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Employee inspecting Saran Wrap at Dow facility

  • 1946

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General view of an unidentified employee inspecting a piece of Saran Wrap at a Dow Chemical Company facility. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during World War II, saran plastic was subsequently developed and marketed as Saran Wrap for household use.

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  • 4 in. H x 5 in. W
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  • Box 4, Folder Products--Saran Wrap

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Dow Chemical Company. “Employee Inspecting Saran Wrap at Dow Facility,” 1946. Dow Chemical Company Historical Image Collection, Box 4, Folder Products--Saran Wrap. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rv042v091.

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