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Joe Skalnican using automatic calibrating machine in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of glassblower Joe Skalnican using an automatic calibrating machine to apply calibration marks to a piece of glass manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925,…
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Ken Altman and Francis Parkinson, Jr. examining glassware at Dow Chemical Company facility
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of shop foreman Ken Altman (left) and Francis Parkinson, Jr. examining assorted glassware produced in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible…
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Merlyn Smith molding a flange in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Merlyn Smith molding a flange on a six-inch pipe manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication and repair of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Glass blowing and working, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Turning (Lathe work), Glass manufacture, Machinery, Glassware, Lathes, Smith, Merlyn
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Rex Badder measuring glass coils on continuous reactor
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of master glassblower Rex Badder measuring the coils on a nine-foot continuous reactor manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Glass blowing and working, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Glassware, Badder, Rex
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Stan Mikols and Dale Snyder examining blueprints in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of crew leader Stan Mikols (left) and Dale Snyder examining a blueprint used to manufacture a piece of glass in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Blueprints, Glassware, Mikols, Stan, Snyder, Dale
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Wayne Doehring with glass polymerizer in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Wayne Doehring placing a glass polymerizer into the annealing furnace in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Furnaces, Glassware, Doehring, Wayne
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Wesley Smith filling absolute pressure gauge in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Wesley Smith filling an absolute pressure gauge manufactured at the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department with mercury. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Glassware, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pressure gages, Smith, Wesley
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Aerial view of Dow plant in Ludington, Michigan
- 1960s
Aerial view, taken from across the Pere Marquette River, of the Dow Chemical Company plant facilities located in Ludington, Michigan.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Aerial views, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Michigan--Pere Marquette River, Aerial photographs
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Man posed with Styrofoam Paul Bunyan
- 1960s
General view of an unidentified man posed with a sculpture of Paul Bunyan carved out of Styrofoam. Invented in 1941 by researchers in Dow's Chemical Physics Lab, "Styrofoam" properly refers to the Dow Chemical Company’s…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Foamed materials, Dow Chemical Company, Foam, Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character), Polystyrene
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower with Dow band
- 1960
General view of United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower observing a performance of the Dow Chemical Company band. Band members are seen holding maracas, as well as using barrels of DOW-PER as a drum set. The…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, Presidents
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Dedication of Dow sea-water conversion plant
- 1961-Jun-21
Group photograph depicting United States President John F. Kennedy (center) pushing a button to activate the nation's first salt-water conversion plant located at the Dow Chemical Company facility in Freeport, Texas.…
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"Night With Ike" dinner at Case Institute of Technology
- 1961-Nov
Group photograph depicting "Night with Ike" dinner held at Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, is positioned at…
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Two women with assorted Styrofoam objects
- 1962
General view of two unidentified women posed behind a work bench with assorted objects made out of Styrofoam. Both women are wearing Styrofoam fascinators and an audience is visible in the background, indicating the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Foamed materials, Dow Chemical Company, Foam, Polystyrene, Women employees
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Advertisement for Styrofoam Buoyancy Billets
- 1963
Illustrated advertising display for Styrofoam Buoyancy Billets, manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features swimmers perched on a dock held afloat by the billets, emphasizing the buoyant and…
- Contributor Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Foam, Advertising, Polystyrene
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Advertising still for Dow Handi-Wrap sandwich bags
- 1963
Promotional photograph for Dow Handi-Wrap sandwich bags with view of a model demonstrating the new easy-to-use magic dot box packaging. Introduced in the 1960's, Dow Handi-Wrap was an economy plastic wrap specifically…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Marketing, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Advertising
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Governor George Romney and Michigan state representative Nelson Tisdale
- 1963
Photograph of Michigan state representative Nelson G. Tisdale (right) presenting Governor George Romney (left) with a commemorative bottle of Dow aspirin. Tisdale represented Midland, home to the Dow Chemical Company,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Tisdale, Nelson G., Romney, George W., 1907-1995, Governors, Public officers
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Marketing materials for Dow Saran Wrap
- 1963
General view of assorted marketing materials for Dow Saran Wrap, including an advertising schedule and promotional tie-ins related to the Pillsbury Bake-off. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Corporations, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade, Pillsbury Company, Marketing
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Portrait of John J. Grebe (1900-1984)
- 1963
Portrait of German-American physicist John J. (John Josef) Grebe (1900-1984), best known for his contributions to the plastics industry, including the development of polystyrene, Styrofoam, and Saran plastics.
After…
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Aerial view of Dow Chemical Company Research Center
- 1964
Aerial view of the Dow Chemical Company Research Center located in Midland, Michigan. Various buildings are numbered and identified as follows on the back of the photograph:
1) Library, Patent and Research…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Research institutes, Aerial views, Dow Chemical Company, Aerial photographs
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Christmas tree with saran icicles
- 1964
General view of two children seated in front of a Christmas tree decorated with icicles made from saran plastic. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during World War II, saran…
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Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995)
- After 1964 – before 1991
Photograph of Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995), believed to be the first African-American female chemist employed to work in a professional position at the Dow Chemical Company.
Bettye Greene was born on March…
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Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995)
- After 1964 – before 1991
Photograph of Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995), believed to be the first African-American female chemist employed to work in a professional position at the Dow Chemical Company.
Bettye Greene was born on March…
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Gift box containing Dow plastics products
- 1964
General view of a promotional gift box containing assorted Dow plastics products, including Saran Wrap and Handi-Wrap sandwich bags. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during…
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Handi-Wrap Lunch Box Go-Together sale display
- 1964
Promotional display advertising a Lunch Box Go-Together sale featuring Dow Handi-Wrap. Several boxes of Handi-Wrap form the base of the display, which is topped with a lunch box and stack of assorted foodstuffs wrapped…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Marketing, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Advertising, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
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Handi-Wrap Lunchbox Go-Togethers sale display
- 1964
Promotional display advertising a Lunchbox Go-Together sale featuring Dow Handi-Wrap. The display consists of a series of cards, arranged in a circular pattern, showcasing an assortment of foodstuffs available at a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Marketing, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Advertising, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging