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A 'Scientist' in His Own Right!
- 1951
Color print advertisement for synthetic methionine and other amino acids manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in pharmaceuticals and medical and nutritional research. The advertisement features an…
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Building Today... Obsolete Yesterday?
- 1951-Nov
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. The product is…
- 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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The Riddle of the Bark and the "Bite"
- Advertisement for Dow agricultural chemical products
- 1951-Oct
Black and white print advertisement for Esteron 245 and other weed, brush, and grass control chemicals manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a farmer…
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Magnesium and the Problem of Design in Your Product
- 1951-Oct-08
Black and white print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. Includes a description of a manufacturing scenario in which the use of Dowmetal magnesium material…
- 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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...The Midnight Oil!
- Advertisement for Dow Chemicals
- 1951-Sep-15
Color print advertisement for a range of chemicals, including hydrochloric acid, phenol, and caustic soda, manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in the petroleum industry. The advertisement depicts…
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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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The Riddle of the Extra Bushels!
- Advertisement for Dow Agricultural Chemicals
- 1951-Jun
Black and white print advertisement for a range of agricultural chemicals manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company, including weed killers, insecticides, fungicides, plant growth regulators, and grain and soil …
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How You Can Be Sure of Both Beauty and Performance in Your Refrigerator - Look for the Styron Label!
- 1951-Mar
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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You'll Like it Better if it's Saran
- Circa 1950
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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You Can Put This Plastic in Your Refrigerator!
- Circa 1950
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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Plastics Housewares Made of Styron: Color Cues for Smart Kitchens!
- 1950
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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Make Every Occasion Gay! Bright! Colorful! with Plastics Housewares Made of Styron
- 1950
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…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Plastic tableware, Women in advertising, Entertaining
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Build in New Ways...with This Plastic
- Circa 1950
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 Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Children in advertising, Plastic toys
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Advertisement for Styron Wall Tile
- 1950
Color print advertisement for wall tile made of Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics industry and trade, Plastics, Women in advertising, Tile industry
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A Place for Everything with Everything in its Place!
- Advertisement for Dow Plastics
- 1950
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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"Hard Water" Fairyland...Hot Water Hazard!
- Advertisement for Dowell solvents
- 1950-Nov-04
Color print advertisement for Dowell Incorporated, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts a young woman examining stalactites and stalagmites in a cave. The accompanying text details the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Solvents, Solvents industry, Water--Hardness
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"Watching the Birdie" with Aniline
- 1950-Sep-18
Black and white print advertisement for aniline and other industrial chemicals manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustration of a photographer, with accompanying text…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Aniline
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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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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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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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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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The Grass Isn't Always Greener...on the Other Side of the Fence!
- 1950-May-13
Color print advertisement for Dow Sodium TCA 90%, a "grass killer" manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use clearing grass from crop areas and irrigation ditches, among other applications. The…
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Through the Years...or the Seasons!
- Advertisement for Paradow (para-Dichlorobenzene)
- 1950-Apr-15
Color print advertisement for para-Dichlorobenzene, a moth repellant sold under the Dow trademark name Paradow. The advertisement features an illustration of three generations of women. The youngest is seen playing…
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Magnesium Makes Many Products Better
- Example Dictating Machine
- 1950-Apr-03
Black and white print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement highlights one use of Dowmetal, a dictation machine. In particular, the ad calls…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium alloys, Mineral industries