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Make the most from your cotton acreage this year
- Part of 1951 Hercules Advertisements
- 1951
Advertisement for toxaphene dusts/sprays depicts farmers with sacks labeled seed, fertilizer and insecticide.
Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was a synthetic organic insecticide…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Puts Punch in your fly sprays
- Part of 1951 Hercules Advertisements
- 1951
Advertisement for thanite DDT insecticide spray depicts a fly killed by the effects of the spray.
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 Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, DDT (Insecticide), Corporations, Naval stores, Thanite, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Chemical "Safety Screen" for Tender Skin
- Circa 1951
Color print advertisement for propylene glycol, U.S.P. manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use as a solvent in sun tan lotions, cold creams, and other medicinal products. The advertisement features an…
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94 items
Daily memos documenting human resources activities at National Technical Laboratories
- 1950-Dec-26 – 1951-Aug-07
These internal memos document a year's worth of human resources and other personnel decisions made at National Technical Laboratories, the precursor to Beckman Instruments. Some entries may have been written by Arnold…
- Creator Of Work Beckman, Arnold O., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Diaries, Personnel management, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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6 items
Draft of Instructions for Modified OM-1 Beckman Portable Oxygen Meter
- 1950s
This draft document includes extensive annotations; the stylistic and technical changes are reflected in a later version.
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’…
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Portrait of Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975)
- 1950s
Portrait of Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), African American research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.
Percy Lavon Julian was born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 11, 1899…
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Chase's Products New Insect Bomb
- After 1927 – before 1972
Chase's brand insecticide aerosol spray can with black and white text on black, white, and yellow label. Round red cap.
- Manufacturer Chase Products Co.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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4 items
Black Flag House and Garden Insect Spray
- After 1950 – before 1970
Black Flag brand insecticide aerosol spray can with black, green, and white text on yellow, white, and black label with insect and flag graphics. Round white cap.
- Manufacturer Boyle-Midway Inc.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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2 items
Shell Tox Aerosol Insecticide
- After 1941 – before 1967
Shell brand insecticide aerosol spray can with red and white text on red, gold, and white label with shell and insect graphic.
- Manufacturer Shell Oil Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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4 items
Standard Aerosol Insect Killer
- After 1870 – before 1972
Standard brand pesticide spray can with red and blue text on red, white, and blue label. Standard logo. Round red cap.
- Manufacturer Standard Oil Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Fly-Tox Aerosol Insect Bomb
- 1950 – 1972
Fly-Tox brand insecticide aerosol spray with blue and white text on yellow, white, and blue label with dust cloud graphic and blue lid.
- Manufacturer Rex Research Corporation
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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3 items
FlyDed Aerosol Insect Killer
- 1950 – 1972
FlyDed brand insecticide can with white (with blue borders) and black text on bright orange label with insect graphic and white metal lid.
- Manufacturer Boyle-Midway Inc.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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2 items
Fly-Go Insect Spray
- 1950 – 1972
Fly-Go brand insecticide can with blue, red, and yellow text on yellow and blue label with female graphic.
- Manufacturer Claire Manufacturing Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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4 items
Gulfspray Aerosol Bomb
- 1950 – 1972
Gulf brand insecticide can with blue, white, and red text on blue and white label.
- Manufacturer Gulf Oil Corporation
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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3 items
Elkays Aerosol Insect Killer
- 1950 – 1972
Elkays brand insecticide can with white text on red and blue label.
- Manufacturer Rexall Drug Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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4 items
Bolt Aerosol Insecticide
- 1950 – 1972
Bolt brand insecticide can with red, blue, and yellow label and blue and yellow text with lightning, cloud, and insect graphic.
- Manufacturer Spray Maid Products Co.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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2 items
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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Standard Aerosol Insect Killer
- 1950 – 1972
Standard brand insecticide can with red and white label and red and blue text with torch and insect graphics.
- Manufacturer Standard Oil Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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3 items
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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8 items
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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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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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
