Bakelite Collection 1924-1956

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Bakelite Collection 1924-1956

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/b/bakelite.htm

Collection contains correspondence and printed material related to the Bakelite Corporation.

0.25 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6361076

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6193zg7 (person)

Bakelite Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c02k1g (corporateBody)

National Plastics Center & Museum

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65278nj (corporateBody)

Earl Tupper (1907-1983) founded Tupperware Brands Corporation in 1938. Tupper's method of purifying a by-product of the oil refining process resulted in affordable polyethylene -- plastic -- products in a rainbow of colors for a wide range of kitchen and home uses. Tupper introduced the line in 1946 through department and hardware stores; sales were steady but modest until the advent of Tupperware Home Parties (based on a similar strategy developed by Stanley Home Products). The Hom...