Wheaton Industries

Founded in 1888 by Dr. Theodore Corson Wheaton, it became a major part of the economy of southern New Jersey, which had gained a reputation as the center of commercial glass manufacturing in the United States.

The company was founded by Theodore C. Wheaton, a pharmacist and businessman, who in 1883 settled in Millville, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, southeast of Philadelphia.

Southern New Jersey had by that time emerged as the center of U.S. glass manufacturing because of the prevalence of natural resources such as wood and silica sand.

Wheaton entered into a bad business venture that left the company with debts that took ten years to pay off.

While he was company president, Frank Jr. founded Wheaton Village, a non-profit living museum and artisan colony in Millville which preserves the heritage of traditional glassmaking in southern New Jersey.

[citation needed] The original Wheaton Industries' large variety of products spawned a community of collectors with sales on sites such as eBay.

Many of the company's products are on display at the Museum of American Glass at WheatonArts, which remains a popular tourist destination.

The Wheaton bottle acknowledges the importance of FDR in their presidential bottles collection with his iconic pipe in his mouth. The reverse side includes the quotation, "...we have nothing to fear but fear itself" as well as an inscription of his signature.