Bohn transoceanic treat advertisement 1946

Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation was a

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company based in

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and formed in 1924 from the merger of the General Aluminium and Brass Company and the C.B. Bohn Foundry Company. It produced a series of notable advertisements depicting applications of its product in futuristic environments. It merged into Universal American Corporation in 1963. Universal American merged into

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in 1966. Gulf and Western later sold Bohn to the

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. Wickes sold Bohn Aluminum and Brass to

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and its Heat Transfer Group division (which included Bohn Heat Transfer) to the Heatcraft subsidiary of

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External sources

Imaging the Future, Arthur Radebaugh, Bohn Aluminium and Brass Corporation, advertisementsCreepy anti-communist propaganda from Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation, 1952
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