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Dannenhoffer's Opalescent – Shaffer's Glass Works

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

© Vincenzo Aiosa

Elsewhere on the Internet:

Schlegel's American Families of German Ancestry - Google Books

The Dannenhoffer Brothers

JL Dannenhoffer - Schlegel's American Families of German Ancestry - Google Books

NL Dannenhoffer - Schlegel's American Families of German Ancestry - Google Books

NY Times - May 21, 1905

NY Times - May 21, 1905 (PDF)

NY Times - May 21, 1905 (PDF)

6 Comments

  1. NDannenhoffer says:

    I have always heard about glass workshop from my father, my gandfather and grandmother. Never seen pictures of the place. I would love to see it in real life one day. Too bad that it looks that way now. I am kinda surprised that it’s standing, as of 2010 anyways. Thank you for showing this.

    1. fadingad says:

      Sure! Thank you for dropping by. Let me know when you come to NY and I’ll show you where it is. Best Frank

    2. Anne Webster says:

      Nicholas was my great- grandfather. My grandmother, his daughter, also shared many stories.

  2. FadingAd says:

    Vincenzo drove past this again and said it is on Himrod Street in Brooklyn.

  3. Janet Nichols says:

    This building was originally the Williamsburg Flint Glass Works – His name awe Jean (John Nicholas Walter) owned it. Also there was a Joseph Walter that came to the US with John. They won two silver medals at the New York Exposition. I always thought my great-great-grandmother was a Dannenhoffer – however, I do have Dannenhoffers in my family line. These were really close knit families from the Alsace-Lorraine area.

    1. fadingad says:

      Wow. Thanks for stopping by and providing this valuable genealogical background. Please send any photos you may have and I’ll post them!