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December 28, 2018 Two more library additions: Luxfer Prismen und Elektroglas by Luxfer Prismen-Fabrik (ca.1906) Berger's Perfection Luminous Sidewalk and Vault Light Construction by Berger Mfg Co (1905) New prism glass maker listed: Luciflex Prism Lighting Co of Philadelphia Luxfer Fire Resisting Glazing Luxfer Ltd, London, ca.1928, 56p JPG ~75MB: tar zip pdf PNG ~499MB: tar zip pdf Catalog No. 12 Sidewalk Lights... Richards & Kelly Mfg. Co. Chicago, ca.1896, 44p JPG ~25MB: tar|zip|pdf PNG ~137MB: tar|zip|pdf MRVL Co #20 Lens December 24, 2018 New library addition: Luxfer Fire Resisting Glazing by Luxfer Limited (ca.1928) December 18, 2018 Another library addition: Introduction to Lucical Engineering by Olin H. Basquin of the American Luxfer Prism Company (ca.1900) December 16, 2018 Two new additions to the library, both scans of Luxfer Prism Company, Ltd (Toronto) material from arhive.org member Luxtile: Luxfer Prisms Give Daylight (1898) Revised International Art Glass Catalog · Domestic (1924) December 2, 2018 Finally bought a book-edge scanner (a used iVina FB6280E) so am catching up on my backlog of bound material. First scanned and added to the library: the excellent Tice & Jacobs Illustrated Catalogue of Vault Lights (ca.1890) November 5, 2018 Added the last of the MRVL Co donations from Bill Mullen: The Replaceable Vault Light Brochure ca.1917 No. 10 and No. 20 lenses November 2, 2018 Added Richards & Kelly Catalog No. 12, ca.1896, a gift from Bill Mullen. August 27, 2018 Added scans of four Mullen Replaceable Vault Light Co drawings and blueprints, provided by Bill Mullen. June 27, 2018 More Mullen Replaceable Vault Light Co information from Bill Mullen, Leo Mullen's grandson: It looks like the American Spiral Spring Company made the embedded threads and... the [E. L.] Smith Glass Company made the lenses (both are listed as accounts payable). Smith Glass Co bought Anchor Glass Company, so also added Anchor as a new vault light maker (based on The Anchor Glass Co., L. E. Smith Glass Co., and the Mystery of the Anchor Fruit Jar by Bill Lockhart and Barry Bernas). June 14, 2018 New glassmaking photo: ANICHE (Nord) — Intérieur de verrerie — Soufflage du verre à vitre from Collection "Pour l'Enseignement vivant" — La France économique More Mullen Replaceable Vault Light Co photos and paper from Bill Mullen, Leo Mullen's grandson: Three photos of construction in progress MRVL Co incorporation papers List of MRVL Co installations May 20, 2018 More Mullen Replaceable Vault Light Co items courtesy Bill Mullen, Leo Mullen's grandson: Photos of two completed installations 1918 letter (with nice letterhead) to J. G. Bennett & Co Updated Falconnier page (patent PDFs, color gallery additions from the Swiss National Museum) Library addition: Glass · Paints, Varnishes and Brushes (Their History, Manufacture and Use) by the Pittsburgh Plate Glaass Co May 15, 2018 American Luxfer Prism Company sticker on unused prism sheet Library addition: Katalog Stavebniho Skla Cis. 29 (Bauglas-Katalog No. 29), a trade catalog by A. G. Erste Böhmische Glasfabrik of Kyjov, CZ. Text in Czech and German; dated 1950. Includes Falconnier and other glass bricks, glass tiles, vault lights and roof tiles. Photos of Mullen Replaceable Vault Light sales kit items provided by Bill Mullen, Leo Mullen's grandson. Added pics of SOLORAP deco tile with compass-points pattern (from eBay auction). American Luxfer Prism Company sticker from an unused large pane of prism glass (see right) More Sloan & Davidson information (UK pavement lights) Listed new current UK pavement light manufacturer J. & J. W. Longbottom Ltd, who bought Sloan & Davidson. May 8, 2018 Smith & Lovett trade card from Historic New England New UK coal cover listing: H. Chappell & Co., London Updated Keppler Glass Constructions page May 4, 2018 Library additions: Illustrated Catalogue of Vault Lights, Jacob Mark · 1884 Mesker Brothers Iron Co. catalog · 1914 Added US vault light companies: The Sunburst Prism Light Co. Mesker Brothers Iron Co. New Hayward Brothers albumen print: 14" self-locking coal plate with asphalte flange May 2, 2018 Replica Haywards Dog and Pot · 2015 More Light in Dark Buildings, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 21, 1901 Lighting Dark Rooms by Luxfer Prisms, The Metal Worker, May 15, 1897 Updated Luxfer Prism Company of Toronto page April 28, 2018 Library addition The Mentor #154: The Story of Coal; will scan #186 and #192 next E. T. Barnum Iron Works letter · 1905 April 24, 2018 Added newspaper ads and notices to Excelsior Iron Works and E. & S. S. Rockwell pages. Added Lazalite page from Jeannette Glass Co's entry in Sweet's Architectural Catalog File for 1918 Cleared up confusion between Sergeant Glass Co of Burrows, PA, and Sargeant Glass Co of Kane, PA. Added new U.S. vault light companies: Concrete Specialties Manufacturing Company Davis Carpenter & Co., Inc. Mullen