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  Photographs

  Aerial view of Rohm and Haas facility in Bristol, Pennsylvania

  • Part of Rohm and Haas Company album of domestic locations, 1965

  • 1965

  Aerial view of the Rohm and Haas Company facilities in Bristol, Pennsylvania. The Bristol plant opened around 1917 to manufacture Oropon, a synthetic leather bating product, following dissatisfaction with the company's…

  • Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
  • Subject Aerial views, Rohm and Haas Company, Pennsylvania--Bristol, Corporations, Aerial photographs, Chemical industry
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  Photographs

  Aerial view of Affiliated Laboratories facility

  • Part of Rohm and Haas Company album of domestic locations, 1965

  • 1965

  Aerial view of the Affiliated Laboratories facility, a division of Whitmoyer Laboratories, Inc., located in White Hall, Illinois. Rohm and Haas, an international chemical company headquartered in Philadelphia,…

  • Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
  • Subject Pharmaceutical industry, Chemical industry, Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Aerial photographs, Illinois--White Hall
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  14 items
  Photographs

  Rohm and Haas Company album of domestic locations, 1965

  • 1965

  Photographic album containing 13 black and white photographs of assorted Rohm and Haas Company plants, laboratories, and subsidiaries. The album primarily encompasses facilities that Rohm and Haas purchased in the early…

  • Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
  • Subject Chemical industry, Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Aerial photographs
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  Maps, Drawings

  Map of Charles Lennig & Company plant in Bridesburg, Pennsylvania

  • 1933-Oct-21 (Date of creation)
  • 1934-Mar-01 (Date of revision)

  Map depicting the facility and grounds of the Charles Lennig and Company chemical manufacturing plant in Bridesburg, a neighborhood located along the Delaware River in the Northeast section of Philadelphia,…

  • Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
  • Subject Chemical industry, Charles Lennig and Company, Inc., Maps, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Bridesburg, Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations
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  Pesticides, Implements, utensils, etc.

  Air-Way Wirl-A-Way Insector

  • Circa 1944

  Air-Way brand pesticide vacuum sprayer with glass jar and box.

  A. Glass jar with small label. Text reads "Moth Control Especially Prepared For Use with Wirl A Way Insector."
  B. Metal, blue Wirl-A-Way sprayer with two…

  • Manufacturer Air-Way Electric Appliance Corp.
  • Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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  Pesticides, Implements, utensils, etc.

  Bellows

  • After 1826 – before 1930

  Pesticide bellows with wooden handles, expandable leather pouch, and tip. Instructions attached to object.

  • Manufacturer Bateman Mfg. Co., Mfrs. Agts
  • Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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  2 items
  Ephemera

  Dow Chemical Company stock certificate

  • 1915

  Blank and unregistered stock certificate for the Dow Chemical Company (#000000). "Capital" stock is printed on the certificate, but "Common" has been handwritten to replace all mentions of "Capital."

  • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
  • Printer American Bank Note Company
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Stock certificates
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Dr. Willis R. Whitney to Herbert H. Dow, November 29, 1916

  • 1916-Nov-29

  • Addressee Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
  • Author Whitney, Willis Rodney, 1868-1958
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Whitney, Willis Rodney, 1868-1958, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Dr. Willis R. Whitney to Herbert H. Dow, October 10, 1916

  • 1916-Oct-10

  • Addressee Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
  • Author Whitney, Willis Rodney, 1868-1958
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Whitney, Willis Rodney, 1868-1958, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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  4 items
  Business correspondence, Drawings, Charts, diagrams, etc

  Letter from Herbert H. Dow to Dr. Willis R. Whitney, February 4, 1916

  • 1916-Feb-04

  • Addressee Whitney, Willis Rodney, 1868-1958
  • Author Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Whitney, Willis Rodney, 1868-1958, Steam-turbines, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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  Business correspondence, Ephemera

  Letter from J. T. Pardee to Herbert H. Dow, August 24, 1914

  • 1914-Aug-24

  • Addressee Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
  • Author Pardee, J. T. (Joseph Thomas), 1871-1960
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Pardee, J. T. (Joseph Thomas), 1871-1960, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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  Ephemera

  Dow Did It!

