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Portrait of Charles C. Price (1913-2001)

  • Circa 1942

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Portrait of American chemist and American Chemical Society president (1965) Charles C. Price (1913-2001). An instructor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Pennsylvania, Price is best known as a pioneer of polymer science and inventor of polyether polyurethane foam rubber, which became widely used in sponges, insulating building materials, flotation devices, and packaging.

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  • 5 in. H x 3.75 in. W
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  • Duncan-Erber Studios
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  • Box 1

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Duncan-Erber Studios. “Portrait of Charles C. Price (1913-2001),” circa 1942. Charles C. Price Photograph Collection, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/gx41eyb.

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