The business operated on Chambers Street and on Frederick Street (renamed Somme Street during WW1)
Above: from Paint, Oil, and Drug Review, Vol 19, number 9, May 7, 1890
In some articles at that time the spelling is "American Glass Bending and Bevelling."
Above: from The Automotive Manufacturer, Vol 37, p 138, in 1896
Below: from a May, 1888 article in Paint, Oil, and Drug Review
The "M A Smith" referred to is Mary Ann Reilly Smith, my great-great grandmother; "Chas H Smith" was Charles Henry Smith, my great grandfather.
Above: 1892 Sanborn map
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Above: from an ad in an 1893 architecture magazine (The "Works" looked nothing like the photo; apparently a stock photo was used for advertising purposes)
Mary Ann Reilly Smith died in 1897 designating sons Charles Henry Smith and Thomas Jefferson Davis Smith (Thomas J D Smith) as the sons who should operate the glass business. Charles H Smith died in 1906, leaving Thomas J D as the operator of the business.
Below:1908 Sanborn insurance map, two years after the death of Charles H Smith
Below: from New York Times, August 29, 1891
Below: from an April, 1898 Trenton newspaper
Mary Ann Smith of the Glass Works was my great-great grandmother. What a woman!
ReplyDeleteI livea few houses down where the glass company used to be! I had dreams with your grsndmother many times and she told me her name and that is how I end up here! Weird but true!
DeleteMary Ann Smith was my Great Great Grandmother as well. My Grandfather was Walter J Smith and my father Walter J Smith Jr. Currently of Denver, CO
ReplyDeleteI would live to get more information about Mary Ann and the glass factory.
Brian J Smith