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Exhibits from the Libbey-Owens- Ford and Owens Corning manuscript collections

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Norman Bel Geddes. Horizons. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932. []

Owens-Corning Fiberglas. “Housing America: Response to Crisis.” Toledo, OH: Owens-Corning Fiberglas, ca. 1970, MSS-222. [Inquire about this item]

The Miracle of Glass: Its Glorious Past, Its Thrilling Present, Its Miraculous Future as Presented at the New York World’s Fair. Place of Publication Unknown: Glass Incorporated, 1939. MSS-200. [Inquire about this item]

Frank Lloyd Wright. The Natural House. New York: Horizon Press Inc., 1954. []

Time, Inc., New York World’s Fair, 1964/1965: Official Souvenir Book. New York: Time-Life Books, 1964. []

Official Guide Book, 1939 New York World’s Fair. New York: Exposition Publications, 1939. []

Owens-Corning Fiberglas. “This Is Fiberglas.” Toledo, OH: Owens-Corning Fiberglas, 1964, MSS-222. [Inquire about this item]

Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions. Neighborhoods: Planned for Good Living. Subdivisions, Standards, and Regulations. Toledo, OH: Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions, 1946. [Inquire about this item]

Toledo and Lucas County Plan Commissions. What About our Future? A Preview of Planning for Toledo and Lucas County. Toledo, OH: Toledo and Lucas County Plan Commissions, 1944. [Inquire about this item]

Toledo Chamber of Commerce, Metropolitan Planning Committee. Toward a Master Plan. Toledo, OH: Toledo Chamber of Commerce, 1946. [Inquire about this item]

West Acres sales brochure, ca. 1950. [Inquire about this item]

Chapter Three: Modern Architecture: 1940-1970 (above the case exhibit)

Overview of exhibits on the top shelf

Reports of the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions

Toledo and Lucas County Plan Commissions. What About our Future? A Preview of Planning for Toledo and Lucas County. Toledo, OH: Toledo and Lucas County Plan Commissions, 1944.

Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions. Neighborhoods: Planned for Good Living. Subdivisions, Standards, and Regulations. Toledo, OH: Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions, 1946.

Norman Bel Geddes and Associates. Toledo Tomorrow. Toledo Blade, 1945.

Toledo Chamber of Commerce, Metropolitan Planning Committee. Toward a Master Plan. Toledo, OH: Toledo Chamber of Commerce, 1946.

Overview of exhibits on the middle shelf

Owens-Corning Exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair

Official Guide Book, 1939 New York World’s Fair. New York: Exposition Publications, 1939.

The Miracle of Glass: Its Glorious Past, Its Thrilling Present, Its Miraculous Future as Presented at the New York World’s Fair. Place of Publication Unknown: Glass Incorporated, 1939.

Souvenirs from the Glass Center, 1939 New York World’s Fair

Souvenirs from the Glass Center, 1939 New York World’s Fair (continued)

Closeup view on the Fiberglas Wonder Box -- one of the souvenirs from the Glass Center, 1939 New York World’s Fair

Owens-Corning Fiberglas. “This Is Fiberglas.” Toledo, OH: Owens-Corning Fiberglas, 1964, MSS-222.

Official Souvenir Book, New York World’s Fair, 1964/1965. New York: Time-Life Books, 1964.

The second of the two photographs from the Glass Center, 1939 New York World’s Fair, MSS-200.

Overview of exhibits on the bottom shelf

Frank Lloyd Wright. The Natural House. New York: Horizon Press Inc., 1954.

West Acres sales brochure, ca. 1950.

Owens-Corning Fiberglas. “Housing America: Response to Crisis.” Toledo, OH: Owens-Corning Fiberglas, ca. 1970, MSS-222.

Tessie Agan. The House: A Text for a College Course on the House. New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1939.

Norman Bel Geddes. Horizons. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932.