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Our Sun, Summer 1954
- 1954
1954 Summer issue of Our Sun, published by Sun Oil company. The cover features model Dottie Daubert wearing a blue dress made from nylon, orlon, and rayon. Behind her is a yellow car. The car's body is made of plastic…
- Creator Of Work Sun Oil Company
- Subject Automobiles, Gasoline, Sun Oil Company, Petroleum chemicals industry, Petroleum refineries, Recipes
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Sinclair's Mighty Mover of Molecules
- 1950s
1950s Sinclair Oil Corporation advertisement originally printed in National Geographic. The advertisement features a black and white illustration of a petroleum refining plant as well as a molecular model demonstrating…
- Creator Of Work Sinclair Oil Corporation
- Subject Sinclair Oil Corporation, Catalytic cracking, Cracking process, Petroleum--Refining
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18M 24S
American Chemical Society Presents: A Meeting Extra
- 1966
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society
- Subject American Chemical Society, Meetings
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38 itemsExhibitions
First-Class Flora: A Stamp Collection of Medicinal Plants
Digitized items from the outdoor exhibition First-Class Flora: A Stamp Collection of Medicinal Plants, on display from April 2026-April 2027.
This outdoor exhibition presents a unique historical intersection between…
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Dog Rose (Rosa canina) postage stamp, East Germany
- 1960
1960 postage stamp from the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) featuring an illustration of Rosa canina, commonly known as the Dog Rose or Rose Hip. Rose hips have high levels of Vitamin C, antioxidants, and…
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Dog Rose (Rosa canina) postage stamp, Soviet Union
- 1961
1961 Soviet Union postage stamp featuring an illustration of Rosa canina, commonly known as the Dog Rose or Rose Hip. Rose hips have high levels of Vitamin C, antioxidants, and fatty acids. It is widely used in tea to…
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Dog Rose (Rosa canina) postage stamps, Yugoslavia
- 1955
1959 postage stamp from Yugoslavia featuring an illustration of Rosa canina, commonly known as the Dog Rose or Rose Hip. Rose hips have high levels of Vitamin C, antioxidants, and fatty acids. It is widely used in tea…
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Dog Rose (Rosa canina) postage stamps, Czechoslovakia
- 1965
1965 postage stamp from Czechoslovakia featuring an illustration of Rosa canina, commonly known as the Dog Rose or Rose Hip. Rose hips have high levels of Vitamin C, antioxidants, and fatty acids. It is widely used in…
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Orange fruit postage stamp, Cyprus
- 1962
1961 postage stamp from Cyprus features an illustration of citrus fruit alongside a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022), reflecting the island’s agricultural heritage and its historical ties to the British Crown.…
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Dog Rose (Rosa canina) postage stamps, Bulgaria
- 1953
Two 1953 Bulgarian postage stamps featuring an illustration of Rosa canina, commonly known as the Dog Rose or Rose Hip. Rose hips have high levels of Vitamin C, antioxidants, and fatty acids. It is widely used in tea to…
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Limes (Citrus aurantiifolia) postage stamp, Gambia
- 1973
1973 postage stamp from Gambia featuring an illustration of limes and a portrait of Sir Dawda Jawara (1924-2019), the first President of Gambia.
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Dog Rose (Rosa canina) postage stamps, Czechoslovakia
- 1971
1971 postage stamp from Czechoslovakia featuring illustrations of apothecary jars and Rosa canina, commonly known as the Dog Rose or Rose Hip. Rose hips have high levels of Vitamin C, antioxidants, and fatty acids. It…
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Citrus fruit postage stamp, Suriname
- 1961
1961 postage stamp from Suriname featuring an illustration of citrus fruits. Citrus has been cultivated in Suriname dates back to the 17th century. Citrus was initially a minor crop, but it became a key export in the…
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Firecracker plant (Russelia equisetiformis) postage stamp, Niger
- 1964
1964 postage stamp from Niger featuring an illustration of a Coral bush (Russelia equisetiformis), also known as a firecrack plant. Russelia equisetiformis (firecracker plant/coral bush) is used in traditional medicine…
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Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) postage stamp,
- 1965
1965 Czechoslovakian postage stamp featuring an illustration of a Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus). Cornflower is traditionally used in herbal medicine to treat a wide range of ailments such as itching, coughs,…
- Artist Svolinský, Karel, 1896-1986
- Subject Postage stamps, Botanical illustration, Medicinal plants
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Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) postage stamp, Yugoslavian
- 1967
1967 Yugoslavian postage stamp featuring an illustration of Mountain Arnica flowers. Mountain arnica is a poisonous plant, but it has been used in herbal medicines. Extracts of mountain arnica have been studied on its…
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Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) postage stamp, Belgium
- 1949
1949, postage stamp from Belgium featuring Mountain Arnica flowers. Mountain arnica is a poisonous plant, but it has been used in herbal medicines. Extracts of mountain arnica have been studied on its effectiveness in…
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First Day Cover for Protected Plants, Poland
- 1961
First Day Cover (FDC) issued in Poland on June 14, 1961, as part of a series dedicated to Protected Plants (Rośliny Chronione). The bottom left of the envelope features an illustration of a hand sheltering a blooming…
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Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) postage stamp, Soviet Union
- 1973
1973 Soviet postage stamp featuring an illustration of Mountain Arnica flowers. Mountain arnica is a poisonous plant, but it has been used in herbal medicines. Extracts of mountain arnica have been studied for their…
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Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) postage stamp, Poland
- 1967
1967 Polish postage stamp featuring an illustration of Mountain Arnica flowers. Mountain arnica is a poisonous plant, but it has been used in herbal medicines. Extracts of mountain arnica have been studied on its…
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Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) postage stamp, Czechoslovakia
- 1965
1965 postage stamp from the Czech Republic featuring an illustration of Mountain Arnica alongside its Czech name, "Prha arnika". Mountain arnica is a poisonous plant, but it has been used in herbal medicines. Extracts…
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Coconuts (Cocos nucifera) postage stamp, Suriname
- 1961-Mar-01
1961 postage stamp from Suriname featuring an illustration of coconuts (Cocos nucifera). In Suriname, every part of the coconut is used in home remedies and holistic medicine. Tea is made from coconut husks to treat…
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Orange Mullein (Verbascum phlomoides) postage stamp, Hungary
- 1961
1961 Hungarian postage stamp featuring an illustration of orange mullein (Verbascum phlomoides). Traditionally, orange mullein flowers are used in teas or infused in oils to treat respiratory issues, reduce…
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Health spotted orchid (Orchis maculata) postage stamp, Soviet Union
- 1973
1973 stamp from the USSR featuring an illustration of a health spotted orchid (Orchis maculata). Orchids have been used as a herbal medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments such as tuberculosis, paralysis, and…
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32M 32S
Freezing, Melting, and Boiling
- Circa 1987
“Freezing, Melting, and Boiling” is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes…
