play play modeling compound young children art craft projects home school composed flour water salt acid mineral oil product manufactured cincinnati ohio cleaner 1930s product reworked marketed cincinnati schools mid-1950s demonstrated educational convention prominent department stores opened retail accounts advertisements promoting play influential children television shows product sales launch toy market mid-1950s play generated considerable merchandise named play century toys list history origin non toxic non modeling compound came known play like substance cincinnati based soap manufacturer devised request wanted product clean coal following world war transition coal based home heating natural gas resulting decrease internal introduction vinyl based market cleaning decreased substantially nephew joined save company bankruptcy brother law nursery school teacher seen newspaper article making art projects cleaning students enjoyed persuaded sold manufacture child toy husband came wanted rainbow modeling compound launch took educational convention manufacturers school supplies department store began selling compound formed sell pack cans added product line store demonstrations new_york chicago opened retail accounts chemist reduced play salt content allowing models dry losing color ads telecast captain sales reached nearly million subsequent developments exported britain france italy 1980s cardboard prone metal scuttled cost effective plastic container issued patent purchased rights play million placing compound subsidiary merged bought owner continues manufacture product today division gold silver added palette celebrate 40th anniversary play packaging briefly illustrated children mid-1950s replaced mascot superseded wearing boy play pete replaced baseball cap living play cans named seen ingredients play current manufacturer reveals compound primarily mixture water salt flour united_states patent indicates composed water based salt color petroleum gives compound smooth feel prevents mold developing home recipes include salt flour corn vegetable oil olive oil cream related merchandise toy press compound shapes invented play barber beauty shop featured hair styled making debut computer young educational software rom game play creations available play related merchandise introduced anniversary year included play birthday bucket play colors pack crazy cuts reworking play plus created lighter softer regular cultural impact billion cans sold play sold countries world million cans year united_states stores carry play mark anniversary greece created limited edition inspired odor highly creative people seek scent reminiscent childhood play inducted rochester new_york century toys list roll memorable creative toys twentieth century late company offered replace new play cake mountain tool free receiving complaints toy shape film april 20th century fox announced work play movie producing writing directing production company
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