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Trio of women modeling Nylon stockings
- Circa 1950
Black and white silver gelatin print photograph of three unknown women modeling their nylon stockings.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture drillability apparatus
- 1950s – circa
General view of a drillability apparatus with fertilizer hoppers, a starwheel, and rotating plate mechanism at an unidentified U.S. Department of Agriculture facility.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel
- 1950s
General view of U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel at an unidentified facility. Per a notation on the verso of the photograph, the individuals are identified (in no particular order) as follows: K.S. Love;…
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Vanadium Corporation mine in Jumasha, Peru
- 1950
General view of the Vanadium Corporation of America mining facilities located in Jumasha, Peru. Vanadium, a malleable transition metal, was discovered in its natural state in Mexico by Spanish-Mexican scientist,…
- Creator Of Work Vanadium Corporation of America
- Subject Vanadium Corporation of America, Steel alloy industry, Peru, Mineral industries, Mines and mineral resources, Vanadium
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Variety of tools used at U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities
- 1950s – circa
General view of a variety of tools used to handle radioactive substances and other materials at U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities. The tools are labelled with numbers, presumably corresponding to an…
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Virginia State Chamber of Commerce exhibition display
- 1950s
General view of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce exhibition display celebrating Chemical Progress Week. The display includes photographs from the Hercules Powder Company facility in Hopewell, Virginia alongside…
- Photographer Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Corporations, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated
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Weather-O-Meter in Dow Coatings Technical Service department
- 1950s
General view of an unidentified employee using an Atlas Weather-O-Meter in the Dow Chemical Company's Coatings Technical Service department, which developed a range of materials used to improve the performance of paints…
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Why Bother When You Can Get It from Eastman?
- 1950s
Front and back of an illustrated color postcard advertising the products and services of the Eastman Organic Chemicals Department (Division of the Eastman Kodak Company). The postcard features a humorous depiction of a…
- Creator Of Work Eastman Kodak Company
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Eastman Kodak Company, Commercial art
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Why lose on cotton acreage cuts?
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Print advertisement for toxaphene produced by Hercules Powder Company depicts a basket full of cotton with a portion shaded reading "average reduction cotton acreage for 1950." Accompanying paragraph's tagline reads…
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William Shockley and Arnold O. Beckman
- 1950s
In 1955, Arnold O. Beckman and William Shockley entered business together when they established Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories as a subsidiary of Beckman Instruments, Inc. with the goal of mass producing…
- Photographer Romaine-Skelton
- Subject Scientists--Portraits, Beckman, Arnold O., Shockley, William, 1910-1989
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Woman cutting quartz crystal for use in Beckman DU Spectrophotometer
- 1950s
Although the first DU prototype used glass, all later models contained quartz prisms which functioned as chromators. They transmitted and separated the light generated by a hydrogen lamp into its absorption spectrum,…
- Photographer Connell, William
- Subject Spectrophotometer--Design and construction, Quartz crystals, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Woman injecting a sample into a Beckman Model E Centrifuge sample chamber
- 1950s
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…
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Workshop in an unidentified Beckman Instruments plant
- 1950s
Women assembling unidentified instruments at Beckman Instruments or one of its divisions.
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World-Wide Cotton Insect Control with Toxaphene Insecticides
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Print advertisement for toxaphene produced by Hercules Powder Company depicts the eastern hemisphere of the earth with an inset of a cotton plant. Accompanying paragraph states how the production of toxaphene has…
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You Can Put This Plastic in Your Refrigerator!
- Circa 1950
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications, including packaging and food service,…
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You'll Like It Better If It's...SARAN for Smart Seat Covers!
- 1950s
Color print advertisement for Saran fabric, made from Saran textile monofilaments. Saran is the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement…
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You'll Like it Better if it's Saran
- Circa 1950
Color print advertisement for Saran fabric, made from Saran textile monofilaments. Saran is the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement…
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Zenith Royal Hearing Aid
- 1950s
Gold colored plastic box with a black circular grate and gold steel clips on the front; on the left top corner is a black plastic tone dial and on the right top corner is the volume dial; on the right side is a black…
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"You Say I'm Selling Phenol?"
- 1950-Jan-09
Print advertisement for phenol, a chemical compound manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a range of industrial applications including the production of plastics, dyes, antiseptics, and perfumes. The…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Phenol, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1950
- 1950-Jan-17
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, where Mulliken expresses puzzlement over recent abstracts on wave functions published in the Physics Abstracts by unnamed German and…
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1950
- 1950-Jan-20
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, discussing recent results and publications by Shull.
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Letter from St. Elmo Brady to Henry McBay
- 1950-Jan-29
St. Elmo Brady (1884-1966) writes to Henry McBay (1914-1995) providing updates on his ongoing work to obtain grant funding and new staff to develop the chemistry program at Fisk college. Brady concludes the letter by…
- Author Brady, St. Elmo, 1884-1966
- Addressee McBay, Henry C.
- Subject Scientists, Black, Brady, St. Elmo, 1884-1966, McBay, Henry C., Fisk University, Chemistry teachers