Advertisements, Ephemera

Styron: The Right Plastic

  • 1947

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Color print advertisement for wall tile made from Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement features a photograph of a woman in a yellow-tiled bathroom, as well as a smaller inset photograph of a woman cleaning a tiled wall. The accompanying text describes the qualities of Styron wall tile and other Styron products. Notably, the advertisement was produced in 1947, the 50th anniversary of the Dow Chemical Company.

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  • 11.25 in. H x 8.25 in. W
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  • Box 9
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Dow Chemical Company. “Styron: The Right Plastic,” 1947. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/2zk2s5e.

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