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The Finest Seats - 5 Cents!
- 1940-Dec-07
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…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Textile industry, Textile fabrics
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Plastic Eyes of the Air!
- Circa 1943
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 a stylized illustration…
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The Plastic for Rough Handling!
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose developed and marketed for a range of industrial and commercial uses. The advertisement features a close-up illustration of a machete with a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Ethylcellulose, Consumer goods
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Ethocel: Stripcoat
- Circa 1943
Color print advertisement for Stripcoat, a protective coating made from Dow Ethylcellulose (branded as Ethocel). The advertisement features an illustration of metal parts being dipped in Stripcoat, shipped via…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, World War (1939-1945), Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Ethylcellulose
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Frozen in Plastic
- 1942-Feb-23
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement features a photograph of an ice cube tray made from Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose marketed for its flexibility and shock resistance under…
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Ethocel -- Shock Resistance at Zero
- Circa 1943
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 a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Ethylcellulose, World War (1939-1945)
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Plastics Speak From the Cold Blue Sky
- 1943
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 shows a close-up illustration of…
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Medicine for the Millions!
- 1943
Color print advertisement for Dow Pharmaceuticals. The advertisement features a color illustration of an industrial plant, overlaid with illustrations of glass scientific instruments and beakers. Inside the instruments…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Drugs, Pharmaceutical industry, Medicine, Physicians, Nurses, Women in advertising, World War (1939-1945)
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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