Advertisements, Ephemera

What Can You Expect from Plastics?

  • 1944

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Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisment features a color illustration of various plastic containers and packaging. The accompanying text describes advancements in the field of plastics, including three Dow Chemical products: Saran and Saran Film; Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose; and Styron, the trade name for Dow Styrenic plastics.

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  • Box 9
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Dow Chemical Company. “What Can You Expect from Plastics?,” 1944. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/tjz202g.

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