Replaceable Vault Light Co Lens No. 10 ("MRVL Co.") April 20, 2018 Added new prism glass company pages (with more details): Jupiter Prism American Prismatic Light Company Mullen Replaceable Vault Light Company E. T. Barnum Wire & Iron Works Looks like there was another "Luminous Prism Company", a short-lived one in New York City, 1898-1901, unrelated to the Ohio company of the same name. See this ad from the The Sun, Apr 4 1898. April 18, 2018 Library addition: American 3 Way-Luxfer's American Skylights G. Joachim letter to Messieurs Ambonville Frères · 1909 Three invoices from J. B. & J. M. Cornell to Lamb & Rich/E. Livingston, New York · 1884, 1885, 1887 Letter from Richards & Kelly · 1937 New listing for American Sidewalk Light Co Added 1901 Inland Architect and News Record ads to Richards & Kelly, Brown Bros., and Luminous Prism Co pages. Leerdam · Glasfabriek „De Hoop” PC April 16, 2018 Re-made the PDF versions of my catalog scans so they are searchable (using tesseract OCR and pdftk to assemble the pages). Leerdam · Glasfabriek „De Hoop” postcard (right) Boileau-Mercier updates: 1908 letter Sharper version of the ca.1904 Passavant-La Rochère postcard (postmarked 1913). Two new Berger Mfg Co letters (1897 and 1906) April 12, 2018 Three short library additions: PC Glass Blocks, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, 1948 Daylight in Industrial Buildings, American Structural Products Company, ca.1950 American Top-Lights, American 3 Way-Luxfer Prism Company, ca.1955 April 10, 2018 Added new Etablissements Boileau-Mercier postcard · 1913 Updated Bicknell's Sash-Cord Guide page with new information, ads, etc. April 6, 2018 Excelsior Iron Works handbill Brown Bros. Mfg Co. postal cover · 1885 Boring Wm. H. Addoms & Co postcard New Hires Turner Glass Co page New Excelsior Iron Works page with new handbill April 4, 2018 Historic Howell Works souvenir cover Three sets of Liebig Chromos devoted to glassmaking Dieudonné Petit letter · 1937 New library addition Porcelite "Bar-Lock" wrought steel construction and "3"-Point Prisms, ca.1908 New reamer-style deck prism photos March 31, 2018 Tuiles en Verre, Dalles en Verre, Pavés en Verre Etablissements Boileau-Mercier New library addition The Age of Plate Glass J. A. King invoice to Messrs. Coliver Freres, 112, Avenue Emile-Zola, Paris · 1910 New prism glass listing for James P. Dwan (S.F. Luxfer dealer?) New Phoenix Sidewalk Lights Co page, with new blotter March 30, 2018 New library addition Glass for Every Industry by the Hires Turner Glass Co · 1919 (via archive.org) New page for Etablissements Boileau-Mercier (Société Anonyme Établissement Boileau-Mercier), Verreries de la Rochère, including scan of their 56-page Tuiles en Verre, Dalles en Verre, Pavés en Verre, ca.1930. Electric Storage Battery Co. postcard March 27, 2018 Electric Storage Battery Company postcard New H. Wilson & Company page (prism glass) New Dalles et Pavés „Astoria-Blocks” catalog, with price list, ca.1932 March 25, 2018 New St. Pancras Iron Work Co. page March 22, 2018 P. H. Jackson letter to Dietrich & Leistner re repairs to the Hotel Stockton skylight · 1914 Chelmsford Foundry cover · 1903 Chelmsford Foundry cover · 1903 Vera-Lux skylight postcard · Centrale Electrique de la Ville de Bruxelles · 1936 New Keppler Glass Constructions page New listing for Sneath Glass Co (vault lights) Lenscrete Specification Card No. 2 Cleveland Window Glass Co postal cover and invoice to J. F. Seas and Son · 1891 Sociéte des Prismes Luxfer letter (600DPI scan, 9MB JPEG or 37MB PNG, to capture excellent letterhead) · 1909 March 20, 2018 Scan of Briques en Verre (10MB PDF) by Gaston Blanpain-Massonet, ca 1934, 18p, courtesy of the Rakow Research Library, Corning Museum of Glass. Briques en Verre Gaston Blanpain-Massonet Engraving of BARTLETT, ROBBINS & CO'S ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORKS, BALTIMORE, MD: 600DPI PNG (24MB), JPG (5MB) Theo. W. Morris & Co cover, 1887 (vault lights) Fletcher & Crowell invoice, 1901 (vault lights) Megquier & Jones invoice, 1902 (vault lights) New listings for: Sergeant Glass Co of Burrows, PA (prism glass) Universal Iron Foundry of New York, NY (vault lights) Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co letterhead (600DPI) Luxfer Great Building Series No. 10 - Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence Another postcard of the Champion Iron Company factory New book addition, not yet fully scanned: "Now Thus—Now Thus", 1826-1926, Pilkington Brothers Limited, Glass Manufacturers, St. Helens, Lancashire 1887 invoice from the Champion Iron Fence Co 1882 invoice from Smith & Lovett to the Boston & Providence R.R. Brooks Thomas & Co · O'Connell St., Dublin scene · streetcar advertising · 1928 March 19, 2018 New prism glass pages: Emile Sanders · Vera-Lux G. Joachim and Co vault lights Updated... Falconnier glass bricks page, including new Adlerhütten catalog European prism glass makers External links