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Coal Mining is a Hercules Job
- Part of 1937 Hercules Advertisements
- 1937
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Hercules Powder Company: Building Wealth for the New South
- Part of 1936 Hercules Advertisements
- 1936
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Advertising, Industrial
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Hercules Products for use in Disinfectants, Insecticides, and Soaps
- Part of 1936 Hercules Advertisements
- 1936
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Wedges for New Markets: Hercose Base for Airplane Coatings
- Part of 1936 Hercules Advertisements
- 1936
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Nitrocellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Lacquerers, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Advertising, Industrial
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Wedges for New Markets: Hercose
- Part of 1936 Hercules Advertisements
- 1936
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Nitrocellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Lacquerers, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Advertising, Industrial
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Insecticides containing Yarmor 302
- Part of 1936 Hercules Advertisements
- 1936
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Pine oil, Corporations, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Cleanliness is Not Only a Virtue...It is a Necessity
- Part of 1930 Hercules Advertisements
- 1930
Advertisement for Yarmor Steam-Distilled Pine Oil manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in disinfectants, deodorants, and insecticides. The advertisement depicts the application of disinfectant at…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Naval stores industry, Soap, Chemical industry, Disinfectants industry, Hercules Incorporated, Pine oil, Corporations, Naval stores, Soap trade, Advertising, Industrial
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Hercules Pine Oil: Disinfectant--Deodorant--Insecticide
- Part of 1930 Hercules Advertisements
- 1930
Advertisement for steam-distilled pine oil manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in disinfectants, deodorants, and insecticides. This advertisement appeared in the January 1930 edition of Soap.
…- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Naval stores industry, Soap, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Pine oil, Corporations, Naval stores, Soap trade, Advertising, Industrial
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Materials Our Grandmothers Never Knew
- Part of 1930 Hercules Advertisements
- 1930
Advertisement for pine oil products manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in the production of textiles. The advertisement depicts men and women wearing garments made from so-called modern…
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The Finished Product Passes Every Test
- Part of 1930 Hercules Advertisements
- 1930
Advertisement for pine oil products manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in the production of textiles. The advertisement depicts two men inspecting a textile sample and details how Hercules pine…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Naval stores industry, Chemical industry, Textile industry, Hercules Incorporated, Pine oil, Corporations, Naval stores, Advertising, Industrial
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The Test of Time
- Part of 1930 Hercules Advertisements
- 1930
Advertisement for wood rosin manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in soap. The advertisement depicts Father Time washing clothes and details how Hercules wood rosin is used to produce soaps whose…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Naval stores industry, Soap, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Gums and resins, Soap trade, Advertising, Industrial
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Advertisement for Hercules Rosins
- Part of 1930 Hercules Advertisements
- 1930
Advertisement for wood rosins manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in the manufacture of varnishes, paints, adhesives, and other naval stores products. The advertisement depicts a hand holding a…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Naval stores industry, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Gums and resins, Advertising, Industrial
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Advertisement for Hercules Steam-Distilled Wood Turpentine
- Part of 1930 Hercules Advertisements
- 1930
Advertisement for steam-distilled wood turpentine manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company, with illustration of brand mascots 'Turp and 'Tine. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Turpentine, Hercules Incorporated, Turpentine industry and trade, Corporations, Naval stores, Advertising, Industrial
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Explosives Bring the Oil Fields to You
- Part of 1930 Hercules Advertisements
- 1930
Advertisement for explosives manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in construction, mining, and prospecting, among other applications. The advertisement details how Hercules explosives are used to…
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Explosives Make the Skyscraper Possible
- Part of 1930 Hercules Advertisements
- 1930
Advertisement for explosives manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in construction, mining, and quarrying, among other applications. The advertisement depicts an Art Deco-style skyscraper…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Skyscrapers, Explosives industry, Advertising, Industrial
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Then, Less Pain from Back Aches...Now, Longer-Lasting Traffic Paints
- Another Development in Naval Stores Made Possible Through Hercules Chemical Research
- Part of 1948 Hercules Advertisements
- 1948
Advertisement for resins and chlorinated rubber manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in industrial paint. The advertisement details the varied uses of naval stores past and present, highlighting…
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Government Gives "Go" to "Paint Up and Save!"
- Advertisement for Hercules Turpentine
- Part of 1943 Hercules Advertisements
- 1943
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Chemical "Safety Screen" for Tender Skin
- Circa 1951
Color print advertisement for propylene glycol, U.S.P. manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use as a solvent in sun tan lotions, cold creams, and other medicinal products. The advertisement features an…
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Letter from Alden H. Emery to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1955-Oct-06
In this letter, Emery, as secretary of the American Chemical Society, proposes Arnold Beckman as a nominee for President-Elect of the ACS. Beckman was ultimately not nominated, but his name was proposed again in 1956.
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author Emery, Alden H.
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., American Chemical Society
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The Beckman Photoelectric Spectrophotometer
- Bulletin 79
- 1941-May-20
This report is not an instruction manual, but instead an overview of the (DU) photoelectric quartz spectrophotometer, containing descriptions of its components and specifications.
The first Beckman Instruments DU…
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Opinion Poll on Air Pollution and Its Control draft with Arnold O. Beckman's comments
- 1955
This survey was distributed at the Statewide Conference on Air Pollution Legislation, held in San Francisco on February 21, 1955. Beckman's comments and changes were incorporated into the final version distributed at…
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Results of Opinion Poll on Air Pollution and Its Control
- 1955-Mar-09
This survey was conducted at the Statewide Conference on Air Pollution Legislation, held in San Francisco on February 21, 1955. The results indicate that (among other things) attendees favored creating new air pollution…
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Bottle for Enovid 10 mg Oral Contraceptive
- After 1960
White plastic medicine bottle with safety cap. Bottle contains tablets and original inner seal is intact. White, dark red, and yellow label adhered to bottle reads "Enovid".
The ubiquitous bottle has a long history.…
- Manufacturer G.D. Searle & Co.
- Subject Women--Health and hygiene, Contraception, G.D. Searle & Co., Mestranol, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Birth control, Oral contraceptives
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Daily memos documenting human resources activities at National Technical Laboratories
- 1950-Dec-26 – 1951-Aug-07
These internal memos document a year's worth of human resources and other personnel decisions made at National Technical Laboratories, the precursor to Beckman Instruments. Some entries may have been written by Arnold…
- Creator Of Work Beckman, Arnold O., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Diaries, Personnel management, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Portrait of Lee de Forest (1873–1961)
- 1955-Feb-10
Lee de Forest (1873–1961) was an inventor, most notably of Audion vacuum tubes in the early twentieth century. His serial business ventures included work in radio, telegraphy, telephony, broadcasting, and film.
- Photographer Hessler Studio
- Subject De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961, Scientists--Portraits