Figure Eight -- Glass beads remain an important part of the local economy, especially the old stand-by, seed beads. Jablonex sample card, 1950s.

Picture Credits:

Jablonex (no date) Jablonex: Jablonec nad Nisou. (Figure 6)

Kreis Jablonec nad Nisou 1988 Kreisnationalausschuß and Propaga‡ni tvorba: Jablonec n. Nisou and Prague. (Figures 1 - 4)

Scheybalová, Jana, Josef V. Scheybal and Bohumil Jakoub" 1995 Region Around the Jizera Jakoub" : Jablonec nad Nisou. (Figures 5 - 6) [Very interesting work on the history of glass in the region. I shall try to import it.]

Figure 8 -- Center for Bead Research.

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