Toledo is known as the Glass Capital of the world because from that one company that came came all of these tertiary companies that have built this economy of glass here in toledo. So we are standing in the Glass Pavilion, which is part of the Toledo Museum of art. Well, the purpose really is to showcase the Glass Collection, which is one of the significant parts of our collection here. Its actually almost a third of the overall collection here in toledo. Its also one of the larger collections of glass in the United States and the city has a wonderful history of glass both in terms of the industrial contribution in toledo and also in terms of what the museum presents edward german libby was our Founder And Edward libbey was the proprietor of the Libbey Glass Company and it was through his ties with the Libbey Glass Company that he made his fortune and because he and his wife had no children. He left that fortune to the museum and he also gave us a large both Glass Collection and Painti
Built this economy of glass in toledo. So, we are standing in the glass pavilion, which is part of the Toledo Museum of art. The purpose is to show the Glass Collection, which is one of the significant parts of our collection here. It is a third of the overall collection in toledo. It is also one of the largest collections of glass in the united states. And the city has a wonderful history of glass both in terms of the industrial contribution in toledo and also in terms of what the museum presents. Edward was the founder and the proprietor of the last Glass Company. It was through his ties with the Glass Company that he made his fortune. Because he and his wife had no children, he left that fortune to the museum and he gave us a large both Glass Collection and paintings collection. Edward, he was born in 1854. The new england Glass Company which was the precursor to his Glass Company, started in 1818. His father became the agent for the new england Glass Company in 1872. And so, he lea
In toledo. So we are standing in the Glass Pavilion, which is part of the Toledo Museum of art. Well, the purpose really is to showcase the Glass Collection, which is one of the significant parts of our collection here. Its actually almost a third of the overall collection here in toledo. Its also one of the larger collections of glass in the United States and the city has a wonderful history of glass both in terms of the industrial contribution in toledo and also in terms of what the museum presents edward german libby was our Founder And Edward libbey was the proprietor of the Libbey Glass Company and it was through his ties with the Libbey Glass Company that he made his fortune and because he and his wife had no children. He left that fortune to the museum and he also gave us a large both Glass Collection and Paintings Collection Edward german libbey. He was born in 1854 the new england Glass Company, which was the precursor to the lily Glass Company started in 1818, Edward Drummond
Wonderful history of glass both in terms of the industrial contribution in toledo and also in terms of what the Museum Presents Edward German libby was our founder and Edward Libbey was the proprietor of the Libbey Glass Company and it was through his ties with the Libbey Glass Company that he made his fortune and because he and his wife had no children. He left that fortune to the museum and he also gave us a large both glass collection and paintings collection Edward German libbey. He was born in 1854 the new england Glass Company, which was the precursor to the lily Glass Company started in 1818, Edward Drummond libbys father William Langdon libbey became the agent for the new england last company in 1872, and so he learned the glass business from his father and in 1883 his father suddenly passed away unexpectedly, and he took over the business in 1888. He brought the libbe Glass Company here to toledo because number one there was a natural gas in nearby finley. There was high silic
In toledo. So we are standing in the glass pavilion, which is part of the Toledo Museum of art. Well, the purpose really is to showcase the glass collection, which is one of the significant parts of our collection here. Its actually almost a third of the overall collection here in toledo. Its also one of the larger collections of glass in the United States and the city has a wonderful history of glass both in terms of the industrial contribution in toledo and also in terms of what the Museum Presents Edward German libby was our founder and Edward Libbey was the proprietor of the Libbey Glass Company and it was through his ties with the Libbey Glass Company that he made his fortune and because he and his wife had no children. He left that fortune to the museum and he also gave us a large both glass collection and paintings collection Edward German libbey. He was born in 1854 the new england Glass Company, which was the precursor to the lily Glass Company started in 1818, Edward Drummond