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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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Hercules 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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Hercules 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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Hercules Powder Company exhibition display (1946)
- 1946
General view of a 1946 Hercules Powder Company display showcasing industrial chemical materials manufactured and sold by the company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Corporations, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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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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"I'm Buying a Really Portable Sewing Machine!"
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- 1946
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement depicts a mother and daughter carrying a newly-purchased portable sewing machine made from Dowmetal, a product marketed for…
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On the Wings of...Magnesium!
- 1946-Jul-08
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction a hand lifting a winged ingot of Dowmetal magnesium through an array…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade
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Most Precious of All Gifts...Freedom
- Advertisement for Dow Chemical Company
- 1946
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of two children standing in the Lincoln Memorial at Christmastime. The accompanying text reflects upon the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Corporations, Children in advertising, Christmas
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A New Chapter in the Story of Textiles
- Advertisement for Dow Saran
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Saran plastic manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of applications, including textiles, packaging, plastic sheeting, and Saran Wrap. The advertisement features an…
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I Vote for the LIGHT One--More Payload!
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts two men examining model aircrafts, with the one man favoring the lighter one made…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Aircraft industry
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"Let's Take the One I Can Carry Upstairs!"
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts a husband and wife shopping for vacuum cleaners, with the wife favoring the lighter…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Women in advertising
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Paper urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
Paper urine sugar comparator is labeled "Somogyi urine sugar test." This screening device is used to determine glucose levels in urine, which may be an indicator of diabetes.
Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971) was a…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment, Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971
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Urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
Used for the qualitative color comparison of urine samples, this urine sugar caparator consists of a wooden holder with holes along the top for holding test tubes next to the color indicators. The printed scale ranges…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment, Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971
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Urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
This plastic comparator for the Somogyi Method Urine sugar test likely belonged to Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971). Contains yellow printing with a fabric case. This screening device is used to determine glucose levels…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971, Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment
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Urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
This plastic comparator for the Somogyi Method Urine sugar test is possibly an early or prototype version since it contains no printing. This screening device is used to determine glucose levels in urine, which may be…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971, Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment
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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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The Making of an American Company: General Aniline & Film Corporation 1842-1946
- 1946
Digitized in entirety, this illustrated work outlines the history of the General Aniline & Film Corporation. Intended as an advertising brochure, includes information on the General Aniline Works Division, detailing…
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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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Quality products for the growing low- calorie market with Du Pont Cylan calcium cyclamate a non-nutritive sweetener
- 1946
Currently banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration due to potential health concerns, this pamphlet outlines how Cyclan, or calcium cyclamate, can be used as an artificial sweetener in place of sugar as a…
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The Plastic Fabric with the Spotless Reputation
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Division, with an emphasis on Saran. The advertisement features an illustration of two teenagers eating and drinking around an armchair covered in Saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Teenagers, Corporations, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade
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"I See What You Mean...Let's Buy These Light Ones"
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- 1946-Apr-20
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement depicts a man and woman discussing the purchase of binoculars made from Dowmetal, a product marketed for its lightness and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, Women in advertising, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium alloys