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Here's a Right Steer on Plastics
- Circa 1945
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics featuring Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose developed and marketed for a range of industrial uses. The advertisement features an illustration of a young boy…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Children in advertising, Plastics industry and trade
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Fast Traveling Plastics!
- Circa 1942
Color print advertisement featuring Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose marketed for its flexibility and shock resistance under extreme high and low temperatures. The advertisement features a close-up view…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Plastics industry and trade, Railroad trains
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"You Say I'm Selling Phenol?"
- 1950-Jan-09
Print advertisement for phenol, a chemical compound manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a range of industrial applications including the production of plastics, dyes, antiseptics, and perfumes. The…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Phenol, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations
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The Plastic Fabric with the Spotless Reputation
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Division, with an emphasis on Saran. The advertisement features an illustration of two teenagers eating and drinking around an armchair covered in Saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Teenagers, Corporations, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade
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How to Do Everyday Jobs Better and Easier with Plastics Housewares
- 1957
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, including packaging and food service,…
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2 itemsAmerica'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"
- 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
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"These Are the Ones to Order--the Light Ones!"
- 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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Making Acid Behave
- 1939-Aug
Color print advertisement for Dowell Incorporated, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts two beakers, each holding a piece of iron immersed in raw hydrochloric acid, to illustrate the use…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Oil industries, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Oil wells
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Stalemating Saprophytes!
- Advertisement for Dow fungicides
- 1937
Color print advertisement for Dowicides, the trade name for a range of phenolic compounds manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company to inhibit the growth of mold and fungi. The advertisement features an…
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In Defense of a Maligned Word
- 1937
Color print advertisement detailing the use of various synthetics produced by the Dow Chemical Company for a range of applications, including plastics, solvents, resins, and color dyes. The advertisement features a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Chemicals
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From the Surging Sea...More Power For Your Car
- 1937
Print advertisement for ethylene dibromide manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in Ethyl gasoline. The advertisement features a seascape and an illustration of a mermaid, with accompanying text…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Gasoline industry, Ethylene dibromide, Corporations, Advertising, Bromine industry, Bromine
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Styrene: A Triumph of Synthesis
- 1937
Color print advertisement for Styrene, a thermoplastic resin and precursor to polystyrene manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features samples of Styrene in various geometric shapes and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Corporations, Thermoplastics, Advertising, Styrene
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Chemical "Safety Screen" for Tender Skin
- Circa 1951
Color print advertisement for propylene glycol, U.S.P. manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use as a solvent in sun tan lotions, cold creams, and other medicinal products. The advertisement features an…
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Put An End to Road Dust
- 1926-May-29
Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company, with view of a tree-lined residential street and unpaved road. Patented on February 17, 1925, Dowflake was marketed for use to control…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Dust control, Roads--Maintenance and repair, Calcium chloride
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A Study in Fragrance
- 1945-Jan-13
Advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Synthetic Aromatics Division featuring yellow roses and a woman dressed in a ballgown and elbow-length gloves. This advertisement was published on page 60 of the January 13,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Perfumes, Women in advertising, Advertising, Perfumes industry, Perfumes, Synthetic, Corporations
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Calcium Chloride: the Ever Thirsty Chemical
- 1950-Jun-17
Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company marketed for use stabilizing road surfaces and as an efficient means of moisture control. The advertisement features a collection of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Humectants, Corporations, Advertising, Humidity--Control, Calcium chloride
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2 itemsAll Out for Abundance to Feed a Hungry World
- 1940s
Print advertisement for a range of insecticides and fungicides manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company, including "MIKE" Sulfur, DN-Dry Mix, and App-L-Set. The advertisement also includes tips for best spraying results.
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The Call of the Open Road...is for Dust Control!
- 1939-Jun
Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company marketed for use to control dust on unpaved roads and parking lots, as well as a roadway deicer. The advertisement details the nuisance…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Roads--Maintenance and repair, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Calcium chloride, Chemical industry, Dust control
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2 itemsAdvertisement for Dow Chemical Sales Department
- 1963-Oct
Double-sided print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Chemical Sales Department extolling the virtues of Dow salesmen relative to machine-rendered data analysis and analytics. The front of the advertisement…
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Drama in January!
- 1940
Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company marketed for use as a roadway deicer and to keep stockpiles of abrasives like sand and cinders unfrozen. The advertisement features an…
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Concrete Chemistry: Dowflake
- 1943-Jan-23
Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company marketed for use to enhance the durability of and speed the hardening process for concrete. The advertisement features a swirl of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Concrete, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, World War (1939-1945), Corporations, Advertising, Calcium chloride