The Rohm & Haas Reporter: January-February 1955, Volume XIII Number 1
The first file is a magazine from Rohm & Haas Company promoting its wares by collaborating with smaller companies and revealing the successes of both sides with articles and photographs included within. The primary focus of this issue is the A. K. Salz Company Tannery in the Santa Cruz Mountains, with additional articles on the creation of Conductiles to prevent static electricity in hospitals, Plexiglass efficiency in a control room in a New York power plant, electric blankets using R&H surfactant chemicals, and a generational vineyard in Spain using Minoc brand fungicide to prevent wine grape losses.
The second file is an excerpted version of the magazine, made as a handout advertisement for Salz Tannery. Included due to minor variations from the main magazine.
Notables: D S Marston, A K Salz Company, California Saddle Leather, Lithocarpus densiflora / tan oak / California oak, Norman Lezin, Oropon, Joe Bellas, B W Harff, Vinyl Plastics Inc, Vinylast Conductile floor tile, R E Kohler, Paraplex, conductive vinyl tile, National Fire Protection Association, Robert E Kohler, Consolidated Edison Company, Astoria power plant, Fieldcrest electric blanket, Fieldcrest Mills Inc, Karastan rug, Triton synthetic surfactant, Rodney Hunt, American Water Softener Company, Arthur E Kittredge, A S Garrett, Thomas Scattergood, J W Tierney, Philadelphia, Amberlite, Cycloflow valve, Heli-Coil, Pla de Panades, Juan Nadal, Ramon Nadal, Can Nadal, Panades Valley, downy mildew, Dithane, Villafranca, Nadal Wine Cellars, Boeing B-47
The second file is an excerpted version of the magazine, made as a handout advertisement for Salz Tannery. Included due to minor variations from the main magazine.
Notables: D S Marston, A K Salz Company, California Saddle Leather, Lithocarpus densiflora / tan oak / California oak, Norman Lezin, Oropon, Joe Bellas, B W Harff, Vinyl Plastics Inc, Vinylast Conductile floor tile, R E Kohler, Paraplex, conductive vinyl tile, National Fire Protection Association, Robert E Kohler, Consolidated Edison Company, Astoria power plant, Fieldcrest electric blanket, Fieldcrest Mills Inc, Karastan rug, Triton synthetic surfactant, Rodney Hunt, American Water Softener Company, Arthur E Kittredge, A S Garrett, Thomas Scattergood, J W Tierney, Philadelphia, Amberlite, Cycloflow valve, Heli-Coil, Pla de Panades, Juan Nadal, Ramon Nadal, Can Nadal, Panades Valley, downy mildew, Dithane, Villafranca, Nadal Wine Cellars, Boeing B-47
Creator:
D. S. Marston
Source:
Rohm & Haas Company
Date: 1955
Type:
MAGAZINE; PHOTO; ARTICLE; ADVERTISEMENT
Coverage:
- Santa Cruz
- 1950s
- Business
- Tanning industries
- Wineries
- Agriculture
- Factories
- Science
- Chemistry
- Hospitals
- Fires
- Utility
- Spanish
- Spain
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-TANNERIES-6
Collection
Citation
Marston, D. S. “The Rohm & Haas Reporter: January-February 1955, Volume XIII Number 1.” Rohm & Haas Company. 1955. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/140646. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
