The Plastic That Opens the Door
- Circa 1946
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 in a skirt suit kneeling next to a young girl. In the foreground is a close-up of a plastic doorknob with a child's handprint. The accompanying text emphasizes that Styron products are easy to clean and acid-resistant, noting that "[m]other's smile tells you she knows Styron's bright, smooth surfaces make her work easy."
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Dow Chemical Company. “The Plastic That Opens the Door,” circa 1946. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/qgccd4k.
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