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You Say I'm Selling Hydrochloric Acid?

  • 1950-Mar-20

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Black and white print advertisement for hydrochloric acid manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a gas attendant accompanying a description of the uses of Dow manufactured hydrochloric acid in commercial industries such as automobile gasoline, ore refinement, and cleaning metal products. Also includes a small depiction of a tanker ship with a description of the industrial uses of hydrochloric acids and other industrial chemicals produced by Dow. Found on page 55 of Newsweek Magazine, March 20, 1950 issue.

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  • 28 cm H x 20 cm W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 8

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Dow Chemical Company. “You Say I'm Selling Hydrochloric Acid?,” March 20, 1950. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 8. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/5vcxic9.

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