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English: McKee & Brothers, also known as M'Kee and Brothers, a Pittsburgh glasshouse. Traces its beginning to S. McKee & Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. formed by Samuel McKee in 1834 and expanded with the help of his brothers James McKee and Thomas McKee to produce in great quantities window glass, telegraph and lightning rod insulators, and various hollowware including fruit jars, bottles, etc., at its McKee and Brothers Glass Works in Pittsburgh from 1853 to 1888. In 1854, Frederick and James McKee, two of five sons of Thomas McKee, started new company, F. & J. McKee. The company name changed several times, becoming McKee & Brothers in 1867. It produced glass tableware, cut glass, bottles, and window glass. In 1888, McKee & Brothers moved to Jeannette, Pa., east of Pittsburgh. From 1899 to 1903, it was a part of the National Glass Co. In 1904, it became known as McKee-Jeannette Glass Company. In 1908, the name was changed to McKee Glass Company and under this brand high quality glassware, including pressed pattern glass, jadite (opaque green), white milk glass, black glass and other opaque ware, was produced. In 1917, the company introduced Glasbake brand of heat resistant cookware. In 1951, Jeannette's McKee glass factory became the McKee Division of Thatcher Glass Company. In 1961, Jeannette Glass Company bought the factory and manufactured pressed glass tableware until it was finally closed in 1983 (The Antiquarian).
Reference: Jay W. Hawkins. Glasshouses and Glass Manufacturers of the Pittsburgh Region, 1875-1910. New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2009.
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