TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: No Known Copyright TI - Rhoplex Acrylic Emulsions for Textiles ID - v3oeih7 AU - Rohm and Haas Company DA - 1956/04/19/ YR - 1956 AV - Rohm & Haas Company Archives, Box Photos 20, Folder 28 VL - Rohm & Haas Company Archives, Box Photos 20, Folder 28 AN - Rohm & Haas Company Archives, Box Photos 20, Folder 28 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v3oeih7 AB - General view of an exhibit panel on Rhoplex acrylic emulsions exhibited at the 1956 Rohm and Haas Company stockholders' meeting. The panel features a cardboard cutout of a woman wearing a dress made of "wash and wear" cotton treated with Rhoplex emulsion and Rhonite resin. The Rohm and Haas Company was founded in 1907 in Esslingen, Germany through the partnership of German chemist Otto Röhm and German businessman Otto Haas. In 1933, Röhm's experiments with the polymerization of methyl methacrylate led to the creation of a clear, solid plastic sheet, which he trademarked Plexiglas. During World War II, the demand for Plexiglas, which both Allied and Axis forces used for submarine periscopes and aircraft windshields, canopies, and gun turrets, helped transform Rohm and Haas into a major chemical firm. KW - Rohm and Haas Company KW - Corporations KW - Textile fabrics KW - Textile industry KW - Textile chemicals KW - Textile chemical industry KW - Chemical industry KW - Women in advertising LA - ER -