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Production Department at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
General view of the Production Department at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania showing various equipment used in the production of azo dyes. Assorted equipment and apparatus visible in the…
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Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
General view of the Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Employees are seen removing press cake from the filter presses to transfer them to the buggies at the center…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
General view of the Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Employees are seen removing press cake from the filter presses to transfer them to the buggies at the center…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Creator Of Work Tenschert Commercial Photo Studio
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Preliminary Instructions, Beckman Infrared Spectrophotometer Model IR-2
- Bulletin 147-A
- 1946
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…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Portable pH meter in use at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
General view of Martin Eby (left) using a portable pH meter at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. The photograph also shows several pieces of equipment used in the manufacture of…
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Plenty to Admire...in Today's Dry Cleaning!
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Dowclene synthetic solvents manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in dry-cleaning, among other applications. The advertisement depicts a woman holding up a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Dry cleaning, Corporations, Advertising, Dry cleaning industry, Solvents, Advertising, Industrial, Women in advertising
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Operating Instructions, the Beckman Model DU Photoelectric Quartz Spectrophotometer
- Bulletin 91-B
- 1946
The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by employee Howard Cary (who had previously been involved in pH meter…
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Oil-Immersion Microscope
- Circa 1946
A: Microscope
Ernst Leitz oil-immersion microscope; instrument rests on wishbone-shaped base with a single beam extending from the center before splitting into two sections: an arm supporting the telescope and…- Manufacturer Ernst Leitz (Firm)
- Subject Microscopes, Ernst Leitz (Firm)
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Office memo with reminder to write to J.E. Brabham
- Circa 1946
Memo, presumably from Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977), about writing a letter to J.E. Brabham from the Tennessee Valley Authority. The memo indicates that the letter should include Bredig's travel information and a…
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Notes about traveling by Max Bredig
- Circa 1946
Travel notes relating to Max Albert Bredig's (1902-1977) move to Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Travel, Tennessee
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New Ideas...From Plastics
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications. The advertisement shows a young boy…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Children in advertising
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Nationwide Tests Now Being Made on Hercules' Toxaphene
- A new residual toxicant, formerly known as Hercules 3956
- 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…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Terpenes, Insect pests, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial, Corporations
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National Technical Laboratories banquet
- 1946
The head table at a banquet for an unidentified occasion. Mabel and Arnold Beckman are second and third from left, respectively.
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Most Useful of All Plastics
- Cellulose Acetate, Cellulose Nitrate, and Ethyl Cellulose
- 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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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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Model sitting on Styron packaging
- 1946
General view of a female model sitting on plastic packaging made from Dow Styron to demonstrate the packaging's durability. Styron is the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Plastics in packaging, Women in advertising, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade, Packaging, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations
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Loading dye paste onto dryer trays at Althouse Chemical Company plant
- 1946
View of employees loading dye paste onto dryer trays at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. As part of the manufacturing process, the trays were later inserted into the…
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List of film productions showings in local theaters
- Circa 1946
Pamphlet of movie times in theaters in Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Florence, Alabama. The schedule includes movies being show and double features.
- Subject Motion pictures, Double features
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Less Dollars Per Gallon, Less Gallons Per Spray with Thanite
- These figures prove economy of Thanite vs. Pyrethrum
- 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…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Thanite, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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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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How Plastic Fabrics Cover a Lot of Problems
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Division, with an emphasis on Saran. The advertisement features an illustration of a mother and son standing over an armchair covered in Saran plastic,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Parent and child, Plastics industry and trade
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High Style at Low Cost... With Cellulosics
- 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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High Knockdown in 3 Minutes with Low-Cost Thanite DDT
- 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…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, DDT (Insecticide), Corporations, Naval stores, Thanite, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Here's a Plastic to Talk Over!
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose. The advertisement features an illustration of a woman talking on a telephone, accompanied by her young daughter playing with a toy telephone…
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Hercules Thanite, Thanasol 70 Toxicants, For Better Livestock Sprays
- Thanite-base Sprays Give Longer-lasting Repellency
- 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…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Cattle, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, DDT (Insecticide), Insect pests, Thanite, Insecticides, Livestock, Advertising, Industrial, Corporations