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Bee Brand Flea Killer
- 1940s
Bee brand pesticide can with black and white text on yellow, blue, and red label with dog, cat, and bottle graphic.
- Manufacturer McCormick & Co. (Baltimore, Md.)
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Beckman IR-12 Spectrophotometer
- 1940s
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…
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Be a Better Chooser
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet lists the factors to take into consideration when deciding upon a color scheme for a home's…
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Bayer Aspirin Pillbox, 12 Tablet Size
- 1930 – 1949
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. Image of small round white…
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Bausch & Lomb Duboscq Type Colorimeter
- 1940s
A: Cast iron base attached to a sloping cast iron upright supporting the reader, prisms, sample cups, plungers, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the sample cups; two metal knobs control the height of the sample…
- Manufacturer Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Subject Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Colorimetry--Instruments, Colorimetry
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Backgrounds for Blondes
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses furniture made of blonde wood, and how to color one's walls and decorate a room…
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Bachelor Hall
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet, likely intended for a female reader, describes how to decorate a man's room or apartment.…
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Application for Verification of Last Entry of an Alien for use in Connection with the Issuance of an Immigration Visas to Relatives
- 1940s
Application for Verification of Last Entry of an Alien for use in Connection with the Issuance of an Immigration Visas to Relatives, filled out by Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977). Bredig provides his immigration…
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, United States. Department of Labor
- Subject Gurs (Concentration camp), Emigration and immigration, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), World War (1939-1945), Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Nazi concentration camps
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Application for Verification of Last Entry of an Alien for use in Connection with the Issuance of an Immigration Visas to Relatives
- 1940s
Application for Verification of Last Entry of an Alien for use in Connection with the Issuance of an Immigration Visas to Relatives, filled out by Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977). Bredig provides his immigration…
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, United States. Department of Labor
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Emigration and immigration, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, World War (1939-1945), Gurs (Concentration camp), Nazi concentration camps
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Application for Location Service for Alfred and Eva Schnell
- Decade starting 1945
Application form for Location Service for Alfred (1900-1944) and Eva Schnell (1913-1944), filled out by Max Bredig (1902-1977).
Alfred Schnell was a former colleague of Max Bredig. In the early 1940s, Alfred and his…
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All is Vanity, Says the Powder Room
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses the purpose and history of the powder room and provides instruction for…
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All Out for Abundance to Feed a Hungry World
- 1940s
Print advertisement for a range of insecticides and fungicides manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company, including "MIKE" Sulfur, DN-Dry Mix, and App-L-Set. The advertisement also includes tips for best spraying results.
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Affidavit Information Sheet
- 1940s
An affidavit information sheet explaining what information is needed for the document.
- Creator Of Work National Council of Jewish Women. New York Section
- Subject Affidavits, Emigration and immigration
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Aerial view of Dow plant in Pittsburg, California
- 1940s
Aerial view of the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Pittsburg, California. A range of products and processes were researched, developed, and produced at the plant, including chlorination, textiles, fumigants, and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Sunderland, Clyde
- Subject Aerial views, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Aerial photographs
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A Bride Looks at Her Kitchen
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet includes dialogue between two neighbors, a young bride and an older woman. After learning…
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A Bathroom's Like A Horse's Teeth
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses ways to modernize a home's bathroom through new fixtures and paint. Provides…
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--Or Winter Will Catch You!
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses exterior house painting: its purpose, benefits, and advice for executing an…
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"Jes' Plumb Loco"
- Advertisement for Dow Agricultural Chemicals
- 1940s
Color print advertisement for weed killers manufactured and sold by the Agricultural Chemical Division of the Dow Chemical Company for use against locoweed and other noxious plants. The advertisement features an…
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"Chu Chang" to Paint With
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes the origin of paintbrush bristles beginning by explaining how bristles were…
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Thermoswitch and thermoregulators used in production of synthetic fibers
- 1946-Aug-09
- 1947-Mar
Assorted apparatus, including a Fenwal Thermoswitch and Thermoregulator, H-B Mercury-in-glass Thermostat, and Scaico Thermostat, used during the early stages of synthetic fiber production and research at DuPont.…
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Screw and booster pumps used for production of synthetic fibers
- 1946-Nov-11
- 1947-Jan-06
Detail views of screw and booster pumps used during the early stages of synthetic fiber production and research at DuPont. The photographs are captioned "Figure 4--Experimental Melt-Pool Screw Pump" and "Figure…
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Where is the Rosin in this Picture?
- Part of 1946 Hercules Advertisements
- 1946
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Where is the Rosin in this Picture?
- Part of 1946 Hercules Advertisements
- 1946
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Where is the Rosin in this Picture?
- Part of 1946 Hercules Advertisements
- 1946
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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What Do You See In CMC
- Part of 1946 Hercules Advertisements
- 1946
Print advertisement for Hercules CMC, an unpurified cellulose gum manufactured and sold by Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement describes the history and development of the compound. The body of the advertisement…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, DDT (Insecticide), Corporations, Naval stores, Thanite, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial