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Plastics: American as Apple Pie

  • 1950-Mar-11

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Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement features an illustration of a young boy eating a slice of apple pie at a kitchen counter covered with plastic tableware. The accompanying text describes the range of products produced by Dow Plastics, including Styron (Dow polystyrene), Saran and Ethocel (Dow ethylcellulose). This advertisement appeared on page 117 of the March 11, 1950 edition of The Saturday Evening Post.

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  • 13.75 in. H x 10.75 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 9

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Dow Chemical Company. “Plastics: American as Apple Pie,” March 11, 1950. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/9i35s67.

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