New Videos from the 2017 Convention

In an effort to keep everyone informed of new items or features on the Miami Valley Study Group web site, we are announcing the addition of three new videos from the 2017 National Cambridge Collectors, Inc. convention held in June. These videos include:

"Digital Safari" by Miami Valley Study Group narrated by Larry Everett: a basic tutorial on how to use the search functions on the MVSG.ORG main web site and the PHOTO ALBUMS site.

"Cambridge Animals" presented by Lynn Welker: a discussion of many of the animals found in Cambridge Glass products.

Bring and Brag Session Video Narrated by Lynn Welker: the usual session on items presented for identification.

At the same time, the ever expanding videos page has been reorganized to make it easier to locate new videos. Newer videos appear at the top of each video section and older videos have been transferred to a secondary page for that section. No videos have been removed from our site, just moved around and to separate pages.

New Videos and Photographs at MVSG.org

Late 2016 and four months in 2017 have been busy times adding videos and photos to our web site and photo albums.

You will find new videos of the “Bring and Brag” sessions at the October 2016 and March 2017 quarterly meetings. Click here to view these and other educational programs and Hollywood videos.

473 photos were added in November 2016. These photos feature new items from the 2017 NCC auction photography session in November and Miami Valley Study Group (MVSG) meetings in late 2016. You can conduct a “Search” function to see these photos using the following search parameters:

Search Box [space character]

Newer than 178 days

Older than 118 days

Increase the “Days” counts for the difference between today’s date (April 28, 2017) and the date you perform this search. Alternately, you could enter the name of your favorite etching in the search box if you track a particular etching, e.g. “point” for Rose Point etching. If your favorite etching is numbered only, enter “e” and the number without spaces, like “e731”, in the search box. Also check the “Filename” check box to increase the probability of search hits.

224 photos and images were added in April 2017 from a variety of sources. Featured items include pharmaceutical items from an MVSG program and two newly acquired pharmaceutical catalogs from 1905 and 1907. A new “ID Aid” album was created to facilitate identifying pharmaceutical items. The “Search” function can also be used to view these images using the following search parameters:

Search Box [space character]

Newer than  5  days

Also featured in these latest photos are new images from another newly acquired Cambridge catalog covering the 2636 “2636 "Sunburst" Line. This makes the coverage on the Sunburst line more complete.

Those readers planning to attend this year’s NCC convention should also plan to attend an educational session by the Miami Valley Study Group covering how to maximize the use of the key features on the MVSG web site for identification of Cambridge glass. Bring your laptop, internet enabled tablet or smart phone with data plan to this session. It is currently scheduled for 4:00 PM, Thursday, June 22^nd.

Access to this BLOG is now available using an encrypted connection at:  https://miami-valley-study-group.blogspot.com.

2016 Convention VIdeos and Photos

The June 2016 annual convention of National Cambridge Collectors, Inc. is history. Four educational program videos from the convention have been uploaded to the Miami Valley Study Group web site along with the usual “Bring and Brag” session. The following videos with links are included:

"Turkeys" program narrated by Jim Findley

"Cat and Dog Bottles" program narrated by Sandy Bridwell-Walker

"Famous Flops by Cambridge" program narrated by Lynn Welker

“The Stars of Cambridge” program by the Miami Valley Study Group narrated by Larry Everett

“Bring and Brag” session narrated by Lynn Welker

Additionally, 84 photos have been added to our reference photo albums taken at the 2016 annual convention and other sources.

Tip: You can view just the new images by doing a SEARCH. Enter a single SPACE character in the SEARCH BOX and the number of days since June 30^th in the NEWER THAN ___ DAYS box. If you see some but not all 84 images, add 1 to the DAYS.

New Movie & TV Show Clips With Cambridge Glass

New Movie & TV Show Clips With Cambridge Glass

We have added seven new movie and TV show clips to our “Cambridge in Hollywood” video vault. This brings the total "Cambridge in Hollywood" video clips to 27 showing glassware made by the Cambridge Glass Company, Cambridge, Ohio.

The new clips include:

"Fort Apache" movie from 1948 starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda & Shirley Temple;

"My Favorite Wife" movie from 1940 starring Cary Grant & Irene Dunne;

"Swing Time" movie from 1936 starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers;

"Now, Voyager" movie from 1942 starring Betty Davis & Paul Henreid;

"Bachelor Mother" movie from 1939 starring Ginger Rogers & David Niven;

"The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" movie from 1939 starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers;

"Happy Days - My Fair Fonzie" Television show, Season 5, Episode 10, from 1977 featuring

          Henry Winkler,  Ron Howard, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross and many others.

Don’t miss viewing the other 20 TV show and movie clips at: http://www.mvsg.org/videos. The clips can be viewed in full screen mode in most web browsers on your computer.

Keep your eyes open for more examples of Cambridge Glass in TV shows and movies. We know that it can be difficult to take your eyes off the main action on the screen but watch the backgrounds, particularly elegant room settings and restaurants. You never know when Cambridge Glass will appear. Studio prop departments must still have a supply of Cambridge Glass as it is still showing up in new shows and movies.

Please let us know if you notice Cambridge Glass in other movies or TV shows by sending an email to: contact@mvsg.org. Include as much information as you can including movie or TV show title, what you saw and a description of the scene. If it is a TV series, include the season number, episode number and episode title. The production or airing year is often helpful also. Some good movies have been remade multiple times. The database at http://www.imdb.com is helpful in learning additional information. The more information you provide, the easier it will be for us to find the sighting of Cambridge Glass.

New Movie & TV Show Clips

We have added four new movie and TV show clips to our “Cambridge in Hollywood” video vault. They include clips from:

the premiere episode of “Astronaut Wives Club”, the 2015 ABC television series;

“Double Indemnity” movie from 1944 starring Fred MacMurray & Barbara Stanwyck;

“Top Hat” movie from 1935 starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers;

“The Thin Man” move from 1934 starring William Powell & Myrna Loy.

Don’t miss viewing the other 16 TV show and movie clips at: http://www.mvsg.org/videos. The clips can be viewed in full screen mode in most web browsers on your computer.

Please let us know if you notice Cambridge Glass in other movies or TV shows by sending an email to: contact@mvsg.org. Include as much information as you can including movie or TV show title, what you saw and a description of the scene. If it is a TV series, include the season number, episode number and episode title. The production or airing year is often helpful also. Some good movies have been remade multiple times. The database at http://www.imdb.com is helpful in learning additional information. The more information you provide, the easier it will be for us to find the sighting of Cambridge Glass.