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Showcase for Shoppers of Future
- 1959-Dec
Article entitled "Showcase for Shoppers of Future" published in the December 28, 1959 edition of LIFE Magazine. Based on population growth and consumer trends, the article details a range of predictions for wares…
- Artist Flora, James
- Subject Consumers, Shopping, Future life, Consumer goods, Advertising
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The Gift of Quality
- 1919
Color print magazine advertisement for Community Plate teaspoons, "guaranteed for 50 years."
- Artist Phillips, Coles, 1880-1927
- Subject Silver-plated ware, Silverware, Electroplating, Oneida, ltd.
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Let's Make It for Keeps
- 1947-Nov
Color print magazine advertisement for Community silverware. This ad appeared in the Ladies' Home Journal, November 1947.
- Artist Whitcomb, Jon, 1906-1988
- Subject Silver-plated ware, Silverware, Electroplating, Oneida, ltd.
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Memo from Bill Rittmann to E. P. Tagge
- First IR-1 and IR-2 Instruments
- 1955-Jun-03
This memo discusses the history of the Beckman IR-1 and IR-2 spectrophotometers, including the serial numbers, prices, and customers for the first models produced.
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began…
- Addressee Tagge, E. P.
- Author Rittmann, Bill
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Letter from Arnold Beckman to Thomas Herring
- 1937-Dec-07
Arnold Beckman offers a scathing critique of Herring's performance as a salesman of pH meters.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who…
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Letter from I. H. Lyons to Arnold Beckman
- 1937-Aug-25
This letter, written while Arnold Beckman was on a multi-city trip promoting his pH meter, concerns strategies for marketing the instruments and concern about the friction between a salesman and distributor.
Arnold…
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Richard C. Tolman (1881-1948)
- 1945
Photograph of mathematical physicist and physical chemist Richard C. (Chace) Tolman seated in front of a global map. This photograph is believed to have been taken when Tolman was serving as a scientific advisor to…
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Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory personnel
- 1925-Nov-06
Group photograph of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory personnel posed outside an unidentified facility. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American University in 1919 under the…
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L. Testa, glassblower, at work at U.S. Department of Agriculture
- 1931
General view of a glassblower, identified as L. Testa, working in an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. Per a 1931 list of technical workers in the Department of Agriculture, Testa worked as a…
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Milton Whitney (Chief of Bureau of Soils)
- 1910s
Photograph of Milton Whitney (1860-1927), Chief of the Bureau of Soils, posed with a map of the United States and assorted scientific apparatus. Whitney served as the first Chief of the Division of Agricultural Soil,…
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Portrait of Milton Whitney (1860-1927)
- 1910s
Portrait of Milton Whitney (1860-1927), Chief of the Division of Agricultural Soil (later alternately known as the Division of Soils and/or Bureau of Soils), a partner in the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS).…
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Portrait of Henry G. Knight
- 1930s
Portrait of Dr. Henry G. Knight, Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Chemistry & Soils.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel
- 1940s
Group photograph of U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel at an unidentified facility. The individuals in the photograph are identified as follows:
Standing (left to right): Mr. Whittaker; Louise Gardner; J. R.…
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U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel
- 1952-Mar-04
Group photograph of U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel at an unidentified facility. The individuals in the photograph are identified as follows:
Standing (left to right): Richard Bradfield; S. S. Obenshain;…
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Experimental blast furnace on burden of phosphate
- 1930s
Two views of the experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Interior of Engine Room at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1932-Jan-19
General view of the Engine Room at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. showing assorted machinery and apparatus.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Experimental blast furnace on burden of phosphate
- 1930s
Three views of the experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Employees opening cinder-notch on No. 2 experimental blast furnace
- 1932-Oct-12
General view of unidentified employees opening the cinder-notch on the No. 2 experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen…
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Experimental blast furnace at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant
- 1930s
General view of an experimental blast furnace at a U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American University in…
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Blowing out experimental blast furnace
- 1934-Jan
General view of the blowing out process for the experimental blast furnace at a Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory facility. The process of blowing out, also known as "raking out," is undertaken when production from a…
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British Phosphate Commission motor ship
- 1961
General view of the M.V. "Triaster" motor ship being loaded with phosphate at the cantilever located in Christmas Island, Nauru. This ship was managed by the British Phosphate Commissioners, a board of representatives…
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U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities
- 1940-Aug-23
Two exterior views of unidentified facilities believed to be associated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Aerial view of U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities
- Circa 1930
Two aerial views of facilities believed to be associated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Technician with Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory apparatus
- 1920s
General view of an unidentified analytical apparatus and technician at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Aerial view of U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities
- 1936
Two aerial views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture complex located in Washington, DC. The second photograph was taken during the construction of the Administration Building and East and West Wings. The in-progress…