Advertisements, Ephemera

The Chicken is First!

  • 1951

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Color print advertisement for synthetic methionine and other amino acids manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in pharmaceuticals and medical and nutritional research. The advertisement features an illustration of a chicken standing in a barn, with accompanying text detailing the use of methionine in poultry feed and Dow's efforts to meet the growing demand for methionine and other amino acids to aid nutritional science research.

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  • 13.75 in. H x 10.5 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 Chicken Is First!,” 1951. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/h46bh2d.

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