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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Samples and Raw Materials, 1938-1968

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Sample (Commerce)

Date Made

1938-1968

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

00.1832.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plate glass
Safety glass
Structural glass
Sand
Coal
Limestone
Dolomite (Mineral)
Sodium carbonate
Glass (Material)
Cork (Bark)
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Black (Color)
Pink (Color)
Gray (Color)
White (Color)
Maroon
Green
Blue
Beige (Color)
Orange (Color)

Inscriptions

on labels on eight glass samples: CARRARA / STRUCTURAL GLASS / PPG / STRUCTURAL GLASS, / being a vitreous material, has natural color va- / riations. We cannot guar- / antee to duplicate this / color exactly. Thus this / sample shows finish and / material, but color is ap- / proximate. / PITTSBURGH / PLATE GLASS COMPANY / Form 2350 on label on one glass sample: SOLEX DUPLATE / SAFETY / PPG / PLATE GLASS / PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY / Auto Glass Parts Service on label on one glass sample: Solex Duplate on label on one glass sample: DUPLATE / SAFETY / PPG / PLATE GLASS / PITTSBURGH / PLATE GLASS COMPANY on label on one glass sample: Duplate on label on one glass sample: Herculite on large test tubes: PA SAND / SODA ASH / SALT CAKE / COAL / LIMESTONE / CULLET / DOLOMITE
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Samples and Raw Materials, 1938-1968