Games Slayter (1896-1964), Fiberglass Inventor, Receives Franklin Institute Medal

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-3440]

Creator: Bureau of Industrial Service

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1940

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-3440

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Summary

Left to right: Henry Butler Allen (1887-1962), secretary and director of The Franklin Institute, presented the Institute's Edward Longstreth Medal to Games Slayter (1896-1964), vice-president in charge of research, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, May 15, 1940. The Medal was given "in recognition of meritorious work in science and in the industrial arts" and Slayter was being honored for his development of a process for transforming glass into thread-like fibers (a product later named "Fiberglass)."

Subject

  • Allen, Henry Butler 1887-1962
  • Slayter, Games 1896-1964
  • Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-3440

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1940
  • May 21, 1940

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  • Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

Glass fibers

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-3440]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 9.35 x 7.62

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