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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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Bernie Thiegs at work in Dow Agricultural Research and Development Laboratory
- 1954
General view of chemist Bernie Thiegs working with various specimens at the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Chemical Research and Development Laboratory facilities. Per an article in the August 1941 edition of the …
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Vanadium Corporation of America Research Center pamphlet
- Circa 1954
Promotional brochure for the Vanadium Corporation of America's forthcoming research center in Cambridge, Ohio circa 1954. The brochure, which includes a map of the 30,000 square foot campus, details how the new center…
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Ac'cent makes food flavors sing
- 1948 – 1954
Advertising brochure for Ac'cent, a pure mono sodium glutamate (MSG) food additive product manufactured by the Amino Products Division of the International Minerals & Chemical Corporation.
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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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Group photograph of Perkin-Elmer Corporation employees
- Circa 1954
Group photograph of unidentified employees of the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, a manufacturer of analytical instruments, diagnostic tools, and medical imaging equipment. A copy of The Perkin-Elmer News , an in-house…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Corporations, Women employees
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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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Test shop for Perkin-Elmer spectrophotometer
- After 1954
General view of a test shop for the Perkin-Elmer Model 125 Spectrophotometer. The individuals present in the photograph are unidentified. Per contextual information accompanying the photograph, the test shop may have…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, 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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Spectrophotometer salesmen "fighting" with chairs at the Society for Applied Spectroscopy meeting
- 1954
Patterson, with the laboratory supply distributor Arthur H. Thomas Company, photographed the "slight altercation" between salesmen at the Society for Applied Spectroscopy meeting.
- Photographer Patterson, E. B.
- Subject Selling, Society for Applied Spectroscopy
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Letter from Glenn H. Joseph to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1954-Nov-26
Glenn Joseph expresses appreciation for a tour of Beckman's Fullerton plant and the gift of a pH meter themed desk set.
In the 1930s, Joseph approached Beckman for assistance measuring pH for the citrus industry. The…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Joseph, Glenn H.
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
