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Plastics: Colorful Practical Housewares
- 1952
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement features a stylized…
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The Plastic That Opens the Door
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement features an…
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The Plastic That Opens Your Purse
- 1945
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement features an…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Women in advertising
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Styron: The Right Plastic
- 1947
Color print advertisement for wall tile made from Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement…
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Only 100% Saran Gives You This Lasting Beauty for Casual Living
- 1953
Color print advertisement for Saran, the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement shows a young girl playing in the front seat of a car…
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The Plastic Fabric That's "Ready for Rumpus!"
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for Saran fabric, made from Saran textile monofilaments. The advertisement features a small illustration of young boys playing on a sofa upholstered with Saran fabric. The boys are dressed in…
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A Lustrous Screen Star -- For Your Home!
- 1945-May-26
Color print advertisement for screening made from Saran, the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement shows a smiling woman overlaid by…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Screens, Women in advertising
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Is This Really the Age of Plastics?
- 1944
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement features an illustration of multicolored plastic trim, framed by contrasting scenes from antiquity and modernity: two figures crafting ceramic vases near a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Ethylcellulose, Women in advertising
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There's a Good Trimming Coming
- Advertisement for Ethocel
- 1945
Color print advertisement for plastic trim made from Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose. The advertisement shows an illustrated scene of a young girl taking a cookie from a baking sheet in a brightly-colored…
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The Inside Story of the Plastic Nozzle
- 1942
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement shows a photograph of a woman holding a garden hose, while two young girls in bathing suits play in the water. There is also a close-up inset of a plastic…
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New Ideas...From Plastics
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement shows a young boy…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Children in advertising
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You Have a Date with Plastics
- After 1945
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement shows a blond woman against a black background. A pair of hands brushes her hair with a plastic comb, as an assembly line of plastic beauty products emanates…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Women in advertising
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“Nothing Saves Like Saran Wrap”
- 1958-Nov
Color print advertisement for Saran Wrap, a product of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features small photographs of food items wrapped in Saran film, as well as a testimonial from "Lucille Thompson,"…
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Plastics: American as Apple Pie
- 1950-Mar-11
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement features an illustration of a young boy eating a slice of apple pie at a kitchen counter covered with plastic tableware. The accompanying text describes the…
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Make Their Dreams Come True!
- Advertisement for Styron 475
- Circa 1952
Color print advertisement for Styron 475, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement features sets of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Plastic toys, Children in advertising
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Nothing Saves Like Saran Wrap
- 1959-Oct
Color print advertisement for Saran Wrap, a product of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a photograph of a table at a bake sale, covered with baked goods wrapped in Saran. Smaller photographs…
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DDT : Killer of Killers
- 1946
Illustrated volume describing DDT insecticide and its development, history, purpose, health effects, formulations, and use. Includes seven chapters, twenty-four black and white photographic plates, and an appendix…
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Dyestuffs for Wood Stains
- 1900s
Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from the Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate. Contains dyeing instructions and sixty-four mounted wood…
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Let's Look at the Shape of Things to Come!
- Advertisement for Dow Plastics
- 1951-Jul-09
Print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of industrial and consumer applications. The advertisement shows a man's…
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You Think the Potentate Rides in State?
- Advertisement for Saran Fabric
- 1950-May-13
Color print advertisement for Lumite, a woven fabric made from Saran textile monofilaments. Saran is the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride. The advertisement shows a generalized and racially-stereotyped depiction…
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Fall Fashion Note: Finer Dry Cleaning for America
- 1945
Color print advertisement for Dowclene synthetic solvents manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in dry-cleaning, among other applications. The advertisement shows a smartly dressed woman in a skirt…
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Made of Styron...Means Decorative, Functional Products for Every Room in Your Home!
- 1952
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of industrial and consumer applications. The advertisement shows…
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You'll Like It Better If It's...SARAN in Auto Seat Covers...
- 1952
Color print advertisement for Saran fabric, made from Saran textile monofilaments. Saran is the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement…
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Styron: Putting Plastics in Their Place
- 1944
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of industrial and consumer applications. The advertisement features…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics industry and trade, Plastics, World War (1939-1945), Women in advertising
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Saran: Piped Through Plastic!
- 1942
Color print advertisement for Saran, the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement shows a coiled length of plastic tubing made from Saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Tubes, World War (1939-1945)
