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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;giantbike, post: 202492, member: 3737&quot;]I&#039;m not a descendant, I was raised in one of the workers house in White Mills PA where the factory is. Mine was the one on the left.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]58194[/ATTACH] </p><p>My yard was used as a dump for the slag and broken pieces so as a kid i would find pieces of slag and broken glasses/dishes ect. </p><p>The house to the right of ours was turned into a museum : see here &gt;<a href="http://dorflinger.org/historic-white-mills/glass-workers-house/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dorflinger.org/historic-white-mills/glass-workers-house/" rel="nofollow">http://dorflinger.org/historic-white-mills/glass-workers-house/</a></p><p>The bathroom in my house was the workstation where some of the first paperweights made in the usa.</p><p>My wife grew up on the next block in what was the town hall when the factory was operating. </p><p>I started to collect what i could find over the years . The last family of glass cutters lived across from us they are still cutting today (the latournous family) .</p><p>I recently sold the house circa 1856 to the Dorflinger museum so it is being preserved. </p><p>Strange story about the workers houses it was a superstition to not get rid of your boots and shoes so when they preserved the house next to mine they discovered&nbsp; 100&#039;s of pairs of boots and shoes under the floorboards! lots of history in that village. I suggest you visit if you are in the area.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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