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America's Pioneer Producer of Magnesium Reports to the American People
- 1942
Two-page advertisement for Dowmetal detailing the Dow Chemical Company's efforts to scale up magnesium production to meet increased demand from military defense activities. Produced during World War II, the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, World War (1939-1945), Corporations, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry
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Big Family, No Maid, Tight Budget!
- (So They Use SARAN WRAP and Plenty of It!)
- 1957
Color print advertisement for Saran Wrap, a product of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement profiles the Read family of Ridgewood, New Jersey and features photographic reproductions of various cookies and party…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Teenagers, Women in advertising, Advertising, Children, Plastics industry and trade, Corporations
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"I See What You Mean...Let's Buy These Light Ones"
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- 1946-Apr-20
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement depicts a man and woman discussing the purchase of binoculars made from Dowmetal, a product marketed for its lightness and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, Women in advertising, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium alloys
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"These Are the Ones to Order--the Light Ones!"
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- 1946-Feb-23
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement depicts two men discussing the purchase of tools made from Dowmetal, a product marketed for its lightness and durability…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry
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How Plastic Fabrics Cover a Lot of Problems
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Division, with an emphasis on Saran. The advertisement features an illustration of a mother and son standing over an armchair covered in Saran plastic,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Parent and child, Plastics industry and trade
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The Cities Men Build
- Advertisement for Dow Ferric Chloride
- 1940
Color print advertisement for Dow Ferric Chloride, a conditioning agent used to extract organic matter from water. The advertisement features illustrated depictions of various historic civilizations and details the use…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Refuse and refuse disposal, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Sanitation, Ferric chloride, Sanitary engineering
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Employee inspecting Saran Wrap at Dow facility
- 1946
General view of an unidentified employee inspecting a piece of Saran Wrap at a Dow Chemical Company facility. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during World War II, saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Corporations, Plastics industry and trade
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Advertising still for saran plastic
- 1946
Advertising still featuring a female model seated in a lawn chair made from saran plastic. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during World War II, saran plastic was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Corporations, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade, Women in advertising
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The Effects of Atomic Weapons
- 1950
Illustrated throughout, this book covers topics including the principles and description of an atomic explosion; shock from air, underground and underwater bursts; physical damage; thermal radiation; nuclear radiations…
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First Aid in the Prevention and Treatment of Chemical Casualties
- 1941
Illustrated throughout, this booklet includes sections on lung irritants, blister and tear gases, irritant smokes, incendiaries, screening smokes, systemic poisons and decontamination stations.
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Figure G.—Diagram indicating operation of decontamination station.
- 1941
Illustrated throughout, this booklet includes sections on lung irritants, blister and tear gases, irritant smokes, incendiaries, screening smokes, systemic poisons and decontamination stations.
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Thomas-Van Slyke Manometric Blood Gas Apparatus
- Circa 1953
The Manometric Blood Gas Apparatus was a revision on the original, fairly simple volumetric glass apparatus designed by Dr. Van Slyke in around 1917. The instrument liberated and isolated "the desired gas contained in a…
- Manufacturer Arthur H. Thomas Company
- Subject Blood gases, Medicine, Clinical chemistry
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Trade show display featuring Dow Styron
- 1948
Two views of a trade show display featuring a range of plastic household items made from Dow Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Dow Chemical Company, Trade shows, Consumer goods, Corporations, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade
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Plastic wares sales display featuring Dow Styron
- 1949
General view of a sales display for a range of plastic household items made from Dow Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Corporations, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade
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Model sitting on Styron packaging
- 1946
General view of a female model sitting on plastic packaging made from Dow Styron to demonstrate the packaging's durability. Styron is the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Plastics in packaging, Women in advertising, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade, Packaging, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations
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Advertising stills featuring Saran Wrap packaging
- 1952 – 1964 (Inclusive dates of objects depicted)
- 1965 (Date attributed to photographs)
Two advertising stills featuring examples of various Saran Wrap packaging. Each package is marked with a corresponding date of production ranging from 1952 to 1964. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Marketing, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade
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Machine Room in Dow Tabulating Department
- 1947-Dec-16
General view of the Machine Room in the Tabulating Department at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Midland, Michigan. Several employees and machines, including tabulator, sorter, and interpreter units, are…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Dow Chemical Company, Tabulating machines, Corporations, Machinery, International Business Machines Corporation
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Key punch operators at Dow Tabulating Department
- 1947-Dec-16
General view of key punch operators (front to back) Ilene Allen, Janet Dyer, Jesse Haven, Marion McFadden, and Margaret Preznowiak transcribing written data into tabulating cards in the Tabulating Department at the Dow…
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Machine tabulating room at Dow Chemical Company
- 1947-Dec-16
General view of unidentified employees at work in the machine tabulating room at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Midland, Michigan. Per an article in the December 16, 1947 edition of The Brine Well, the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Dow Chemical Company, Tabulating machines, Corporations, Machinery, International Business Machines Corporation
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Neil Grover servicing alphabetic tabulator at Dow Tabulating Department
- 1947-Dec-16
Close-up view of IBM Corporation customer engineer Neil Grover servicing the electrical relays on an alphabetic tabulator in the Tabulating Department at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Midland, Michigan.…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Dow Chemical Company, Tabulating machines, Corporations, Machinery, International Business Machines Corporation, Grover, Neil
