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Chi-Ches-Ters Menstrual Pain Relief Tablets
- 1900s
Container of "Chi-Ches-ters" menstrual pain relief tablets, manufactured by Chichester Chemical Co.
Chichester Chemical Co. also manufactured "Pennyroyal Pills," which were marketed with language that subtly indicated…
- Manufacturer Chichester Chemical Co.
- Subject Analgesics, Drugs, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Women--Health and hygiene, Menstrual products
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Kotex Wonderform Belt
- 1960s
Kotex Wonderform Belt in a purple cardboard box with a cut-out window displaying a white belt against a gold background.
- Manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Corporation
- Subject Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Menstrual products, Menstruation, Women--Health and hygiene
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Rely tampons
- 1975
Free sample box of Rely Tampons wrapped in light blue wrapping paper with white Procter and Gamble logo. Rely Tampons were made by Procter & Gamble from 1975 to 1980.
- Manufacturer Procter & Gamble Company
- Subject Tampons, Women--Health and hygiene, Procter & Gamble Company, Menstrual products, Menstruation
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Kotex sanitary belt advertisement
- 1957
1957 advertisement for a Kotex sanitary belt. The ad boasts that the belt has unbreakable clasps that won't dig into the skin compared to metal clasps.
- Creator Of Work Kimberly-Clark Corporation
- Subject Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Menstrual products, Menstruation, Women--Health and hygiene, Women in advertising, Advertising
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Rely tampons advertisement
- 1980
1980 advertisement for Rely Tampons.
- Creator Of Work Procter & Gamble Company
- Subject Tampons, Procter & Gamble Company, Women--Health and hygiene, Advertising, Menstrual products, Menstruation
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3 items
Igloo Wrap cellophane
- 1900s
Blue and red cardboard box of "Igloo Wrap Brand" cellophane wrap, manufactured by Du Pont.
- Manufacturer E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Subject E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Food--Storage, Food--Preservation, Plastic films
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14 itemsExhibitions
Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray
Select digitized items from the exhibition Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray, on view in our Hach Gallery from September 27, 2024-August 2025.
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Letter from from Clyde L. Herring to Ernst Berl, March 9, 1942
- 1942-Mar-09
Letter from Clyde L. Herring (1879-1945), U.S. Senator for Iowa and a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, thanking Ernst Berl (1877-1946) for sending a letter and article regarding explosions of ordnance plants.…
- Author Herring, Clyde L. (Clyde LaVerne), 1879-1945, United States. Department of State
- Addressee Berl, Ernst, 1877-1946
- Subject Berl, Ernst, 1877-1946, Knudsen, William S., 1879-1948, Herring, Clyde L. (Clyde LaVerne), 1879-1945, United States. Congress. Senate, World War (1939-1945), United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
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Lysol advertisement
- One Neglect Than Can Be Stronger Than Love ...
- 1949
1949 advertisement for Lysol, with the slogan For complete Feminine Hygiene rely on...
"Lysol." The ad suggests that women should use Lysol as a vaginal douche to keep themselves clean and desirable for their husbands.… -
Letter from Ernst Berl to H. H. Jacobs, October 2, 1944
- 1944-Oct-02
Letter from Ernst Berl (1877-1946) to H. H. Jacobs, the chairman of the Patent Office Defense Committee. Berl asks if the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey would want information on secret patent applications (by Berl…
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Letter from the National Inventors Council to Ernst Berl, August 9, 1944
- 1944-Aug-09
Letter from J. C. Green, the acting chief engineer of the National Inventors Council, to Ernst Berl (1877-1946). Green informs Berl that appropriate personnel will look into Berl's process of turning plant matter into…
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Ernst Berl's Application for Federal Employment, 1942
- 1942-Nov-30
Ernst Berl's (1877-1946) application for federal employment, completed November 30, 1942, while Berl was living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Contributor Berl, Ernst, 1877-1946
- Creator Of Work United States Civil Service Commission
- Subject Berl, Ernst, 1877-1946, United States Civil Service Commission, Civil service--Officials and employees
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Letter from Ernst Berl to Colonel E. W. Gruhn, September 20, 1943
- 1943-Sep-20
Ernst Berl (1877-1946) answers E. W. Gruhn, deputy director of intelligence of the United States War Department, questions regarding his age, citizenship status, and willingness to serve overseas. Berl also writes an…
- Addressee United States. War Department, Gruhn, E. W.
