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
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
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
J. H. Hobbs, Brockunier and Company
…Northwood and Company were started. Among former Hobbs employees involved with these companies were: Charles N. Brady, William S. Brady, Peter Cassell, Henry Crimmel, Benjamin M. Hildreth, Otto Jaeger, Nicholas Kopp Jr., William Leighton Jr., Lucian B. Martin, Harry Northwood, John Oesterling, Charles Henry Over…
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.