"Polymers and Plastics" is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates basic…

Gordon M. Kline begins the interview by discussing his work at the National Bureau of Standards during the 1930s, where he focussed on applications of organic resins to aviation. This is followed by a general discussion…

1986 advertisement for Styrofoam Christmas ornaments displayed next to a cube of Styrofoam.

Ray Boundy begins his interview by describing his family background in western Pennsylvania, his grammar school experience and his college studies at Grove City College. He then studied chemical engineering at Case…

Raymond Boyer begins the interview with a brief description of his family, childhood, and school days in Ohio, touching on his early interest in electricity. He then tells of his undergraduate and graduate years at Case…

Allan S. Hay begins the interview with a description of his secondary and undergraduate education in Alberta. After briefly describing his graduate work at the University of Illinois and a summer job at Du Pont, he…

Roy Plunkett starts this conversation with James Bohning by describing his family background. As the family were members of the Church of the Brethren it was natural for Plunkett to attend Manchester College, where Paul…

Two views of a tour group observing the extrusion of a saran bubble from a rolling machine at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. The individuals visible in the photograph are identified as follows…

A square sample of AstroTurf® artificial grass from Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The stadium hosted the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1971 to 2003 and the Philadelphia…

A pair of "Jet Brown" colored "Queen Size" pantyhose, or stockings, in original packaging made by the brand Sugar & Spice. "Queen Size" corresponds with size 2X. An image on the packaging depicts a woman dressed in…

General view of an unidentified employee 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 of…

One pair of beige-toned, "Irregular" size stockings. The pink packaging features an image of three smiling women posed wearing only stockings. The stockings are described on the packaging front as "large…

Color print advertisement published in Ebony Magazine for nylon pantyhose designed to match black and brown skin tones. The advertisement targets women of color in the cosmetic and fashion industry affected by…

Phillips Chemical Company advertisement printed in volume 54 of Modern Plastics. The advertisement promotes the chemical company's brandname plastic film, Marlex, a high density polyethylene plastic. The ad is…

Black and white image of a Christmas tree made out of styrofoam. The tree is decorated with a styrofoam star and packing peanuts as snow. The tree, placed next to a cigarette machine and a safety poster, suggests that…

General view of two unidentified employees prepping cases of Saran Wrap for transport at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and…

General view of sheets of saran film moving through a rolling machine at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport…

General view of a conveyor belt transporting rolls of Saran Wrap at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport…

General view of a conveyor belt transporting cases of Saran Wrap at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport…

Elevated view of a conveyor belt transporting boxes of Saran Wrap at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport…

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…

Twenty-four dyed Dacron samples attached to a bi-fold cardstock brochure.

Eighteen dyed and undyed fabric samples made of Dacron and Antron fibers mounted in a tri-folded cardboard booklet.