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Issue: Apr, 1946
Posted in: Origins
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Posted: 10/24/2006
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WATCH STRAPS OF PLASTIC (Apr, 1946)

WATCH STRAPS OF PLASTIC, said to resist deterioration under conditions that cause leather to rot, are now being produced by the Pla-Safe Plastics Corporation, of Buffalo. The new straps are made of polythene, a Du Pont plastic.

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  1. Stannous says: October 24, 20063:45 pm

    Wonder whether this was the company that inroduced these to hospitals…

  2. Charlie says: October 24, 20063:48 pm

    I was wondering the same thing.

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