Creator:
Griffiths, Alan (Plastics engineer and designer)
Inclusive Dates:
1950- 2000
Abstract:
Collection of plastic containers for soap
Type of Material:
Artifacts (object genre)
Plastic (material)
Soap boxes (container for personal grooming)
Subject:
Industrial Design
Plastics
Industrial design.
Plastic containers.
Plastics industry and trade.
Product design.
Creator:
National Plastics Center & Museum.
Inclusive Dates:
1949- 2004
Abstract:
Collection is an artificial compilation of pieces donated to the National Plastics Center & Museum. It includes sales material such as brochures and sales receipts, a copy photograph of the founder Earl Tupper with his signature, and a book of poetry published by Tupperware.
Type of Material:
Advertisements.
Brochures.
Catalogs (documents)
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Subject:
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Plastic containers.
Plastic tableware.
Tupperware Home Parties.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1870- 1990
Abstract:
Collection consists of manufactured objects made of various types of plastic.
Type of Material:
Combs (hair ornaments)
Eyeglasses.
Medical equipment.
Samples.
Tableware.
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Subject:
Industrial design -- History -- 20th century.
Plastic containers.
Plastic jewelry.
Plastic novelties.
Plastic tableware.
Plastic toys.
Plastics -- History.
Plastics -- Extrusion.
Plastics -- Molding.
Plastics in automobiles.
Plastics in building.
Plastics in medicine.
Plastics industry and trade.
Creator:
McDonald, Joseph.
Inclusive Dates:
1930- 1989
Abstract:
Collection contains copies of patents
for plastic food and beverage containers collected by Joseph McDonald from 1951 to 1989,
in the course of his work for Sweetheart Plastics, Inc. and a selection of technical
offprints and reports.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Notes (documents)
Reports.
Patents.
Subject:
Engineers.
Inventors.
Business and Industry
Plastics
Plastics industry and trade.
Patents.
Beverage containers.
Food containers.
Plastic containers.
Plastics -- Extrusion.
Plastics in packaging.
Styrene.
Thermoplastics.
Plastics machinery.