1898 Whitney Glass Works Graduating Class

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This item is a newspaper clipping showing the 1898 "graduating class" of apprentices with the Whitney Glass Works in Glassboro, NJ. The clipping is titled "When Father Wore Peg Top Trousers." Top row, left to right: William Shaw, John Wood, Forrest Tomlin, Calvin Craner, John M. Cake, Edward E. Vanneman, Samuel Warren, and William Jarrel Middle row, left to right: William Ray, William Richards, Delbert Elkins, William Dill, James Bowe, Chester V. Johnson, Amos Cart, and John Simmerman Front row, left to right: Frank Weed, Horace Henderson, Charles Dill, Joseph McCaron, Peter Jones, Benjamin Miller, and Edward Parker.

Many of these young men were younger than 16. It was very common for glass-making apprentices to be as young as 10 or 11. 

To learn more about South Jersey's glass-making tradition, visit the Heritage Glass Museum in Glassboro, NJ.
https://www.heritageglassmuseum.org/

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