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Packages for Performance: Dobeckmun

  • Advertisement for polyethylene packaging

  • After 1957

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Color print advertisement for polyethylene packaging manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features a variety of household items wrapped in polyethylene framed by flowers and a blue jay.

Dobeckmun (short for Dolan, Becker and Munson, the company's the co-founders) was a leading manufacturer of cellophane bags and cigar pouches. The Dow Chemical Company acquired Dobeckmun in 1957.

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  • 12.75 in. H x 9.5 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 7

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Dow Chemical Company. “Packages for Performance: Dobeckmun,” n.d. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 7. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ww72bc19d.

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