General view of the extrusion of saran bubbles from rolling machines at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, molten saran polymer was extruded from circular dies, then cooled and…

General view of employee Louis Vallaincourt observing the extrusion of a saran bubble from a rolling machine at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, saran film passed through a series…

General view of a saran bubble as it is extruded from a machine during the production of saran film at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. The individuals visible behind the bubble, likely taking a tour…

General view of an unidentified employee measuring the specific gravity of a specimen in the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory. Per an article in the August 1941 edition of…

General view of an unidentified employee at work in the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory equipment and apparatus. Per an article in the…

General view of chemist Mark Wolf preparing a sample for analysis at the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory facilities. Per an article in the August 1941 edition of the Dow…

General view of chemist Bernie Thiegs working with various specimens at the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory facilities. Per an article in the August 1941 edition of the …

General view of entomologist E.E. ("Gene") Kenaga at work in the storage room for grain insect cultures at the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory. Per notations accompanying…

General view of chemist Bernie Thiegs preparing an insecticide intended to combat potato beetles at the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory facilities. Per an article in the…

General view of two employees at work in a Dow Chemical Company Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory facility. Per an article in the August 1941 edition of the Dow Diamond, the department was…

General view of the central corridor of a greenhouse associated with the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory. Per an article in the August 1941 edition of the Dow Diamond, …

The individuals depicted in the photograph are identified as follows:

Standing left to right: William Nash; William Bay; J.P. Holmes; Perley Wayne; A.C. Beckert; Joseph E. LeFerre; Thomas Griswold; Herbert. H. Dow;…

Six-page photographic reproduction of a typewritten proposal concerning the formation of the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan. The proposal begins with general remarks concerning the commercial market for…

Illustrated depiction of the production of Saran Wrap at the Dow Chemical Company in three stages. Stage 1 depicts the harvesting of raw materials, including petroleum and brine, and the manufacture of assorted…

Two views of the vertical retort and wood loading conveyor at the Cliffs Dow wood sawmill and distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Seeking a source of raw material for its new plastic, ethylcellulose, the…

General view of a section of the wood storage at the Cliffs Dow sawmill and wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. The employee visible in the photograph is unidentified.

Seeking a source of raw…

General view of an unidentified employee standing on top of a pile of logs at the Cliffs Dow sawmill and wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. An Insley Excavator is visible on the right-hand side of…

General view of an unidentified employee standing on top of a pile of logs at the Cliffs Dow sawmill and wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. An Insley Excavator is visible on the left-hand side of…

General view of three unidentified employees poling and transferring logs from a hot pond to the washer and sawmill conveyor at the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Invented around…

Elevated view of the sawmill at the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan taken from the perspective of the vertical retort, with view of wood storage in background. Seeking a source of raw…

General view of the vertical retort and wood loading conveyor at the Cliffs Dow sawmill and wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Providing a sense of scale, two unidentified employees are visible in…

General view of the interior of the sawmill at the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan, with view of various employees and machinery. The employees pictured in the photograph are…

General view of an unidentified employee loading logs into a machine in the sawmill at the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Seeking a source of raw material for its new plastic,…

General view of an unidentified employee feeding cants (logs with one or more squared sides) into a band saw in the sawmill at the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Seeking a source of…

General view of an unidentified employee filing a band saw in the sawmill at the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Seeking a source of raw material for its new plastic, ethylcellulose,…