Behind the Glass

A look at Heisey's outdoor advertising — from 100 railroad billboards stretching from Buffalo to Atlantic City, to a spectacular flashing electric sign on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in the

A deep dive into Heisey's final era of public advertising — 184 ads across 24 publications from 1937 to 1954, spanning crystal patterns, stemware, etchings, figurines, and the bridal market.

A look at Heisey's public advertising from 1925–1932 — the colorful era of Moongleam, Flamingo, and Hawthorne, cut short by the Great Depression after June 1932.

A look at Heisey's public advertising from 1917–1924 — 54 ads across 19 publications, featuring blown ware, stemware, cuttings, and the popular Tudor and Yeoman pattern lines.

Heisey was the first glass company to advertise directly to the buying public. A look at the history of that pioneering national ad campaign and the archives that preserve it.