JOETHECROW
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Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline
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Okay,....You learn something new each day (if you're lucky) ...From watching the glasshouse boys show, It was stated that the union, the glass industry and the parents of the boys (whom needed the income) resisted the Owens bottle machine much later than other locales....It was said that the union even came up with the quarter of a million dollar licensing fee, so as to "sit on" the owens machine and keep it out of Pittsburgh..Does this mean that hand finished bottles prevailed in Pittsburgh up into the 1900's?, quite simply....yes. Joe
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Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related
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