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Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) postage stamp, Belgium
- 1949
1949, postage stamp from Belgium featuring Mountain Arnica flowers. Mountain arnica is a poisonous plant, but it has been used in herbal medicines. Extracts of mountain arnica have been studied on its effectiveness in…
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Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) postage stamp, Soviet Union
- 1973
1973 Soviet postage stamp featuring an illustration of Mountain Arnica flowers. Mountain arnica is a poisonous plant, but it has been used in herbal medicines. Extracts of mountain arnica have been studied for their…
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Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) postage stamp, Poland
- 1967
1967 Polish postage stamp featuring an illustration of Mountain Arnica flowers. Mountain arnica is a poisonous plant, but it has been used in herbal medicines. Extracts of mountain arnica have been studied on its…
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Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) postage stamp, Yugoslavian
- 1967
1967 Yugoslavian postage stamp featuring an illustration of Mountain Arnica flowers. Mountain arnica is a poisonous plant, but it has been used in herbal medicines. Extracts of mountain arnica have been studied on its…
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Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) postage stamp, Czechoslovakia
- 1965
1965 postage stamp from the Czech Republic featuring an illustration of Mountain Arnica alongside its Czech name, "Prha arnika". Mountain arnica is a poisonous plant, but it has been used in herbal medicines. Extracts…
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Coconuts (Cocos nucifera) postage stamp, Suriname
- 1961-Mar-01
1961 postage stamp from Suriname featuring an illustration of coconuts (Cocos nucifera). In Suriname, every part of the coconut is used in home remedies and holistic medicine. Tea is made from coconut husks to treat…
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Orange Mullein (Verbascum phlomoides) postage stamp, Hungary
- 1961
1961 Hungarian postage stamp featuring an illustration of orange mullein (Verbascum phlomoides). Traditionally, orange mullein flowers are used in teas or infused in oils to treat respiratory issues, reduce…
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Health spotted orchid (Orchis maculata) postage stamp, Soviet Union
- 1973
1973 stamp from the USSR featuring an illustration of a health spotted orchid (Orchis maculata). Orchids have been used as a herbal medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments such as tuberculosis, paralysis, and…
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Freezing, Melting, and Boiling
- Circa 1987
“Freezing, Melting, and Boiling” is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes…
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32M 43S
Crystals and Glass
- Circa 1987
“Crystals and Glass” is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates basic…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Subject Crystals, Glass, Educational films
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32M 21S
What Is A Flame?
- Circa 1987
“What is a Flame?” is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates basic…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Subject Flame, Heat, Heat--Convection, Educational films
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32M 40S
Atmosphere Around Us
- Circa 1987
“The Atmosphere Around Us" is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Subject Atmosphere, Air pressure, Educational films
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32M 33S
Oxygen
- Circa 1987
“Oxygen" is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates basic chemistry…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Subject Oxygen, Oxidation, Educational films
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32M 41S
Organic Chemistry
- Circa 1987
“Organic Chemistry" is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates basic…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Subject Carbon, Chemistry, Organic, Educational films
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32M 46S
Chemical Clock Reactions
- Circa 1987
“Chemical Clock Reactions" is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes illustrates…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Subject Chemical reactions, Educational films
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32M 45S
Chemical Conductors of Electricity
- Circa 1987
“Chemical Conductors of Electricity" is one of fifty-three short educational films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Subject Electricity, Educational films
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Red Fuse
- 2013
This work, titled Red Fuse is at the intersection of fine art and fireworks. It was made by the contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, best known for his large-scale explosion events that use pyrotechnics as an artistic…
- Artist Cai, Guoqiang, 1957-
- Subject Gunpowder, Cai Guo-Qiang, Art, Abstract, Fireworks
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World War I-era German propaganda postcard
- Circa 1918
World War I-era German propaganda postcard featuring an illustration of a German U-9 U-Boat surfacing. In the waves feature the phrase "Zeichnet werbt". The image was likely created to encourage enlistment or support…
- Creator Of Work Walch, T
- Subject World War (1914-1918), Submarines (Ships), Propaganda, German, Postcards
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Postcard from Rosa Bredig to Marianne and Max Bredig
- Circa 1923
Postcard from Wiesbaden, Germany, from Rosa Bredig née Fraenkel (1877-1933) to her children Marianne Homburger née Bredig (1903-1987) and Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977). The postcard features a photograph of the Russian…
