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Trade Card for the Antikamnia Chemical Company's pain relief product with nun
- Circa 1898
Trade card depicts a woman dressed as a nun with complete habit gazing toward the upper right corner which contains a crescent moon with the letters AK in the center of the circular ring. Verso of the card features an…
- Publisher Antikamnia Chemical Company
- Subject Antikamnia Chemical Company, Advertising cards, Advertising, Printed ephemera
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Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms with boy sailing
- Circa 1890
Trade card for waterproof celluloid collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms depicts a boy sailing on a cuff, demonstrating their waterproof appeal. Verso includes an advertisement for celluloid products along with advice for…
- Publisher Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
- Subject Celluloid, Printed ephemera, Advertising cards, Advertising
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Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms with magician
- Circa 1890
Trade card for waterproof celluloid collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms depicts a magician pulling a celluloid cuff out of a bowl of water, demonstrating their waterproof appeal. He also wears a celluloid cuff as a hat.…
- Printer Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
- Subject Celluloid, Magicians, Magic tricks, Advertising cards, Advertising, Printed ephemera
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Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms with boy sailing
- Circa 1890
Trade card for waterproof celluloid collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms depicts a boy sailing on a cuff, demonstrating their waterproof appeal. Verso includes an advertisement for celluloid products along with advice for…
- Publisher Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
- Subject Celluloid, Printed ephemera, Advertising, Advertising cards
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Civil War envelope portraying Abraham Lincoln as a chemist
- 1861 – 1865
This envelope, produced during the American Civil War, features a patriotic Union theme with President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) portrayed as a pharmacist, chemist or alchemist stirring a receptacle titled "Pure…
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Trade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with lion chase in Africa
- 1903
Entitled "Afrique. Chasse au Lion," illustrated trade card depicts hunters chasing a lion in the African wilderness. A hunter on horseback wears a turban and aims a gun at a lion that is standing upon another hunter.…
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Trade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with crocodile chase in Egypt
- 1903
Entitled "Egypte. Chasse au Crocodile," illustrated trade card depicts men hunting a crocodile in the Egyptian wilderness. The imagery could be referencing European adventurer Sir Henry Morton Stanley's 1887 visit to…
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Postcard for General Dyestuff Corporation of the General Aniline & Film Corporation with woman using dye bath
- Circa 1953
Postcard produced by the General Dyestuff Corporation, a sales division of the General Aniline & Film Corporation, depicting a woman using a dye bath. Colorful strands of fabric dyed various colors are draped above the…
- Creator Of Work General Aniline & Film Corporation
- Publisher Dexter Press, Inc.
- Subject General Dyestuff Corporation, General Aniline & Film Corporation, Dyes and dyeing, Dye industry, Postcards, Printed ephemera
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Trade card for William H. Read, Sole Agent for Celluloid Cuffs and Collars with girl and cat
- Circa 1890
Trade card for William H. Read, sole agent for celluloid cuffs and collars, depicts a young girl holding a cat. Card is also stamped "Read's 3-minute headache cure" and "Read's grand duchess cologne." Verso is an ad for…
- Subject Celluloid, Printed ephemera, Advertising cards, Advertising
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Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars and cuffs with German Empire and postman
- Circa 1888
Trade card for waterproof celluloid collars and cuffs depicts a mailman holding a celluloid trademark card standing on a map of the German Empire. The flag of the German Empire is visible in the lower right hand corner…
- Printer Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
- Subject Germany, Advertising cards, Advertising, Printed ephemera, Celluloid
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Atomic bomb instruction card
- 1950
Informational card printed by the United States government outlines what to do before, during and after the detonation of a nuclear bomb with the verso explaining the effects of an atomic bombing.
The aftermath of…
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What makes a rose a rose or an eye an eye?
- 1961
Color print advertisement for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Image depicts a rose on the left, a blue eye on the right, and a multi-colored chemical model in the center of the page. The accompanying…
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Du Pont Amber Pyralin advertisement with bride
- 1921
Color printed advertisement for Amber Pyralin, a brand name for Du Pont celluloid, depicts a bride holding a bouquet of flowers. An image of a brush, comb and mirror made with amber pyralin is depicted in the lower half…
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If Mothers were Chemists Luden's Menthol Cough Drops advertisement
- Circa 1930
Black and white printed advertisement for Luden's Menthol Cough Drops depicts a woman and scientific glassware. The woman represents a mother, who is using chemistry to identify the ingredients of these cough drops. …
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Exploring a New Universe
- RCA Electronics in Action
- 1943
Print advertisement for an electron microscope and other electronics manufactured and sold by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for various scientific and industrial applications. The advertisement features an…
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Bacteria Bigger than a Terrier
- Electron microscope, perfected at RCA Laboratories, reveals hitherto hidden facts about the structure of bacteria
- 1948
Black and white print advertisement for an electron microscope manufactured and sold by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for various scientific and industrial applications. The advertisement features a…
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Trade card for Cubes de Bouillon Oxo with August Wilhelm von Hofmann
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892) at the inauguration of the School of Chemistry in London in 1846, of which Hofmann served as the first director. Men stand at a table…
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Trade card for Bouillon Oxo en Flacons [Bouillon Oxo in Bottles] with Justus von Liebig in Giessen in 1840
- 1929
Illustrated trade card depicts German chemist Justus von Liebig's (1803-1873) laboratory in Giessen in 1840. The trade card also features an inset bust of Liebig. Verso includes an advertisement for Oxo Bouillon, as…
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Trade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract] with Franz Karl Achard
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts German (Prussian) chemist, physicist, and biologist Franz Karl Achard (1753-1821) walking through a sugar beet refinery, with view of workers illustrating various stages of the production…
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Trade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract]
- Claude Louis Berthollet visits Antoine Laurent Lavoisier at the Sorbonne in Paris
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts chemist Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) visiting Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) while Lavoisier was working in a lab at the Université de Paris or Sorbonne University. They…
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Trade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company]
- Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān with his teacher Giafar el Ssâdik
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts 8th-century Arabic polymath Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān (c. 721-c. 815), westernized by Europeans as "Geber," speaking with his teacher Giafar el Ssâdik. They stand over a scroll with…
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Trade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company] with Albertus Magnus
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts alchemist Albertus Magnus (1193?-1280) working in a lab with a vessel releasing steam. Also includes an inset bust of Magnus. Verso is an advertisement for Liebig's Extract of Meat along…
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Trade card for Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig [Real Liebig Meat Extract] with Justus von Liebig
- 1903
Illustrated trade card depicts the monument of Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) in Munich, Germany with an inset of Liebig working in the laboratory as well as a closeup of the statue's bust surrounded by a laurel wreath.…
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Oral history interview with Cedomir M. Sliepcevich
- 1993-Mar-01
Cedomir Sliepcevich begins the interview with a description of his family and early years in Anaconda, Montana. A firm educational beginning in Anaconda influenced Sliepcevich to attend college. He enrolled in the…
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Oral history interview with Emil L. Smith
- 1991-Jun-19 (First session)
- 1994-Mar-17 (Second session)
Emil Smith begins his oral history interview by discussing his undergraduate study of biology at Columbia University. He received a Guggenheim fellowship to Cambridge University until the outbreak of World War II. Smith…
- Interviewee Smith, Emil L., 1911-2009
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Biochemists, Smith, Emil L., 1911-2009, University of California, Los Angeles