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The Finest Seats - 5 Cents!
- 1940-Dec-07
Color print advertisement for Saran fabric, made from Saran textile monofilaments. Saran is the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Textile industry, Textile fabrics
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Hercules Powder Company exhibition display (circa 1930s)
- 1940s
General view of an exhibition display advertising the products of the Hercules Powder Company's Paper Makers Chemical Division.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rideout
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Trade shows, Hercules Incorporated, Naval stores, Gums and resins, Naval stores industry
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Naval stores products exhibition display
- 1940s
General view of an exhibition display showcasing naval stores products, including pine oil and wood turpentine, manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. The display features a variety of products samples,…
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Rosin residue emulsion exhibition display
- 1940s
General view of an exhibition display advertising rosin residue emulsion manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in insecticides.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Gums and resins, Insecticides
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Lost in a Foundry exhibition display (circa 1940s)
- 1940s
General view of a Hercules Powder Company puppet theater display entitled "Lost in a Foundry" advertising Truline Binder for use in metal castings.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Trade shows, Puppet theater, Founding
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6 itemsHercules Powder Company exhibition display (circa 1940s)
- 1940s
Series of photographs depicting exhibition display panels showcasing various industrial applications of chemicals manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Mueller Photo
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Trade shows, Insecticides, Gums and resins, Terpenes, Cellulose industry, Rubber
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2 itemsHercules Powder Company exhibition display (circa 1940s)
- 1940s
Two photographs depicting an exhibition display showcasing industrial chemical materials manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Mueller Photo
- Subject Corporations, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Trade shows, Advertising, Industrial, Advertising
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Portrait of Charles Stine (1882-1954)
- 1940s
Portrait of industrial chemist and long-time Du Pont executive Charles Stine (1882-1954).
Charles Milton Altland Stine was born on October 18, 1882 in Norwich, Connecticut, the son of author and clergyman Milton Henry…
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American Mining Congress (circa 1940)
- Circa 1940
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the American Mining Congress held in Chicago, Illinois circa 1940.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Manufacturer Sanborn Studio
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Explosives, Explosives industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Mineral industries
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Dowmetal: The Metal that Travels Light!
- 1940
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a woman carrying a suitcase; several modes of transportation, including a plane,…
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Dowmetal is Riding High!
- 1940-Jan
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a plane flying above an array of clouds. The…
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Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi with pipe
- 1940s
Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971) posed with a pipe. A Hungarian American professor of biochemistry at the Washington University and Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Dr. Somogyi is best known for his preparation…
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Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi playing solitaire
- 1940s
Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971) playing solitaire while smoking a pipe. A Hungarian American professor of biochemistry at the Washington University and Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Dr. Somogyi is best known…
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Table of the Elements in an Irregular Spiral
- 1940s
Rainbow-colored periodic table of the elements designed in the style of an irregular spiral. Per text accompanying the table, the colors and construction of the table are designed to express the relationship among…
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The Cities Men Build
- Advertisement for Dow Ferric Chloride
- 1940
Color print advertisement for Dow Ferric Chloride, a conditioning agent used to extract organic matter from water. The advertisement features illustrated depictions of various historic civilizations and details the use…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Refuse and refuse disposal, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Sanitation, Ferric chloride, Sanitary engineering
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2 itemsAmerican Contemporaries article profiling Dr. Eugene Cornelius Sullivan (1872-1962)
- 1940
Two-page article from the "News Edition" of the magazine of the American Chemical Society profiling Dr. Eugene Cornelius Sullivan (1872-1962).
Eugene C. Sullivan was born on January 23, 1872 in Elgin, Illinois and…
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Portrait of George Oenslager (1873-1956)
- 1940s
Portrait of George Oenslager (1873-1956), research chemist for the B. F. Goodrich Company known for the discovery and industrial application of organic accelerators to rubber.
George Oenslager was born on September…
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German aircraft featuring Plexiglas
- 1935 – 1945
General view of a German aircraft with a Plexiglas windshield and nose panels. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the plane is identified as a Heinkel-Flugzeug HE 111, a type of bomber designed to masquerade as…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Heinkel 111 (Bomber), Rohm and Haas Company, Airplanes, Military, Third Reich, Corporations, Plexiglas
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Installation of Plexiglas panels at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of several unidentified employees installing Plexiglass panels on the nose of a Douglas A-20 attack bomber. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the two halves that form the nose of the bomber are…
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Woman polishing Plexiglas at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee polishing a curved panel of Plexiglas designed for use as an aircraft windshield. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in Bristol,…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, World War (1939-1945), Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Plastics industry and trade, Women employees, Employees
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Man polishing Plexiglas at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified male employee polishing a curved panel of Plexiglas designed for use on the nose of an aircraft attack bomber. Several finished panels are visible in the background. Per notations…
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Installation of Plexiglas panel at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee fitting a Plexiglas windshield panel onto the nose enclosure of a Douglas A-20 attack bomber. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in…
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Douglas A-20 attack bomber at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of two unidentified employees working on the nose of a Douglas A-20 attack bomber aircraft prior to the installation Plexiglas windshield panels. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas…
- Creator Of Work Douglas Aircraft Company, Rohm and Haas Company
- Photographer Kronquist, Lawrence
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Aircraft industry, Rohm and Haas Company, Airplanes, Corporations, Plexiglas, Douglas Aircraft Company, Airplanes, Military
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Routing Plexiglas panel at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee using a router to smooth the edge of a curved Plexiglas panel designed for use as an aircraft windshield. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the edges of the panels are…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Chemical industry, Aircraft industry, Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Routers (Tools), Plastics industry and trade
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Trimming Plexiglas at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee using a band saw to trim a curved Plexiglas panel designed for use as an aircraft windshield. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Chemical industry, Band saws, Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Plastics industry and trade