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Letter from James Franck to Georg Bredig
- 1927-Jan-01
James Franck (1882-1964) thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for his congratulations. Franck had just been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics with Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887-1975).
James Franck was a German physicist who…
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Letter from George Hevesy to Georg Bredig
- 1927-May-02
Georg von Hevesy (1885-1966) thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending him an offprint. Hevesy has recently moved and expresses his hope to catch up on the coursework that he missed over the last couple of months.
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Thank you note from Hermann Billing to Georg Bredig
- 1927-Feb-11
Thank you note from Hermann Billing (1867-1946) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Billing was a architect and a professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology with Bredig.
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Letter from H. Bechhold to Georg Bredig
- 1927-Jan-21
A short letter from Heinrich Jakob Bechhold (1866-1937) expressing his wish to see Georg Bredig (1868-1944) soon. Bechold was a German chemist most known for his work with colloids in medicine. In 1911 He became the…
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3 items
Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, February 1926
- 1926-Feb-28
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) writes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to update him on the health of fellow chemists and to reflect on how the difficult winter and economic situation has affected him.
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Thank You Card from Maria Arrhenius to Georg Bredig
- 1927
Thank you note from Maria Arrhenius (1871-1957) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for his participation in her husband, Svante Arrhenius' (1859-1927), memorial service.
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47 items
Set of Postcards depicting the Welsbach Factory in Gloucester, New Jersey
- 1890 – 1930
This set of postcards depicts the scenes from the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Lighting Company factory at Gloucester, New Jersey. Originally a set of 46 postcards, this collection is missing cards number 20 and 31. The…
- Contributor Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Employees, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Women employees, Rare earths, Machinery in the workplace, Machinery
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24 items
Reflex Inverted Gas Light Catalog
- 1890 – 1930
Welsbach aimed its Reflex line at the middle of the gas mantle market, priced below its Welco line but above its biggest selling models like the Number 4 mantle. Images in this catalog illustrate Welsbach's imagined…
- Creator Of Work Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Rare earth industry, Rare earths, Advertising, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Gas-lighting, Interior lighting, Interior lighting--Design
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Carl Auer von Welsbach Cigarette Trading Card
- 1890 – 1930
Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929) was a key figure in the history of rare earth elements. In 1885 he showed didymium was not an element, but an alloy of two elements that he named praseodymium and…
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13 items
Dyestuffs for Wood Stains
- 1900s
Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from the Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate. Contains dyeing instructions and sixty-four mounted wood…
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Exterior view of Welsbach Gas Light Company facility
- 1920s
Photographic reproduction of an artist's rendering of the Welsbach Gas Light Company site located along the Delaware River in Gloucester City, New Jersey. From 1888 to 1940, the Welsbach Gas Light Company held…
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55 items
Welsbach Gas Light Company photograph album
- 1920s
Album containing 52 black and white photographs documenting various aspects of the production process at the Welsbach Gas Light Company site located along the Delaware River in Gloucester City, New Jersey. From 1888 to…
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Portrait of Charles Holmes Herty (1867-1938)
- 1920s
Portrait of chemist and industrial consultant Charles Holmes Herty (1867-1938) best known for his contributions to the turpentine and pulp industries in the United States.
Charles Holmes Herty was born on December 4,…
- Photographer Alman & Co.
- Subject Chemists, Portraits, Chemistry, Herty, Charles H. (Charles Holmes), 1867-1938, Turpentine industry and trade
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Exterior view of Rohm and Haas home office
- After 1927-May
Street view depicting the exterior of the Rohm and Haas Company home office building located at West Washington Square in Philadelphia.
The Rohm and Haas Company was founded in 1907 in Esslingen, Germany through the…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Architecture, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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2 items
Type C medium-sized research microscope
- 1927 – 1928
This type C medium-sized research microscope was manufactured by Ernst Leitz of Wetzlar, Germany. Featuring a black enamel horseshoe-shaped base and arm, this microscope also includes a reflecting mirror, eye piece,…
- Manufacturer Ernst Leitz (Firm)
- Subject Microscopes, Ernst Leitz (Firm), Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Dr. Michael Somogyi at Washington University Medical School
- 1926-Mar-17
General view of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971) posed in front of a building on the Washington University Medical School campus. A Hungarian American professor of biochemistry at the Washington University and Jewish…
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22 items
Das Deutsche Farbenbuch
- The German Color Book
- 1923 – 1926
German publication features numerous color charts with painted color swatches from various German paint manufacturers. Book content includes backgrounds and information on purchasing colorants and paints; colors and…
- Author Trillich, Heinrich
- Publisher Heller, B.
- Subject Color, Paint, Varnish and varnishing, Varnish industry, Paint industry and trade
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Letter by Franklin Delano Roosevelt concerning the construction of polio rehabilitation facility
- 1927-Apr-08
Typewritten letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) to Julian [Goldman] detailing his plans for the creation of a polio rehabilitation facility in Warm Springs, Georgia, as well as the creation of a Patients'…
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Office of Laboratory Director at Dearborn Chemical Company
- 1927 – 1928
General view of the office of Laboratory Director Dudley Kimball French (center) at the Dearborn Chemical Company 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. The female employees visible in the…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Corporations, Women employees
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Eva Vaughn and unidentified employee at work in Dearborn Chemical Company offices
- 1927 – 1928
General view of Eva Vaughn (left) and an unidentified employee at work in an office space at the Dearborn Chemical Company 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Corporations, Women employees, Vaughn, Eva
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Employees at work in Dearborn Chemical Company offices
- 1927 – 1928
General view of male and female employees at work in an office space at the Dearborn Chemical Company 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. While the two female employees closest to the camera…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Corporations, Women employees
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Employees at work in Dearborn Chemical Company offices
- 1927 – 1928
General view of employees at work in an office at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. The employees seated at the desks are identified as John W. Brashears (left) and…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Corporations, Women employees
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Library at Dearborn Chemical Company
- 1927 – 1928
General view of employees at work in the library at the Dearborn Chemical Company 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. The male employees are identified as C.C. Dennis (left) and A.H. Reynolds…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Corporations, Women employees
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Stenographic office at Dearborn Chemical Company
- 1927 – 1928
General view of unidentified female employees at work in the stenographic office space at the Dearborn Chemical Company 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Corporations, Women employees
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Laboratory office at Dearborn Chemical Company
- 1927 – 1928
General view of the laboratory office space at the Dearborn Chemical Company 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. The employees seated at the desks are identified as A.H. Reynolds (left) and…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Corporations, Women employees
