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9 items
Beckman Instruments Systems Division Final Assembly Department
- 1961
Assorted photographs, including duplicates and contact sheet, depicting male and female employees at work in the Beckman Instruments Systems Division Final Assembly Department. The photographs were published in the…
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10 items
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce tour of Europe
- 1955
In 1955, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce visited Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, France, and England to promote Southern California to European politicians and industrialists.
Identified individuals…
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Take Your Child to Work Day at Beckman Instruments
- Circa 2001
This series of photographs documents employees and their children participating in Take Our Children to Work Day. Arnold Beckman was on hand for the event, as was a team of volunteers.
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Beckman Instruments Shareholders Meeting
- Circa 1975
In undated photographs that appear to have been taken in two or three different venues, Arnold Beckman and others address shareholders of the company.
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6 items
Merger of Beckman Instruments and SmithKline Corporation
- 1981-Dec
Following the merger, Beckman Instruments became a subsidiary of SmithKline Beckman. Louis Rosso was named President and Chief Operating Officer; William Ballhaus retired. Arnold Beckman was elected a director and, in…
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Berkeley Scientific Division Model 410 Electronic Counter
- 1998
Based on the Coulter principle, this cell counter quantifies and sizes particles suspended in a fluid, like blood cells, bacteria, and a wide variety of other substances. The instrument works by drawing liquid…
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Berkeley Division products
- Undated
- 1954-May-10
- 1955-Nov
- 1956-Aug-03
The devices pictured include the Model 2020 Decimatic Scaler, miniature magnetic amplifiers, Model 5001 counter, Model 5824 Numerical Controller, and URD-9 RADIAC radiation detector.
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Letter from W. A. Wildhack to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1950-Apr-27
The letter concerns importation of spectrophotometers into Germany and France, the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), and post-war atomic energy restrictions.
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Operating and Maintenance Instructions Model 166 Oxidant Recorder
- Bulletin 419
- Undated
Instruction manual for an instrument designed to record levels of oxidants in the atmosphere. Measuring oxidants is one way to quantify air pollution. Photochemical oxidants are air pollutants which form when air…
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What nylon did for your legs, LYCRA will do for your figure!
- 1961
Magazine advertisement for DuPont Lycra, the brand name for the polyester-polyurethane copolymer invented by Joseph Shivers in 1958 at the DuPont laboratory in Waynesboro, Virginia. The advertisement was published in…
- Subject Lycra, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Spandex
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2 items
The marvelous colors in these new Cole suits can't run or streak or wash away!
- 1954
Color print magazine advertisement for Cole of California's Celaperm line, made from colored Celanese acetate yarn.
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12 items
Beckman Coulter Heritage Exhibit
- 1999
The photographs depict various parts of the Beckman Coulter Heritage Exhibit, which opened in April 1999 and emphasized the role of founder Arnold Beckman and the company's history and position in the industry.
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2 items
Beckman Family Photos
- Undated
One photograph depicts Arnold and Mabel Beckman standing outside, posing for a photograph with their children, Arnold and Patricia. One depicts Arnold and Mabel Beckman with their son, Arnold Jr., his wife, and three…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Portraits, Group
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Arnold O. Beckman with employees
- Circa 1940 – circa 1979
Though the photo set is identified as Beckman with "employees," some of the photographs depict ceremonies and visits to non-corporate locations, like CalTech. Some photographs are attributed, dated (1941, 1962, 1967),…
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Static Calibration of Oxidant Recorder
- Beckman Instructions 3126
- 1964-Jun
Instructions for calibrating an instrument designed to measure levels of oxidants in the atmosphere. Measuring oxidants is one way to quantify air pollution. Photochemical oxidants are air pollutants which form when air…
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Beckman Ends Production of Landmark Instrument
- 1976-Sep-23
This press release announcing the discontinuation of the DU spectrophotometer served as a retrospective of the instrument's development and significance.
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed…
- Author Reilly, Mickey
- Subject Deluxe General Incorporated, Barbiturates--Analysis, Ultraviolet spectroscopy, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Vitamins--Analysis, Spectrophotometer, Vitamin A, United States. National Bureau of Standards, Toxicology, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Forensic sciences, Beckman, Arnold O.
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Olympic Athletes and Canadian Citizens to be Subjects of Physical Fitness Study
- 1976-Jul-14
The press release announces physical education professor Claude Allard's "Study of Man in Motion," operating in conjunction with an anthropological study. A mobile van, including equipment supplied by Beckman…
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Beckman Introduces New Dissolved Oxygen Monitors
- 1976-Jul-10
The press release describes the features of two new models: the 7001, intended for use in applications such as desalination, and the 7002, designed for continuous monitoring of streams, rivers, and industrial effluents.…
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Color Crazy
- 1955
- Photographer Gill, Leslie, 1908-1958
- Subject Nylon, Textile fibers, Synthetic, Colors, Hosiery, Nylon, Hosiery
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Beckman Facilities, England
- Circa 1985
The black and white photograph is dated to 1985. The color photograph bears an illegible photographer's stamp and is identified as Beckman RIIC Ltd. Sales and Service Operation.
- Subject Buildings, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Facilities, Carlsbad, California
- After 1973
Two black and white images depict the Reagent Tower (Brewery) and were shot in December, 1973. The color photographs and the black and white shot of the parking lot are undated.
Beginning in 1973, the Carlsbad plant…
- Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Facilities, Canada
- Undated
The black and white images are attributed to Ross Scholes Photography and depict men and women working in the Toronto plant. The unattributed Kodak print of a white building depicts the exterior of the Mississauga…
- Photographer Scholes, Ross
- Subject Factories, Buildings, Employees, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Facilities, Brea, California
- Circa 1979 – circa 1980
Based upon a sticker on the reverse of the image, the contact sheet is attributed to Karjalas' Photo Vision. The Polaroid images are unattributed.
The Clinical Instruments Division of Beckman Instruments opened the…
- Photographer Karjalas' Photo Vision
- Subject Factories, Buildings, Parking lots, Building, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Facilities, Berkeley Scientific Corporation
- 1950s
Berkeley Scientific Corporation was founded in 1945 and acquired by Beckman in 1952. The company manufactured high-speed electronic counters and radioactivity instruments, and the Berkeley name was retained for the…
- Subject Factories, Buildings, Workshops, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
