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Treating tubs at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee inspecting a treating tub used to purify ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Hopewell plant commonly produced ethyl cellulose,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Women employees, Machinery
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Solvent Recovery system at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee inspecting the control board for a Solvent Recovery system at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the system was…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Hydrochloride Rotary Furnace at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee inspecting the Hydrochloride Rotary System at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The system was likely used during the production of so-called "chemical…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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2 itemsStern Shredder at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
Two views of an unidentified employee adjusting the Stern Shredder machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The shredder was used to process linter sheets of cellulosic fibrous materials, such…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Sheets of chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
Close-up view of sheets of so-called "chemical cotton" moving through a Layboy No. 2 Paper Machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose, Machinery
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Pulping equipment in use at Hercules pilot plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Andrew Roberts operating pulping equipment at a Hercules Powder Company pilot plant in Hopewell, Virginia. This pulping equipment was likely used to produce dissolving pulp, also known as…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Dissolution (Chemistry), Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Paper machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
Detail view of the side of a paper machine used in the production of so-called "chemical cotton" at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Linter pilot plant in Hopewell, Virginia
- 1945-Mar
Interior view of a Hercules Powder Company linter pilot plant in Hopewell, Virginia, with view of a small digester and wash tubs. The pilot plant was likely designed as a facility for the removal of short fibers from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose
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Discharging loose pulp at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee W.L. Caricofe, Jr. discharging loose pulp from a dryer at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The loose pulp dryer was likely used to process cellulosic fibrous materials,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Discharging chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee H.M. McClure discharging sheets of so-called "chemical cotton" from a Layboy No. 2 Paper Machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Hydraulic press in use at Hercules pilot plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Elizabeth Booth operating a hydraulic press in the Viscose Laboratory at a Hercules Powder Company pilot plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Several stacks of viscose, a semi-synthetic fiber, are…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Women employees, Laboratories, Machinery
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Bales of chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Johnnie Shands loading bales of so-called "chemical cotton" onto a skid at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Machinery
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2 itemsFourdrinier No. 2 Paper Machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
Two views of the Fourdrinier No. 2 Paper Machine in use at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Fourdrinier machine was used to dewater sheets of so-called "chemical cotton," purified cellulose…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery