Alley Agate Marble Company

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Alley agate marble company. So pink and sellers peltier one of peltier s owners set up a separate marbles only plant in the former alley agate marble factory in st. Variously it was known as alley agate company lawrence glass novelty company and alley glass manufacturing company. Jackson was a machine operator at champion agate company prior to venturing out on his own. In 1949 he sold the st.

See revised book 5 above. Alley agate company. Mary s plant to berry pink and sellers peltier and they changed the company name to marble king. My printer for this book has closed his doors.

Alley agate company was founded by lawrence alley in 1929 in paden city west virginia. Pistachios by alley agate company pistachios have a fluorescent green base with black stripes and were made in the 1930s or early 1940s. I found another printer with more pages at a better price. Paden city 1929 1932 sistersville 1932 1934 pennsboro 1934 1937 and st.

Wilson davis founded the davis marble works in 1947 in pennsboro west virginia. Alley himself designed his marble making machines which for the time were capable of producing more marbles per minute than any. Paden city 1929 1932 sistersville 1932 1934. It was located in four different west virginian cities.

1 page alley agate marbles dug at pennsboro 1 page alley agate pennsboro red tray hardcover 100 pages coffee table quality. The alley agate company owned by lawrence alley was very itinerant during its existence 1929 1949. It was located in four different west virginian cities. Free marble appraisals and identification.

The alley agate company owned by lawrence alley was very itinerant during its existence 1929 1949. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size. Unfortunately for him this was a time of declining american marble sales and he was soon forced to close the factory doors. Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles.

Several companies produced swirl marbles in west virginia and it can be difficult to tell them apart. He was a world war ii veteran and purchased an old alley agate marble making machine from corning glass. Collectors often lump them together under the name west virgina swirls. They were first believed to have been made by either christensen or champion but now are widely.

Like jackson marble company davis marble works did not operate for long. Production ended in 1948.