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Glass cut-off man being fitted in safety gear

ca. 1950

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Glass cut-off man being fitted in safety gear
  • Title
  • Glass cut-off man being fitted in safety gear
  • Creator
  • PPG Industries
  • Date
  • ca. 1950
  • Identifier
  • 20170227-hpichswp-0038
  • Description
  • Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company glass cut-off man being fitted with safety gear, including protective sleeves, apron, leggings, and steel toe work boots. This safety equipped was designed to protect employees from the potential dangers of coming into close contact with plates of glass.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • PPG Industries.
    Glass manufacture--Ohio--Mt. Vernon.
    Glassworkers--Ohio.
  • Source
  • PPG Industries Records, 1888-1995, MSS 667, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • PPG Industries Records
  • Rights Information
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