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Portrait of Charles C. Price (1913-2001)

  • 1960s

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Black and white portrait of American chemist and American Chemical Society president (1965) Charles C. Price (1913-2001). An instructor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Pennsylvania, Price is best known as a pioneer of polymer science and inventor of polyether polyurethane foam rubber, which became widely used in sponges, insulating building materials, flotation devices, and packaging.

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  • Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)
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  • Box 1

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Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.). “Portrait of Charles C. Price (1913-2001),” 1960–1969. Charles C. Price Photograph Collection, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/htu9i0r.

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