The Recorder - My Turn: Nightmarish prophecy of a great world of plastic now a manifest
My Turn: Nightmarish prophecy of a great world of plastic now a manifest Fortune magazine declared, in this cover story in October 1940, that the United States had entered the Plastic Age. Chris Mullen/fulltable.com In 1940, we entered the Plastic Age, declared Fortune magazine in its prophetic October issue. Writers and graphic artists swooned at the rapid evolution of miraculous new plastics, and hailed them for their vibrant color, lightness, versatility, malleability and durability. They forecast a time when practically anything could be pressed, squeezed, rolled, sawed, drawn, cast, or...
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