Kubva kuMarbles kusvika kune Zvokudya zvevana uye zvizhinji
Kunyange zvazvo vazhinji vairasi veseji vanoziva neAkro Agate zita, kambani yakatanga muna 1910 ichiita marbles. Vakanga vakaputirwa mumabhosi uye vaitengeswa paWagner-Marsh Shoe Store muAkron, Ohio, nechitoro chinoshandiswa naGilbert C. Marsh, mumwe wevakiki vekambani.
Marsh yakabatanidzwa naDeorge George T. Rankin naHorace C. Hill, aichimbova mushandi weNararre Marbles, kusanganisa basa ravo rekushanda uye unyanzvi.
Dare racho rakagadzira midziyo yavo yekugadzira mabheji uye akaiisa pamusoro pechitoro cheSarishe.
"Dzimwe nguva taitakura marombo kusvika imwe kana mbiri mangwanani. Takatengesa 25 'Glassies' kwemakumi makumi mashanu emapuranga muhukuru hwakapedza. Gare gare bhizimisi redu rema marble rakanyatsoita isu takatamira mune imwe shopu yemashini kuEast Exchange Street, "Marsh yakaratidzwa mubvunzurudzo yakataurwa pamusoro paAkroAgate.com.
Akro Agate akatumidza zita racho muna 1911. Mushure mokubudirira kubudirira, kambani yacho yakatamira kuClarksburg, W.Va. muna 1914 apo zvinhu zvaidiwa nevanogadzira girazi, zvikurukuru jecha uye gasi rezvisikwa, zvakanga zvakawanda. Vakanga vakanyorwa muCleksksburg City Directory sevakugadzira zvidhori zvemotokari, mabheti emakadhi, uye mabirasi egirasi anoshandiswa nevanyora vemafuta muna 1915, sezvakataurwa pana AkroAgate.com.
Akro Agate's Marbles
Iyo kambani yakaramba ichivandudza nzira dzayo yekugadzira nekuvandudza kubudirira muma1920s kuva vatungamiriri venyika mugirazi marble production uye kutengesa nenguva iyoyo.
Vakagadzira mhando dzakawanda dzemabhururu mumakumi emakumi emakore iye zvino aitsvaga nevatengesi zvakadai semakona, machibhoods, uye zvinokambaira pamwe chete nevamwe vazhinji kusanganisira "glassies" yakatanga bhizinesi.
Akro, sevatora marble vanowanzotaura nezvekambani, inozivikanwawo nekubudisa huwandu hwakawanda hwemazambiringa "slags", rudzi rwekipa regirazi marble nechitarisiko chechikepe.
Misi yakasiyana-siyana mu slag marbles yakafanana nezvidimbu zvekare zvekamberi yekambani iyo yakatora maitiro akasiyana-siyana achifamba muma1930 uye '40s.
Girazi Iri Kupfuura Marwendo
Sekukwikwidzana mumabhizimisi e marble yakatsamwa nePeltier Marbles uye Master Marbles kukunda zvipfeko zvepa patent pamusoro pekambani, Akro Agate akatsunga kuita mamwe marudzi egirazi. Pakutanga kwema1930 vakashanda mhando dzemadherera mumiganhu yavo yekugadzira uye vakatanga kutora zvimwe zviduku zviduku zvakadai sefrime cream jars.
Apo Westite, kambani yegirazi iri pedyo neWeston, W.Va., yakapfigwa pamusana pomoto muna 1936, Akro Agate akatenga kambani ye "Garden Line". Idzi dzaisanganisira maruva emaruva akasiyana-siyana, varimi vemapuranga uye mabheji, uye dzimwe dzakatengeswa nemicheka yakagadzirwa nesimbi kuitira kuti vashandiswe nyore nyore semadziro emadziro. Gare gare muma1930, nhamba shoma yezvokudya zvevana yakabudiswa isina kubudirira zvikuru.
Zvakanga zvisati zvasvika kusvikira kuma1940 apo Akro Agate akakunda matanho ekutengeserana ayo ainzi Scotty Dog uye Colonial Lady powder jars . Ichokwadi, panguva yeHondo Yenyika II apo zvinhu zvisingatengeswi zvaitengeswa zvakanga zvisingachawanikwi nevatengi veAmerica, girazi rekambani yevana ndiro rakava chinhu chinotyisa uye chakatengeswa kusvika muna 1946 apo hupfumi hwezvematongerwo enyika shure kwehondo hwakatanga zvakare.
Nekutengesa kunowedzera mumakore achangotevera Hondo Yenyika II, Akro Agate akarega kugadzirwa muna 1949. Kambani yakatengesa zvigadzirwa zvayo zvakasara kusvika muna 1951, ndokubva yanyatsovhara mikova yayo.
Vatori vemazuva ano vanoona zvakawanda zvezvikamu zveAkro zvakagadzirwa negirazi yeganda, iyo imwecheteyo inoshandiswa mumashizha avo e slag. Iri girazi rinorema, rinopisa rinenge rakachena kana kamukira rinoputika mukati rose. Sirazi yakagadzirwawo nemakambani akadai seImperial, Westmoreland naFenton .
Zvimwe zvikamu zveAkro, kusanganisira ndiro dzevana, zvakagadzirwa negirazi mumisara yakafanana neye inoshandiswa muChepression-time pieces like cobalt blue or teal green. Vana vaAkro vana, kana vasina kunyorwa, vanowanzosiyaniswa nemazita avo ane Art Deco simba nemigero ye geometric uye zvakagadzirirwa zvirongwa.
Crow's Crow kana "Kro" Logo
Imwe yematambudziko ane Akro chiratidzo ndeyekuti kazhinji kazhinji haina kuumbwa mugirazi ichiita kuti zvive zvakaoma kudzidzira. Nekuda kwechikonzero ichi kazhinji kacho kukanganisa segondo kana rumwe rudzi rweshiri. Muzvokwadi, Akro Agate logo inomirira gumbo rinopinda kuburikidza netsamba "A" ine marble yakachengetwa mumatoni ayo uye muromo. Icho chiratidzo chinoreva mutsetse wakashandiswa nekambani pamapurasitiki ayo: "Shoot Yakarurama seKro Flies."
Ichi chiratidzo chinowanikwa pamakungwa makuru egorowa uye ndiro dzevana pane marombo. Mabheji aya akangoratidzwa pamabhosi ekutanga, kunyange zvazvo nhamba yezvinyorwa zvekutaridzika zviripo kuti vabatsire vatengesi nevatengesi vaone Akro marble mararamiro uye mavara.
Mukuwedzera pane kutakura hoyo yekodhi, dzakawanda magirazi makuru egirazi zvakaratidzirwawo zvichiratidza kuti dzakagadzirwa muU.SA mune tsamba dzakakosha uye dzimwe nguva dzinosanganisira nhamba ye mold. Zvikamu zvitsva zvakabudiswa muma1930 apo kambani yakatanga kutanga kuedza kupfuura marble yakagadzirwa zvingave isina kuratidzika.