Synthetica: A New Continent of Plastics

by Inc Ortho Plastic Novelties

$135 · Offered by Argosy Book Store

New York: Fortune, 1940. Pictorial map. Color lithograph. Measures 13 7/8 x 22 1/8 This imaginary map transforms the emerging world of synthetic materials into a geographic frontier. Designed by Orbo Plastic Novelties, Inc., the map depicts a conceptualized continent, loosely represented as a large peninsula, divided into countries representing key plastic compounds such as Bakelite, Vinyl, and Cellulose. The

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