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Gilbert Microscope Set No. 20
- 1938 – 1960
Green wooden case with textured green paper surface; label on front of case features a young boy looking through a microscope and an enlarged image of a dog flea; metal latch opens double-sided interior. 16 glass test…
- Manufacturer A.C. Gilbert Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Microscopes, A.C. Gilbert Company
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"Omega" manual breast reliever with red bulb
- After 1920 – before 1959
Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round red rubber bulb attached to one end of the glass. Stamp in black ink on red bulb reads "Ingram's/'Omega'/London."
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Manual breast pump with black bulb
- After 1920 – before 1959
Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round black rubber pump attached to one end of the glass.
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The Alchimist
- Circa 1900 – 1965
Color reproduction of a painting by Wijck from the collections of the Rijksmuseum. The alchemist, seated at his desk before the window, looks down to survey the progress of his assistant. The young boy holds up a basin…
- After Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677
- Subject Alchemists, Alchemy, Alchemy in art
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Mabex Vaporizer
- 1950s
Mabex brand pesticide vaporizer with white text and moth graphics on red, round tin. Center punched with holes on both sides of tin.
- Manufacturer The Mabex Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Black Flag Sprayer
- 1950s
Black Flag brand round metal sprayer with black text on yellow label. Small rubber cap.
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Ortho Fruit Tree Spray
- 1950s
Ortho brand pesticide bottle with black and white text on red label with fruit graphics. Red screw cap.
- Manufacturer California Chemical Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Miller's 50% DDT Wettable
- After 1937 – before 1969
Miller's brand pesticide can with black and yellow text on red, yellow, and green label. Butterfly and landscape graphics.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Black Flag Bug Killer
- 1950s
Black Flag brand pesticide bottle with black text on light green and white label with flag graphic. White screw cap with sprayer.
- Manufacturer Boyle-Midway Inc.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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DDT W-50
- After 1941 – before 1972
Pesticide can with black and white text on red, white, and green label. "De-Pester" in white text across top of can.
- Manufacturer Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Perkin-Elmer Model DSC-1 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- 1950s
Close-up view of a Perkin-Elmer Model DSC-1 Differential Scanning Calorimeter. The man posed with the instrument is unidentified.
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Calorimeters, Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Corporations, Calorimetry
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Perkin-Elmer Model 21 Infrared Spectrophotometer
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified female model demonstrating use of a Perkin-Elmer Model 21 Infrared Spectrophotometer. Notably, the Perkin-Elmer Model 21 was designed as the first linear wave-number versus transmittance…
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Perkin-Elmer stratoscope on display
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified group examining a Perkin-Elmer stratoscope, a balloon-borne astronomical telescope designed to study the turbulence and granulation in the Sun's photosphere, as well as planetary…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Telescopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Instrument manufacture, Corporations
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Richard Perkin with scientific instrument
- 1950s
General view of Perkin-Elmer Corporation co-founder and President Richard Scott Perkin (right) and an unidentified individual examining a portion of the interior of a Perkin-Elmer instrument.
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Photographer Jameson, J.R.
- Subject Perkin, Richard Scott, 1906-1969, Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Corporations
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Portrait of Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969)
- 1950s
Portrait of American entrepreneur Richard Scott Perkin (1906-1969) seated at a desk. In 1937, Richard Perkin and Charles Elmer (1872-1954) founded the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, an optical design and consulting company…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Portrait photography, Perkin, Richard Scott, 1906-1969, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Portraits, Corporations
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Model of Perkin-Elmer stratoscope
- 1950s
General view of Perkin-Elmer Corporation Vice President Thomas Fahy (right) and two unidentified individuals examining a model of a stratoscope, a balloon-borne astronomical telescope designed to study the turbulence…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Telescopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Instrument manufacture, Corporations
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APEX Electric Moth Fumigator
- 1950s
Metal pesticide fumigator, box, rope electrical cord, instructions, and record log.
A. Small, metal cup with plastic bottom, two prongs, and metal handle.
B. Blue rope electrical cord.
C. Box with red and blue text on…- Manufacturer Clean Home Products, Inc.
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Standard Mothban Moth Killer
- After 1931 – before 1969
Standard brand Mothban aerosol spray can with red, white, and blue text on white and red background with Standard brand logo. Round red cap.
- Manufacturer Standard Oil Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Triton kettle at Rohm and Hass facility in Bridesburg
- 1955-Aug
General view of a Triton kettle located in Building 26 of the Rohm and Haas Company chemical manufacturing plant in Bridesburg, a neighborhood located along the Delaware River in the Northeast section of Philadelphia,…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Machinery
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Charles Bowes Advertising Client Report on Beckman Company
- Recruiting
- 1955-Oct-24
The report of a conference between Don Straus, Roy Holm, Bob Cunningham, Bud Schuler, Chuck Bowes, and Bruce Lindeke discussing options for recruiting engineers, including targeting engineers' wives, emphasizing…
- Creator Of Work Charles Bowes Advertising, inc.
- Subject Public relations, Employees--Recruiting, Engineers--Recruiting, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Division Feedback
- Number 5
- 1955-May
This in-house publication features a story on the creation of a credit union, employee recreation, the filming of "Success Story," the company's presence at the Pittsburgh Symposium, and Lee de Forest's visit to a…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961, Employees, Credit unions, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Division Feedback
- Number 4
- 1955-Feb
This in-house publication includes a story about the filming of "Success Story," the company's new Spinco division, and the "feminine talent" in the Cables and Resistors department.
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Employees, Beckman Instruments, Inc. Spinco Division, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Women employees
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Letter from Robert B. Wolcott, Jr. to Arnold O. Beckman
- Dr. William Shockley publicity results
- 1955-Sep-30
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they established Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories as a subsidiary of Beckman Instruments, Inc. with the goal of mass producing…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Wolcott, Robert B. Jr.
- Subject Shockley, William, 1910-1989, Public relations, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Lee de Forest at Beckman Instruments in Munich, Germany
- 1955-May
In 1956, Arnold O. Beckman fêted Lee de Forest at the new Munich facility of Beckman Instruments.
Lee de Forest (1873–1961) was an inventor, most notably of Audion vacuum tubes in the early twentieth century. His…
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Program for Southern California Conference on Elimination of Air Pollution
- 1955-Nov-10
The conference was held in Los Angeles, California, and aimed to address "what has been done, is now being done, and will be done" to address California air pollution. Arnold O. Beckman, the chair of the Los Angeles…
- Creator Of Work California State Chamber of Commerce
- Subject Environmental policy, Air--Pollution
