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Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944)

  • After 1920 – 1944

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Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944), inventor of Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic.

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  • 8 in. W x 10 in. H
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 1

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Leo Hendrik Baekeland

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“Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944),” n.d. Williams Haynes Portrait Collection, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/sf268511n.

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