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Willard King working with pilot plant apparatus at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Willard King working with an apparatus used for pilot plant operations at the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research…
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Wilbur Myers testing cracking and dehydrogenation apparatus at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Wilbur Myers testing large-scale cracking and dehydrogenation processes on an apparatus in the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Cracking process, Dow Chemical Company, Dehydrogenation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Polymers, Myers, Wilbur
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Ray Kent conducting high polymer study at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Ray Kent checking a polymer operation at the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research Laboratory, the Plastics Production…
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Richard Bayne testing distillation and miniplant operations at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Richard Bayne testing distillation and miniplant operations at the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research Laboratory, the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Distillation apparatus, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Polymers, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Bayne, Richard
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Willard Van Wingerden performing instrument maintenance at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Willard Van Wingerden performing maintenance on a specialty instrument in the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Laboratories, Polymers, Dow Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Van Wingerden, Willard
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Aerial view of Dow plant in Cartagena, Columbia
- 1980s
Aerial view of a section of the Dow Chemical Company's polystyrene plant located in Cartagena, Columbia. Constructed in the 1960s, the Cartagena plant subsequently underwent four expansions and boasted a manufacturing…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Aerial views, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Colombia--Cartagena, Aerial photographs, Polystyrene
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Aerial view of Dow plant in Cartagena, Columbia
- 1980s
Aerial view of the Dow Chemical Company's polystyrene plant located in Cartagena, Columbia. Constructed in the 1960s, the Cartagena plant subsequently underwent four expansions and boasted a manufacturing capacity of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Aerial views, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Colombia--Cartagena, Aerial photographs, Polystyrene
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Aerial view of Dow plant in Cartagena, Columbia
- 1980s
Aerial view of the Dow Chemical Company's polystyrene plant located in Cartagena, Columbia. Constructed in the 1960s, the Cartagena plant subsequently underwent four expansions and boasted a manufacturing capacity of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Aerial views, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Colombia--Cartagena, Aerial photographs, Polystyrene
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Dow Chemical Company Styrene plant
- 1952
General view of the exterior of the Dow Chemical Company's Styrene plant located in Freeport, Texas. An organic compound derived from benzene, styrene is a precursor to polystyrene and was popularized in the 1940's as a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Styrene
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Dow Chemical Company Styrene plant
- 1952
General view of the exterior of the Dow Chemical Company's Styrene plant located in Freeport, Texas. An organic compound derived from benzene, styrene is a precursor to polystyrene and was popularized in the 1940's as a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Styrene
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Finishing stills at Dow Chemical Company Styrene plant
- 1952
General view of the styrene finishing stills at a Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. An organic compound derived from benzene, styrene is a precursor to polystyrene and was popularized in the 1940's as a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Styrene
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Dow Chemical Company Styrene plant
- 1952
General view of an unidentified employee climbing stairs at the Dow Chemical Company's Styrene plant located in Freeport, Texas. An organic compound derived from benzene, styrene is a precursor to polystyrene and was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Styrene
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Dow Chemical Company Styrene plant
- 1950s
General view of the exterior of a section of the Dow Chemical Company's Styrene plant located in Freeport, Texas. An organic compound derived from benzene, styrene is a precursor to polystyrene and was popularized in…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Styrene
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Dow Chemical Company Styrene plant
- 1952
General view of the exterior of a section of the Dow Chemical Company's Styrene plant located in Freeport, Texas. An organic compound derived from benzene, styrene is a precursor to polystyrene and was popularized in…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Styrene
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Saran film manufacturing at Dow Chemical Company
- 1955
General view of the manufacturing of saran film at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, saran film was trimmed and wound into so-called inventory rolls, such as those visible in the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Saran bubble at Dow Chemical Company
- 1955
General view of an unidentified employee handling 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. During production, the film…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Saran Wrap plant at Dow Chemical Company
- 1955
General view of the assembly of rolls of Saran Wrap at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during World War II, saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Styrene finishing stills at Dow Chemical Company
- 1952
Close-up view of the underside of the styrene finishing stills at a Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. An organic compound derived from benzene, styrene is a precursor to polystyrene and was popularized in…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Styrene
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Styrene finishing stills at Dow Chemical Company
- 1952
Close-up view of the underside of the styrene finishing stills at a Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. An organic compound derived from benzene, styrene is a precursor to polystyrene and was popularized in…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Styrene
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Hankscraft Co. Nursmatic Model N1101 Baby Bottle
- Undated
Hexagonal-shaped clear Lexan bottle with a cardboard casing/label; black plastic lid with a dark amber nipple.
Lexan is a resin thermoplastic discovered by General Electric chemist Dr. Daniel Fox in 1953. It is similar…
- Manufacturer Hankscraft Company
- Subject Plastics, Fox, Daniel W. (Daniel Wayne), 1923-1989, Lexan, Plastics industry and trade
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Product Sample (Plastic amalgamation)
- Undated
Irregularly-shaped piece of foam-like silver plastic; pieces of twisted copper wire are holding some portions together; bottom has a wax or glue-like material coating it; some areas have a blackened, charred appearance.
- Subject Plastics, Plastics industry and trade
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Hot relaxing plates on drawing machine
- 1946-Mar-01
Two views of hot relaxing plates on a drawing machine used at the DuPont plant in Seaford, Delaware during the early stages of synthetic fiber production and research. The plate on the left was electric-heated and the…
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2 items
The marvelous colors in these new Cole suits can't run or streak or wash away!
- 1954
Color print magazine advertisement for Cole of California's Celaperm line, made from colored Celanese acetate yarn.
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2 items
Color Crazy
- 1955
- Photographer Gill, Leslie, 1908-1958
- Subject Nylon, Textile fibers, Synthetic, Colors, Hosiery, Nylon, Hosiery
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