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You Can Cut Operating Costs with Dow-PER

  • 1952

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Color print advertisement for Dow-PER, a stabilized perchloroethylene cleaning solvent manufactured and sold by the DOW Chemical Company. Depicts a small group of people delivering clothes for cleaning and a Dow employee moving an industrial barrel of Dow-PER. Accompanying text describes the economic advantages of using Dow-PER for cleaning, namely its efficiency, rapid cleaning action, and safety. Dow Canada logo depicted in the bottom right corner.

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  • 34.5 cm H x 25.3 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 Can Cut Operating Costs with Dow-PER,” 1952. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 8. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ndbo913.

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