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Subject: Glass industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh

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Whiskey Bottle Manufactured by Wm. Frank & Sons, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaWhiskey Bottle Manufactured by Wm. Frank & Sons, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A whiskey bottle manufactured by Wm. Frank & Sons in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The bottle is molded with the company's name on the bottom. It is an example of early American Jewish glassmaking, circa 1865. William Frank (1819?-1891) was a German-Jewish immigrant who established a successful glass manufacturing business in Pittsburgh, becoming a significant figure in the city's Jewish community.