The Stained Glass Quarterly Spring 2014 | Page 6

President’s Message: It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times Having recently experienced the difficulty of sustaining a stained glass business during an economic recession (some people call it the “Great Depression of 2009”) it was very interesting to read about the effects of the Great Depression of 1929 on stained glass studios of the time and on the Stained Glass Association of America. Fred Oppliger’s son, William H. said: “The Depression times were tough, and I really don’t know