Unfortunately for him this was a time of declining american marble sales and he was soon forced to close the factory doors.
Alley agate marble company.
In 1949 he sold the st.
Collectors often lump them together under the name west virgina swirls.
They were first believed to have been made by either christensen or champion but now are widely.
It was located in four different west virginian cities.
So pink and sellers peltier one of peltier s owners set up a separate marbles only plant in the former alley agate marble factory in st.
Mary s plant to berry pink and sellers peltier and they changed the company name to marble king.
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Alley agate company was founded by lawrence alley in 1929 in paden city west virginia.
See revised book 5 above.
Alley himself designed his marble making machines which for the time were capable of producing more marbles per minute than any.
It was located in four different west virginian cities.
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Production ended in 1948.
As well as moving around the company changed its name several times during its existence.
Wilson davis founded the davis marble works in 1947 in pennsboro west virginia.
Paden city 1929 1932 sistersville 1932 1934.
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Alley agate company.
These pages were left out by mistake and are in the new printing.
The jackson marble company was founded by carol jackson around 1945 near pennsboro west virginia.
The alley agate company owned by lawrence alley was very itinerant during its existence 1929 1949.
Several companies produced swirl marbles in west virginia and it can be difficult to tell them apart.
Variously it was known as alley agate company lawrence glass novelty company and alley glass manufacturing company.
Paden city 1929 1932 sistersville 1932 1934 pennsboro 1934 1937 and st.
A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.
He was a world war ii veteran and purchased an old alley agate marble making machine from corning glass.
Pistachios by alley agate company pistachios have a fluorescent green base with black stripes and were made in the 1930s or early 1940s.
The alley agate company owned by lawrence alley was very itinerant during its existence 1929 1949.
Like jackson marble company davis marble works did not operate for long.
