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Sulfur Dyes on Cotton Yarn
- 1900
Sample book for sulfur dyes on cotton yarn. Contains dyeing instructions and mounted thread samples on folded cards.
- Creator Of Work Berlin Aniline Works
- Subject Dyes and dyeing--Cotton
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Arnold Beckman on the set of "Science in Action"
- 1962 – 1963
In December 1962, Arnold Beckman filmed an appearance on the long-running television program Science in Action to demonstrate how some of his instruments worked.
The screen images are attributed to Juan Zec, a chemist…
- Photographer Zec, Juan, Moss Photography
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., California Academy of Sciences, Television programs, Herald, Earl Stannard
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Rex Badder measuring glass coils on continuous reactor
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of master glassblower Rex Badder measuring the coils on a nine-foot continuous reactor manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Glass blowing and working, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Glassware, Badder, Rex
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Hugh Morrison and Wayne Doehring at work in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of master glassblower Hugh Morrison blowing through a tube while Wayne Doehring winds glass onto a mandril to form a coil. This photograph was taken in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication…
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Stan Mikols and Dale Snyder examining blueprints in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of crew leader Stan Mikols (left) and Dale Snyder examining a blueprint used to manufacture a piece of glass in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Blueprints, Glassware, Mikols, Stan, Snyder, Dale
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Wesley Smith filling absolute pressure gauge in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Wesley Smith filling an absolute pressure gauge manufactured at the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department with mercury. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Glassware, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pressure gages, Smith, Wesley
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Dick Kowalczyk welding side arm onto glass polymerizer
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Dick Kowalczyk welding a side arm onto a glass polymerizer manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Welding, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Machinery, Glassware, Employees, Kowalczyk, Dick
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Bill Pahl heating and compressing glass tube
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Bill Pahl alternately heating and compressing a glass tube, part of a semi-microfractionation column manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the…
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Merlyn Smith molding a flange in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Merlyn Smith molding a flange on a six-inch pipe manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication and repair of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Glass blowing and working, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Turning (Lathe work), Glass manufacture, Machinery, Glassware, Lathes, Smith, Merlyn
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Wayne Doehring with glass polymerizer in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Wayne Doehring placing a glass polymerizer into the annealing furnace in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Furnaces, Glassware, Doehring, Wayne
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Carl Goetz blowing glass at Dow Chemical Company facility
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of apprentice Carl Goetz blowing out a distillation head of a glass tube manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Glass blowing and working, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Blown glass, Glassware, Goetz, Carl
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Joe Skalnican using automatic calibrating machine in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of glassblower Joe Skalnican using an automatic calibrating machine to apply calibration marks to a piece of glass manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925,…
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Ken Altman and Francis Parkinson, Jr. examining glassware at Dow Chemical Company facility
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of shop foreman Ken Altman (left) and Francis Parkinson, Jr. examining assorted glassware produced in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible…
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Bill Schwartz fusing glass at Dow Chemical Company facility
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of glassblower Bill Schwartz applying internal pressure to fuse and close the end of a small vacuum-jacketed column in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the…
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Helipot Corporation staff
- 1950-Jul
Staff and representatives pose outside the Helipot Corporation's Meridian Avenue location.
The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman of Beckman Instruments (at that time still…
- Photographer Brooks, Ernest W.
- Subject Employees, Portraits, Group, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Early Beckman facilities, Pasadena and South Pasadena
- Undated
- 1934 – 1935
- 1940
- 1946
- 1949
- 1950
A Pasadena garage was the first home of the National Postal Meter Company, founded by Arnold Beckman in 1934. The company soon became National Technical Laboratories, with a focus on pH meters. In 1935, the company…
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Groundbreaking ceremony for Spinco Division building in Palo Alto, California
- 1960-Aug
The photographs document the groundbreaking ceremonies for Spinco's Building #2. Identified individuals include Arnold Beckman, Bob Erickson (executive vice president), George Clifford (Spinco Division manager), Ed…
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Mortar
- Circa 1890
Brass cup-shaped receptacle used when crushing or grinding ingredients. Side of receptacle has two handles. Grooves along top and bottom circumference.
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Alizarine Claret Dye Bottle
- Undated
Round glass bottle with glass stopper; label attached to front identifies manufacturer and contents (label has been waxed over).
- Subject Dye industry, Textile industry, Dyes and dyeing
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Methyl Violet Dye Bottle
- Undated
Round glass bottle with cork stopper; label attached to front identifies manufacturer and contents (label has been waxed over).
- Subject Dye industry, Textile industry, Dyes and dyeing
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Red Dye Bottle
- Undated
Round glass bottle with glass stopper; label attached to front identifies manufacturer and contents (label has been waxed over).
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Indanthrene Violet Dye Bottle
- Undated
Round glass bottle with cork stopper; label attached to front identifies manufacturer and contents (label has been waxed over).
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Arnold Beckman's 100th birthday
- 2000-Apr
The photographs document birthday celebrations.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical…
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Arnold Beckman's 98th birthday
- 1998
The photographs document birthday celebrations.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical…
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Arnold Beckman's 91st birthday
- 1991
The photographs document birthday celebrations. The images are numbered, but the subjects are unidentified.
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and…
- Photographer Metcalf, Edi
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Birthday parties, Portraits, Group
