Chapter 2, top shelf
This shelf displays an Owens-Corning photo album and an Owens- Illinois booklet -- both from the 1939 New York World Fair. There is also an Owens-Corning Sample and Data book, a fiber glass insulation pamphlet, and an Owens-Illinois Sales Guide.
Owens-Corning in NY
1939
Photographs, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Exhibit, New York Worldâs Fair, 1939. Owens Corning Inc. Records, MSS-222.
The Glass Center at the New York Worldâs Fair marketed glass as the product of the future. A key to that marketing campaign was a brand new product, Fiberglas. The display included workers, dressed as laboratory technicians, making Fiberglas.
Fiberglas insulation
1939
The pamphlet describes the Fiberglas insulation and some of its essential characteristics.
Owens-Illinois in NY
1939
Brochures, âGlass: âBuilding the World of Tomorrow,ââ and âThe Miracle of Glass,â 1939. Owens-Illinois Company Records, MSS-200.
These brochures, produced for the New York Worldâs Fair, detail the history of the glass industry and show off the product line of Owens-Illinois.Â
