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Interior of Beckman Model IR-1 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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Interior of Beckman IR-1 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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Instructions for Beckman Model G pH meter
- 1949
Owners of the Model G would have found these instructions tucked inside the lid of the wooden case surrounding the instrument.
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the…
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Installation of Plexiglas panels at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of several unidentified employees installing Plexiglass panels on the nose of a Douglas A-20 attack bomber. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the two halves that form the nose of the bomber are…
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Installation of Plexiglas panel at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee fitting a Plexiglas windshield panel onto the nose enclosure of a Douglas A-20 attack bomber. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in…
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Incorporation of ingredients with rubber stock
- Circa 1949
View of chemist adding unidentified ingredients to rubber stock in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. The primary purpose of the laboratory was the production of…
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In the Spring a Housewife's Conscience Always Turns to Thoughts of House Cleaning
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how to prepare for spring cleaning including laundering summer curtains,…
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Hydraulic Press in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory
- Circa 1949
General view of the hydraulic press in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. This unit is a 200-ton capacity Williams-White Moline machine equipped with three 24" x 24"…
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How's Your House's Hat?
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet is themed on roof maintenance. Describes a number of techniques for preserving one's roof,…
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How to be "In on the Finish"
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses how to care for wooden furniture. Describes veneers, staining, polish, and other…
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Hot pond and sawmill conveyor at Cliffs Dow plant
- 1949
General view of three unidentified employees poling and transferring logs from a hot pond to the washer and sawmill conveyor at the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Invented around…
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Hideaway Room
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet begins by introducing the concept of a "hideaway room," or a space in one's home for…
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Hercules Truline Binder Cuts Core Room Losses
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
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…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Founding, Metal castings, Advertising, Industrial
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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 (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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Hercules Pine Oils improve many products and processes
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Advertisement extolling the benefits of pine wood derivatives manufactured by the Hercules Powder Company for use in a variety of chemical products and processes, including textile chemicals, disinfectants,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Turpentine, Hercules Incorporated, Pine oil, Corporations, Advertising, Industrial
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Hercules Pine Oils
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Print advertisement for pine oil manufactured by the Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement features a graphic illustration of a mop and bucket, surrounded by blue droplets. Each droplet is labelled with an…
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Handling radioactive wastes in the atomic energy program
- 1949
"This report describes radioactive waste materials, their sources in the atomic energy program, and the methods used on processing and storing or disposing of them at atomic energy installations and at laboratories and…
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Goodrich Flexometer
- Circa 1949
General view of the Goodrich Flexometer used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Dynamic Test Laboratory. The flexometer was used to determine the heat build-up and hysteresis characteristics of rubber specimens…
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Going Modern: Notes on Decoration
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses the styles and amenities that modern houses are afforded, "with utility,…
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Gilbert Electric Eye Kit
- 1949
- Manufacturer A.C. Gilbert Company
- Subject Electric apparatus and appliances, Electricity, A.C. Gilbert Company, Electron tubes
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Getting Away From it All
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet provides tips for finding a summer home and suggests purchasing a simple, cheap property…
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Georgia Cotton Growers: Protect Your Crops 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. This advertisement appeared in Georgia Farm Bureau News.
Formed in 1912 as part of an…
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Georgi Dimitrov Chemical Company scrip
- 1949
In the amount of one thousand, this company scrip issued by Georgi Dimitrov Chemical Company is printed to look like a banknote. Verso of scrip has an illustration of the chemical complex, which is bustling with…
- Publisher Georgi Dimitrov Chemical Company
- Subject Currency question, Chemical industry, Corporations, Bauman, Robert Joel