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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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Dow Magnesium is Turning Seventy-Five. And the Revolutions Continue.
- Circa 1991
Print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division highlighting the development of AE42X1, a new high-temperature magnesium alloy for use in automotive engineering.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium alloys, Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry
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Thank You for Helping Us Celebrate 75 Years of Making Headlines
- Circa 1992
Print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement features reproductions of newspaper clippings chronicling various milestones in the company's production of magnesium over the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry
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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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Harrison Brothers and Company's Town and Country Ready Mixed Paints advertising note
- 1883
Intended to promote sales, Harrison Brothers and Company's advertising note entitles holder to one gallon "and upwards" of Harrison's "Town & Country" ready-mixed paint. Printed to look like a banknote with a scale,…
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Harrison Brothers and Company's Town and Country Ready Mixed Paints advertising note
- 1883
Intended to promote sales, Harrison Brothers and Company's advertising note features a vignette illustration of the Grays Ferry Chemical Works, another name for the manufacturer. Ad claims "One gallon will cover from…
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2 itemsEngrais Chimiques des Manufacture de St. Gobain
- Chemical Fertilizers Manufactured by St. Gobain
- Circa 1925
Advertising postcard for St. Gobain, or Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, depicts a man pointing to a map of St. Gobain's chemical fertilizer plants located in France. Text underneath the map states "26 usines" or factories,…
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7 itemsVanadium Corporation of America Research Center pamphlet
- Circa 1954
Promotional brochure for the Vanadium Corporation of America's forthcoming research center in Cambridge, Ohio circa 1954. The brochure, which includes a map of the 30,000 square foot campus, details how the new center…
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14 items1952 Hercules Advertisements
- 1952
The extensive collection of Hercules advertising materials, covering the years 1913 through 1952, documents the company's growth as a major manufacturer of chemical products. A portion of the 1952 edition is digitized…
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11 items1939 Hercules Advertisements
- 1939
The extensive collection of Hercules advertising materials, covering the years 1913 through 1952, documents the company's growth as a major manufacturer of chemical products. A portion of the 1939 edition is digitized…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Explosives industry, Advertising, Industrial
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7 items1938 Hercules Advertisements
- 1938
The extensive collection of Hercules advertising materials, covering the years 1913 through 1952, documents the company's growth as a major manufacturer of chemical products. A portion of the 1938 edition is digitized…