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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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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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What's Behind This Plastic Screen
- Circa 1945
Color print advertisement for Saran, the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement features an illustration of man on a stepladder holding a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, World War (1939-1945)
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Again Plastics Take a Front Seat!
- 1945
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement features an illustration of a young woman in the driver's seat of a car, with a puppy next to her. There are paw prints visible on the car upholstery. The…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Textile fabrics, Women in advertising
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Magnesium: The Metal of Motion
- 1945-Aug-27
Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features illustrated depictions of Dowmetal in use in the home equipment industries, with…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium alloys, Mineral industries
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"Just Wrap it Up ... I Can Carry This Light One Home"
- Circa 1945
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a grandfather purchasing a ride-on toy car for his grandson. The grandfather remarks on the lightness…
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Ready... to Make Products Move! Magnesium
- 1945-Oct-27
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The two-page spread includes a description of Dow's hearty infrastructure for the extraction and supply of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium alloys, Mineral industries
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Speaking For Every Army Nurse
- 1945
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company in promotion of the Army Nurse Corps. The advertisement features an illustration of a woman's head wearing a military helmet, against the backdrop of the Red Cross…
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The Doctor...In Shirt Sleeves
- 1945-Sep-15
Color print advertisement for Dow Chemical Pharmaceutical Division. The advertisement features an illustration of a man in a well-furnished study consulting a book, with a microscope in view on his desk. He is seen…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Pharmaceutical industry, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Medicine, Physicians
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Lest Even One Lamb be Lost
- Advertisement for Phenothiazine
- 1945
Color print advertisement for Phenothiazine, a pharmaceutical chemical produced by Dow Chemical and used for treating parasitic diseases in livestock. The advertisement features an illustration of a flock of sheep on a…
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The Perfect Apple is a Work of...Man
- Advertisement for Dow Insecticides Division
- 1945
Color print advertisement for Dow Insecticides Division. The advertisement features a photograph of a bowl of red and green apples with a halved apple on a plate in the foreground. The accompanying text describes the…
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Hercules Powder Company exhibition display (circa 1930s)
- 1940s
General view of an exhibition display advertising the products of the Hercules Powder Company's Paper Makers Chemical Division.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rideout
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Trade shows, Hercules Incorporated, Naval stores, Gums and resins, Naval stores industry
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Naval stores products exhibition display
- 1940s
General view of an exhibition display showcasing naval stores products, including pine oil and wood turpentine, manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. The display features a variety of products samples,…
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Rosin residue emulsion exhibition display
- 1940s
General view of an exhibition display advertising rosin residue emulsion manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in insecticides.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Gums and resins, Insecticides
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Lost in a Foundry exhibition display (circa 1940s)
- 1940s
General view of a Hercules Powder Company puppet theater display entitled "Lost in a Foundry" advertising Truline Binder for use in metal castings.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Trade shows, Puppet theater, Founding
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Hercules Powder Company exhibition display (circa 1940s)
- 1940s
Series of photographs depicting exhibition display panels showcasing various industrial applications of chemicals manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Mueller Photo
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Trade shows, Insecticides, Gums and resins, Terpenes, Cellulose industry, Rubber
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Hercules Powder Company exhibition display (circa 1940s)
- 1940s
Two photographs depicting an exhibition display showcasing industrial chemical materials manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Mueller Photo
- Subject Corporations, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Trade shows, Advertising, Industrial, Advertising
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Portrait of Charles Stine (1882-1954)
- 1940s
Portrait of industrial chemist and long-time Du Pont executive Charles Stine (1882-1954).
Charles Milton Altland Stine was born on October 18, 1882 in Norwich, Connecticut, the son of author and clergyman Milton Henry…
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Cellulosics exhibition display (circa 1945)
- Circa 1945
Two close-up views of an exhibition display panel for cellulose products manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Cellulose
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Magnesium...the Metal of Motion
- 1945
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction a hand lifting a winged ingot of Dowmetal magnesium through an array…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade
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"It's the Light One That's Going With Me!"
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- Circa 1945
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement depicts a woman carrying a portable typewriter made from Dowmetal, a product marketed for its lightness and durability…
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The Briny Deep...in the "Heart" of Texas
- Advertisement for Dow Chemicals Texas Division
- 1945
Color print advertisement for the Texas Division of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an outline of the state of Texas with a cube of seawater rising from the center. The accompanying text details the…
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Take Hold of a New Dow Plastic
- 1945
Color print advertisement for Styraloy and other plastics manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustration of a hand holding a screwdriver, with accompanying text detailing…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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Advertisement for Dowmetal Magnesium
- 1945-Jan-15
Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustration of a woman styled as Rosie the Riveter lifting a tool presumably made of…
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Advertisement for Dowmetal Magnesium
- 1945-Jun-25
Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features illustrated depictions of women using typewriters presumably made from Dowmetal. The…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Women in advertising
