Mark Twain said : " The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice."
The Blenko Project is attempting a collective history of WVa Glass Workers. We are again accepting emails, and phone calls for interviews. If you prefer you may write your story
and email it to The Blenko Project @aol.com, or mail to 5513 Kanawha Ave. Charleston, W.Va. 25304 attention Blenko Project History.
While Dr. Homburg is a Blenko Glass Fan, the Project is all inclusive. Thus far we have
contacts for twelve of the companies.
If you are a former glass worker, or have worked in the Glass industry in WVa, or are a current employee with more than ten years, we'd like to include your photo and a brief history of your employment with photos of glass your shop made.
Please contact us.
Thank You.
The Blenko Project
Note: The Blenko Project is also on June 15th again accepting photos of Glass Collections accompanied by a photo of the collector and brief history of the collection.
7 comments:
Excellent idea for a project.
This may take a life time, I admire your willingness to tackle this task.
I collect paper weights, many are made by West Virginias I'll email a list of the names and addresses.
Two comments.
#1 Ivan looks very young.
#2 Thank you Hilery for keeping Blenko in print.
Thomas M.
DOES THE QUOTE MEAN YOU ARE BIAS TOWARD THE BLENKO WORKERS?
I KNOW FROM LISTENING YOU THINK THEY ARE ALL BETTER THAN SUPERIOR.
IF EVERYONE LISTENED TO YOU THEY WOULD THINK BLENKO WAS DESIGNER GLASS.
MOUNTAIN RITA
pleasant surprise to see the quote, does this mean HJH is back?
I don't like the quotes
they aren't about Blenko.
Hilery stick to Blenko.
Lucille P.
I sent my neighbors info to the Charleston address but receive no confirmation.
Ellen G. Myers
If any of those old timers have glass for sale,
please let me know.
I am attempting to be a collector of glass from 50 to 70 only
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