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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…
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Nothing Saves Like Saran Wrap
- 1959-Oct
Color print advertisement for Saran Wrap, a product of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a photograph of a table at a bake sale, covered with baked goods wrapped in Saran. Smaller photographs…
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Let's Look at the Shape of Things to Come!
- Advertisement for Dow Plastics
- 1951-Jul-09
Print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of industrial and consumer applications. The advertisement shows a man's…
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You Think the Potentate Rides in State?
- Advertisement for Saran Fabric
- 1950-May-13
Color print advertisement for Lumite, a woven fabric made from Saran textile monofilaments. Saran is the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride. The advertisement shows a generalized and racially-stereotyped depiction…
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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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Made of Styron...Means Decorative, Functional Products for Every Room in Your Home!
- 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 industrial and consumer applications. The advertisement shows…
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You'll Like It Better If It's...SARAN in Auto Seat Covers...
- 1952
Color print advertisement for Saran fabric, made from Saran textile monofilaments. Saran is the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement…
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Styron: Putting Plastics in Their Place
- 1944
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of industrial and consumer applications. The advertisement features…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics industry and trade, Plastics, World War (1939-1945), Women in advertising
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Saran: Piped Through Plastic!
- 1942
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 coiled length of plastic tubing made from Saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Tubes, World War (1939-1945)
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All Wrapped Up in Ethocel
- 1938
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 illustration of the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Ethylcellulose, Plastics in packaging
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Planning for Tomorrow's Population
- Circa 1951
Color print advertisement for Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustration of several men in suits consulting a large overhead map of a city. The accompanying text describes the role of Dow Chemical…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Civil engineering, City planning, Advertising, Industrial
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Transportation...The Conquest of Space and Time
- 1952-Mar-29
Color print advertisement for Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a close-up illustration of a wagon wheel, with a plane visible in the sky in the background. The accompanying text describes advancements in…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Industrial, Transportation, Magnesium
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Metals March to War...On Bubbles!
- 1943
Color print advertisement for Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement highlights the use of Xanthates, a flotation reagent used for the separation and concentration of metal-bearing ores. An illustration shows a series…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Metallurgy, Xanthates, World War (1939-1945), Flotation reagents