Q. Do you have any ads, brochures, or information relating to Corning-Pyrex glass insulators?

Hello! Thank you for your question! We have a few items in our collection that might be of interest to you:

Digitized Items:

• [Workman inspecting a Pyrex brand insulator after it has been threaded], [1930-1945?]. Photograph. (Link to Library catalog record. Scroll down to access PDF of image.)
• Pyrex Brand: Neon Insulators. Corning, N.Y.: Corning Glass Works, 1941. Trade catalog. (Link to Library catalog record. Scroll down to access PDF of catalog.)
• Pyrex Radio Insulators: For Better Reception, Better Protection, Better Transmission.  Corning, N.Y.: Corning Glass Works, 1949. (Link to Library catalog record. Scroll down to access PDF of catalog.)
• Pyrex: Industrial Glass Products. Corning, N.Y.: Corning Glass Works, [ca. 1926].
• Glassware, for Railroad, Marine, Aviation and Traffic Service. Corning, N.Y.: Corning Glass Works, 1939.
• Glass Color Filters. Corning, N.Y.: Corning Glass Works, 1933.
   

Articles, pre-1980 (Links to Library catalog records):

• “History and Application of ‘PYREX’ Insulators.” “Pyrex” Industrial Glass, no. 10 (June 1964): 3-5.
• McCurty, Jeff. “A Closer Look at Corning-Pyrex Insulators.” Insulators 9, no. 10 (Dec. 1977): 4-11.

Other Materials:

• What Can We Do for You? Corning, N.Y.: Corning Glass Works, [1939-1945?].
• Rakow Library: Corning Glass Works Archival Collection, Box 16, Folder 1, Pyrex insulators, 1917-1975.

I have also included a link to another "Ask a Glass Question" response that contains several additional citations to articles, many of which are available online.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with glass-related questions in the future!