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Herculite glass tested by Pittsburgh Hornets hockey player at Duquesne Gardens

1940

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Herculite glass tested by Pittsburgh Hornets hockey player at Duquesne Gardens
  • Title
  • Herculite glass tested by Pittsburgh Hornets hockey player at Duquesne Gardens
  • Creator
  • PPG Industries
  • Date
  • 1940
  • Identifier
  • 20170227-hpichswp-0026
  • Description
  • Pittsburgh Hornets hockey player testing the strength of Herculite glass produced by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. In 1940, PPG approached Duquesne Gardens administrators in an effort to convince them to invest in Herculite glass as a protective railing around the hockey rink. According to extant documentation, PPG was unsuccessful and as a result, Herculite glass was not installed.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • PPG Industries.
    Glass manufacture.
    Duquesne Gardens (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Pittsburgh Hornets (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Hockey--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • 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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