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Flit Manual Hand Sprayer
- After 1928 – before 1939
Hand sprayer with wooden hand pump and metal canister labeled "FLIT" in yellow text on blue banner. Marching soldier graphic. Metal canister attached at front end of sprayer with metal screw cap.
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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F.B. Horstmann conducting Dearborn Chemical Company water sample field test
- 1930s
General view of Dearborn Chemical Company engineer F.B. Horstmann utilizing a portable testing cabinet to conduct a water sample field test. A stamp on the verso of the photograph for "The Fensholt Company," a public…
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Exposure racks at Rohm and Haas home office
- 1930s
General view of exposure racks designed to test the weathering capabilities of varnishes and other products manufactured by the Rohm and Haas Company. The racks are positioned on the roof of the company's home office…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Photographer Mills, Charles P.
- Subject Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Weathering, Quality control
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Experimental blast furnace on burden of phosphate
- 1930s
Two views of the experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Experimental blast furnace on burden of phosphate
- 1930s
Three views of the experimental blast furnace on a burden (a load, especially a heavy one) of phosphate at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Experimental blast furnace at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant
- 1930s
General view of an experimental blast furnace at a U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American University in…
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Even at This Price You Can Maintain Your Pyrethrum Insecticide Volume with D.H.S. Activator
- Part of 1939 Hercules Advertisements
- 1939
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Envelop addressed to the Consul General of the U.S.A
- Circa 1939
An envelope Georg Bredig (1868-1944) addressed to the American Consul General from his temporary stay with the Dutch chemist Ernst Cohen (1869-1944), in Utrecht. Cohen provided refuge to Bredig in 1940 as he awaited…
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Employee at work in raw material storage at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant
- 1930s
General view of an unidentified worker sorting raw material, possibly ore or phosphate, at a Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American…
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Employee at work in Rohm and Haas Company laboratory
- 1930s
General view of an unidentified employee at work in a laboratory at the Rohm and Haas Company home office located at West Washington Square in Philadelphia.
The Rohm and Haas Company was founded in 1907 in Esslingen,…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Laboratories, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Employees
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E.P. Fager conducting Dearborn Chemical Company water sample test
- 1930s
General view of Dearborn Chemical Company employee E.P. Fager preparing a water sample for testing. A stamp on the verso of the photograph for "The Fensholt Company," a public relations firm based in Chicago, suggests…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company, The Fensholt Company
- Photographer Williams & Meyer Co.
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Fager, E.P., Water--Analysis, Water--Testing
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E.P. Fager conducting Dearborn Chemical Company water sample field test
- 1930s
General view of Dearborn Chemical Company employee E.P. Fager comparing the color of two solutions during a water sample field test. Assorted glassware and a Dearborn portable testing cabinet are visible on the table.…
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DuPont Announces for the World of Tomorrow... a new world and a new material NYLON
- 1939
DuPont company advertisement previewing "Wonder World of Chemistry" exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair with specific emphasis on public introduction of nylon. This advertisement was reprinted from The Woman's…
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Dearborn Chemical Company water sample testing
- 1930s
General view of two unidentified men utilizing a Dearborn Chemical Company portable testing cabinet to conduct a water sample field test. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…
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Dairy Industries Exposition exhibition display (1930s)
- 1930s
General view of the Paper Makers Chemical Corporation exhibition display at a Dairy Industries Exposition held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Paper Makers Chemical Corporation operated…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Fred Hess & Son
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Trade shows, Hercules Incorporated, Paper Makers Chemical Corporation, Paper industry, Paper chemicals industry
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Correspondence between Georg Bredig to Max Bredig, circa 1935
- Decade starting 1935
Correspondence between Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and his son, Max Bredig (1902-1977), regarding income tax laws in Germany. Georg has copied an excerpt from the tax information sheet of the university association and…
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Third Reich, Taxation, Antisemitism, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Chemistry: A New World
- Part of 1939 Hercules Advertisements
- 1939
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Explosives industry, Advertising, Industrial
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Charles S. White at work in Dearborn laboratory facility
- 1930s
General view of employee Charles S. White analyzing unidentified substances at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Assorted scientific apparatus and laboratory…
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Calibration of a McLeod Gauge
- 1930s
The McLeod Gauge measures very low pressures of gasses. Its presence in this collection indicates that it was used during the production of Beckman Instruments' early pH meters. These calibrations may have been written…
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Belgian postage stamp commemorating Trappist monks at Orval
- Circa 1939
Depicts two Trappist monks from Orval Abbey, presumably brewing Trappist beer.
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Barrell filling at Dearborn manufacturing facility
- 1930s
General view of two unidentified employees filling barrels at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Barrels, Corporations, Machinery
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Barrell filling at Dearborn manufacturing facility
- 1930s
General view of two unidentified employees filling barrels at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Barrels, Corporations, Machinery
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Apparatus at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1930s
General view of an unidentified apparatus, possibly a pump or compressor, used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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American Chemical Society album of new members, 1938-1939
- 1938 – 1939
Photographic album containing approximately 440 black and white portraits of new members of the American Chemical Society for the years 1938-1939. The names and institutional affiliation of each individual are inscribed…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society
- Subject Chemists, American Chemical Society, Students, Learned institutions and societies