Employees working in chemical laboratory of Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation

ca. 1951

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Employees working in chemical laboratory of Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation
  • Title
  • Employees working in chemical laboratory of Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation
  • Creator
  • PPG Industries
  • Date
  • ca. 1951
  • Identifier
  • 20170227-hpichswp-0014
  • Description
  • Employees working in a laboratory of Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation, a subsidiary of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company located in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 1899, PPG contributed interest that led to the founding of Columbia Chemical Company. This acquisition marked PPG’s entry into the bulk chemical business, which later became PPG’s Chemical Division. At its location in Corpus Christi, Columbia-Southern produced chemicals such as chlorine, dry ice, soda ash, and caustic soda.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • PPG Industries.
    Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation (Corpus Christi, Texas)
    Chemical industry--Texas.
  • 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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