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Dunkirk

A town built on glass

Ruby Stained "Kings Crown" Highball Glasses

Established in 1907, the Indiana Glass Company first ventured beyond car glass into making items for soda fountains, restaurant and crystal ware. In the 1920s, adding color to their glassware, they continued to make best selling handmade and machine made glassware including such popular Depression Glass such as Avocado, Tearoom, Sandwich, Pyramid, #612 Horseshoe and Indiana Custard.

The company, which had the tagline of Carnival Glass Heaven, is also thought to be the longest producer of "Goofus Glass," an extremely inexpensive way to make colored, decorative glass. They closed in 2002.
Those following the Indiana Glass Trail should also visit The Glass Museum, located in what was once a Carnegie Library built in 1917 and is owned and operated by the Dunkirk Public Library. The museum features more than 8000 pieces of glass from 110 factories around the world and included leaded glass windows, hanging lamps and hundreds of hand-blown and hand-press glass pieces.

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Indiana Glass Trail

Muncie & Around

Text © Jane Ammeson

Image by Indiana Glass Trail