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A short booklet given out "Compliments of the Manville, N. J. Factory, Johns-Manville Corporation," telling the story of the plant's "more than two thousand men and women" and of the four raw materials J-M made into more than a thousand products. Its section "Asbestos: The Magic Mineral" was printed on asbestos paper and invited readers to "Touch a lighted match to the corner of this page" to see that the flame "will not burn it."
- Published by
- Johns-Manville
- Date
- 1939
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 25192 · asbestosclaims.law/library/25192
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
The booklet presents asbestos only as a wonder material; in the pages read it says nothing about dust or health. See Johns-Manville, This Is Our Policy on Working Conditions (1938) for an in-house pamphlet from the same plant and years.
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“Johns-Manville, J-M Jobholders Know Their Business, Manville Factory Booklet (c. 1939).” 1939. Johns-Manville. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 25192. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/25192.
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