Research Catalog
East Liverpool
- Title
- East Liverpool / Cathy Hester Seckman.
- Author
- Seckman, Cathy Hester
- Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2015]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F499.E142 S43 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 127 pages : chiefly illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Once known as the Pottery Capital of the World, East Liverpool boasted some 300 potteries in its heyday, along with many ancillary industries. When British immigrant Thomas Bennett found promising clay deposits along the riverfront, he opened the city's first one-kiln pottery in 1839. From that humble beginning, the industry burgeoned, eventually spreading up the hills and across the river. Besides sturdy kitchenware, hotel china, toilet ware, and ceramic doorknobs and insulators, the potteries produced such elegant designs as Lotus Ware, Lu-Ray, and Fiesta Ware. The men, women, and children who worked in the potteries also built a town with a busy and complex social life. Churches, schools, cultural and service organizations, theaters, and restaurants filled the downtown area. East Liverpool struggled after the collapse of the pottery industry in the second half of the 20th century but has persevered into the 21st century with hope for the future.
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America
- Subject
- Pottery industry > Ohio > East Liverpool > History > Pictorial works
- Buildings
- Manners and customs
- Pottery industry
- East Liverpool (Ohio) > History > Pictorial works
- East Liverpool (Ohio) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
- East Liverpool (Ohio) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works
- Columbiana County (Ohio) > History > Pictorial works
- Ohio > Columbiana County
- Ohio > East Liverpool
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
- Contents
- At the beginning point -- One town, one industry -- Town and industry flourish -- Business, pleasure, and service -- Onward and upward -- Notoriety, danger, and everyday life -- The boom years -- The realignment years -- Divided we fall, united we stand.
- ISBN
- 9781467113748
- 1467113743
- LCCN
- 2014958955
- OCLC
- ocn900028819
- SCSB-9325400
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library