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Corning Glass Works, Owens-Illinois Glass Company and the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company were the three companies responsible for the Glass Incorporated pavilion.

Visitors were entertained with exhibits of an enormous glass furnace with glass-blowing demonstrations, looms that created fiberglass, a fully operating, miniature bottling plant, the largest piece of clear crystal ever cast, a three-room furnished suite where the curtains and upholstery were all made of glass and a collection of fun-house mirrors.

Glass Inc.
Glass Inc. - photo 094
by Arie van Dort

Glass Inc. photo 359
Glass Inc. - photo 359
by Arie van Dort

Glass Inc. at night
Glass Inc. at night - photo MO27 - from the collection taken
by John Ott courtesy of his grandson Michael Ott.

Glass Inc. entrance
Glass Inc - Courtesy World's Fair
Historical Society - wf-072r

Glass Inc. at night
Glass Inc. at night - photo 095
Glass Inc.
Courtesy of Bob Catania
Glass Inc.
fiberglass bookmark
Courtesy Laurel Phelan

Glass Inc.
Glass Inc.- Photo RM07 - captured with permission from Robert Martens from a film taken by his grandfather, Gustave Martens.

Glass Inc.
Glass Inc.- Courtesy World's Fair
Historical Society - wf-071r

Craftsmen were on hand creating wonderful glass objects. (below) The begining of a glass vase. The hot glass is shaped and other pieces of glass added until the object is finished.

Glass Inc. - Glass Blowing
Glass Inc.- Craftsman blowing glass

Glass Inc. - glass blowing
Glass Inc.- Craftsman blowing glass