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Hand-crank Centrifuge, Babcock Milk Tester
- After 1900 – before 1950
A metal, hand-crank centrifuge with a three-pronged metal base. The base is painted a rusty red color and has been attached to a wooden board for stability. A long metal crank on the side of the base bends at a…
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Certified Pharmacal Company Aspirin Pillbox, 12 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 1950
Small, shallow, rectangular tin box containing medicine pills. Label on front of tin has yellow background with the company name in red. Name of medicine is printed in yellow on brown background on front of tin. Tin…
- Manufacturer Certified Pharmacal Company
- Subject Certified Pharmacal Company, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Aspirin
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2 items
Cenol Moth-Proof
- After 1920 – before 1950
Cenol brand pesticide can with navy text on white and bright orange label. Large moth graphic. Metal screw cap.
- Manufacturer Cenol Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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74 items
Benzo Colours on Cotton Cloth
- 1900 – 1950
Sample book from the Bayer Company, Inc. — the North American extension of the German company, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—containing mounted dyed yarn and cotton thread samples. Bayer & Co. was the first…
- Creator Of Work Bayer Company, Inc.
- Publisher Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co., Dyes and dyeing--Cotton
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Ascent of James Sadler at Oxford
- 1900 – 1950
This 20th-century color lithograph reproduction of an early-19th-century engraving shows a pink and white striped balloon rising above a pastoral landscape. In the balloon basket are two small figures. The campus of…
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15 items
Acid Colors on Piece Goods
- After 1900 – before 1950
Sample book containing dyeing instructions and 54 mounted fabric swatches dyed with National Aniline & Chemical Company manufactured dyes. Consists of one cardboard leaf that folds out into 9 sections.
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2 items
Der Mensch reißt den Blitz vom Himmel: 10 Millionen Volt für Atomzertrümmerung
- Pulling Lightning from the Sky: 10 Million Volts for Atomic Destruction
- After 1892 – before 1945
Clipping from the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, a German weekly illustrated magazine published in Berlin from 1892 to 1945. Berliner was the first mass-market German magazine and pioneered the format of the illustrated…
- Publisher Ullstein GmbH
- Subject German newspapers, Newspapers, Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
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2 items
Ausland
- Abroad
- After 1920 – before 1945
Clipping from a German newspaper. The first image features the "abroad" section. Second image features a small article about Paul Thieme (1905-2001) and the annual report from the Wroclaw chamber of commerce for the…
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Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944)
- After 1920 – 1944
Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944), inventor of Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic.
- Manufacturer Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Portrait photography, Inventors, Bakelite, Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944, Plastics
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Photograph of Alfred and Eva Schnell
- After 1920 – before 1944
Photograph of Alfred Schnell (1900-1944), Eva Schnell (1913-1944), and Eva's mother seated in lawn chairs. Eva's mother is seated in the foreground.
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Mortar and Pestles
- After 1868 – before 1944
Two sets of mortar and pestles belonging to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The larger is made of white porcelain and the smaller is made from agate. Mortar and pestles are used to manually grind or crush a sample into a fine…
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Manual drafting set
- After 1868 – before 1944
Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) drafting set. The tools are held in a rectangular case, lined with dark blue velvet.
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Professor Wohler
- After 1840 – before 1940
A half-length portrait of Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882), a German chemist.
- Artist Cook, Conrad
- After L'Allemand, Conrad, 1809-1880
- Subject Wöhler, Friedrich, 1800-1882
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Holiday card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a winter nighttime scene. The view shows a snow-covered Karlsruher Schloss, or Karlsruhe palace.
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Hercules Powder Company tree stump handling in Brunswick, Georgia
- 1920 – 1940
Silent footage of Hercules Powder Company processing tree stumps at their Brunswick, Georgia plant for use in their cellulose products. Footage shows stumps being removed from railroad cars by crane and dropped into…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Powder Company
- Subject Cellulose industry, Hercules Powder Company, Chemical industry, Naval stores industry, Cranes, derricks, etc., Machinery
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Hercules Powder Company Woods Camp pine stump gathering
- 1920 – 1940
Silent footage of tree stump removal being done by Hercules Powder Company at an unknown location, likely in the southeastern United States. These stumps were removed using machinery and then transferred to a Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Powder Company
- Subject Hercules Powder Company, Cellulose industry, Tree stump removal, Machinery
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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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Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a large adorned Christmas tree at the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Christmas, New Year, Greeting cards, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Greeting cards, Christmas, New Year, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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4 items
Chemie für Alle
- Chemistry for E17 veryone
- After 1920 – before 1940
Advertisement booklet from Dieck & Company, collected by Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The booklet advertises the titles Chemie für Alle, Elektrotechnik für Alle, and Physik für Alle .
- Publisher Dieck & Co.
- Subject Chemistry, Publishers and publishing, Electrical engineering, Physics, Textbooks
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Lee's Louse Powder for Poultry and Livestock
- After 1910 – before 1939
Lee's brand pesticide can with blue, white, and red text on yellow and blue label. Rooster graphic.
- Manufacturer Geo. H. Lee Co.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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3 items
Folders belonging to Georg Bredig
- 1901 – 1939
Two paper Leitz brand folders with handwritten annotations by Georg Bredig (1868-1944)
- Contributor Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Office equipment and supplies
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Advertisements for publications from Julius Springer
- Circa 1913 – 1936
Advertisements for scientific publications by Julius Springer publisher.
Advertised titles include Metallurgische Berechnungen by Joseph W. Richards (1864-1921), Physik für Jedermann: mit besonderer Berücksichtigung…
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41 items
Advertisements for publications from B.G. Teubner
- Circa 1913 – 1936
Advertisements for works by B.G. Teubner Publisher collected by Georg Bredig (1868-1944). In Physik: Eine Auswahl physikalischer Werke titles of newly published physics books are listed. Das Chemische Gleichgewicht…
- Creator Of Work B.G. Teubner (Firm)
- Subject B.G. Teubner (Firm), Physics, Publishers and publishing, Science publishing, Mathematics, Chemistry