Jerry E. Wright Papers circa 1960-1975
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Corning Glass Works
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Corning Glass Works was founded in 1851 by Amory Houghton, in Somerville, Massachusetts, originally as the Bay State Glass Co. It later moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, and operated as the Brooklyn Flint Glass Works. The company moved again to its ultimate home and eponym, the city of Corning, New York, in 1868 under leadership of the founder's son, Amory Houghton, Jr. The California Institute of Technology's 200-inch (5.1 m) telescope mirror at Palomar Observatory was cast by Corni...
Industrial Designers Society of America.
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The term "industrial designer" originated in the U.S. Patent Office in 1913 as a synonym for the then-current term "art in industry." In 1927 Macy's department store in New York City held a well-attended Exposition of Art in Trade, which featured "modern products," many of them from the 1925 International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris. Public and manufacturer demand for these new "Art Deco" styles immedately surged, and a number of design professionals...
Wright, Jerry E.
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Jerry E. Wright was an American industrial designer. Among other things, he was a staff designer for Corning Glass Works in the 1960s. From the guide to the Jerry E. Wright Papers, circa 1960-1975, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...
