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
Creators
Place of Creation
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
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