity point, only 2 continuous tanks. 1945 - Post-war capacity doubles, back to 5 tanks. 1960 - Maurice L. Stonehill, new president and chairman of the board. 1961 - Bought McKee Glass Division of Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Company; new technical glassware department. 1963 - World's largest electric glass furnace for melting heat-resisting glass. 1970 - Name change to Jeannette Corporation. 1983 - Shut down Notes:
Known mostly for kitchenware and tableware, including depression glass patterns "Iris and Herringbone" and "Poinsettia". Trademarks: J in square, J in triangle, J in bowl of goblet. ''The Jeannette Glass Company began production in 1898. In its early days they made such items as "vault lights, prism tile, packers' ware, and novelties". "began as a bottle plant...at the turn of the century" and "In 1961 they bought and moved to the old McKee factory and continues today." Same source also says FYI "Popular Patterns: Adam, Cubist, Floral, Doric, Cherry Blossom, Windsor, Sierra, Swirl, Holiday, Iris and numerous Kitchenware lines including, Jennyware and full jadite lines." 
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