glass411.info
This is a website with over 17,000 vintage tumblers pictured. The main emphasis is character glasses but many are also peanut butter glasses. An excellent source of information.
fultonhistory.com
This amazing website features actual newspaper pages from the early 1900s through the 1980s. Most are New York towns and cities but a few are other states (noticed PA and KY). A search is available, allowing you to look for anything from A to Z. By searching "Boscul peanut butter" "Velvet peanut butter" and "Shedds peanut butter" I learned the following facts, taken from actual grocery store ads from 1950 newspapers:
1. Boscul peanut butter was sold in many New York towns and cities in the 50s. The earliest floral glasses were 1948 and the latest 1962. Boscul peanut butter was also sold in Davy Crockett 5" thick base, solid leather panel glasses, which are well known for marketing Shedds peanut butter.
2. Velvet peanut butter is confirmed to have sold in both Racing Greyhound and Sailboat/Lighthouse glasses in the 1950s in New York. Promoted as "collect-a-set" and numbered 1-8.
3. Shedds peanut butter is confirmed to have sold in the hard-to-find City Series of glasses found on pages 200-201 of the Grayson-Carpenter PB book. It is very possible that these are not Big Top, as listed in the book.
You can spend many hours searching and I am sure there are more "peanut butter facts" to discover. I have hardly scratched the surface of this source. Discoveries can be clipped and printed to save what you find. And, this source can be used to research about anything that would have appeared in newspapers of the day. Hats off to the person who developed and maintains this website - a monumental task. It provides a wonderful source for reliable information.
The Decorated Tumbler This book by well-known late glass expert and author Hazel Marie Weatherman, the undisputed queen of early research and books on depression glass, is a treasure for anyone who enjoys the decorated tumblers (and ice buckets and pitchers) from the 40s through 60s. There are 600 pages of original glass company catalogs, all in full color, covering 30 years of production, providing a huge volume of reliable information. However, four catalog pages are reduced to fit on each 8 1/2" x 11" page, requiring "eagle eyes" or a magnifying glass (my choice). This book will clearly identify, by company and year of production, many of the colorful and popular tumblers of the same era as decorated peanut butter glasses. The only appearance of PB glasses is on a two-page section near the back of the book under Unknowns. 160 pages, full color in paperback only and usually available through ebay (long out of print) at prices ranging from $15 to $45. Highly recommended to those with a general interest in the colorful decorated glassware of that era.
Creamy & Crunchy "An Informal History of Peanut Butter The All-American Food" by Jon Krampner For those with an interest, this is a marvelous book all about peanut butter, from its beginning in the late 1800s to today. Published in 2013 and usually available on ebay at very reasonable prices. I recommend it to those who still read books. The reviews on the dust jacket say it best:
"A delightful book about America's most popular nut butter and sandwich spread. It is action-packed, peopled with medical professionals and corporate giants, captains of industry and hard-hitting advertisers, vegetarians and health-food advocates, and farmers and peanut butter lovers. It is a well-written, fast-paced, surprising tale about the delicious food we thought we knew. One nibble, and you can't stop reading!" Andrew F. Smith, editor
"As a peanut butter aficionado, I found this an excellent, convincing book written in a casual journalistic, almost folksy style that cleverly disguises the real research done for it." Noel Riley Fitch, author
"A witty, encyclopedic history of one of America's most iconic processed foods. It is chock full of fun facts and surprising insights into the way we eat today." Aaron Bobrow-Strain, author
This is a website with over 17,000 vintage tumblers pictured. The main emphasis is character glasses but many are also peanut butter glasses. An excellent source of information.
fultonhistory.com
This amazing website features actual newspaper pages from the early 1900s through the 1980s. Most are New York towns and cities but a few are other states (noticed PA and KY). A search is available, allowing you to look for anything from A to Z. By searching "Boscul peanut butter" "Velvet peanut butter" and "Shedds peanut butter" I learned the following facts, taken from actual grocery store ads from 1950 newspapers:
1. Boscul peanut butter was sold in many New York towns and cities in the 50s. The earliest floral glasses were 1948 and the latest 1962. Boscul peanut butter was also sold in Davy Crockett 5" thick base, solid leather panel glasses, which are well known for marketing Shedds peanut butter.
2. Velvet peanut butter is confirmed to have sold in both Racing Greyhound and Sailboat/Lighthouse glasses in the 1950s in New York. Promoted as "collect-a-set" and numbered 1-8.
3. Shedds peanut butter is confirmed to have sold in the hard-to-find City Series of glasses found on pages 200-201 of the Grayson-Carpenter PB book. It is very possible that these are not Big Top, as listed in the book.
You can spend many hours searching and I am sure there are more "peanut butter facts" to discover. I have hardly scratched the surface of this source. Discoveries can be clipped and printed to save what you find. And, this source can be used to research about anything that would have appeared in newspapers of the day. Hats off to the person who developed and maintains this website - a monumental task. It provides a wonderful source for reliable information.
The Decorated Tumbler This book by well-known late glass expert and author Hazel Marie Weatherman, the undisputed queen of early research and books on depression glass, is a treasure for anyone who enjoys the decorated tumblers (and ice buckets and pitchers) from the 40s through 60s. There are 600 pages of original glass company catalogs, all in full color, covering 30 years of production, providing a huge volume of reliable information. However, four catalog pages are reduced to fit on each 8 1/2" x 11" page, requiring "eagle eyes" or a magnifying glass (my choice). This book will clearly identify, by company and year of production, many of the colorful and popular tumblers of the same era as decorated peanut butter glasses. The only appearance of PB glasses is on a two-page section near the back of the book under Unknowns. 160 pages, full color in paperback only and usually available through ebay (long out of print) at prices ranging from $15 to $45. Highly recommended to those with a general interest in the colorful decorated glassware of that era.
Creamy & Crunchy "An Informal History of Peanut Butter The All-American Food" by Jon Krampner For those with an interest, this is a marvelous book all about peanut butter, from its beginning in the late 1800s to today. Published in 2013 and usually available on ebay at very reasonable prices. I recommend it to those who still read books. The reviews on the dust jacket say it best:
"A delightful book about America's most popular nut butter and sandwich spread. It is action-packed, peopled with medical professionals and corporate giants, captains of industry and hard-hitting advertisers, vegetarians and health-food advocates, and farmers and peanut butter lovers. It is a well-written, fast-paced, surprising tale about the delicious food we thought we knew. One nibble, and you can't stop reading!" Andrew F. Smith, editor
"As a peanut butter aficionado, I found this an excellent, convincing book written in a casual journalistic, almost folksy style that cleverly disguises the real research done for it." Noel Riley Fitch, author
"A witty, encyclopedic history of one of America's most iconic processed foods. It is chock full of fun facts and surprising insights into the way we eat today." Aaron Bobrow-Strain, author