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You Mean I'm Selling Epsom Salt?

  • 1950-Jun-12

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Black and white print advertisement for Epsom Salt manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a cobbler accompanying a description of the uses of Dow manufactured Epsom salts in commercial industries such as textiles, medicines, and fertilizers. Also includes a small depiction of a factory with a description of the industrial uses of Epsom salts and other industrial chemicals produced by Dow. Found on page 57 of Newsweek Magazine, June 12, 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 Mean I'm Selling Epsom Salt?,” June 12, 1950. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 8. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6ogelyl.

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