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Give a Beautiful Fruitcake for Christmas
- Circa 1961
Color print advertisement for Saran Wrap, a product of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a photograph of a fruitcake being covered in Saran Wrap by a pair of manicured hands. The package of Saran Wrap…
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What's Come Over Textiles?
- Circa 1951
Color print advertisement for Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a black-and-white illustration of a family dressed in the styles of the early 20th century, contrasted with a smaller inset illustration of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Women in advertising, Textile fabrics, Textile industry, Children in advertising
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What She Sees in Plastics
- 1945
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 shows an illustration…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Plastics, Women in advertising
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184 items
Chemists and Their Wonders: The Story of the Application of Chemistry to Various Arts and Manufactures
- Circa 1896
Presents an overview of popular chemistry and its influence on modern industry. Focuses on the industrial application of chemical principles, excluding the application of chemical research in areas such as medicine and…
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Throughout American Life
- 1947-May-03
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 photograph…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Plastics, Children in advertising
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28 items
Neoprene A Remarkable Engineering Material
- A Short History of Neoprene, A Chemical Triumph
- 1943
Promotional booklet describing Neoprene, a rubber-like material made from polymerized chloroprene manufactured and sold by the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. The publication describes the basic chemical and…
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Styron...The Right Plastic!
- 1947
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 photograph…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Children in advertising
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...And the Beauty of It Is Styron
- 1947-Feb-08
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 photograph…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Women in advertising
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472 items
The Constants of Nature
- Parts I, II, and III
- 1873-Dec (Part I)
- 1876-Apr (Part I Supplement, Part II, and Part III)
One of the first published compilations of physical and chemical constants, this three-part volume includes tables of constants gathered from contemporary research. The tables of part one list over 5000 values for the…
- Author Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth, 1847-1931
- Publisher Smithsonian Institution
- Contributor Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan Co.
- Subject Specific gravity, Boiling-points, Melting points, Reference books, Physical constants, Chemical elements, Chemical elements--Thermal properties, Chemicals--Properties, Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth, 1847-1931
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Plastics: Colorful Practical Housewares
- 1952
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 stylized…
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The Plastic That Opens the Door
- Circa 1946
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…
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The Plastic That Opens Your Purse
- 1945
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…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Women in advertising
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Styron: The Right Plastic
- 1947
Color print advertisement for wall tile made from Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement…
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Only 100% Saran Gives You This Lasting Beauty for Casual Living
- 1953
Color print advertisement for Saran, the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement shows a young girl playing in the front seat of a car…
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The Plastic Fabric That's "Ready for Rumpus!"
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for Saran fabric, made from Saran textile monofilaments. The advertisement features a small illustration of young boys playing on a sofa upholstered with Saran fabric. The boys are dressed in…
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A Lustrous Screen Star -- For Your Home!
- 1945-May-26
Color print advertisement for screening made from Saran, the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement shows a smiling woman overlaid by…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Screens, Women in advertising
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Is This Really the Age of Plastics?
- 1944
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement features an illustration of multicolored plastic trim, framed by contrasting scenes from antiquity and modernity: two figures crafting ceramic vases near a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Ethylcellulose, Women in advertising
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There's a Good Trimming Coming
- Advertisement for Ethocel
- 1945
Color print advertisement for plastic trim made from Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose. The advertisement shows an illustrated scene of a young girl taking a cookie from a baking sheet in a brightly-colored…
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The Inside Story of the Plastic Nozzle
- 1942
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement shows a photograph of a woman holding a garden hose, while two young girls in bathing suits play in the water. There is also a close-up inset of a plastic…
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New Ideas...From Plastics
- 1946
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 shows a young boy…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Children in advertising
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You Have a Date with Plastics
- After 1945
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement shows a blond woman against a black background. A pair of hands brushes her hair with a plastic comb, as an assembly line of plastic beauty products emanates…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Women in advertising
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“Nothing Saves Like Saran Wrap”
- 1958-Nov
Color print advertisement for Saran Wrap, a product of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features small photographs of food items wrapped in Saran film, as well as a testimonial from "Lucille Thompson,"…
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Plastics: American as Apple Pie
- 1950-Mar-11
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement features an illustration of a young boy eating a slice of apple pie at a kitchen counter covered with plastic tableware. The accompanying text describes the…
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Make Their Dreams Come True!
- Advertisement for Styron 475
- Circa 1952
Color print advertisement for Styron 475, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement features sets of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Plastic toys, Children in advertising
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Dress Holiday Butter Cookies in the Best
- Circa 1961
Color print advertisement for Saran Wrap, a product of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a photograph of a plate of cookies being covered in Saran Wrap by a pair of manicured hands. The package of…