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Make and Show
- Science fair exhibits
- Part of Atomic energy here to stay
- 1949
Article illustrating and describing the potential for atomic energy as a subject in high school science exhibits.
This is a magazine supplement meant to inform the educational leaders of the United States about the… -
Make 1949 Your Banner Cotton Year with Toxaphene
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Advertisement for Toxaphene, a toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in pesticides and insecticides.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Insect pests--Control, Insect pests, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial, Corporations
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8 items
Magic Carpet Walls
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes wall murals, a growing trend. Discusses how to affordably paint one's own wall…
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Lumetron Photoelectric Colorimeter Model 400-A
- 1940s
Electric-powered meter with instructions housed in wooden box. Movable components within box: two (2) slide glass filters (1 with red, green, and blue slides; 1 with orange, green, and blue slides); one (1) encasing to…
- Manufacturer Photovolt Corporation
- Subject Colorimetry--Instruments, Photovolt Corporation
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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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8 items
Look Peasant Please!
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses the "peasant" theme in interior decoration. Describes the decorative techniques…
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8 items
Livable Room
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet introduces the concept of a "Livable Room," or a living room designed for maximum comfort…
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List of objects belonging to the Bredig family
- 1940s
List of objects belonging to the Bredig family. These items were possibly being shipped out of Germany to Max Bredig (1902-1977) in the United States or to the Netherlands where Georg Bredig (1868-1944) fled before…
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Lime sulfur manufacturing facility
- 1940s
General view of raw material and manufacturing facilities used for the production of lime sulfur at an unidentified Dow Chemical Company plant. Beginning in 1907, Herbert Dow marketed lime sulfur, also known as calcium…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Sulfur, Calcium sulfide, Fungicides
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8 items
Lift Your Eyes - To the Ceiling
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses the decorative possibilities of ceilings. Describes how ceilings of different…
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Letter from Werner Gebhardt to Kasimir Fajans
- 1940s
Dr. Werner Gebhardt, a German chemist, writes to Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) to request employment as a means to escape war-ridden Europe. Gebhart laments that it will be difficult to come to the United States without…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Journal of Chemical Education
- Decade starting 1945
Annotated letter from Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) to the editor of the Journal of Chemical Education. The letter was written in response to an article by Ernst A. Hauser (1896-1956), praising Wolfgang Ostwald…
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Letter from Herbert Landsberger
- 1940s
Typed letter from Dr. Herbert Landsberger to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977), about Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968). The letter describes Hochwald's disposition while he was in a concentration camp.
In English below the…
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Letter from H. A. Straus to The Emergency Rescue Committee
- 1940s
Hans A. Straus writes to the Emergency Rescue Committee on behalf of Dr. Alfred Reis (1882-1951), to request the Committee contact the President's Advisory Committee to access Reis' documentation for immigration.
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Letter from Automatic Finder Corporation to Max Bredig
- 1940s
Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) receives directions on handling papers relating to the immigration of Alfred Reis (1882-1951).
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Creator Of Work Automatic Finder Corporation
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Automatic Finder Corporation, Reis, Alfred J., 1882-1951, Emigration and immigration
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Letter drafts addressed to "Mr. B" from Max Bredig
- 1940s
Handwritten letter drafts written by Max Bredig (1902-1977) concerning the immigration of his colleague and friend, Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968).
- Addressee B., Mr.
- Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968, Emigration and immigration
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Latex mixers and stirrers
- Circa 1949
Assorted latex mixers and stirrers used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Latex and Chemical Laboratory to mechanically froth, foam, and mix latex. The machines depicted in the photograph are identified as follows…
- Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Latex, Machinery
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Latex and Chemical Laboratory
- Circa 1949
General view of the Latex and Chemical Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. An assortment of laboratory glassware, apparatus, and instruments used for various phases of experimental and developmental work…
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Lacquer's Like That
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses the origins of lacquer in East Asian countries such as China and Japan. Then,…
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Lacquer is Best!
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Color print advertisement for lacquer manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement features an illustration of a wooden doll and a silhouette of a grand piano. The accompanying text lists some…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Advertising, Industrial, Research, Industrial, Lacquer and lacquering
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La Jac Hi-Brown Liquid Face Powder and Leg Make-Up
- 1923 – 1949
A glass jar containing La Jac brand Hi-Brown Liquid Face Powder and Leg Make-up. The jar is clear, tapers at the top, and has an impressed border on both sides with a red metal twist cap. The front label features a…
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Kill cotton insects with Toxaphene
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Advertisement for Toxaphene, a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant developed by the Hercules Powder Company primarily for use in agricultural insecticides.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with…
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Jingle Bells in the Offing
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how to personalize Christmas gifts with paint. Provides examples of gifts given…
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James Doedens Dr. D.E. Pletcher purifying aromatic chemicals at Dow Aromatics Laboratory
- 1949
General view of two chemists using experimental distillation apparatus to purify aromatic chemicals in the Bush Aromatics Research Department at the Dow Chemical Company facilities in Midland, Michigan. The individuals…
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Interior view of Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of the interior of a portion of the Hercules Powder Company plant facilities in Hopewell, Virginia, with view of assorted industrial apparatus and machinery and several unidentified employees. The Hopewell…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery