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DuPont Announces for the World of Tomorrow... a new world and a new material NYLON

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DuPont company advertisement previewing "Wonder World of Chemistry" exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair with specific emphasis on public introduction of nylon. This advertisement was reprinted from The Woman's Forum, Sunday, October 30th, Issue, New York Herald Tribune.

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“DuPont Announces for the World of Tomorrow... a New World and a New Material NYLON,” 1939. Joseph X. Labovsky Collection of Nylon Photographs and Ephemera. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/02870v94c.

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