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Moore filters at Dow Chemical Company plant
- 1950s
Overhead view of the Moore filters used to filter magnesium hydrate slurry at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Freeport, Texas.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Filters and filtration
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Moore filters at Dow Chemical Company plant
- 1950s
General view of Moore filters used to process magnesium hydrate at the Dow Chemical Company's plant located in Freeport, Texas.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Filters and filtration
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Caustic soda evaporators at Dow Chemical Company plant
- 1950s
General view of the caustic soda evaporators at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Freeport, Texas. Also known as sodium hydroxide, caustic soda was commonly used to produce ethyl cellulose per the process…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Sodium hydroxide, Industries, Ethylcellulose, Dow Chemical Company
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Sea water intake at Dow Chemical Company plant
- 1950s
General view of the sea water intake apparatus at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Freeport, Texas. Dow commonly processed sea water to obtain magnesium, the world's lightest structural metal.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Magnesium industry and trade, Seawater
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Dow Chemical Company Styrene plant
- 1950s
General view of the exterior of a section of the Dow Chemical Company's Styrene plant located in Freeport, Texas. An organic compound derived from benzene, styrene is a precursor to polystyrene and was popularized in…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Styrene
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Saran film manufacturing at Dow Chemical Company
- 1955
General view of the manufacturing of saran film at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, saran film was trimmed and wound into so-called inventory rolls, such as those visible in the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Saran bubble at Dow Chemical Company
- 1955
General view of an unidentified employee handling a saran bubble as it is extruded from a machine during the production of saran film at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, the film…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Saran Wrap plant at Dow Chemical Company
- 1955
General view of the assembly of rolls of Saran Wrap at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during World War II, saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Dow Chemical Company facilities in Midland, Michigan
- 1955
General exterior view of a section of the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Midland, Michigan.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Industries, Dow Chemical Company
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Dow Chemical Company Demineralization plant
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified employee at work in the Dow Chemical Company's Demineralization plant located in Midland, Michigan. In industrial applications, demineralization commonly refers to the process of removing…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Industries, Dow Chemical Company
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Shipping tanks at Dow Chemical Company
- 1950s
General view of assorted shipping tanks in the rail yard at a Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Industries, Dow Chemical Company
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Dow Chemical Company Latex plant
- 1950s
Exterior view of a section of the Dow Chemical Company's Latex plant located in Midland, Michigan. In concert with Dow facilities in Freeport, Texas, the Midland plant produced a range of latex coatings materials for…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Shetzley, Bill
- Subject Chemical industry, Industries, Latex, Dow Chemical Company
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Weather-O-Meter in Dow Coatings Technical Service department
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified employee using an Atlas Weather-O-Meter in the Dow Chemical Company's Coatings Technical Service department, which developed a range of materials used to improve the performance of paints…
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Dow Chemical Company Glycol plant
- 1950s
General view of the interior of a section of the Dow Chemical Company Glycol plant located in Midland, Michigan.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Industries, Glycols, Dow Chemical Company, Machinery
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Magnesium production at Dow Chemical Company
- 1950s
General view of the production of magnesium sheets at a Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. As visible in the photograph, magnesium sheets were cold-rolled on mills during production, while hot mills served…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company
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Power house at Dow Chemical Company
- 1950s
Interior view of a section of the South Side Power House at a Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Dow Chemical Company, Power-plants
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Power house at Dow Chemical Company
- 1950s
Interior view of a section of the South Side Power House at a Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan, showing a control panel and two unidentified employees.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Dow Chemical Company, Control boards (Electrical engineering), Power-plants
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Dow Chemical Company Chlorobenzene Plant
- 1950s
General view of a section of the Dow Chemical Company's Chlorobenzene Plant located in Midland, Michigan. Chlorobenzene is commonly used to produce pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, plastics, glazing materials,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chlorobenzene, Industries, Dow Chemical Company
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Dow Chemical Company main office
- 1950s
Exterior view of the main office building at the Dow Chemical Company's headquarters in Midland, Michigan.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company
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Dow Chemical Company lead arsenate plant
- 1950s
Interior view of the Dow Chemical Company's lead arsenate plant with partial view of industrial machinery and barrels used for storage and transport. An inorganic pesticide, lead arsenate was first used to combat gypsy…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Factories, Pesticides industry, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Pesticides, Lead arsenate
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Roger Monroe in Aromatics Laboratory at Dow Chemical Company
- Circa 1955
General view of chemist Roger Monroe working with a still in the Dow Chemical Company's Bush Aromatics Research Department.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Aromaticity (Chemistry), Glassware, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Monroe, Roger
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Biological Chemical Laboratory at Dow Chemical Company
- 1955
General view of an unidentified employee weighing a rabbit in the Dow Chemical Company's Biological Chemical Laboratory. Several rows of pens containing other rabbits are visible in the background. The laboratory…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Biochemistry, Laboratory animals
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Beckman Model D2 oxygen analyzer with cord and bulb
- 1950s
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
- Photographer Hesketh, Dean D.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Model D2 oxygen analyzer
- 1950s
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…
- Photographer Armstrong & Hess
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Research pH meter with Micro Blood pH Assembly and Thermomatic
- 1950 – 1969
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…
