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The Red Mite Invasion
- 1939
Color print advertisement for DN-Dust, an insecticide manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for the protection of deciduous fruits and walnut groves. The advertisement features an illustration of a red mite…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Insecticides, Insect pests, Insect pests--Control
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The Big Apple
- 1938
Color print advertisement for spray insecticides and fungicides, including Dowspray Dormant and Dow "Mike" Sulfur, manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for the protection of fruit and foliage against insect…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Insecticides, Fungicides, Insect pests--Control, Fruit, Fruit--Diseases and pests
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The Chemistry of Good Food
- 1941
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a woman holding a bag of groceries. The accompanying text details various applications of Dow products to aid in the production of a wholesome and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Food industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial, Women in advertising
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The Riddle of the Bark and the "Bite"
- Advertisement for Dow agricultural chemical products
- 1951-Oct
Black and white print advertisement for Esteron 245 and other weed, brush, and grass control chemicals manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a farmer…
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The Chemistry of Peace
- 1945
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a Christmastime scene of a mother and child intended to evoke the bright promise of scientific advancement and ingenuity, i.e. "the chemistry of peace."…
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The Chemistry of the Home!
- 1941
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a young boy and girl playing with a dollhouse. The accompanying text details various applications of Dow products to help promote advances in home…
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Dinner in December
- 1944
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a woman in the kitchen holding a loaf of bread over a table with prepared foods. A man in winter attire stands at the kitchen door in the background. The…
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Food...fit for an American
- 1952-May-24
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a woman buying groceries at a checkout counter with a line of people behind her, including an African American man. The accompanying paragraph details…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Sodium hydroxide, Refrigerated foods, Agricultural chemicals, Grocery trade, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Food industry and trade--Sanitation, Food--Preservation, Women in advertising, Flavoring essences, African Americans, African American men, Corporations, African Americans in advertising
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The Need: Rubbery Materials for "Way-Out" Reliability
- 1966-Apr
Black and white print advertisement for Silastic brand silicone rubber manufactured and sold by the Dow Corning Corporation. The advertisement depicts an American astronaut in space and details the use of silicone…
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The Need: Chemicals to Break Production Bottlenecks
- 1966-Jun
Black and white print advertisement for silicones manufactured and sold by the Dow Corning Corporation. This advertisement appeared on page 20 of the June 1966 edition of Fortune magazine.
- Creator Of Work Dow Corning Corporation
- Subject Dow Corning Corporation, Silicones, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry
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How To Control Dust
- 1926
Promotional brochure used to advertise Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company marketed for use to control dust on unpaved roads and parking lots. The brochure details the nuisance of dust…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Printer Sun Press
- Subject Roads--Maintenance and repair, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Calcium chloride, Chemical industry, Dust control
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The Chemistry of Health
- 1941
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company featuring an image of a young girl on a seesaw. The accompanying text details various applications of Dow products, including vitamins, fumigation, waste disposal,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Public health, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Children in advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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8 items
How to Apply Dowflake
- The Dow Chemical Company, Circular No. 7, 1925
- 1925
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Calcium chloride
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16 items
How to Apply Dowflake
- The Dow Chemical Company, Circular No. 7, 1926
- 1926
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Calcium chloride
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They Came Back to Saganashkee
- Advertisement for Dow herbicide
- 1966
Transparency copy of a print advertisement for Dowpon, a herbicide marketed and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustration of several waterfowl, with accompanying text detailing the…
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Snowy Egrets Watched the Men in the Marsh
- Advertisement for Dow insecticide
- 1966
Transparency copy of a print advertisement for Dursban, an insecticide marketed and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use against mosquitoes. The advertisement features an illustration of several snowy egrets in a…
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Dowicide: A Look at Chemical Warfare
- 1941 – 1945
Advertisement for Dowicides, the trade name for a group of fungicide chemicals manufactured and marketed by the Dow Chemical Company as tools to prevent mold and decay. The advertisement features an army transport…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, World War (1939-1945), Corporations, Advertising, Humidity--Control, Fungicides
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Ethofoil: For the Prize Package
- 1940
Advertisement for Ethofoil, a film development of Ethyl Cellulose manufactured and marketed by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement details the application of Ethofoil to produce durable packaging resistant to…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Plastics in packaging, Corporations, Advertising, Dow Chemical Company
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Beckman/SDS Integrated Computer System press release
- 1964-Apr-21
The press release announces the release of a commercial solid-state computer system including a Beckman 2200 analog computer and Scientific Data Systems 920 digital computer.
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Woman using Beckman/SDS Integrated Computer System
- 1964
The commercial solid-state computer system included a Beckman 2200 analog computer and Scientific Data Systems 920 digital computer.
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Invention Disclosure: Generalized Flow Monitoring
- 5D-668
- 1963-Oct
The invention disclosure for use in gas chromatography documents some of James C. Sternberg's early work for Beckman Instruments. Robert S. Litle and W. S. Gallaway signed this disclosure as witnesses.
Beckman…
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Account of Beckman Instruments sales trip to China
- 1975
Ed Cherniss, a Beckman executive, recounts his trip to China in the spring of 1975. (The first page is a photocopy.)
Beckman Instruments and its Research & Industrial Instrumentation Company (RIIC) exhibited passive…
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Patent for Hydrogen Tube
- 1949-Mar-08
Patent #2,463,743 for a hydrogen tube designed by H. Howard Cary and Warren Baxter during their time at National Technical Labs, a precursor to Beckman Instruments. This tube was designed for use in UV…
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Technical Report: Evaluation of the Beckman Oxygen Electrode and Portable Oxygen Meter (OM-1)
- No. T-8-(R)
- 1957-May-23
The report evaluates the portable OM-1 oxygen meter, deeming it convenient and moderately precise, but sensitive to temperature fluctuations.
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Platinum oxygen electrode assembly drawing
- Dwg. No. 18617
- 1957-Apr-22
This oxygen electrode was first used inside Beckman Instruments pH meters and later in many other instruments.
- Creator Of Work Solesbee, B.
- Subject Electrodes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electrodes, Glass, Electrodes, Platinum, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
