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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
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Toxaphene exhibition display (March 1950)
- 1950-Mar
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, Trade shows
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Plastics: American as Apple Pie
- 1950-Mar-11
Color print advertisement for Dow Plastics. The advertisement features an illustration of a young boy eating a slice of apple pie at a kitchen counter covered with plastic tableware. The accompanying text describes the…
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You Say I'm Selling Hydrochloric Acid?
- 1950-Mar-20
Black and white print advertisement for hydrochloric acid manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a gas attendant accompanying a description of the uses of Dow manufactured hydrochloric acid in commercial…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Hydrochloric acid, Gasoline industry
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Toxaphene exhibition display (March 1950)
- 1950-Mar-29 – 1950-Mar-31
General view of an exhibition display marketing Toxaphene, a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. Per notations accompanying the photograph, this exhibit was…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Driscoll, Norman J.
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Toxaphene, Insecticides, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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The Development of pH Instrumentation
- 1950-Apr
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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Magnesium Makes Many Products Better
- Example Dictating Machine
- 1950-Apr-03
Black and white print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement highlights one use of Dowmetal, a dictation machine. In particular, the ad calls…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium alloys, Mineral industries
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Through the Years...or the Seasons!
- Advertisement for Paradow (para-Dichlorobenzene)
- 1950-Apr-15
Color print advertisement for para-Dichlorobenzene, a moth repellant sold under the Dow trademark name Paradow. The advertisement features an illustration of three generations of women. The youngest is seen playing…
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1950
- 1950-Apr-21
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists.
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Astrophysical journal, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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Letter from W. A. Wildhack to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1950-Apr-27
The letter concerns importation of spectrophotometers into Germany and France, the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), and post-war atomic energy restrictions.
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Letter from Harrison Shull to Robert S. Mulliken, 1950
- 1950-May-01
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists, concerning edits of one of Shull's manuscripts.
- Addressee Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Author Shull, Harrison
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Yerkes Observatory, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Wisconsin, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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32 items
National Technical Laboratories, South Pasadena building fire
- 1950-May
This series of photographs depicts the aftermath of a fire that swept through the National Technical Laboratories building in South Pasadena. Most are unattributed, but Hank Hoag is identified as the photographer in one…
- Photographer Hoag, Hank
- Subject Buildings, Fires, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1950
- 1950-May-09
Letter between Robert S. Mulliken and Harrison Shull, American quantum chemists.
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners, Physicists
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The Grass Isn't Always Greener...on the Other Side of the Fence!
- 1950-May-13
Color print advertisement for Dow Sodium TCA 90%, a "grass killer" manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use clearing grass from crop areas and irrigation ditches, among other applications. The…
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You Think the Potentate Rides in State?
- Advertisement for Saran Fabric
- 1950-May-13
Color print advertisement for Lumite, a woven fabric made from Saran textile monofilaments. Saran is the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride. The advertisement shows a generalized and racially-stereotyped depiction…
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Beckman Flame Spectrophotometer
- Beckman Reprint R-38
- 1950-Jun
Beckman Instruments reprinted and distributed this paper, originally published in Analytical Chemistry Vol. 22, No. 6, June 1950.
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You Mean I'm Selling Epsom Salt?
- 1950-Jun-12
Black and white print advertisement for Epsom Salt manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a cobbler accompanying a description of the uses of Dow manufactured Epsom salts in commercial industries such as…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical Industry, Magnesium sulfate, Magnesium compounds, Mineral industries
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Calcium Chloride: the Ever Thirsty Chemical
- 1950-Jun-17
Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company marketed for use stabilizing road surfaces and as an efficient means of moisture control. The advertisement features a collection of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Humectants, Corporations, Advertising, Humidity--Control, Calcium chloride
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Helipot Corporation staff
- 1950-Jul
Staff and representatives pose outside the Helipot Corporation's Meridian Avenue location.
The Helipot Corporation was founded during World War II by Arnold O. Beckman of Beckman Instruments (at that time still…
- Photographer Brooks, Ernest W.
- Subject Employees, Portraits, Group, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Letter from Friedrich Raab to Max Bredig, July 1950
- 1950-Jul-03
Friedrich Raab (1868-1955) thanks Max Bredig (1902-1977) for sending a photograph of his late father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Author Raab, Friedrich
- Subject Raab, Friedrich, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Germany--Karlsruhe
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Memo from Arnold O. Beckman to NTL staff
- 1950-Aug-01
This internal National Technical Laboratories memo expresses Dr. Beckman's concern that NTL is losing its place in the infrared spectrophotometer field, with a special focus on competitors Baird and Perkin-Elmer. The…
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Letter from Friedrich Raab to Max Bredig, August 1950
- 1950-Aug-02
Friedrich Raab (1868-1955) inquires with Max Bredig (1902-1977) about the death of his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), for a commemorative plaque that will be installed at the Technical University of Karlsruhe.
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Author Raab, Friedrich
- Subject Raab, Friedrich, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Germany--Karlsruhe
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1950
- 1950-Aug-10
Concerns various methods for computation and a discussion of wave functions.
- Addressee Shull, Harrison
- Author Mulliken, Robert Sanderson
- Subject Shull, Harrison, Yerkes Observatory, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, Wave functions, Quantum theory
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Letter from Robert S. Mulliken to Harrison Shull, 1950
- 1950-Aug-28
Robert Mulliken (1896-1986) writes to Harrison Shull (1923-2003) with notes and corrections to a research problem in quantum chemistry under investigation. Mulliken suggests Shull use the linear combination of atomic…
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Methocel...The Chemical of Ever-Growing Usefulness!
- 1950-Sep-09
Color print advertisement for Methocel (Dow methylcellulose), the trade name for water-soluble polymers derived from cellulose. The advertisement features a photograph of group of young people working in a ceramics…