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Paint Bucket
- DeSoto Paint Display - Paint and chemical company DeSoto was formed in 1910 in Des Plaines, Illinois, as a subsidiary of Sears, Roebuck and Company. DeSoto's paint operation began to lose money in the late 1980s, and the company sold its paint division to Sherwin-Williams. The sale allowed DeSoto to focus on its profitable industrial chemical products.
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DeSoto Paint Display
Paint and chemical company DeSoto was formed in 1910 in Des Plaines, Illinois, as a subsidiary of Sears, Roebuck and Company. DeSoto's paint operation began to lose money in the late 1980s, and the company sold its paint division to Sherwin-Williams. The sale allowed DeSoto to focus on its profitable industrial chemical products.
- Record of Paint Purchase for White Hall Plantation, 1871-1872 -
- 1871-1872
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Record of Paint Purchase for White Hall Plantation, 1871-1872
- Trade Card for Acme Decorative Paints, Acme White Lead & Color Works, 1884-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1884-1900
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Trade Card for Acme Decorative Paints, Acme White Lead & Color Works, 1884-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Making Soybean Paint for Automobiles, Ford Village Industry Plant, Saline, Michigan, November 1941 - In the early 1920s, Henry Ford began locating small hydroelectrically powered plants in rural southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. The plant in Saline operated from 1938 until 1947. During World War II, workers here processed soybean oil for paints and plastics, and they machined parts for Pratt & Whitney engines.
- November 18, 1941
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Making Soybean Paint for Automobiles, Ford Village Industry Plant, Saline, Michigan, November 1941
In the early 1920s, Henry Ford began locating small hydroelectrically powered plants in rural southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. The plant in Saline operated from 1938 until 1947. During World War II, workers here processed soybean oil for paints and plastics, and they machined parts for Pratt & Whitney engines.