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Container of Brunswick Dental Floss
- 1900 – 1915
Metal canister/dispenser of waxed dental floss; 150 yards; removable cap top.
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DuPont Pyralin travel vanity set
- 1910 – 1940
Irregularly-shaped wooden box with blue and off-white synthetic coatings; box is secured with two steel snap fasteners; top opens upward and is held upright with a cloth ribbon on the left side; top and bottom of box…
- Manufacturer E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Subject Plastics, Celluloid, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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Quartz Spectrograph
- 1900 – 1925
A spectrograph is an instrument used to obtain and record a light spectrum—it splits the light from an object into its component wavelengths so that it can be analysed. The spectral lines of a chemical element is…
- Subject Spectrograph, Optics
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Keokuk Electro-Metals Company facility
- 1916
General view of the exterior of the Keokuk Electro-Metals Company facility located in Keokuk, Iowa.
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Primos Chemical Company facilities in Lakewood, Colorado
- 1915
General view of the exterior of the Primos Chemical Company facilities in Lakewood, Colorado. In 1919, the Vanadium Corporation of America acquired the Primos Chemical Company, assuming control of its molybdenum,…
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Ore stockpiles at American Vanadium Company plant
- After 1905 – before 1920
General view of stockpiles of ore at the American Vanadium Company (later the Vanadium Corporation of America) plant facilities in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. The Bridgeville chemical and metallurgical plant was used to…
- Creator Of Work Vanadium Corporation of America
- Subject Smelting, Vanadium Corporation of America, Steel alloy industry, Vanadium, Mineral industries
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Furnace at American Vanadium Company plant
- After 1905 – before 1920
General view of a furnace used to smelt ore at the American Vanadium Company (later the Vanadium Corporation of America) plant facilities in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. The Bridgeville chemical and metallurgical plant…
- Creator Of Work Vanadium Corporation of America
- Photographer Altwater & Bro.
- Subject Vanadium Corporation of America, Steel alloy industry, Metallurgical furnaces, Vanadium, Furnaces, Mineral industries, Smelting furnaces
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American Vanadium Company plant in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
- After 1905 – before 1920
Elevated view of the exterior of the American Vanadium Company (later the Vanadium Corporation of America) plant facilities in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. The Bridgeville chemical and metallurgical plant was used to…
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American Vanadium Company plant in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
- After 1905 – before 1920
Elevated view of the exterior of the American Vanadium Company (later the Vanadium Corporation of America) plant facilities in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. The Bridgeville chemical and metallurgical plant was used to…
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Employee operating shell machine at Hercules Kenvil plant
- Circa 1918
General view of an unidentified employee operating a machine used to produce shell cartridges used in the manufacture of dynamite at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey. Formed in 1912 as part of an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery
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Employee operating sorting machine at Hercules Kenvil plant
- 1919
General view of an unidentified female employee operating a machine used to sort time cards at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey. Per an article in the August 1919 edition of the Hercules Mixer,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Industrial efficiency, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Women employees, Machinery
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Experimental station at Hercules Kenvil plant
- Circa 1915
General view of the exterior of the experimental research station at the Hercules Powder Company's smokeless-powder plant located In Kenvil, New Jersey. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, New Jersey--Kenvil
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Bureau of Chemistry Dust Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee utilizing an apparatus in the Bureau of Chemistry's Dust Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Development Work, the Dust Laboratory conducted research into the…
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Bureau of Chemistry Protein Investigation Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
General view of employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Protein Investigation Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Protein…
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Bureau of Chemistry Pharmacognosy Laboratory
- 1914 – before 1928
General view of a female employee analyzing unidentified substances in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the…
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Bureau of Chemistry Pharmacognosy Laboratory
- 1914 – before 1928
General view of employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the manufacture and distribution of crude…
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Bureau of Chemistry Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees working in the Bureau of Chemistry's Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Oil, Fat, and…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee operating an apparatus used to study ammonia at the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted investigations…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory showing assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted investigations into…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee conducting an analysis of an unidentified substance in the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee conducting an analysis of an unidentified substance in the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted…
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Bureau of Chemistry Drug Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees at work in a Bureau of Chemistry Drug Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, such laboratories commonly…
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Agricultural Research Service Drug Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees at work in an Agricultural Research Service Drug Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, such laboratories commonly…
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Naval Stores Investigation Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of three employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Naval Stores Investigation Laboratory, a division of the Leather and Paper Laboratory. Assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus, as well as notices…
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Bureau of Chemistry Carbohydrate Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
General view of the Bureau of Chemistry's Carbohydrate Laboratory showing assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Carbohydrate Laboratory analyzed the physical and…