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Formula for Plenty...Pattern for the Future!

  • 1951

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Color print advertisement for a range of agricultural products manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company, including soil fumigants, insecticides, fungicides, growth regulators, and feed supplements. The advertisement features an illustrated, elevated view of farm fields, while the accompanying text details modern chemistry's contributions to a range of products for analyzing soil, defeating pests, destroying weeds, and preserving the harvest.

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  • 13.5 in. H x 10.5 in. W
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  • Box 7

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Dow Chemical Company. “Formula for Plenty...Pattern for the Future!,” 1951. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 7. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/jw827c38v.

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