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Color Plays Tricks
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how colors may be emotional or physical stimuli. The booklet lists emotions…
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8 items
Genie Business
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet likens the fascination of painting furniture to the magic of a genie. Describes tips and…
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Varnish and the Queen
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet tells the story of Queen Berenice II of Egypt, after whom the modern-day word for varnish…
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Regency Returns: Notes on Decoration
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses the revival of English Regency themes in home decoration. Describes the…
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8 items
Only One Pair of Eyes
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how too much or too little light can be harmful to the eyes. Describes solutions…
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8 items
Don't Take Chances
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet begins by raising awareness of the countless annual motor and domestic accident fatalities.…
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8 items
Courting Coolness
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet provides tips for keeping a house cool during the summer such as sprinkling water on…
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8 items
Getting Away From it All
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet provides tips for finding a summer home and suggests purchasing a simple, cheap property…
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8 items
A Bride Looks at Her Kitchen
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet includes dialogue between two neighbors, a young bride and an older woman. After learning…
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8 items
Up Goes the Curtain on Summer
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes the joy of escaping a stifling home to enjoy the outdoors by creating one's own…
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In the Spring a Housewife's Conscience Always Turns to Thoughts of House Cleaning
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how to prepare for spring cleaning including laundering summer curtains,…
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What Every Woman Should Know About Painting
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how there is much to consider prior to beginning a painting project. It likens…
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Pamphlets corresponding to radio shows produced by the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association
- 1940s
A collection of colorfully illustrated pamphlets corresponding to radio broadcast programming by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The pamphlets advertise paint and varnish uses, and provide…
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From the World's Four Corners
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created in cooperation with Foreign Trade week by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how components of all paint products hail…
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22 items
Pamphlets corresponding to radio shows produced by the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association
- 1940s
A collection of colorfully illustrated pamphlets corresponding to radio broadcast programming by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The pamphlets advertise paint and varnish uses, and provide…
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Hercules Pine Oils
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Print advertisement for pine oil manufactured by the Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement features a graphic illustration of a mop and bucket, surrounded by blue droplets. Each droplet is labelled with an…
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Another Design First
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Color print advertisement for Flame-Resistant Acetate manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement features a photograph of a woman holding an IRO Electric Deodorizer. The text describes the…
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Noma Makes News with "Hercules" Flame-Resistant Acetate
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Color print advertisement for flame-resistant cellulose acetate manufactured and sold by Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement features a graphic silhouette of a Christmas tree with photographs of illuminated…
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Designed Right...It Sells on Sight!
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Color print advertisement for cellulosic plastics made with plastic molding compounds manufactured and sold by Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement features a photograph of a young boy using a plastic crossbow toy…
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Cellulosics for Durability, Styling, and Versatility
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Colorful print spread advertising cellulosic plastics made with plastic molding compounds manufactured and sold by Hercules Powder Company. On each page, the advertisement features a minimalist illustration of a hand;…
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Lacquer is Best!
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Color print advertisement for lacquer manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement features an illustration of a wooden doll and a silhouette of a grand piano. The accompanying text lists some…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Advertising, Industrial, Research, Industrial, Lacquer and lacquering
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More Color! More Action! More Fun! More Toys Made of Styron
- 1949
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 Christmas…
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The Buy-Word for Better Plastics in Housewares Made of Styron
- 1949
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 illustrated…
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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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The Buy-Word for Better Plastics in Housewares Made of Styron
- 1949
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…
