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Christian Dorflinger (1828–1915), was an American glass manufacturer.
on Dorflinger Glass museum website Together with his brother Edward he went to work for a glass factory in Camden, NJ. He began his own factory in Brooklyn, NY in 1852. The next year he opened the Long Island Flint Glass Works, and in 1860 he opened the Greenpoint Glass Works. He built his largest factory in
Christian Dorflinger
on Dorflinger Glass museum website 1828 births 1915 deaths American glass artists People from Alsace-Lorraine {{US-artist-stub
Christian Dorflinger (1828–1915), was an American glass manufacturer.
Biography
He was born inRosteig
Rosteig () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The communes cooperate ...
, a small village in the Alsace region of Northern France on the German border. When his father died he was apprenticed to a glass manufacturer in Lorraine, but he accompanied his mother when she decided to emigrate to the United States.Christian Dorflingeron Dorflinger Glass museum website Together with his brother Edward he went to work for a glass factory in Camden, NJ. He began his own factory in Brooklyn, NY in 1852. The next year he opened the Long Island Flint Glass Works, and in 1860 he opened the Greenpoint Glass Works. He built his largest factory in
White Mills, Pennsylvania
White Mills is a village and census-designated place that is located in Texas Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The CDP's population was 659 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.
White Mills is located on U.S. Route ...
, where he later died.
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Christian Dorflinger
on Dorflinger Glass museum website 1828 births 1915 deaths American glass artists People from Alsace-Lorraine {{US-artist-stub