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Black Flag Aerosol Insect Killer
- 1950s
Black Flag brand insecticide can with red, black, and white text on green, red, and black label with flag graphic.
- Manufacturer Boyle-Midway Inc.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Fly Jinx Insect Spray
- 1950 – 1972
Fly Jinx brand insecticide can with blue, red, and yellow text on blue, yellow, and red label with female graphic.
- Manufacturer Claire Manufacturing Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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There are at least 8 ways Beckman pH control saves money, saves time, saves waste in textile operations!
- Circa 1950
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…
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Beckman Facilities, Germany
- After 1953
Beckman Instruments, GmbH, the first overseas subsidiary of Beckman Instruments, was established in Munich, Germany in 1953.
- Subject Buildings, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Operating Instructions and Technical Information, Model D2 Oxygen Analyzer
- Bulletin 202-C
- 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,…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Dow Chemical Company sign at South Power Station
- 1950-Sep-12
Close-up view of a newly-installed reproduction of the Dow Chemical Company's diamond emblem on the roof of the South Power Station at the Company's headquarters in Midland, Michigan. An unidentified Power Division…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Branding (Marketing), Emblems, Industries, Electric signs, Dow Chemical Company, Employees
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Donald Stevens operating sheet-making equipment at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
Close-up view of laboratory operator Donald Stevens using a press to remove water from a sheet of so-called "chemical cotton," i.e. purified cellulose obtained from raw cotton linters, manufactured in the Cellulose…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery, Stevens, Donald
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John Coleman operating roll rewinder at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
General view of back tender John Coleman operating a roll rewinder in the Cellulose Department at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the roll rewinder was…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery, Coleman, John
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Percy L. Bell analyzing viscose solutions at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
Close-up view of laboratory operator Percy L. Bell checking the composition of viscose solutions produced in the Cellulose Department at the Hercules Powder Company plant located in Hopewell, Virginia. The viscose…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Laboratories, Bell, Percy L.
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Control test at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
General view of laboratory operator Donald R. Stevens checking the filtration characteristics of viscose solutions produced in the Cellulose Department at the Hercules Powder Company plant located in Hopewell, Virginia.…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Viscosity, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Continuous digester system for Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1953-Apr
Artist's rendering of the continuous digester system used at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The continuous digester system was likely used to process cellulosic fibrous materials, such as…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose
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Production of cellulose gum at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
General view of the production of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Also known as cellulose gum or tylose powder, CMC is a cellulose derivative commonly used as a…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Fourdrinier machine in use at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
Close-up view of a Fourdrinier machine in use at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, this Fourdrinier machine was used to dewater sheets of so-called…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Leroy Brown and John Williams operating automatic banding machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
General view of Leroy Brown and John Williams operating an automatic banding machine in the Cellulose Department at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, African American men, Machinery, Brown, Leroy, Williams, John
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Timothy R. Curley operating lift truck at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
General view of Timothy R. Curley operating a lift truck to move bales of cotton linters at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. At the Hopewell plant, raw cotton linters (short fiber residues left…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Forklift trucks, African American men, Warehouses, Curley, Timothy R.
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Paul F. Brown operating bale breaking machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
Two views of employee Paul F. Brown feeding raw cotton linters (short fiber residues left on the cottonseed after the longer staple, aka the "lint" fibers, are removed by ginning) into a bale breaking machine in the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Polymers, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, African American men, Machinery, Brown, Paul F.
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Extruder at Hercules Parlin plant
- 1951-May-01
Retouched photograph with a general view of an extruder used at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. Extruders were commonly used to process and shape a variety of raw materials produced at the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Bussa Studio
- Subject Chemical industry, Extrusion process, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Calcium Chloride: the Ever Thirsty Chemical
- 1950-Jun-17
Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company marketed for use stabilizing road surfaces and as an efficient means of moisture control. The advertisement features a collection of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Humectants, Corporations, Advertising, Humidity--Control, Calcium chloride
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NYLON... and the Jantzen magic touch!
- 1950s
Color advertisement from Jantzen Knitting Mills, Inc. in Portland, Oregon for a Jantzen swimsuit. The ad features a young woman wearing a strapless light blue one-piece swimsuit. In the background, a young man wearing…
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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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Food Processing...in Grandmother's Time
- 1951
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company featuring a farm scene centered upon a woman stirring a large cauldron over a fire. The accompanying text details the use of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide)…
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Ever Try Washing a Stream of Oil?
- 1952
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company detailing the use of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) manufactured and sold by Dow to refine petroleum.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Sodium hydroxide, Petroleum industry and trade, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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Detergents "Sink the Fleet" - But Speed the Wash
- 1951
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a young boy pouring powdered detergent into a small pool. A woman holding a basket of laundry is visible in the background. The accompanying text details…
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Now...Water as Soft as Rain Right Out of Your Faucet!
- 1953-May-30
Black and white print advertisement for Dowex, a high-capacity resin manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in water softeners. This advertisement appeared on page 56 of the May 30, 1953 edition of Th…
