Who was Indiana Glass Company?
They were one of the pioneers in American glassware. Founded in Dunkirk, Indiana in 1907, they produced hundreds of patterns, many of which are famous. They made the mugs used by A & W Rootbeer. They also made the early Coca Cola bottles, just to name a few. They were never a company that tried to be anything but a maker of excellent and useful glassware. They were the average persons maker. Their products never graced the shelves of fine Jewelry stores and boutiques. Instead, you found it in F.W. Woolworth, S.H Kressge, Sears, Penneys, K-Mart, Jupiter, Montgomery Ward, and many other every day places. Many of their fine wares were also used as redemption gifts for S&H Greenstamps; and, as rewards for money spent in large Grocery Chains, such as IGA, KROGER, and others. They also had an in-home party line for a company called Tiara. They were purchased by Lancaster-Colony, who owned them until Indiana closed it’s doors in 2002. They succumed to the same fate that is slowly devouring mo