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This digital collection features a broad spectrum of materials related to the production, packaging, and marketing of food, including advertisements, printed ephemera, recipe books, and photographs. Subjects represented in the collection include food additives and adulteration, flavoring essences, and safety standards, as well as food-adjacent topics such as sugar, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and margarine.

Postage stamps

Postage stamp commemorating the sugar industry of Trinidad and Tobago
- 1969
Stamp depicts a sugar refinery along with a profile of Queen Elizabeth II in gold.
- Subject Sugar, Sugarcane industry, Trinidad and Tobago, Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-, Commemorative postage stamps, Sugar--Manufacture and refining, Science on postage stamps, Postage stamps
2 items
Photographs

Household supplies sales display featuring Saran Wrap and Handi-Wrap
- 1965
Two views of a sales display featuring assorted household supplies, including Dow brand Saran Wrap and Handi-wrap. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during World War II,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Marketing, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
Advertisements

Improved oxygen control gives better product appearance and longer shelf life
- 1965
Advertisement for various Beckman oxygen analyzers used in the food packaging industry.

Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such…
- Creator Of Work Erwin Wasey, Ruthrauff & Ryan, inc., Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, inc., Food industry and trade--Safety measures
Photographs, Negatives (Photographs)

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…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Corporations, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade, Marketing, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
Photographs, Negatives (Photographs)

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
Photographs, Negatives (Photographs)

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
Advertisements

Tie-in Sale. Tied Up with a Package
- Advertisement for Metalam
- 1964
Color print advertisement for Metalam, a film-and-foil packaging combination manufactured and sold by the Flexible Packaging Sales division of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features chunks of raw beef and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Food--Packaging, Packaging, Plastics in packaging
Advertisements

Metalam Makes Your Meal Complete
- 1963
Color print advertisement for Metalam, a film-and-foil packaging combination manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Food--Packaging, Packaging, Plastics in packaging
Advertisements, Ephemera

100 ft. Roll Wraps 100 Sandwiches Yet Sells at Wax Paper Prices!
- 1960
Color print advertisement for Handi Wrap, an economy plastic wrap specifically marketed for use in lunchboxes and for its ability to keep food fresher for longer periods of time relative to other plastic wraps. The…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Plastics, Food--Storage, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging, Women in advertising, Housewives, Housewives as consumers
6 items
Records (Documents)

The Significance of pH in Baking
- Beckman Reprint R-6166
- 1960-Oct
The reprinted article, originally published in Bakers Digest, was written by employees of the Fleischmann Laboratories and featured photographs of Beckman pH meters.

Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934…
- Author Pomper, S., Maselli, J. A.
- Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hydrogen-ion concentration, Beckman Instruments, inc., Baking
Advertisements

pH you can taste
- 1959
This advertisement focuses on pH meters' use in the food processing and packaging industry.

Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, inc., Charles Bowes Advertising, inc.
- Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Food industry and trade, Beckman Instruments, inc.
Advertisements

Wrap Yourself a Chunk of Cheese Business
- Advertisement for Durafilm
- After 1957
Color print advertisement for Durafilm, transparent packaging manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features stacked blocks of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Food--Packaging, Packaging, Plastics in packaging
Advertisements

The Secret's in the Sauce...The Protection's in the Package
- Advertisement for Metalam
- After 1957
Color print advertisement for Metalam, a film-and-foil packaging combination manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Packaging, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
Advertisements

Smart Arithmetic: Dobeckmun
- After 1957
Color print advertisement for polyethylene film manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features a package of Golden Grain…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Polyethylene, Chemical industry, Corporations, Packaging, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
Photographs

German food purity team visit to Beckman Instruments
- 1957-Nov-08
Arnold O. Beckman, founder and CEO of Beckman Instruments, is standing on the right. The other people in this image are unidentified.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Food industry and trade--Safety measures, Globes, Food--Safety measures, Germany, Beckman Instruments, inc.
Photographs

Lee de Forest and Jonathan Zenneck at a banquet
- 1956
Arnold O. Beckman arranged a banquet for Lee de Forest (seated), at which he and Jonathan Zenneck (standing) met in person for the first time since 1912.

Lee de Forest (1873–1961) was an inventor, most notably of…
- Photographer Photo Peuker
- Subject De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961, Dinners and dining
Advertisements

Now! Homogenized for Better Flavor!
- 1955
Color print advertisement for Durkee's Homogenized Margarine with emphasis on the new Stayfresh Foilpak packaging, specifically designed to protect the product's rich, natural flavor.
- Creator Of Work Glidden Company
- Subject Glidden Company, Margarine, Advertising, Food industry and trade, Durkee Famous Foods (Firm), Margarine--Marketing
Advertisements, Ephemera

Dow Methionine Gives Dog Foods NEW Nutritional Punch ... NEW Sales Punch
- 1955
Black and white print advertisement for synthetic methionine manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company as a food additive. The advertisement features a photographic reproduction of a woman holding a dog and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Nutrition, Animal nutrition, Women in advertising, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Animals in advertising, Amino acids
5 items
Advertisements, Publications, Pamphlets

Ac'cent makes food flavors sing
- 1948 – 1954
Advertising brochure for Ac'cent, a pure mono sodium glutamate (MSG) food additive product manufactured by the Amino Products Division of the International Minerals & Chemical Corporation.
- Creator Of Work International Minerals and Chemical Corporation
- Subject Food additives, Food additives industry, Monosodium glutamate, International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, Advertising
12 items
Publications

Plastics Make the Package Dow Makes the Plastics
- 1953
Pamphlet reviews plastic packaging manufactured by Dow Chemical Company including flexible films like Saran Wrap, foamed products such as Styrofoam, coatings including Ethocel, as well as molding and extrusion materials…
- Author Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics--Molding, Polymers, Food--Packaging, Plastics--Extrusion, Styrene, Thin films
Advertisements

Food...fit for an American
- 1952-May-24
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a woman buying groceries at a checkout counter with a line of people behind her, including an African American man. The accompanying paragraph details…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Sodium hydroxide, Refrigerated foods, Agricultural chemicals, Grocery trade, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Food industry and trade--Sanitation, Food--Preservation, Women in advertising, Flavoring essences, African Americans, African American men, Corporations, African Americans in advertising
Advertisements

Food Processing...in Grandmother's Time
- 1951
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company featuring a farm scene centered upon a woman stirring a large cauldron over a fire. The accompanying text details the use of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide)…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Sodium hydroxide, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Food industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial, Women in advertising
Advertisements, Ephemera

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…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Rats as laboratory animals, Laboratory animals, Nutrition, Amino acids, Amino acids--Synthesis, Animals in advertising
Advertisements, Ephemera

The Chicken is First!
- 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…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Chickens, Nutrition, Animal nutrition, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Amino acids, Amino acids--Synthesis, Animals in advertising
Scientific apparatus and instruments

Hand-crank Centrifuge, Babcock Milk Tester
- After 1900 – before 1950
A metal, hand-crank centrifuge with a three-pronged metal base. The base is painted a rusty red color and has been attached to a wooden board for stability. A long metal crank on the side of the base bends at a…
- Subject Babcock, S. M., Centrifuges, Dairy products industry, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Lactose, Milk, Dairy products, Oils and fats

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