- Author Berl, Ernst, 1877-1946
- Subject Berl, Ernst, 1877-1946, Gruhn, E. W., United States. War Department
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Letter from E. W. Gruhn to Ernst Berl, September 15, 1943
- 1943-Sep-15
Letter from E. W. Gruhn, deputy director of intelligence of the United States War Department, to Ernst Berl (1877-1946). Gruhn asks Berl to answer a series of questions regarding his age, citizenship status, and…
- Addressee Berl, Ernst, 1877-1946
- Author Gruhn, E. W., United States. War Department
- Subject Berl, Ernst, 1877-1946, Gruhn, E. W., United States. War Department
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Notification of Personnel Action regarding Ernst Berl, February 4, 1944
- 1944-Feb-04
Document notifying Ernst Berl (1877-1946) that he has been transferred from Expert Consultant to the Army Services Force, Intelligence Division, to Expert Consultant, Office of the Chief of Staff.
- Creator Of Work United States. War Department
- Subject Berl, Ernst, 1877-1946, Civil service positions
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Men at the site of Project Gasbuggy
- 1968-Oct
Black and white photograph of five individuals at the site of Project Gasbuggy. Louis H. Hempelmann (1914-1993), the chairman of the Department of Radiology at the University of Rochester, is pictured in the front row…
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Memorandum and account book belonging to Charles A. Ronne
- 1879-Nov – 1880-Mar
Memorandum and account book belonging to Charles A. Ronne. The majority of the pages are blank. Ten pages contain a record of Ronne's expenses from November 1879 through March 1880. After a break of several pages, there…
- Creator Of Work Ronne, Charles A.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Antidotes, Chemistry, Home economics, Metals--Analysis, Ronne, Charles A.
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Memorandum and account book belonging to Charles A. Ronne
This collection consists of a single item: a memorandum and account book belonging to Charles A. Ronne, which is digitized here.
Ronne's writings reveal that he worked in gold smelts and brass analyses and also taught…
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Atomic Energy Committee names Plowshare Advisory Committee
- 1959-Nov-12
Press release from the United States Atomic Energy Committee (AEC), identifying the 12 members of the Plowshare Advisory Committee. The Plowshare Advisory Committee was formed to advise the AEC on Project Plowshare, its…
- Creator Of Work U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject Project Plowshare (U.S.), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, English, Spofford Grady, 1915-1981, Abelson, Philip Hauge, 1913-2004, Bascom, Willard, Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993, Hempelmann, Louis H., Libby, Willard F., Lovelace, W. Randolph, II (William Randolph), 1907-1965, McLaughlin, Donald H. (Donald Hamilton), 1891-1984, Rutledge, P. C. (Philip Casteen), Sears, Paul B. (Paul Bigelow), 1891-1990, Wilson, Robert E. (Robert Erastus), 1893-1964, Wolman, Abel, 1892-1989
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Plowshare Advisory Committee at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- 1968-Nov
Photograph of the Plowshare Advisory Committee at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 1968.
Project Plowshare was the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) effort to develop peacetime uses for nuclear explosives.
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Plowshare Advisory Committee Meeting, November 1965
- 1965-Nov
Black and white photograph of members of the Plowshare Advisory Committee meeting around a table in Las Vegas Nevada, November 1965. The name of each person in the image is written on the back of the photograph.
…- Subject Project Plowshare (U.S.), Johnson, Gerald Woodrow, 1917-2005, McLaughlin, Donald H. (Donald Hamilton), 1891-1984, Hempelmann, Louis H., Sears, Paul B. (Paul Bigelow), 1891-1990, Rutledge, P. C. (Philip Casteen), Bascom, Willard, Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993, English, Spofford Grady, 1915-1981, Lovelace, W. Randolph, II (William Randolph), 1907-1965, Latter, Richard, 1923-1999, Higgins, G. H. (Gary Hoyt), 1927-2002
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Project Gasbuggy experiment site map
- Test Site Area
- 1968
Map of the Project Gasbuggy test site area, located in New Mexico, and environs.
Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Department of the Interior, and the El…
- Subject Project Gasbuggy (U.S.), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Project Plowshare (U.S.), United States. Department of the Interior, Underground nuclear explosions, Nuclear excavation, Natural gas, Carson National Forest (N.M.), Four Corners Region, Jicarilla Indian Reservation (N.M.)
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Ditch created by Project Gasbuggy
- 1968-Mar-12
Photograph of a ditch created by a test explosion at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site on March 12, 1968. The test was conducted as part of the Gasbuggy (erroneously identified as "Project Buggy" in the…
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Project Gasbuggy Experiment Site
- Circa 1967
Black and white photograph of the Project Gasbuggy experiment site. Aerial view shows rig and drilling in progress.
Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the…
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Gasbuggy Emplacement Hole
- 1968
Black and white photograph of the Signal Drilling Company rig that bored the device emplacement hole for Project Gasbuggy. Also shows the first test hole drilled at the site.
Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by…
