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Thank you note from Arthur Drews to Georg Bredig
- After 1911 – before 1935
Arthur Drews (1865-1935), a professor of philosophy and German language at the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe, Germany, writes a letter of thanks for Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for "considering the lecture hall."
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Visiting card from Fritz Haber including message to Georg Bredig
- Circa 1914 – 1934
Visting card from Fritz Haber (1868-1934), including a brief message to Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
Haber thanks Bredig for the invitation, which he accepts with pleasure.
- Author Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Newspaper article about Fritz Haber
- After 1868 – before 1934
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2 items
Tintex Orchid (Lavender) Dye
- After 1900 – before 1933
A small gray box with an illustration of a woman holding a garment over a dye bath. Contained a small paper packet, pictured on the right, that contains the powdered fabric dye. Dye instructions are printed on the…
- Creator Of Work Park & Tilford Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry
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2 items
Tintex Mistique Stocking Dye
- After 1900 – before 1933
A small, orange, Tintex brand dye box with an illustration of a pair of legs wearing stockings. A folded instruction sheet is included in the box.
Dyes are charged, water-soluble, organic compounds that chemically bind…
- Creator Of Work Park & Tilford Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic
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4 items
Tintex Armor Gray Fabric Dye
- After 1900 – before 1933
A small, cardboard, Tintex brand dye box printed with an illustration of a woman holding a garment over a sink. Contained a small paper packet, pictured on the right, that contains the powdered fabric dye. Dye…
- Creator Of Work Park & Tilford Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic
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Rosa and Max Bredig
- After 1915 – before 1933
Photograph of Rosa Bredig (1877-1933) standing against an outdoor wall with her son Max Bredig (1902-1977).
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2 items
Portrait of Ernst Cohen
- After 1895 – before 1933
Portrait of Ernst Cohen (1869-1944) by Koene & Büttinghausen in the Netherlands.
Ernst Cohen, a Dutch scientist and professor, was known for his research on the allotropy of tin. Cohen worked under Svante Arrhenius…
- Photographer Koene & Büttinghausen
- Subject Cohen, Ernst, 1869-1944, Chemists, Jewish scientists, Carte de visite photographs
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65 items
Advertisements for publications by Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung (Borntraeger Brothers)
- Circa 1909 – 1933-Nov
Booklets from Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung (Borntraeger Brothers), from 1913-1933. Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung was a scientific publisher founded in 1790 and specializes in environmental…
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The Glaxo Feeder 8oz nursing bottle in original box
- 1900 – 1930
Banana-shaped bottle design enabled ease of cleaning, making this bottle widely known as the hygienic baby bottle.
A: Boat-shaped molded glass bottle. Embossed on one side of bottle are measurements in tablespoons;…
- Manufacturer Glaxo Laboratories
- Subject Infants--Care, Glassware
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47 items
Set of Postcards depicting the Welsbach Factory in Gloucester, New Jersey
- 1890 – 1930
This set of postcards depicts the scenes from the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Lighting Company factory at Gloucester, New Jersey. Originally a set of 46 postcards, this collection is missing cards number 20 and 31. The…
- Contributor Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Employees, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Women employees, Rare earths, Machinery in the workplace, Machinery
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24 items
Reflex Inverted Gas Light Catalog
- 1890 – 1930
Welsbach aimed its Reflex line at the middle of the gas mantle market, priced below its Welco line but above its biggest selling models like the Number 4 mantle. Images in this catalog illustrate Welsbach's imagined…
- Creator Of Work Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Subject Welsbach Gas Light Company, Incandescent gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting--Fixtures, Rare earth industry, Rare earths, Advertising, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Gas-lighting, Interior lighting, Interior lighting--Design
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6 items
No. 4 Inverted Mantle with No. 8 Magnesia Ring
- 1890 – 1930
Unused Welsbach No. 4 Inverted Mantle and No. 8 Magnesia Ring in its original cardboard box from Lindsay Light and Chemical Company.
The Welsbach gas mantle is a device made of fibers impregnated with oxides of cerium…
- Creator Of Work Welsbach Gas Light Company
- Contributor Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929
- Subject Lighting--Equipment and supplies, Incandescent lamps, Auer v. Welsbach, Carl (Auer von Welsbach), 1858-1929, Gas-lighting, Incandescent gas-lighting, Rare earth industry, Welsbach Gas Light Company, Rare earths
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3 items
Georg Bredig's chemistry notes on an experiment
- After 1890 – before 1930
Notes on a scientific experiment conducted by Georg Bredig (1868-1944) including results from an internship in inorganic chemistry.
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Inorganic, Note-taking, Chemistry
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Frau Ernestine Bredig
- After 1847 – before 1930
Seated black and white portrait of Frau Ernestine Bredig (1847-1930). Little is known about Bredig as an individual, except that she was the mother of physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Subject Bredig, Ernestine, 1847-1930, Portraits
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Carl Auer von Welsbach Cigarette Trading Card
- 1890 – 1930
Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929) was a key figure in the history of rare earth elements. In 1885 he showed didymium was not an element, but an alloy of two elements that he named praseodymium and…
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Bellows
- After 1826 – before 1930
Pesticide bellows with wooden handles, expandable leather pouch, and tip. Instructions attached to object.
- Manufacturer Bateman Mfg. Co., Mfrs. Agts
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Welsbach Tip Tray
- 1920s
A single-sided tin lithograph tip tray. This circular green plate features a scene of a seated woman reading a newspaper with a child playing at her feet. The child has spelled out "WELSBACH" using toys on the floor. A…
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55 items
Welsbach Gas Light Company photograph album
- 1920s
Album containing 52 black and white photographs documenting various aspects of the production process at the Welsbach Gas Light Company site located along the Delaware River in Gloucester City, New Jersey. From 1888 to…
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Unidentified woman in laboratory
- 1920s
General view of an unidentified woman, presumably a laboratory assistant, posed near a work bench with assorted scientific apparatus and glassware visible in the background. While the setting of this photograph is also…
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Unidentified woman in laboratory
- 1920s
General view of an unidentified woman, presumably a laboratory assistant, posed near a work bench with assorted scientific apparatus and glassware visible in the background. While the setting of this photograph is also…
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Unidentified woman in laboratory
- 1920s
General view of an unidentified woman, presumably a laboratory assistant, posed near a work bench with assorted scientific apparatus and glassware visible in the background. While the setting of this photograph is also…
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Unidentified woman in laboratory
- 1920s
General view of an unidentified woman, presumably a laboratory assistant, posed near a work bench with assorted scientific apparatus and glassware visible in the background. Notably, the photograph is printed as a…
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Unidentified man in laboratory
- 1920s
General view of an unidentified man, presumably a laboratory assistant, seated at a work bench with assorted scientific equipment and glassware. While the setting of this photograph is also unidentified, the photo was…
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Unidentified man in laboratory
- 1920s
General view of an unidentified man, presumably a laboratory assistant, posed near a work bench with assorted scientific apparatus and glassware visible in the background. While the setting of this photograph is also…