Playing Marbles In The Usa In The 1930s

Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s.

Playing marbles in the usa in the 1930s.

The game has been around for hundreds of years and continues in popularity today. The scene differed a little from my own. Starpower99 from shop starpower99. The kokomo opalescent glass company was founded in 1888 in kokomo indiana and continues to operate today.

Machine made marbles reached the peak of their popularity in the late 1920s and 1930s when competition between manufacturers made marbles plentiful and cheap. I arrived at a local school today and to my delight the kids in the playground were playing marbles before school. Ringers is played at the national marbles tournament at left held over four days in june since 1922 in wildwood new jersey with winners in both the boys and girls divisions since 1948 the. In the late 1930s kokomo purchased a marble making machine from peltier glass company and used it to produce marbles made from the glass rejected in their rolling process.

Mention playing marbles and most people can recall stories of their childhood. American manufacturers dominated the marble market until the introduction of japanese cat s eye marbles in the 1950s. German hand production continued until the earliest forms of machine production began in the early 1900 s. The company produces rolled glass which is used in windows lamps etc.

Make offer 56 rare handmade glass marbles lot yolk amber honey rootbeer butterscotch swirl rare large 2 130 inch green sulphide look air trap 3 marble w free ship. White marble and alabaster marbles were the best playing pieces during the early 1800s. Most commonly they are about 13 mm 1 2 in in diameter but they may range from less than 1 mm 1 30 in to over 8 cm 3 in while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 30 cm 12 in wide marbles can be used for a variety of games called marbles. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.

A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.