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
Lets take you through some of the headlines here now dizzier now there are reports from in march but more than 60 people were killed on friday by Security Forces they targeted demonstrators in the Southern City of bar grew another 500 people fly by the City Attorney chang reports from bangkok. The military crackdown started very early on friday morning theres video footage before dawn broke and you can hear automatic gunfire taking place we heard when the internet was turned back on yesterday morning that the fierce fighting had continued throughout the day and this appears to be a new tactic that the military is using we saw earlier in the week up in the north they used the same tactics in color where they forced the protesters back again and again for 3 days and they appeared to be doing the same yesterday Prince Philip is to be honored with a 41. 00 gun salute across the u. K. After his death at the age of 99. 00 on friday the prince was married to Queen Elizabeth for 73 years the r
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
Due to a lack of oxygen from the way he was held down by Police Forensic pathologist Lindsay Thomas has explained how the pressure george floyd was on the during his arrest restricted his airway making it difficult to breathe she rejected the defense theory that floyds drug use and Underlying Health problems killed him. But what it means to me is that the activities of the Law Enforcement officers resulted in mr floyd staff and that specifically those activities were this the dual of the restraint and neck compression and does this not also represent your own conclusion yes a conclusion you have reached them opinion you hold a reasonable degree of medical certainty yes mammals ambassador to the u. N. Has called for a no fly zone an arms embargo and sanctions against the military jhumpa he was speaking at a special virtual briefing for Security Council members protest leaders well then 600. 00 civilians have been killed in the crackdown since the military took power of the stars of febr