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Letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig, December 30, 1940
- Circa 1940
In this letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig written in the Gurs concentration camp, the couple describe how they celebrated the New Year, provide updates on packages and correspondence,…
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Le Petit Rosaire
- Extract on Alchemy from the Roman de la Rose (la Table de maistre Jehan de Meun)
- Circa 1600 – 1640
This is a seventeenth-century copy of a fifteenth-century translation and re-working of the Rosarius Philosophorum, one of the most important texts in the corpus of alchemical works that circulated under the name of…
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Order forms from the Société Française de Physique
- Circa 1911
Order forms for publications by the Société Française de Physique collected by Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The French Physical Society was founded in 1873.
- Creator Of Work Société Française de Physique
- Subject Physics--Societies, etc., Science--Societies, etc.
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Letter from Marianne Homburger to Georg Bredig
- Circa 1940
Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) inquires how her father is doing in New York City and provides updates on her stepson, Walther Homburger, and other friends and family.
- Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Letter from Marianne Homburger to Georg Bredig
- Circa 1940
In a letter to her father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) provides an update on her circumstances in Germany and inquires about the well-being of Georg and other family members.
- Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Letter from Marianne Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig, December 15, 1940
- 1940-Dec-15
In a letter to her father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), and brother, Max Bredig (1902-1977), Marianne Homburger (1903-1986) provides an update on her circumstances in the Gurs internment camp.
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Pamphlet of departure times and ticket fares to the United States and Canada, July 1937 through January 1938
- 1937
Pamphlet of departure times and ticket fares to the United States and Canada from July 1937 through January 1938. The pamphlet contains information about different ship departures, ticket prices, and ports.
- Creator Of Work Wagons-Lits/Cook World Travel Service
- Subject Transatlantic voyages, Schedules, Steamboat lines
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Postcard from Viktor Homburger to Bill Fuchs, February 20, 1941
- 1941-Feb-20
Postcard from Viktor Homburger (1888-1968) to Wilhelm Werner (Bill) Fuchs. Homburger tells Fuchs that he, along with his wife and brother, will be moving to a new concentration camp called Les Milles near Marseille,…
- Author Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968
- Addressee Fuchs, Wilhelm Werner
- Subject Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Fuchs, Wilhelm Werner, Les Milles (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), World War (1939-1945), Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Paul Philipp, 1882-1965, Nazi concentration camps
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Letter from Marianne Homburger to Georg Bredig, September 18, 1940
- 1940-Sep-18
Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) provides an update to her father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), on the status of her family's application for American immigration visas.
- Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Portrait of Marcellin Berthelot
- Circa 1900
Portrait of Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) likely taken by Eugène Pirou (1841-1909). Berthelot was a French chemist, historian, and politician. His work in chemistry focused on organic synthesis and thermochemistry.
…- Photographer Pirou, Eugène, 1841-1909
- Subject Berthelot, M. (Marcellin), 1827-1907, Chemists, Scientists, Carte de visite photographs
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Philippe A. Guye's personal calling card
- Undated
Personal calling card belonging to Phillippe-Auguste Guye (1862-1922). Guye was a Swiss physical chemist and five-time Nobel Prize nominee. In 1903, Guye started Journal de Chimie Physique, the first Swiss journal of…
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Beckman Facilities, France
- Undated
The set of photographs depicts Beckman facilities in France. Some photographs are numbered on the reverse; some are mounted.
- Subject Buildings, Automobiles, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Illustrated Catalog - Pasteur Exhibition
- 1947-Apr-09 – 1947-May-26
Illustrated catalog for a Pasteur Exhibition at the Science Museum in South Kensington, England, April 9th through May 26th, 1947. Exhibition originally shown in Paris, France, with added contributions from the Wellcome…
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Facsimile of a Pasteur letter, with French postage stamps commemorating Louis Pasteur
- 1973-Jun-10
Semipostal stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur. Includes two postmarks depicting Pasteur, with Pasteur also featured on the first day of issue cancel. A semipostal stamp is a postage…
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Jacques Thénard
- 1957
Depicts Louis Jacques Thénard, French chemist and the founder of the Charitable Society of the Friends of Science.
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Postcard with French postal stamps commemorating the centenary of the birth of Marie Curie
- 1967
Cachet shows the Curie laboratory in Paris, and stamps depict Marie Curie with a bowl of radium.
- Artist Autier, Ph., Pheulpin, Jean
- Engraver Pheulpin, Jean
- Subject Women in science, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Women physicists, Women in physics, France, Women scientists, Chemists, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Women chemists, Science on postage stamps, Nobel Prize winners, Women in chemistry, Cachets (Philately), Physicists, Postage stamps, Postcards, Women physical scientists, Women Nobel Prize winners
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Pasteur
- After 1885 – before 1953
Postcard image is a reproduction of Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt's famed portrait "Pasteur Dans Son Laboratoire" [Pasteur In His Laboratory]. The portrait depicts Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm,…
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Isaac Newton
- Undated
Depicts Isaac Newton.
- Artist Lalau, Maurice
- Engraver Munier, Pierre
- Subject Postage stamps, Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, France, Postcards, Postmarks, Commemorative postage stamps, Science on postage stamps
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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating the 2nd centenary of the birth of Antoine Lavoisier
- Circa 1943
Depicts Antoine Lavoisier, the "creator of modern chemistry."
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First Day Cover commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Louis Pasteur
- 1995-Sep-03
Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict Louis Pasteur.
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First Day Cover commemorating Louis Pasteur
- 1995-Jun-03
Cachet, stamp, and postmark depict Louis Pasteur.
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First Day Cover commemorating Louis Pasteur
- 1973-Jun-10
Cachet, semipostal stamp, and postmark depict Louis Pasteur. A semipostal stamp is a postage stamp issued to raise money for a particular purpose (such as a charitable cause) and sold at a premium over the postal value.
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Louis Pasteur's personal calling card
- Circa 1887
Louis Pasteur's personal calling card with a handwritten note on card.
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
