Miscellaneous Plastics Industry Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: DuBois, J. Harry, 1903-1986
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content: J. Harry DuBois Collection on the History of Plastics
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content: J. Harry DuBois Collection on the History of Plastics / Series 6: Plastic Publication & Miscellaneous Materials
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1890-1970
container: label: Container
content: Box 7, Folder 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes miscellaneous material relating to the plastics industry, dating from c. 1890 to 1970.  Included are: trade catalogs for W.L. Brown & Co., selling agents for American and United Zylonite Co., pre l9OO; typescripts and reprints on various aspects of the plastics industry such as nylon molding; photographs used in DuBois's "Plastics History U.S.A.", including one of Henry Ford swinging an ax on the trunk of a plastic Ford automobile; a patent for the Recto trademark; and a photograph of Recto molded ignition timers.