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The Plastic That Opens Your Purse

  • 1945

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Color print advertisement for 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 an illustration of a woman behind a beauty counter, overlaid with a pair of gloved hands opening a purse. The accompanying text emphasizes the "value and luxury" of plastic products made from Styron.

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  • 10.5 in. H x 8 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 9

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Dow Chemical Company. “The Plastic That Opens Your Purse,” 1945. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/8mxs737.

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