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Sentenced to Death
- Advertisement for Dow Methyl Bromide Insecticide
- 1938
Color print advertisement for Dow Methyl Bromide, a fumigant insecticide. The advertisement shows a color illustration of a Japanese Beetle with a placard reading 'Sentenced to Death.' The accompanying text describes…
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Methocel...The Chemical of Ever-Growing Usefulness!
- 1950-Sep-09
Color print advertisement for Methocel (Dow methylcellulose), the trade name for water-soluble polymers derived from cellulose. The advertisement features a photograph of group of young people working in a ceramics…
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A Little Methocel Goes So Far!
- 1952
Color print advertisement for Methocel (Dow methylcellulose), the trade name for water-soluble polymers derived from cellulose. The advertisement features an image of a young boy blowing a bubble with chewing gum. The…
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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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Saluting the Plastic Canteen
- 1942
Color print advertisement for Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose marketed for its flexibility and shock resistance under extreme high and low temperatures. The advertisement features an illustrated canteen…
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Styron (Dow Polystyrene)
- 1942
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 composite…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, World War (1939-1945), Plastics, Plastics industry and trade
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Magnesium and the Problem of Weight in Your Product
- 1951
A black and white advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts one man carrying a long metal beam to demonstrate how lightweight the material is. The…
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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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Made 30% Lighter with Magnesium
- 1952-Oct-15
Black and white print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement highlights the use of Dowmetal for construction levels. In particular, the ad…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium alloys, Mineral industries
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How Old is a "New" Plant?
- 1951-Sep
A print color advertisement for DowTherm, a liquid chemical heat transfer medium. The accompanying text describes the accuracy of the heating tool and its applicability to manufacturing businesses' "process…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Heat--Transmission, Temperature control, Heat-transfer media
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You Mean I'm Selling Epsom Salt?
- 1950-Jun-12
Black and white print advertisement for Epsom Salt manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a cobbler accompanying a description of the uses of Dow manufactured Epsom salts in commercial industries such as…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium sulfate, Magnesium compounds, Mineral industries
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"Lift it Yourself!"
- 1947
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts two men dressed in overalls, one holding a large ladder with one arm to demonstrate how lightweight…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium alloys, Mineral industries
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Ever Go 'Round with a Buzz Saw?
- Circa 1947
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a smiling man lifting a buzz saw. The accompanying text describes how bulky tools such as buzzsaws are…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium alloys, Mineral industries
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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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Ice-Free Driveway Brings Doctor Faster!
- 1952
Colorful print advertisement demonstrating an application of glycols manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a doctor walking up a clear driveway in snowy conditions. Accompanying text describes how Dow…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Glycols, Antifreeze solutions
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Construction Underway... How Much Will it Cost to Remodel?
- 1952-Jan
A color print advertisement for DowTherm, a heat transfer fluid manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. A print color advertisement for DowTherm, a liquid chemical heat transfer medium. The accompanying text…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Heat--Transmission, Temperature control, Heat-transfer media
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Dow Glycols
- 1950s
Black and white photocopy of Dow Chemical Company print advertisement for Dow glycols. Lists the glycol compounds manufactured at Dow: ethylene, diethylene, triethylene, and propylene gylcol. Describes the versatility…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Glycols, Antifreeze solutions, Dow Chemical Canada
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Painting is Easy, Now
- 1953-May
Black and white print advertisement for Dow Latex Paints, a fast-drying and durable interior wall paint manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a man painting a wall and a woman cleaning paint from a rolling…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Latex paint, Interior painting, Chemical industry, Paint industry and trade
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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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Dowmetal Magnesium: The Metal of Motion
- 1944-Feb-28
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a train in motion and a contour drawing of the Dowmetal…
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What Are You Going to Do Tomorrow?
- 1947
Color print advertisement celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Dow Chemical Company. Includes an image of a sunset over a body of water and a statement from Dow acknowledging their "half-century of progress in…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Corporations, Business enterprises--Growth
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Ever Bumped by Dead Weight?
- Circa 1947
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a downcast man sitting on his luggage while a plane departs in the background. A second image shows a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Airplanes, Airplanes--Parts
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"Just Feel How Light!"
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a man and woman lifting a baby stroller to demonstrate how lightweight it is. The accompanying text…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium alloys, Mineral industries
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Magnesium and the Saleability of Your Product
- 1952-Apr-21
Black and white print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. Describes how the use of Dowmetal magnesium material can save manufacturers money in production and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium alloys, Mineral industries
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Magnesium Makes Many Products Better
- Example Dictating Machine
- 1950-Apr-03
Black and white print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement highlights one use of Dowmetal, a dictation machine. In particular, the ad calls…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium alloys, Mineral industries
