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Tintex Mistique Stocking Dye
- After 1900 – before 1933
A small, orange, Tintex brand dye box with an illustration of a pair of legs wearing stockings. A folded instruction sheet is included in the box.
Dyes are charged, water-soluble, organic compounds that chemically bind…
- Creator Of Work Park & Tilford Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic
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Tintex Orchid (Lavender) Dye
- After 1900 – before 1933
A small gray box with an illustration of a woman holding a garment over a dye bath. Contained a small paper packet, pictured on the right, that contains the powdered fabric dye. Dye instructions are printed on the…
- Creator Of Work Park & Tilford Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry
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Hobson's Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic and Chloroform
- After 1901 – before 1950
Box containing Dr. Hobson's "Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic, and Chloroform" cough syrup. According to the packaging, the use of this product is for the "relief of cough due to colds."
Brothers Henry and…
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Emocromometro (Marucelli model) with needle and booklet with instructions and absorbent paper
- Circa 1907
Used for counting blood cells, this particular hemocytometer was manufactured in Italy. Black case that opens by pressing in bronze button to reveal bright blue satin interior lining. Inside, the bottom half of the case…
- Manufacturer U. Marucelli & Company
- Subject Clinical medicine, Blood--Analysis, Anemia, Blood--Diseases, Blood cell count, Hemocytometers
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Bayer Aspirin Tin, 12 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
Small, shallow, rectangular tin box containing medicine pills. Label on front of tin has yellow background with "12 Bayer-Tablets of Aspirin (5 grs. each)" in white text on brown background. Tin pillbox contains…
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Bayer Flavoured Children's Size Aspirin Bottle
- 1910 – 2007
Small glass Bayer flavoured children's size aspirin bottle with pink plastic cap, 36 tablet size, containing pink tablets.
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Bayer Orange Flavoured Children's Chewable Aspirin Bottle
- 1910 – 2007
- 1988
Small glass Bayer orange flavoured children's chewable aspirin bottle with pink plastic cap, 36 tablet size.
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Certified Pharmacal Company Aspirin Pillbox, 12 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 1950
Small, shallow, rectangular tin box containing medicine pills. Label on front of tin has yellow background with the company name in red. Name of medicine is printed in yellow on brown background on front of tin. Tin…
- Manufacturer Certified Pharmacal Company
- Subject Certified Pharmacal Company, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Aspirin
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DuPont Pyralin travel vanity set
- 1910 – 1940
Irregularly-shaped wooden box with blue and off-white synthetic coatings; box is secured with two steel snap fasteners; top opens upward and is held upright with a cloth ribbon on the left side; top and bottom of box…
- Manufacturer E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Subject Plastics, Celluloid, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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Glass Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 200 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
Glass Bayer aspirin bottle, 200 tablet size, contains white tablets.
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Glass Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 300 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
Glass Bayer aspirin bottle, 300 tablet size, contains white tablets.
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Lablache Face Powder
- 1910s
An empty circular white cardboard box with gold rims that held a face powder. The paper label is decorated with a winged cherub holding aloft a Lablache Face Powder banner with the words "a harmless toilet powder"…
- Manufacturer Ben Levy Co.
- Subject Cosmetics, Cosmetics industry, Powder boxes (Cosmetics containers), Powders, Packaging
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Lee's Louse Powder for Poultry and Livestock
- After 1910 – before 1939
Lee's brand pesticide can with blue, white, and red text on yellow and blue label. Rooster graphic.
- Manufacturer Geo. H. Lee Co.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Parke Davis & Co. Pharmaceutical Nursing Drug Kit
- 1910s
A black leather pouch containing 11 vials of various pharmaceutical tablets. Five vials are empty, and one is missing.
Vials are labeled:
Hypodermatic tablets No. 5, (Cocaine hydrochlorate);
Hypodermatic tablets No.…- Creator Of Work Parke, Davis & Company
- Subject Parke, Davis & Company, Drugs, Medical supplies, Nursing--Equipment and supplies, Pharmaceutical industry
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Plastic Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 100 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
- 1985
Plastic Bayer aspirin bottle, 100 tablet size, reads "Genuine Bayer Aspirin, Micro-Thin Coating".
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Plastic Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 50 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
- 2008
Plastic Bayer aspirin bottle, 50 tablet size, contains tablets.
- Contributor Bayer Company, Inc.
- Manufacturer Bayer HealthCare LLC
- Subject Bayer HealthCare LLC, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Aspirin, Bayer AG
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Pin From 8th International Congress of Applied Chemistry
- 1912-Sep
Bronze and lacquer pin with a blue satin ribbon. The body of the pin features an eagle holding a square shield painted to resemble the American flag. Ribbons with text surround the shield, and two circles showing each…
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Seascape by Wilhelm Ostwald in Tenerife, Spain
- 1913
1913 painting by Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) depicting a seascape in Tenerife, Spain. The painting was a gift to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) in 1933 from Ostwald's wife, Helene (1854-1946), in remembrance of Ostwald after…
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American Agricultural Chemical Company fertilizer samples, set of four
- Circa 1914
Blue cardboard box labeled "The A.A.C. Co., M.E. Wheeler & Co., Branch, Rutland, VT." The box contains four jars containing fertilizer samples from The American Agricultural Chemical Company. Fertilizer samples include…
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American Agricultural Chemical Company fertilizer samples, set of six
- Circa 1914
Cardboard box labeled "The A.A.C. Co., M. E. Wheeler & Co., Branch, Rutland, VT." The box contains six jars containing fertilizer samples from The American Agricultural Chemical Company. Fertilizer samples include Corn…
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Can of Hopkins Rajah hair dye
- 1914 – 1967
Tin container of powdered henna pigment manufactured by S. B. Penick & Company. Henna is a dye prepared from the plant Lawsonia inermis, also known as the henna or mignonette tree. Whole henna leaves must be dried and…
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Chemcraft Chemical Outfit No. 1
- 1917
This is one of Porter Chemical Company's first Chemcraft sets. In the early 20th century, companies like the Porter Chemical Company and A.C. Gilbert began to manufacture and sell chemistry laboratories and kits.…
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company
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General Electric National Mazda Drawn Tungsten Filament Incandescent Light Bulb
- 1917
A large, tapered, oval-shaped, clear glass bulb with a point on the top; has a brass bottom with threads on the end; attached to the inside of the bottom is a long glass tube with two terminals on either side and a long…
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Bausch & Lomb Abbe Refractometer Serial No. 380
- 1919 – 1926
A: Refractometer
Instrument has round cast iron base; on the base is a rectangular glass mirror mounted to allow rotation; a single black pillar supports the prism alidade, the black cylindrical telescope viewer, and…- Manufacturer Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Subject Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Refractometers, Optics
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"Louis Pasteur" Microscope Set
- After 1920
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Contributor Geo. Borgfeldt & Company
- Manufacturer Carolyn Manufacturing Company Inc.
- Subject Chemistry sets, Microscopes, Carolyn Manufacturing Company Inc., Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Geo. Borgfeldt & Company
