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Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works delegation at Atlantic City trade show
- Circa 1910
Postcard with view of a delegation from the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works seated in a Reeds Chantecler Chair during the annual Master Car Builders' and Master Mechanics' Conventions in Atlantic City, New Jersey. All…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Boardwalks, Trade shows, Corporations, African Americans
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Johnnie Shands loading 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, Shands, Johnnie
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First Day Cover commemorating George Washington Carver
- 1948-Jan-05
Philatelic First Day Cover honoring American agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver (1864?-1943). The envelope features an illustrated rendering of Carver and the Tuskegee Institute, as well as a…
- Artist Boll, Ken
- Creator Of Work Cachet Craft
- Subject Postage stamps, African American scientists, Inventors, Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943, Tuskegee Institute, Commemorative postage stamps, African Americans, Science on postage stamps, Cachets (Philately), Agricultural chemistry, Botanists, First day covers (Philately)
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First Day Cover honoring George Washington Carver
- 1948-Jan-05
Philatelic First Day Cover honoring American agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver (1864?-1943). The envelope features an illustrated rendering of Carver and the George Washington Carver Museum in…
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First Day Cover honoring George Washington Carver
- 1948-Jan-05
Philatelic First Day Cover honoring American agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver (1864?-1943). The envelope features an illustrated rendering of Carver and the Tuskegee Institute, as well as a…
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Portrait of Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975)
- 1950s
Portrait of Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), African American research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.
Percy Lavon Julian was born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 11, 1899…
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Leroy Brown and John Williams operating automatic banding machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
General view of Leroy Brown and John Williams operating an automatic banding machine in the Cellulose Department at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, African American men, Machinery, Brown, Leroy, Williams, John
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Paul F. Brown operating bale breaking machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
Two views of employee Paul F. Brown feeding raw cotton linters (short fiber residues left on the cottonseed after the longer staple, aka the "lint" fibers, are removed by ginning) into a bale breaking machine in the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Polymers, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, African American men, Machinery, Brown, Paul F.
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Timothy R. Curley operating lift truck at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1951
General view of Timothy R. Curley operating a lift truck to move bales of cotton linters at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. At the Hopewell plant, raw cotton linters (short fiber residues left…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Forklift trucks, African American men, Warehouses, Curley, Timothy R.
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Food...fit for an American
- 1952-May-24
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company depicting a woman buying groceries at a checkout counter with a line of people behind her, including an African American man. The accompanying paragraph details…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Sodium hydroxide, Refrigerated foods, Agricultural chemicals, Grocery trade, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Food industry and trade--Sanitation, Food--Preservation, Women in advertising, Flavoring essences, African Americans, African American men, Corporations, African Americans in advertising
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Letter from Percy L. Julian to John C. Warner
- 1956-Feb-03
Letter from African American research chemist Percy L. Julian to American Chemical Society President John C. Warner. The letter concerns Julian's critique of the inclusion of a list of "Hotels for Colored Persons" in…
- Addressee Warner, John C.
- Author Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975
- Subject Warner, John C., Southern States, African Americans--Segregation, Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975, African Americans--Civil rights, Texas--Dallas, American Chemical Society, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, African Americans, African American chemists
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Employee loading packaged chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of an unidentified employee loading packages of so-called "chemical cotton" into a boxcar at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee operating loose pulp dryer at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of an unidentified employee operating a loose pulp dryer at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The loose pulp dryer was likely used to process cellulosic fibrous materials, such as…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employees bailing chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of several unidentified employees bailing and wrapping sheets of so-called "chemical cotton" for shipment at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Machinery
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Edward Newmans clearing extractor tank at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of employee Edward Newmans clearing spent wood chips from an extractor tank at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules plants specializing in naval stores, the Brunswick…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Extraction apparatus, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, African Americans, Machinery, Newmans, Edward
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Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995)
- After 1964 – before 1991
Photograph of Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995), believed to be the first African-American female chemist employed to work in a professional position at the Dow Chemical Company.
Bettye Greene was born on March…
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Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995)
- After 1964 – before 1991
Photograph of Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995), believed to be the first African-American female chemist employed to work in a professional position at the Dow Chemical Company.
Bettye Greene was born on March…
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Beckman Model C2 Oxygen Analyzer
- 1970s
This oxygen analyzer is being used to ensure food safety by measuring the oxygen content of the headspace inside food packaging. Oxygen readings that are too high could indicate an environment that encourages the growth…
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Chemist using Perkin-Elmer instruments at Detroit Edison Company laboratory
- 1970s
General view of an unidentified African-American chemist reviewing the results of an analysis made by a Perkin-Elmer Model 306 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer in the research laboratory at the Detroit Edison…
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Jeanette Clarke using a Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer at Fordham Hospital
- 1970s
General view of Jeanette Clarke, employee at New York City's Fordham Hospital, using a Perkin-Elmer Model 403 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to measure the lead content in a sample of blood. Per notations…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Women in science, Atomic absorption spectroscopy, Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Life sciences, Hospitals, Scientific apparatus and instruments, African American women, Blood--Analysis, Corporations, African Americans, Women employees, Laboratories, Clarke, Jeanette
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Michael D. Shaw conducting urine analysis at St. Francis Hospital toxicology laboratory
- 1970s
General view of medical technician Michael D. Shaw using a Perkin-Elmer Model 930 Gas Chromatograph to analyze a urine sample in the toxicology laboratory at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. Per notations…
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Wilson Walker at work in Ohio Department of Health Sanitary Chemistry Laboratory
- 1970s
General view of Wilson Walker, Chief Chemist at the Ohio Department of Health's Sanitary Chemistry Laboratory, injecting a sample of drinking water into the cylinder of a Perkin-Elmer Heated Graphite Atomizer (HGA). Per…
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Oral history interview with Gregory Cooke
- 2014-Aug-13
Gregory Cooke grew up in West Ambler, Pennsylvania, one of three children of a single mother. His childhood community was all black. He attended the local public schools and liked to swim in the creek, bike, fish, and…
- Interviewee Cooke, Gregory, 1951-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Cooke, Gregory, 1951-, Pennsylvania--Ambler, Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis, Asbestosis--Research, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Mesothelioma, African Americans, African American men
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Oral history interview with Sharon Cooke-Vargas
- 2014-Sep-15
Sharon Cooke-Vargas and her two brothers grew up in Ambler, Pennsylvania, after their parents divorced and their mother moved there to be near her own parents. Cooke-Vargas’ grandfather, who died of asbestosis, worked…
- Interviewee Cooke-Vargas, Sharon, 1953-
- Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
- Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Subject Cooke-Vargas, Sharon, Pennsylvania--Ambler, African Americans, African American women, Asbestos, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestosis, Asbestosis--Research, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Keasbey & Mattison Company
