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Sperry Buffer Amplifier Microcircuit with a mirror and coin
- 1950 – 1969
This photograph is part of a series of marketing images used to demonstrate the small size of Helipot products.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Microelectronics, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Spice Storage
- 1950s
Interior view of the spice storage area at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey, showing sacks of spices used in the manufacture of perfumes and essential oils.
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Spiralok exhibition display (circa 1950)
- Circa 1950
General view of an exhibition display for Spiralok cartridges manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use with Vibrogel explosives.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
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Spiralok exhibition display (circa 1950)
- Circa 1950
General view of an exhibition display for Spiralok cartridges manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use with Vibrogel explosives and Vibrocap blasting caps.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Explosives, Explosives industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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Stainless Steel Reactor
- 1950s
View of a stainless steel reactor at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.
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Standard Aerosol Insect Killer
- 1950 – 1972
Standard brand insecticide can with red and white label and red and blue text with torch and insect graphics.
- Manufacturer Standard Oil Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Steve Murphy adjusting a Beckman IR-2A Spectrophotometer
- 1950s
A note on the back indicates that this is a "precision adjustment." Steve Murphy was the supervisor of National Technical Laboratories' infrared assembly department.
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began…
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Stokes Tablet Press at Agricultural Engineering Laboratory
- 1950s
General view of a Stokes Tablet Press at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Engineering Laboratory facility. A tablet press is a mechanical device that compresses granulated material into tablets or…
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Students' Potentiometer
- 1950s
Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and improved throughout the 19th century by Latimer Clark and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Styled to Spur Sales with Low-Cost Cellulose Acetate
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Color print advertisement for Celluose Acetate manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a base in plastic molding compounds. The advertisement features an illustrated figure of a woman, as well as…
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Styron belt at Dow Chemical Company facility
- 1950s
General view of employees examining a Styron belt (also known as a ribbon) as it is extruded from a machine in the Styron manufacturing facilities at the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Midland, Michigan. Per…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Extrusion process, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Plastics--Extrusion, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Sunderman Model RCM14B1 Conductivity Bridge
- Circa 1950
Hardwood case with a leather handle and metal hinges and clasp; aluminium interior instrument panel has black finish; instructions on paper are inside the lid; the instrument panel features four black plastic knobs, two…
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Testing of radioactive material at U.S. Department of Agriculture facility
- 1950s – circa
Two views of a chemist inserting radioactive materials into an apparatus at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility. The U.S.D.A. commonly used radioactive material for a variety of research and testing,…
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The Construction and Use of the New Courtauld Atomic Models
- Part of Courtauld Atomic Model Kit
- 1950 – 1955
Instruction manual for the Courtauld Atomic Model Kit.
- Manufacturer Griffin & George Ltd
- Subject Molecules--Models, Chemistry--Study and teaching
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The Effects of Atomic Weapons
- 1950
Illustrated throughout, this book covers topics including the principles and description of an atomic explosion; shock from air, underground and underwater bursts; physical damage; thermal radiation; nuclear radiations…
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The Hoover Company Likes Lacquer Best Because...Lacquer Helps You Sell
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Print advertisement for lacquer used in the finishing of Hoover vacuum cleaner accessories. The advertisement shows an illustration of two vacuum cleaner attachments, as well as a small figure of a woman carrying a…
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The Right Explosive for Every Pipe-Laying Job
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Print advertisement for Hercules Powder Company explosives. The advertisement features small black-and-white illustrations of industrial sites. The accompanying text briefly describes several Hercules explosives, such…
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There are at least 8 ways Beckman pH control saves money, saves time, saves waste in textile operations!
- Circa 1950
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…
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Toxaphene exhibition display (circa 1950s)
- 1950s
General view of an exhibition display panel marketing Toxaphene, a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Toxaphene, Insecticides, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Women in advertising
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Toxaphene for Control of Cotton Insects
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Print advertisement for Toxaphene produced by Hercules Powder Company consists of an inset paragraph describing how South Carolina cotton growers are utilizing Toxaphene to control insects. This advertisement appeared…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Toxaphene helps turpentine
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Print advertisement for toxaphene produced by Hercules Powder Company depicts a pine tree with paragraphs describing how the use of toxaphene for cotton and other crops utilizes Southern pine trees due to toxaphene…
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Toxaphene kills 'hoppers
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Print advertisement for toxaphene produced by Hercules Powder Company depicts a photograph of a dead grasshopper killed by toxaphene. A paragraph describes how the use of toxaphene will increase yields by killing insect…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Toxaphene kills 'hoppers
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Print advertisement for toxaphene produced by Hercules Powder Company depicts a photograph of a dead grasshopper killed by toxaphene. A paragraph describes how the use of toxaphene will increase yields by killing insect…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Toxaphene kills weevils and other cotton pests
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Print advertisement for toxaphene produced by Hercules Powder Company features a photograph of a dead boll weevil killed by toxaphene. A paragraph describes how the use of toxaphene will increase yields by killing…