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Quarry Show exhibit boards (1954)
- 1954
Two photographs depicting Hercules Powder Company exhibit boards displayed at a 1954 Quarry Show.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.)…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Explosives, Explosives industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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American Mining Congress (1954)
- 1954-Sep-30
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1954 American Mining Congress meeting held in San Francisco.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Moulin Studios
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Explosives, Explosives industry, Mineral industries, Mines and mineral resources
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Heat...Without Pressure...and the Cooking is Great!
- Advertisement for Dowtherm
- 1951
Color print advertisement for Dowtherm, a heat transfer fluid manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a man relaxing in a hammock with a plate of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Temperature, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Heat
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"I've Got a Girl in Every Port..."
- Advertisement for Dow Magnesium
- 1952-Aug-18
Print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a man holding a dictating machine made from magnesium, with accompanying…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade
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The Case of the Missing Ring
- Advertisement for Dow Chemicals
- 1951
Color print advertisement for ion exchange resins manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for water purification and other uses. The advertisement depicts a mother and son peering into a bathtub. The…
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The Chicken is First!
- 1951
Color print advertisement for synthetic methionine and other amino acids manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in pharmaceuticals and medical and nutritional research. The advertisement features an…
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A 'Scientist' in His Own Right!
- 1951
Color print advertisement for synthetic methionine and other amino acids manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in pharmaceuticals and medical and nutritional research. The advertisement features an…
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Earthenware mid-century domed leech jar
- Circa 1950
Leeches have been used in medicine since ancient times. During the Victorian era, French physician Francois-Joseph-Victor Broussais sparked a boom in the leech trade with his popular theory that diet, bloodletting, and…
- Subject Leeches, Phlebotomy, Apothecary jars
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Paper urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
Paper urine sugar comparator is labeled "Somogyi urine sugar test." This screening device is used to determine glucose levels in urine, which may be an indicator of diabetes.
Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971) was a…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment, Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971
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Urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
Used for the qualitative color comparison of urine samples, this urine sugar caparator consists of a wooden holder with holes along the top for holding test tubes next to the color indicators. The printed scale ranges…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment, Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971
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Urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
This plastic comparator for the Somogyi Method Urine sugar test likely belonged to Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971). Contains yellow printing with a fabric case. This screening device is used to determine glucose levels…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971, Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment
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Urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
This plastic comparator for the Somogyi Method Urine sugar test is possibly an early or prototype version since it contains no printing. This screening device is used to determine glucose levels in urine, which may be…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971, Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment
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Sir Robert Robinson and Robert Burns Woodward at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1951
Color photograph of British organic chemist and Nobel laureate Sir Robert Robinson (1886-1975) and American organic chemist and Nobel laureate Robert Burns Woodward (1917-1979) posed in front of a chalkboard at the…
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Sir Robert Robinson at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1951
Color photograph of British organic chemist and Nobel laureate Sir Robert Robinson (1886-1975) posed in front of a chalkboard at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Per notations accompanying the…
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Sir Robert Robinson in office at Oxford
- 1953
Color photograph of British organic chemist and Nobel laureate Sir Robert Robinson (1886-1975) in his office at Oxford University.
- Photographer Roberts, John D., 1918-2016
- Subject Robinson, Robert, 1886-1975, Chemists, Chemistry, Organic, Nobel Prize winners
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Charles C. Price in classroom
- 1950s
General view of American chemist Charles C. Price lecturing in front of a blackboard. This photograph was likely taken at the University of Notre Dame, where he served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of…
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Charles C. Price in laboratory
- 1950s
General view of American chemist Charles C. Price in a laboratory with various scientific apparatus. This photograph was likely taken at the University of Notre Dame, where he served as Professor and Chairman of the…
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Charles C. Price with molecular model
- 1950s
Black and white photograph of American chemist Charles C. Price (1913-2001) examining a molecular model while seated at a desk. This photograph was likely taken in Price's office at the University of Notre Dame, where…
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Charles C. Price in laboratory
- 1950s
Black and white photography of American chemist Charles C. Price (1913-2001) standing in a laboratory adjusting a scientific apparatus. This photograph was likely taken at the University of Notre Dame, where he served…
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Charles Price in the chemistry laboratory at Notre Dame
- 1950s
Black and white photograph of American chemist Charles C. Price (1913-2001) standing in a laboratory with various scientific apparatus. This photograph was likely taken at the University of Notre Dame, where he served…
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Indiana Governor Henry Schricker and Congressional Candidate Charles C. Price
- 1952-Aug
Black and white photograph of Indiana Governor Henry Schricker (left) shaking the hand of Congressional Candidate Charles C. Price. An American chemist best known as a pioneer of polymer science and inventor of…
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Mexican postage stamp commemorating the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (25th anniversary)
- 1951
Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México (the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico) on January 1, 1936. Established during the…
- Creator Of Work Mexico. Dirección General de Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores
- Subject Commemorative postage stamps, Mexico, Postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico), Women in science, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Science--Study and teaching
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That Soft, Velvety Feel Tells You it's Saran Wrap
- 1953
Promotional booklet for Dow Chemical Company's Saran Wrap product includes a history of Dow, the manufacturing process for Saran Wrap along with household and commercial uses of Saran Wrap.
- Publisher Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Consumer goods, Marketing, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade
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Postcard for General Dyestuff Corporation of the General Aniline & Film Corporation with woman using dye bath
- Circa 1953
Postcard produced by the General Dyestuff Corporation, a sales division of the General Aniline & Film Corporation, depicting a woman using a dye bath. Colorful strands of fabric dyed various colors are draped above the…
- Creator Of Work General Aniline & Film Corporation
- Publisher Dexter Press, Inc.
- Subject General Dyestuff Corporation, General Aniline & Film Corporation, Dyes and dyeing, Dye industry, Postcards, Printed ephemera
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Atomic bomb instruction card
- 1950
Informational card printed by the United States government outlines what to do before, during and after the detonation of a nuclear bomb with the verso explaining the effects of an atomic bombing.
The aftermath of…
