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Put An End to Road Dust
- 1926-May-29
Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company, with view of a tree-lined residential street and unpaved road. Patented on February 17, 1925, Dowflake was marketed for use to control…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Dust control, Roads--Maintenance and repair, Calcium chloride
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Aluminum necklace
- 1900s
Round silver aluminum necklace consisting of numerous triangular shaped pieces arranged in an overlapping pattern; hook and eye clasp are attached via thread to the main body of the necklace.
- Subject Aluminum, Jewelry, Electrochemistry
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FlyDed Insect Spray
- After 1927 – before 1959
Pesticide bottle with blue and white text on orange, blue, and white label. Insect graphics. Red screw cap.
- Manufacturer Boyle-Midway Inc.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Pleasant Driving on Roads Maintained with Dowflake
- 1927-May-07
Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company marketed for use to control dust on unpaved roads and parking lots, as well as a roadway deicer. The advertisement details the nuisance…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Dust control, Roads--Maintenance and repair, Calcium chloride
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Pleasant driving on roads maintained with Dowflake
- 1927-Apr-16
Print advertisement for Dowflake depicts a photographic reproduction of a car driving down a dirt road with trees and a body of water in the distance. Patented on February 17, 1925, Dowflake was marketed for use to…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Roads--Maintenance and repair, Dow Chemical Company, Roads--Dust control, Advertising, Calcium chloride
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Dustless Roads Are Better Roads
- 1927-May-28
Print advertisement for Dowflake features two illustrations of country dirt roads with a description of the effectiveness of Dowflake. The bottom illustration depicts a crossroad with two automobiles traversing past the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Roads--Maintenance and repair, Dow Chemical Company, Roads--Dust control, Advertising, Calcium chloride, Chemical industry
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Dowflake prevents dust
- 1927-Jun-18
Print advertisement for Dowflake depicts a sack of Dowflake above a residential street scene with cars and a pedestrian traversing a dirt road past houses. The paragraph accompanying the illustration discusses…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Roads--Maintenance and repair, Dow Chemical Company, Roads--Dust control, Advertising, Calcium chloride, Chemical industry
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How To Control Dust
- 1926
Promotional brochure used to advertise Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company marketed for use to control dust on unpaved roads and parking lots. The brochure details the nuisance of dust…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Printer Sun Press
- Subject Roads--Maintenance and repair, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Calcium chloride, Chemical industry, Dust control
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How to Apply Dowflake
- The Dow Chemical Company, Circular No. 7, 1926
- 1926
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Calcium chloride
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Portrait of Dr. Arthur A. Noyes (1866-1936)
- 1927-Dec-12
Portrait of Dr. Arthur A. Noyes (1866-1936) posed in the doorway of the Chemical Library of the Gates Chemical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Per notations accompanying the…
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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man in profile
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the profile of an unidentified man; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the back.
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the portrait of an unidentified man looking forward; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the…
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
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Right-side electronic configuration series table symmetrical about a horizontal line
- 1926 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements designed as a right-side electronic configuration series table symmetrical about a horizontal line. This table was originated by Italian chemists Luigi…
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Periodic table in the style of spiral with varying sizes of revolutions
- 1926 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of a spiral with varying sizes of revolutions. This table was originated by C.J. Monroe and W.D. Turner in 1926 and classified by chemist…
- Creator Of Work Mazurs, Edward G.
- Subject Scientific illustration, Periodic table of the elements, Periodic law, Chemical elements
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Symmetrical series table constructed as a quadrangle
- 1926 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements in the style of a symmetrical series table constructed as a quadrangle. This type of table was originated by Estonian-born German chemist Andreas von…
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Series table of representative elements with supplementary tabulations for transitional and rare earth elements
- 1927 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements consisting of a series table of representative elements with supplementary tabulations for transitional and rare earth elements. These tables were…
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Alchemist seated in his laboratory
- Circa 1887 – circa 1963
The alchemist sits, stirring the contents of a crucible, as he carefully watches the progress of a distillation experiment. He is surrounded by alchemical apparatus, glassware, and open books. An hourglass at his side…
- Artist Reich, Adolf, 1887-1963
- Subject Alchemists, Reich, Adolf, 1887-1963, Alchemy in art, Alchemy
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Bayer Orange Flavoured Children's Chewable Aspirin Bottle
- 1910 – 2007
- 1988
Small glass Bayer orange flavoured children's chewable aspirin bottle with pink plastic cap, 36 tablet size.
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Bayer Flavoured Children's Size Aspirin Bottle
- 1910 – 2007
Small glass Bayer flavoured children's size aspirin bottle with pink plastic cap, 36 tablet size, containing pink tablets.
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Can of Hopkins Rajah hair dye
- 1914 – 1967
Tin container of powdered henna pigment manufactured by S. B. Penick & Company. Henna is a dye prepared from the plant Lawsonia inermis, also known as the henna or mignonette tree. Whole henna leaves must be dried and…
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DuPont Pyralin travel vanity set
- 1910 – 1940
Irregularly-shaped wooden box with blue and off-white synthetic coatings; box is secured with two steel snap fasteners; top opens upward and is held upright with a cloth ribbon on the left side; top and bottom of box…
- Manufacturer E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Subject Plastics, Celluloid, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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Bureau of Chemistry Dust Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee utilizing an apparatus in the Bureau of Chemistry's Dust Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Development Work, the Dust Laboratory conducted research into the…
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Bureau of Chemistry Protein Investigation Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
General view of employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Protein Investigation Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Protein…
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Bureau of Chemistry Pharmacognosy Laboratory
- 1914 – before 1928
General view of a female employee analyzing unidentified substances in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the…
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Bureau of Chemistry Pharmacognosy Laboratory
- 1914 – before 1928
General view of employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the manufacture and distribution of crude…
