Tumbler: Hazel Atlas, Souvenir Death Valley California, Blue & White Glass, Vintage 1950s

A blue and white Hazel Atlas tumbler that tours Death Valley's landmarks in crisp white line art, from the Furnace Creek Inn's palm-shaded pool to the Twenty Mule Team hauling borax across the salt flats.

• Maker: Hazel Atlas Glass Co.
• Pattern: Souvenir, Death Valley, California
• Materials:  Glass with raised fired-on color illustration
• Dimensions: 4.75″ tall, 2.6″ diameter
• Origin: USA
• Era: Vintage 1950s
• Condition: Very Good Vintage Condition.  A few areas of discoloration/stain near the top. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

A banner reading "Death Valley California" opens the design, followed by four named scenes in raised white line work: the Furnace Creek Inn, the gate and grounds of Furnace Creek Ranch, framed by ornamental towers; Scotty's Castle, and the Twenty Mule Team and Borax Wagons crossing the valley floor beneath the mountains, alongside a view of Badwater marked "lowest point in U.S.A." The glass base carries an embossed "HA" for Hazel Atlas.

A rare find for the collector building a set of American landmark glasses, for a Death Valley visitor, or for anyone drawn to the history of the old borax trade.

The Furnace Creek Inn opened on February 1, 1927, built by the Pacific Coast Borax Company of Twenty Mule Team fame, partly to bring business to the company's struggling Death Valley Railroad. Scotty's Castle, at the valley's north end, was built in the 1930s by Chicago businessman Albert Johnson. Walter Scott, the "Death Valley Scotty" the castle is named for, never owned it. The Twenty Mule Team itself hauled around 46,000 pounds of borax at a time, along with its own water and feed, on a roughly ten-day, 165-mile haul out of Death Valley. Badwater, shown on the glass, is the lowest point in North America, at 282 feet below sea level.

The Hazel Atlas Corporation was founded in 1885 in Wellsburg, WV, by Charles N. Brady and C.H. Tallman. It began by making glass inserts for zinc canning-jar lids and grew into the largest glass-container manufacturer in the world. In 1956 it was acquired by the Continental Can Company.

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