Advertisements, Ephemera

How to Take a Vacation with Plastics Housewares

  • 1951

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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 illustrated vacation scene, with a mother and child in the foreground on a picnic blanket with plastic dishware. The scene is framed by illustrations of housewares made of Styron. The accompanying text describes the advantages of traveling with plastics housewares that are lightweight and easy to clean. This advertisement appeared in a 1951 edition of Ladies' Home Journal.

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Dow Chemical Company. “How to Take a Vacation with Plastics Housewares,” 1951. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 5. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/hhmvgxk.

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