  • 1897-May-21

  Press clippling from The Midland Sun, May 21, 1897.

  • Creator Of Work Midland Sun
  • Subject Michigan--Midland, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Joseph H. Dow to Herbert H. Dow, December 25, 1897

  • 1897-Dec-25

  • Addressee Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
  • Author Dow, Joseph Henry
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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  8 items
  Business correspondence, Drawings, Charts, diagrams, etc

  Letter from Joseph H. Dow to Herbert H. Dow, November 30, 1894

  • 1894-Nov-30

  • Addressee Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
  • Author Dow, Joseph Henry
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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  Business correspondence

  Telegram from Herbert H. Dow to Joseph H. Dow, December 23, 1897

  • 1897-Dec-23

  • Addressee Dow, Joseph Henry
  • Author Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Albert W. Smith to Herbert H. Dow, March 12, 1895

  • 1895-Mar-12

  • Addressee Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
  • Author Smith, Albert W., 1862-1927
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Drawings, Charts, diagrams, etc

  Letter from Joseph H. Dow to Herbert H. Dow, May 15, 1893

  • 1893-May-15

  • Addressee Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
  • Author Dow, Joseph Henry
  • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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  Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electronics

  Lumetron Photoelectric Colorimeter Model 400-A

  • 1940s

  Electric-powered meter with instructions housed in wooden box. Movable components within box: two (2) slide glass filters (1 with red, green, and blue slides; 1 with orange, green, and blue slides); one (1) encasing to…

  • Manufacturer Photovolt Corporation
  • Subject Colorimetry--Instruments, Photovolt Corporation
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  2 items
  Pesticides, Implements, utensils, etc.

  Tanglefoot Difusor New Method Insect Destroyer

  • After 1930 – before 1949

  The Tanglefoot Company first introduced the Difusor insecticide sprayer and Difuso insecticide in 1932. Difuso was a pyrethrum-based insecticide. At the time, the Difusor was considered a revolutionary new method of…

  • Manufacturer Tanglefoot Company
  • Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Tanglefoot Company, Insecticides
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  24 items
  Handbooks and manuals

  Instructions, Beckman Analog Computing System

  • 1965

  This manual describes the features, programming patchboard system, and operational components of the Model 2230 analog computer.

  Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their Berkeley Division as…

  • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Subject Electronic analog computers, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  20 items
  Handbooks and manuals

  Instructions, Beckman C2 Oxygen Analyzer

  • Beckman Instructions 81032-C

  • 1963 (1963 copyright, 1971 printing)

  Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such diverse jobs as monitoring astronauts’ respiration, maintaining packaged food safety,…

  • Author Lewis, Paul
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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  3 items
  Business correspondence

  Memo to Arnold O. Beckman from John F. Bishop

  • Liston-Becker Company, Inc.

  • 1953-Jun-08

  This memo details research about the the Liston-Becker Company, which Beckman Instruments acquired in 1955.

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Bishop, John F.
  • Subject Consolidation and merger of corporations, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to John F. Bishop

  • 1953-Feb-25

  Arnold O. Beckman notes that some of the company's instruments (including pH meters and infrared spectrophotometers) are already being used to monitor air quality, and expresses interest in developing instruments…

  • Addressee Bishop, John F.
  • Author Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Smog, Air--Pollution, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Air--Pollution--Measurement, Los Angeles County (Calif.). Air Pollution Control District
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  Photographs

  Spectrophotometer salesmen "fighting" with chairs at the Society for Applied Spectroscopy meeting

  • 1954

  Patterson, with the laboratory supply distributor Arthur H. Thomas Company, photographed the "slight altercation" between salesmen at the Society for Applied Spectroscopy meeting.

  • Photographer Patterson, E. B.
  • Subject Selling, Society for Applied Spectroscopy
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Glenn H. Joseph to Arnold O. Beckman

  • 1954-Nov-26

  Glenn Joseph expresses appreciation for a tour of Beckman's Fullerton plant and the gift of a pH meter themed desk set.

  In the 1930s, Joseph approached Beckman for assistance measuring pH for the citrus industry. The…

  • Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
  • Author Joseph, Glenn H.
  • Subject Factories, Beckman Instruments, Inc.