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Taking the MYSTERY Out of MARGARINE
- 1947
Informational pamphlet about margarine published and distributed by the Kraft Foods Company Customer Service Department. The pamphlet details the ingredients and process for making Kraft Parkay, with an emphasis on…
- Creator Of Work Kraft Foods Company
- Subject Margarine--Marketing, Margarine, Kraft Foods Company, Advertising, Food industry and trade
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Blazing the Trail to New Frontiers Through Chemistry
- 1940
Promotional booklet advertising various products manufactured and sold by the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company. Includes neoprene; dyes; fragrances; safety glass; seed disinfectants, fertilizers and sprays;…
- Publisher E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Subject E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Lucite, Safety glass, Rubber, Artificial, Cellophane, Nylon, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Fabrikoid Division, Rayon, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, New York World's Fair, Photographic Society of America
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Postcard for General Dyestuff Corporation of the General Aniline & Film Corporation with woman using dye bath
- Circa 1953
Postcard produced by the General Dyestuff Corporation, a sales division of the General Aniline & Film Corporation, depicting a woman using a dye bath. Colorful strands of fabric dyed various colors are draped above the…
- Creator Of Work General Aniline & Film Corporation
- Publisher Dexter Press, Inc.
- Subject General Dyestuff Corporation, General Aniline & Film Corporation, Dyes and dyeing, Dye industry, Postcards, Printed ephemera
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Atomic bomb instruction card
- 1950
Informational card printed by the United States government outlines what to do before, during and after the detonation of a nuclear bomb with the verso explaining the effects of an atomic bombing.
The aftermath of…
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Exploring a New Universe
- RCA Electronics in Action
- 1943
Print advertisement for an electron microscope and other electronics manufactured and sold by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for various scientific and industrial applications. The advertisement features an…
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Bacteria Bigger than a Terrier
- Electron microscope, perfected at RCA Laboratories, reveals hitherto hidden facts about the structure of bacteria
- 1948
Black and white print advertisement for an electron microscope manufactured and sold by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for various scientific and industrial applications. The advertisement features a…
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Portrait of Gae Adamson Bennett (b. 1917)
- 1950s
Portrait of agricultural economist Gae Adamson Bennett (b. 1917). While working for the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, Bennett co-authored numerous volumes on agricultural production…
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Group portrait of U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel
- 1952-May
Group photograph of unidentified female personnel at an unidentified United States Department of Agriculture facility. A large board bearing a sheaf of wheat is visible in front of the group.
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Table of the Elements in an Irregular Spiral
- 1940s
Rainbow-colored periodic table of the elements designed in the style of an irregular spiral. Per text accompanying the table, the colors and construction of the table are designed to express the relationship among…
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First Day Cover honoring George Washington Carver
- 1948-Jan-05
Philatelic First Day Cover honoring American agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver (1864?-1943). The envelope features an illustrated rendering of Carver and the George Washington Carver Museum in…
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First Day Cover honoring George Washington Carver
- 1948-Jan-05
Philatelic First Day Cover honoring American agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver (1864?-1943). The envelope features an illustrated rendering of Carver and the Tuskegee Institute, as well as a…
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"Deenate", DDT insecticides for agricultural use
- 1947
Informational foldout advertisement for "Deenate" DDT Insecticides produced as a DuPont pest control product. Includes the story behind Du Pont "Deenate" DDT insecticides, facts about DDT, where and how to use "Deenate"…
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Fast Traveling Plastics!
- Circa 1942
Color print advertisement featuring Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose marketed for its flexibility and shock resistance under extreme high and low temperatures. The advertisement features a close-up view…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Plastics industry and trade, Railroad trains
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Here's a Right Steer on Plastics
- Circa 1945
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics featuring Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose developed and marketed for a range of industrial uses. The advertisement features an illustration of a young boy…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Children in advertising, Plastics industry and trade
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"You Say I'm Selling Phenol?"
- 1950-Jan-09
Print advertisement for phenol, a chemical compound manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a range of industrial applications including the production of plastics, dyes, antiseptics, and perfumes. The…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Phenol, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations
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Properties of Du Pont Plastics
- 1948
Two-fold pamphlet opens up to reveal a chart of Du Pont plastics, outlining the types of plastics Du Pont manufactures including polythene, nylon, "Pyralin" (cellulose nitrate), "Plastacele" (cellulose acetate),…
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12 Atomic Facts
- 1947
Publication from the National Committee on Atomic Information, which was established in 1945 to act as a clearinghouse for information on the atomic age. The pamphlet, which includes several photographic reproductions…
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Plastics Make the Package Dow Makes the Plastics
- 1953
Pamphlet reviews plastic packaging manufactured by Dow Chemical Company including flexible films like Saran Wrap, foamed products such as Styrofoam, coatings including Ethocel, as well as molding and extrusion materials…
- Author Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics--Molding, Polymers, Food--Packaging, Plastics--Extrusion, Styrene, Thin films
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Neoprene Merchandiser
- 1954 (Summer)
A brochure issued quarterly to a variety of manufacturing industries to highlight consumer products made with neoprene such as household gloves, auto fan belts, hunting boots, and garden hose covers. The back cover…
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Toxaphene Kills Grasshoppers: The Camera Shows it's as Simple as A.B.C.
- 1949
Pamphlet in the form of a children's alphabet book depicts the stages of death inflicted upon a grasshopper with the use of Toxaphene pesticides produced by Hercules Powder Company.
Originally trademarked by the…
- Author Hercules Powder Company
- Subject Toxaphene, Grasshoppers, Pesticides
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Du Pont Chemicals for Brush and Weed Control Operations Manual
- 1951
With the cover advertising being "For railroads, telephone and power companies, pipe line operators, highway departments, drainage districts, oil companies, factory and warehouse superindentents and other operators,"…
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Quality products for the growing low- calorie market with Du Pont Cylan calcium cyclamate a non-nutritive sweetener
- 1946
Currently banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration due to potential health concerns, this pamphlet outlines how Cyclan, or calcium cyclamate, can be used as an artificial sweetener in place of sugar as a…
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Low Cost Weed and Grass Control with Du Pont "Telvar" W Weed Killer
- 1944
This pamphlet reviews how the use of "Telvar" W weed killer can be an effective pesticide for weed and grass control. Depicts various industrial landscapes where "Telvar" W has been sprayed including pipelines, lumber…
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The Plastic Fabric with the Spotless Reputation
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Division, with an emphasis on Saran. The advertisement features an illustration of two teenagers eating and drinking around an armchair covered in Saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Teenagers, Corporations, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade
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How to Do Everyday Jobs Better and Easier with Plastics Housewares
- 1957
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, including packaging and food service,…
