Henry Crimmel
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Henry Crimmel was an American glassmaker who became well known in Ohio and Indiana. A German that came with his family to America at the age of eight years, the American Civil War veteran started at t
circa 1914
Henry Crimmel in uniform about 1862.
Blackford County Civil War monument in Hartford City, Indiana.
Henry Crimmel's name on Blackford Civil War monument.
J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company was one of the largest and best-known manufacturers of glass in the United States during the 19th century. Its products were distributed worldwide. The company is r
Henry Crimmel
…railroad service and the Ohio River. The National Road went through both cities. The first known glass factory for which Henry Crimmel worked was the Hobbs works in Wheeling, (West) Virginia. Glass had been made in Wheeling as early as 1821, and there were three "glass houses" by 1886. The Hobbs plant had a…
New England Glass Company 1855
Drawing of the J.H. Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. glassworks circa 1870s
J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier & Company Peach Blow Vase, 1886, on display in the Walters Art Museum
Hobnail Finger Bowl made by Hobbs Glass Company after 1886. Metropolitan Museum of Art