It happened in October: spectacular and tragic

The wreckage of the October 7, 1935, explosion caused by a hexane vapor leak at the Glidden Company's Soya Products Division's plant in Chicago. The plant extracted solvents from soy beans.

Publication date: 1937-10-10

Size: 12.2 x 18 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Subject(s):

• Explosions--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• Debris--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• Glidden Company. Soya Products Division
• Chemical industry--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• Soybeans--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 10, 1937), p. 11

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm)