The Indiana Glass Society

Preserving the Legacy of Indiana Glass

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                 1897         Robert James Beatty, George Beatty and George Brady purchase a large railroad warehouse in Dunkirk, Indiana.

                 1898         The Beatty-Brady Glass Company begins manufacturing a variety of household items.

                 1899         The National Glass Company purchases the Beatty-Brady Glass Company.

                 1907         The National Glass Company files for bankruptcy.

                 1907         The Dunkirk glass facility incorporates and begins operation as the Indiana Glass Company.

                 1957         The Lancaster Glass Corporation purchases the Indiana Glass Company.

                 1962         The Lancaster Glass Corporation merges all of its companies into the Lancaster Colony Corporation.

                 1970         Tiara Exclusives begins as a home party plan.

                 1979         Indiana Glass acquires numerous molds from the defunct Federal Glass Company.

                 1984         Lancaster Colony acquires numerous molds from the bankrupt Imperial Glass Company.

                 1986         Lancaster Colony purchases the nearly 100-year-old Fostoria Glass Company.

                 1998         Lancaster Colony decides to close the nearly 30 year old Tiara Exclusives.

                 2001         The American Flint Glass Workers Local #501 votes to strike.

                 2002         Lancaster Colony stops all production at the Indiana Glass Facility in Dunkirk, Indiana.