Day-Glo Color Corporation records, 1930-1991.

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Day-Glo Color Corporation records, 1930-1991.

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Consists of agendas, annual reports, articles of incorporation, blueprints, brochures, budgets, bylaws, color guides, contracts, correspondence, fabric samples, financial statements, handbooks, histories, interview transcripts, legal documents, lists, magazine clippings, manuals, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notebooks, notes, outlines, photographs, press releases, publications, questionnaires, reports, scrapbooks, speech texts, stock certificates, and tax returns. The collection documents the creation and development of fluorescent paints and dyes by the Switzers and the printing and industrial uses of these materials, including military uses during World War II, and the impact of Day-Glo paints and dyes upon the advertising and marketing industries in the United States and world wide.

8 containers; 4 oversize folders (6.04 linear feet)

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7248998

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Switzer Brothers, Inc.

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Switzer, Joseph L., 1915-1973

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Continental Lithograph Corporation. Conti-Glo Division.

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Bing, Liesa.

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Switzer, Robert C., 1914-1997

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Nalco Chemical Company

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Day-Glo Color Corp.

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Company founded in 1946 by Robert and Joseph Switzer, who developed ways to make photoluminescent paints and dyes. These paints and dyes were used by the military to mark airplanes as well as uniforms, and to detect flaws in airplane engines and other parts. They were also used extensively in the graphic arts industry, for product advertising and packaging. The company, which began as the Conti-Glo Division of Continental Lithograph Corporation, became Switzer Brothers, Inc., and later, Day-Glo ...

Day-Glo Investment Corporation.

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