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Genie Business
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet likens the fascination of painting furniture to the magic of a genie. Describes tips and…
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From the World's Four Corners
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created in cooperation with Foreign Trade week by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how components of all paint products hail…
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Four Walls Around You
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses various methods to decorate one's walls. These methods include stippling,…
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For the Son and Heir
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet provides inspiration and instruction for re-modeling a child's bedroom. The text discusses…
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Flyer for H.G. Ollendorff, Inc.
- 1940s
Advertisement from H.G Ollendorff, Inc. for sending food parcels from the U.S.A to Europe
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First Day Cover commemorating Peace Day in Hiroshima
- 1949
Philatelic cachet is an offset lithograph depicting an atomic model floating above the Earth with the text "Peace Forever" heading the illustration. Designates August 6th as Peace Day in Hiroshima in memoriam of the…
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Final blending by passing stock through rolls endwise
- Circa 1949
View of a worker passing rubber stock through the mixing mill at the Naval Air Experimental Station's Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory. At the laboratory, the mill was used to mix rubber stocks or warm mixed…
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Farmers Report: More Meat, More Milk, More Eggs after Spraying with Pestroy
- 1949
Black and white print magazine advertisement for Pestroy insect spray. This ad appeared in The Country Gentleman, April 1949.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides, Toxins
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Facts on Chemcraft
- 1940 – 1949
A tag advertising Chemcraft brand Chemistry Sets and the Chemcraft brand by listing features and specifications of the products. Included with the Chemcraft Chemical Magic Set.
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising--Toys
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FROSTEE Paradichlorobenzene Vaporizer
- 1940s
Frostee brand pesticide vaporizer with red and beige text on round tin. Two red lids with green midsection punched with holes.
- Manufacturer Frank J. Curran Co.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Extrusion of a half-inch diameter hose on tuber
- Circa 1949
View of a worker holding a piece of rubber tubing as it is extruded from the tuber machine in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory. This tuber, a variable speed H.P. Royle…
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Ethyl Cellulose at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
Close-up view of a stock of ethyl cellulose manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by Hercules was commonly purchased by a variety of public and private…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose
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Engineers calendering experimental stocks of rubber
- Circa 1949
View of two engineers, Stanley Bilker (background) and Ralph Harper (foreground), operating the calender sheeting machine at the the Naval Air Experimental Station's Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory. The…
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Employees operating Stern Shredder at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
Two views of an unidentified employee adjusting the Stern Shredder machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The shredder was used to process linter sheets of cellulosic fibrous materials, such…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee working with ethyl cellulose at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
Close-up view of an unidentified employee removing a sample of ethyl cellulose from a machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the sampling was one…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee using band saw at Cliffs Dow plant
- 1949
General view of an unidentified employee feeding cants (logs with one or more squared sides) into a band saw in the sawmill at the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Seeking a source of…
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Employee inspecting treating tubs at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee inspecting a treating tub used to purify ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Hopewell plant commonly produced ethyl cellulose,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Women employees, Machinery
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Employee inspecting solvent recovery system at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee inspecting the control board for a Solvent Recovery system at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the system was…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee inspecting hydrochloride rotary furnace at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee inspecting the Hydrochloride Rotary System at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The system was likely used during the production of so-called "chemical…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee inspecting control switches at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee inspecting control switches at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the control switches were explosion-proof, one…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Machinery
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Employee filing circular saws at Cliffs Dow plant in Marquette, Michigan
- 1949
General view of an unidentified employee filing circular saws in the sawmill at the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Seeking a source of raw material for its new plastic,…
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Employee examining control panel at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee examining a control panel used in the production of ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by the Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee examining control panel at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee examining a control panel used in the production of ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by the Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee at work in Hercules Ethyl Cellulose plant
- 1940s
Close-up view of an unidentified employee transferring ethyl cellulose to a storage bin at the Hercules Powder Company's Ethyl Cellulose plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by the Hercules Powder…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Electronically controlled constant rate of load tensile machine
- Circa 1949
General view of an electronically-controlled constant rate of load tensile machine used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Physical Properties Laboratory. Tensile machines are commonly used to subject materials…