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Let's Look at the Shape of Things to Come!

  • Advertisement for Dow Plastics

  • 1951-Jul-09

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Print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of industrial and consumer applications. The advertisement shows a man's eyes framed by the silhouette for a factory building with smokestacks. A smaller inset illustration shows two men working at an assembly line. The accompanying text describes the benefits of using Styron and other plastics in manufacturing, particuarly in producing larger area moldings to speed production. This advertisement appeared in the July 9, 1951 edition of Time.

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  • Box 9

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Dow Chemical Company. “Let's Look at the Shape of Things to Come!,” July 9, 1951. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/iyy6sjt.

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