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- Christmas Tree Ornament, 1943-1945 - When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. At other American firms, such as Eckardt's, workers decorated the plain glass balls. When wartime shortages limited the availability of lacquer and metal, they used paint and cardboard.
- 1943-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Tree Ornament, 1943-1945
When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. At other American firms, such as Eckardt's, workers decorated the plain glass balls. When wartime shortages limited the availability of lacquer and metal, they used paint and cardboard.
- Christmas Tree Ornament, 1942-1945 - When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. Eckardt's company decorated and sold many of these bulbs under the name Shiny Brite - a brand that would remain one of Americans' favorites into the 1950s.
- 1942-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Tree Ornament, 1942-1945
When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. Eckardt's company decorated and sold many of these bulbs under the name Shiny Brite - a brand that would remain one of Americans' favorites into the 1950s.
- Christmas Tree Ornament, 1946-1955 - When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. Eckardt's company decorated and sold many of these bulbs under the name Shiny Brite - a brand that would remain one of Americans' favorites into the 1950s.
- 1946-1955
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Tree Ornament, 1946-1955
When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. Eckardt's company decorated and sold many of these bulbs under the name Shiny Brite - a brand that would remain one of Americans' favorites into the 1950s.
- Christmas Tree Ornament, 1940-1950 - American companies began large-scale production of glass Christmas ornaments beginning in the mid-1930s. Trade restrictions due to the impending war with Germany and Japan--the two major producers of glass ornaments at the time--had curtailed importation of the holiday baubles. American-made, mass-produced glass ornaments would dominate the domestic market during World War II and for many years to come.
- 1940-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Tree Ornament, 1940-1950
American companies began large-scale production of glass Christmas ornaments beginning in the mid-1930s. Trade restrictions due to the impending war with Germany and Japan--the two major producers of glass ornaments at the time--had curtailed importation of the holiday baubles. American-made, mass-produced glass ornaments would dominate the domestic market during World War II and for many years to come.
- Shiny Brite Christmas Tree Ornaments Box, 1944-1946 - When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. Eckardt's company decorated and sold many of these bulbs under the name Shiny Brite - a brand that would remain one of Americans' favorites into the 1950s.
- 1940-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Shiny Brite Christmas Tree Ornaments Box, 1944-1946
When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. Eckardt's company decorated and sold many of these bulbs under the name Shiny Brite - a brand that would remain one of Americans' favorites into the 1950s.
- Christmas Tree Ornament, 1950-1955 - When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. Eckardt's company decorated and sold many of these bulbs under the name Shiny Brite - a brand that would remain one of Americans' favorites into the 1950s.
- 1950-55
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Tree Ornament, 1950-1955
When Americans stopped importing hand-blown Christmas ornaments from Germany during World War II, an enterprising importer of German goods named Max Eckardt convinced the Corning Glass Company to mass produce machine-blown bulbs. Eckardt's company decorated and sold many of these bulbs under the name Shiny Brite - a brand that would remain one of Americans' favorites into the 1950s.