PPG Industries Inc. ledgers and photographs 1883-1981 [manuscript]

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PPG Industries, Inc. PPG Industries Inc. ledgers and photographs 1883-1981 [manuscript]

PPG Industries Inc. ledgers and photographs 1883-1981 [manuscript]

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The PPG Industries, Inc., ledgers and photographs contain ledger records documenting early PPG business transactions, as well as volumes from those companies acquired by the firm. The collection contains 38 volumes of ledger books, with 28 of these documenting PPG beginnings, from 1883 through the turn of the century. The remaining 10 volumes are those of companies that PPG acquired in the early twentieth century including Ditzler Color Company of Detroit, Mi., and Patton Paint Company of Milwaukee, Wi. There are numerous photographs depicting varying stages of the glass production process, industrial machinery and mechanisms utilized in production, window framings and aluminum casings, paint and paintbrush manufacture, and World War II Liberator B-24 production. There are seven PPG plant locations identified, including Barberton, Ohio; Creighton, Pa.; Corpus Christi, Tx.; Crystal City, Mo.; Henryetta, Ok.; Minneapolis, Mn.; and Meadville, Pa. The collection contains several oversized images, as well as PPG Industries, Inc., advertising reprints from 1975 through 1981, promoting the biochemical, fiberglass, chemical, paint, and specialty glass divisions.

9.50 linear ft.

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives