When Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907, he changed the world — ushering in the Age of Plastics and transforming the way people lived. The phenolic resin took off first as a superior, ...
WATERLOO -- The Black Hawk Button Club will meet at 1 p.m. April 24 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 207 W. Louise St. There will be a program on Bakelite buttons as well as buttons available ...