Toledo museum of art. The purpose really is to showcase the glass collection, which is one of the significant parts of our collection. It is actually almost a third of the overall collection here in toledo. It is 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 in terms of what the museum presents. Ms. Mcmaster Edward Drummond libbey was our founder. And Edward Drummond libbey was the proprietor of the Libbey Glass Company. And it was through his ties at the Libbey Glass Company he made his fortune. Because he and his wife had no children, he left that fortune to the museum. He also gave us a large both glass collection and paintings collection. Edward drummond libbey, he was born in 1854. The new england Glass Company, which was the precursor to the Libbey Glass Company, started in 1818. Edward drummond libbeys father became the agent for the new england Glass Comp
Postwar trouble. The people lived in comparative peace. It was showing results. I was impressed. Subways taking people to work and trolleys taking people home. Hospitals had milk for new babies. There was even music in the park. Everyone forgot or took for granted electricity, roads. Until june 1948, when sudden the trains stopped. Traffic between berlin and the western zones was banned. Canceled timetables. Then trade. Walls of words. And orders blockaded the city. The blockade cut electric power and cut out 75 of the lights. People used candles, if they could find them. Movement in and out of the city stopped. Factories now manufactured hunger and fear. Vegetables were planted in the parks and trading in the alleys. In addition to 2. 5 million germans, the blockade affected 5000 frenchmen, 10,000 englishmen, and 10,000 americans. This crisis was immense. The same morning the train stopped, they woke me up. Early. I had to fly a special run with high priority military. Nobody said tha