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Less bounce to the ounce!
- Advertisement for Sportshape sports bra
- 1986
Black and white print advertisement for the Sportshape bra published in Cosmopolitan magazine. The advertisement depicts a woman arching her back to demonstrate the "superior support" of Sportshape's patented "baseball…
- Creator Of Work JBI Jogbra, Inc.
- Subject Jogbra, Inc., Brassieres, Athletics--Equipment and supplies, Exercise, Women athletes, Women--Health and hygiene, Women inventors
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Herschel and the invisible hot region.
- 1977
This advertisement for the series 4200 IR Spectrophotometer connects the work that Beckman Instruments is doing to the work of William Herschel, the British astronomer who discovered infrared radiation in 1800.
The…
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Fairchild Reveals the Slim Difference in Digital Watches
- 1975-Nov-30
Color print magazine advertisement for Fairchild watches. This ad appeared in The New York Times Magazine, November 20, 1975.
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Oxygen Monitor for Hyperbaric Chambers
- Circa 1969
The MINOS oxygen and carbon dioxide monitors were first developed in 1968 and monitored atmospheric conditions in diving habitats, vehicles, and pressure chambers.
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Hyperbaric chambers, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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At last, a girdle that controls so effortlessly—you feel like size 10 again!
- 1960 – 1969
Advertisement for DuPont Lycra spandex fiber depicting the mid-section of a woman modeling a girdle.
- Subject Lycra, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Spandex
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Double-Monochromator gives IR-4 superior resolution for infrared analysis
- 1960s
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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Every fashion needs a stocking all its own!
- 1960s
Color print magazine advertisement for DuPont dyed nylon stockings. Image depicts the legs of four women in colorful stockings.
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Take One Giant Step
- 1964
Black and white print advertisement for A.C. Gilbert Chemistry Sets. A boy and a male adult are depicted in two images using the laboratory glassware included in the chemistry set.
- Subject Chemistry sets, A.C. Gilbert Company
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Take a look at our 1964 line.
- 1964
Black and white print advertisment for Fairchild Semiconductor's 1964 microcircuits, featuring an image of a microscope.
- Subject Fairchild (Firm), Semiconductors
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3 itemsAdvertisement for Dow soil fumigants
- 1963
Print advertisement promoting the use of soil fumigants manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company, including Telone and Fumazone, to kill nematodes, also known as roundworms or threadworms. The advertisement includes…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Pests--Control, Chemical industry, Cash crops, Agricultural pests--Control, Fumigants, Corporations, Advertising, Dow Chemical Company
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What makes / a rose / a rose / or / an eye / an eye?
- 1961
Color print advertisement for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Image depicts a rose on the left, a blue eye on the right, and a multi-colored chemical model in the center of the page. The accompanying…
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Instrumental in your future
- 1961
Beckman Instruments' analog computers were being produced by their Berkeley Division as early as 1953. The company produced analog computers -- also called automation, data reduction, or data handling systems -- for the…
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What nylon did for your legs, LYCRA will do for your figure!
- 1961
Magazine advertisement for DuPont Lycra, the brand name for the polyester-polyurethane copolymer invented by Joseph Shivers in 1958 at the DuPont laboratory in Waynesboro, Virginia. The advertisement was published in…
- Subject Lycra, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Spandex
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The man on the moon wears a western hat
- 1961
This advertisement appeals to potential Beckman Instruments employees by building on the popularity of NASA's early manned spaceflight programs. In 1961 -- the year of this advertisement -- NASA conducted its first…
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Baby's first breath had better be a good one...
- 1960
This advertisement hits all the Beckman Instruments highlights, like oxygen analyzers, air pollution control, and pH meters. These instruments and their related industries and developments will make the lives of…
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Extra Blowout Protection
- 1959
Black and white print magazine advertisement for DuPont's nylon cord tires. Image depicts a man and a woman dealing with car troubles on a bridge.
- Subject Nylon, Tires, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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Now--New Beckman pH Electrodes
- 1950s
The advertisement touts the features of Beckman glass electrodes and the company's position in the instrumentation field.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the…
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ORLON teaches new fall fashions to keep their figure in the wash!
- 1950s
Color print magazine advertisement for Orlon, a Dow trademarked acrylic fiber. The advertisement details the major properties of Orlon: "Orlon is resistant to sunlight and atmospheric gases, which makes it ideal for…
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Important Facts About pH for Water & Sewage Operators
- 1950s
This advertisement highlights uses for Models R, H, and M pH meters in the water and wastewater treatment industry.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California…
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Multi-turns? We've got 'em!
- 1959
Advertisement for multi-turn potentiometers made by the Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments.
Potentiometers regulate the flow of electricity, like the volume dial on a radio. In 1940, Arnold O. Beckman was…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Potentiometer, Beckman Instruments, inc.
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Four -- count 'em -- four
- 1959
Advertisement for four different components manufactured by the Helipot Division of Beckman Instruments: rotating components, expanded scale meters, standard breadboard parts, and potentiometers.
Potentiometers…
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pH means Beckman
- 1957
This advertisements shows off the range of Beckman Instruments' pH meters available in 1957, highlighting the variety of size and price.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist…
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Only nylon cord tires can give you utmost safety—surest protection against tire trouble
- 1956
Black and white print magazine advertisement for DuPont's nylon tire cords. Image is centered on a family in traffic passing through the Lincoln Tunnel, for "when you need tires that assure greatest dependability."
- Subject Nylon, Tires, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company