The Yurikamome Elevated Train passes behind a Plexiglas map of the Shiodome Sio-Site business complex, located in Minato Ward in central Tokyo, Japan, April 14, 2008. J. Lumiere / Alamy.
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Grosfeld House Plexiglas bedroom, 1942. From Decorative Art 1942 – The Studio Year Book, edited by C. G. Holme. [The Studio Ltd., London, 1942]. The Print Collector / Heritage Images / Alamy.
Telephone acrylic dome in the Palace Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden, 1950s. Photo Kristoffersson ref cb23-2 / Classic Picture Library / Alamy.
Rohm and Haas Company. “Woman Polishing Plexiglas at Rohm and Haas Facility,” 1940–1949. Rohm & Haas Company Archives, Box 18 (Photographs), Folder 12. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rf55z867q.
Jane Rieger of Golders Green seen with the first all-plastic greenhouse at the First International British Plastics Exhibition, July 7, 1957. Keystone Pictures usa / zumapress / Alamy.
A Farnsworth table model television receiver installed in a Lucite cabinet to show the operation of the components, 1949. rbm Vintage Images / Alamy.
Barbara Kasten, Intervention, 2018, Steel and fluorescent acrylic. Courtesy Bortolami Gallery.
A McDonald’s in Chicago, 2008. James Kirkikis / Alamy.
Ocular prosthesis. Evil Kahn / iStock.
Climate measuring devices, Mt Zugspitze summit station, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe, November 10, 2011. uwl / imagebroker.com / Alamy.
Color plastic acrylic shapes, Plexiglas, April 2, 2020. Opreanu Roberto Sorin / Alamy.
Red, green, blue, beige, aqua, brown, yellow and navy rows of a horizontal multi-colored crochet lines pattern, June 11, 2023. Dorin Puha / Alamy.
Orlon acrylic by DuPont, “Just for Kicks,” 1960. adsR / Alamy.
Heart-shaped sunglasses. William Dondyk / iStock.
Haruka Kojin, Contact Lens, 2011. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Photo: daici ano.
Unknown. Handbag, early 1950s. Engraved perspex. Given by Peggy Marchant, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1996/2203.
Pigeonholes full of safety glasses high school workshop in Western Australia, March 5, 2018. Chris de Blank / Alamy.
Plexiglas milling on a CNC machine at a furniture factory, October 22, 2019. Marina Demkina / Alamy.
Outdoor basketball backboard and hoop rim with chain net in urban residential district, Serbia, 2023. Igor Stevanovic / Alamy.
Walkway, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. Kate Hockenhull / Alamy.
Plexiglass screens on metal stands for social distancing in Trastevere, Rome, Italy, September 12, 2020. Daniele Cossu / Alamy.
Glowing red exit sign, Plexiglas, July 11, 2019. MirrorImages / Alamy.