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Chemical industries trade show display (1949)
- 1949
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…
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Chemical industries trade show display (1949)
- 1949
Series of photographs depicting the Hercules Powder Company exhibition display at a 1949 chemical industries trade show held in New York City.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
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Chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
Close-up view of several stacks of so-called "chemical cotton" manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from raw cotton linters, is…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Polymers, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose
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Chemcraft Chemical Magic No. [33?]
- 1940 – 1949
Wooden box painted red with white speckled paint design. The case opens on a hinge to reveal nine test tubes on left containing sodium iodide solution, bleaching powder, sodium salicylate, cobalt chloride, ferric…
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company
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Chase National Bank form
- 1940s
A blank Chase National Bank form for international monetary transfers.
- Creator Of Work Chase National Bank of the City of New York
- Subject Chase National Bank of the City of New York
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Censorship information from the American Red Cross
- 1940s
Censorship information provided by the American Red Cross. During the Second World War, international correspondence was censored by the United States Military and Post Office to protect sensitive information.
- Creator Of Work American Red Cross
- Subject Censorship, American Red Cross, World War (1939-1945), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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Censorship Regulations
- 1940s
Censorship information provided by the American Red Cross. Letters were censored by the United States Military and Postal Service to protect sensitive information. Any information that could be significant to the…
- Creator Of Work American Red Cross
- Subject Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), American Red Cross, Censorship, World War (1939-1945)
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Cellulosics for Durability, Styling, and Versatility
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Colorful print spread advertising cellulosic plastics made with plastic molding compounds manufactured and sold by Hercules Powder Company. On each page, the advertisement features a minimalist illustration of a hand;…
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Caustic soda weigh-tanks at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of weigh-tanks for caustic soda and ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company's Ethyl Cellulose plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, caustic soda and ethyl cellulose…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scales (Weighing instruments), Ethylcellulose, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Calender sheeting operation
- 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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Bulletin regarding options to support relatives in occupied France
- 1940s
Bulletin informing residents in the U.S.A. how they can financially support Jewish relatives and friends who are interned or otherwise residing in unoccupied French territories.
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Brine well at Dow Chemical Company plant
- 1949
General view of a brine well at the Dow Chemical Company facilities in Midland, Michigan. Also known as salt wells, brine wells are used to extract salt from subterranean caverns or deposits for use in a variety of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Salt, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Salt mines and mining
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Brine well at Dow Chemical Company plant
- 1940s
General view of a brine well at the Dow Chemical Company facilities in Midland, Michigan. Also known as salt wells, brine wells are used to extract salt from subterranean caverns or deposits for use in a variety of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Salt, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Salt mines and mining
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Blank United States Affidavit application
- 1940s
A document which an individual signs to accept financial responsibility for an applicant who is coming to live in the United States.
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Bigger crops, bigger profits with toxaphene agricultural insecticides
- 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…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Insect pests--Control, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Behind That Door
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses how to organize or repurpose a home's hall closet. Lists the possibilities for…
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Bee Brand Flea Killer
- 1940s
Bee brand pesticide can with black and white text on yellow, blue, and red label with dog, cat, and bottle graphic.
- Manufacturer McCormick & Co. (Baltimore, Md.)
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Beckman Pocket Dosimeters: Operating & Maintenance Instructions
- Bulletin 206
- Circa 1949
The Pocket Dosimeter was designed to be a portable radiation monitoring system, carried by people to protect themselves against gamma and x-ray exposure.
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Radiation dosimetry, Radiation, Dosimeters, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman IR-12 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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Be a Better Chooser
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet lists the factors to take into consideration when deciding upon a color scheme for a home's…
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Bayer Aspirin Pillbox, 12 Tablet Size
- 1930 – 1949
Small, shallow, rectangular tin box containing medicine pills. Label on front of tin has yellow background with "12 Bayer-Tablets of Aspirin, 5 grs. each" in white text on brown background. Image of small round white…
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Bausch & Lomb Duboscq Type Colorimeter
- 1940s
A: Cast iron base attached to a sloping cast iron upright supporting the reader, prisms, sample cups, plungers, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the sample cups; two metal knobs control the height of the sample…
- Manufacturer Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Subject Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Colorimetry--Instruments, Colorimetry
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Banbury charging operation
- Circa 1949
View of a worker inserting rubber stock into the Banbury Mixer at the Naval Air Experimental Station's Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory. At the laboratory, the mixer was used to break down and mix rubber…
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Banbury Mixer in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory
- Circa 1949
View of the Banbury Mixer used in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. The mixer is a Farrel-Birmingham Co. size B Banbury Mixer with a 25 H.P. motor and four-speed…
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Backgrounds for Blondes
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses furniture made of blonde wood, and how to color one's walls and decorate a room…