TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Banish Road Worries with Dowflake ID - qr46r154s AU - Dow Chemical Company DA - 1928/// YR - 1928 AV - Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 7 VL - Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 7 AN - Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 7 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/qr46r154s AB - Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a man (bottom left) contemplating traffic accidents resulting from poor road conditions, while a second man comfortably dreams of clean roads presumably treated with Dowflake. Patented on February 17, 1925, Dowflake was marketed for use to control dust on unpaved roads and parking lots, as well as a roadway deicer. This advertisement appeared on page 211 of a 1928 edition of The American City . KW - Chemical industry KW - Dow Chemical Company KW - Corporations KW - Advertising KW - Dust control KW - Roads--Maintenance and repair KW - Calcium chloride LA - English, English ER -