Indiana Glass Co history

In 1923, Indiana Glass introduced Avocado, its first Depression glass pattern.

Collectors under 50 are more likely to focus on post-1945 material than earlier examples.

In 1957, Lancaster Glass Corporation purchased Indiana Glass Company, keeping the plant and brand name in operation.

After careers in the wholesale and retail grocery businesses, in 1959 he joined Indiana (as he always called it) as their salesman for the state of Indiana, working for George Morton.

In 1961, patriarch John J. Gerlach and his son, John B. “Bernie” Gerlach, consolidated these firms into Lancaster Colony Corporation.

In 1962, Lancaster Glass became part of the Lancaster Colony Corporation.

Beginning in 1963, packaging for Indiana Glass was marked “Indiana Glass, a subsidiary of Lancaster Colony Corporation.”

In 1969, Lancaster Colony went public through an Initial Public Offering (IPO), as shown in the prospectus:

Tiara Exclusives, started in 1970, may have been Jim’s idea, though my dad and Ron Teal who worked for them were also instrumental.

INDIANA GLASS GLASS DAYS 1975 PLATE - COMPLIMENTS OF INDIANA GLASS - NO DAMAGE!

In 1983, Lancaster Colony purchased Fostoria Glass.

The company has gone on to greater achievements, doing over $1 billion in annual revenues in 2018.

Kristie Schubert says March 4, 2019 at 2:31 pm