Lucite plastic production, 1930s. Crude methyl methacrylate polymer, the base for Lucite plastic manufactured by the DuPont company, ready to go into

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Lucite plastic production, 1930s. Crude methyl methacrylate polymer, the base for Lucite plastic manufactured by the DuPont company, ready to go into the dryers. Photographed in 1938, at the company's factory in Belle, West Virginia, USA.

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Photo credit: © HAGLEY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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