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Hazel Atlas Glass Co. Patterns (gallery images)

Old Containers using N imprint vs. HA imprint
Baby food jars Beer bottles Chipped beef jars Cold cream jars Crisco jars Glue and paste bottles Ink bottles Jelly and jam tumblers Kerosene oil jugs Mayonnaise jars Medicine bottles	Medicine Jars Mineral water bottles Peanut butter jars Pickle jars Shoe polish bottles Snuff bottles Soft drink bottles Syrup jars Vaseline jars Vick's Vapo Rub jars Wine and liquor bottles

With expansion came more plants, innovation in glass production and machinery plus the formation of a new company by Hazel Glass to meet its fruit jar production needs, Atlas Glass. The Hazel Company continued to manufacture items from opal glass and began expanding its commercial bottle and jar lines.

With competition from Libbey Glass mounting and because of the development of a patented piece of equipment that increased glass production automation, a 3rd company was formed called Republic Glass Company. The new company made pressed tumblers utilizing a newly developed automatic press. This and other presses were developed. This company later became part of the Hazel-Atlas Corporation.

To replace cork caps which were expensive and allow for wider openings in container designs, a third brother opened Wheeling Metal Plant to produce zinc caps for mason jars.

In 1902 the Hazel Company and the Atlas Glass Company combined forces along with Republic Glass and the Wheeling Metal Company, and the birth of a new Hazel-Atlas Glass Corporation was born. The newly expanded corporation broadened its production to include economical tableware opening a plant in Clarksburg, WV to produce homewares earning itself the name The World's Largest Tumbler Factory.

The depression years and prohibition (late 1920s-1930s) brought financial stress on many glass companies but Hazel Atlas actually did well with many orders. They even experienced some growth because of innovation, diversification and the acquisition of other glass plants and expanded quickly.

During the 1930s, Hazel-Atlas became well known for their mold-etched, machine-made depression glass patterns. Thin-blown glassware was produced in their two Zanesville, OH factories.

All Hazel-Atlas prior to 1929 was made in the crystal color.

1929-1933, look for green tumblers and mixing bowls sets. This was also the time when much our their kitchenware was produced including luncheon sets, dinnerware in pink, topaz and black. But kitchenware continued well through to 1956. The Hazel-Atlas mark was used chiefly on the kitchenware and tumblers.

In 1933-1936 the following colors were produced; killarney green, sunset pink, topaz, ritz blue, burgandy and platonite (opaque white). These were the depression years and many lines, particularly the mold-etched dinnerware was not marked.

With expansion came more plants, innovation in glass production and machinery plus the formation of a new company by Hazel Glass to meet its fruit jar production needs, Atlas Glass. The Hazel Company continued to manufacture items from opal glass and began expanding its commercial bottle and jar lines.

With competition from Libbey Glass mounting and because of the development of a patented piece of equipment that increased glass production automation, a 3rd company was formed called Republic Glass Company. The new company made pressed tumblers utilizing a newly developed automatic press. This and other presses were developed. This company later became part of the Hazel-Atlas Corporation.

To replace cork caps which were expensive and allow for wider openings in container designs, a third brother opened Wheeling Metal Plant to produce zinc caps for mason jars.

In 1902 the Hazel Company and the Atlas Glass Company combined forces along with Republic Glass and the Wheeling Metal Company, and the birth of a new Hazel-Atlas Glass Corporation was born. The newly expanded corporation broadened its production to include economical tableware opening a plant in Clarksburg, WV to produce homewares earning itself the name The World's Largest Tumbler Factory.

The depression years and prohibition (late 1920s-1930s)brought financial stress on many glass companies but Hazel Atlas actually did well with many orders. They even experienced some growth because of innovation, diversification and the acquisition of other glass plants and expanded quickly.

During the 1930s, Hazel-Atlas became well known for their mold-etched, machine-made depression glass patterns. Thin-blown glassware was produced in their two Zanesville, OH factories.

All Hazel-Atlas prior to 1929 was made in the crystal color.

1929-1933, look for green tumblers and mixing bowls sets. This was also the time when much our their kitchenware was produced including luncheon sets, dinnerware in pink, topaz and black. But kitchenware continued well through to 1956. The Hazel-Atlas mark was used chiefly on the kitchenware and tumblers.

In 1933-1936 the following colors were produced; killarney green, sunset pink, topaz, ritz blue, burgandy and platonite (opaque white). These were the depression years and many lines, particularly the mold-etched dinnerware was not marked.

Hazel Atlas Plants and Locations by 1930
PLANTS (partial list) Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois	Cont.inued Michigan Ohio Oklahoma Alabama California West Virginia	By 1930, Hazel-Atlas had fifteen US glassplants and seven sales offices	SALES OFFICES Baltimore Chicago Cleveland New York	Cont.inued Philadelphia Rochester San Francisco

Depression Glass Patterns
Aurora Cloverleaf Colonial Black Crisscross Kitchenware Dutch Florentine No. 1 Florentine No. 2 Fruits Green Kitchenware Moderntone aka Wedding Band Newport aka Hairpin	New Century Newport Ovide Platonite Poppy No. 1 Poppy No. 2 Ribbon Royal Lace Roxana Ship Starlight Winter Scene

In 1956, Hazel-Atlas Glass Corporation became Continental Can. They sold glass under the Hazelware label but the company sold out to Brockway Glass in 1964.

References

(1) Colored Glassware of the Depression Era 2 by Hazel Marie Weatherman.
(2) West Virginia Historical Society Quarterly:  (http://www.wvculture.org/History/wvhs1721.html)