Author: Gridley, Richard L.; editor.
Title: Pittsburgh Plate Products. Volume XLVIII, Number Five. September-October, 1939.
Description: Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 1939. 1939. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in black, white & orange pictorial wrappers. 22 pages plus rear wrap. Illustrations & pictorial ads in black, white & orange. There are small areas of light staining to the top & bottom corners of the pages adjacent to the spine. There is a light horizontal crease to each page where the catalog has been folded. Good.

This is a promotional booklet about the company's projects and services, rather than a list of items for sale. Its front cover depicts the Parkchester housing project in the Bronx, NY, which will have 65,000 windows. A leading article is about this project for which the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company will fulfill the largest order for window glass in the history of the industry. Good .

Keywords: TRADE CATALOGS; PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET; GLASS; PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY; PITTSBURGH PLATE PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1939; RICHARD GRIDLEY, EDITOR; ILLUSTRATIONS; PARKCHESTER HOUSING PROJECT, BRONX, NY; WINDOW GLASS; PAINT; GLASS BLOCKS; STRUCTURAL GLA

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