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Postcard and French postage stamp commemorating Louis Pasteur
- After 1885 – before 1953
Postcard image is a reproduction of Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt's famed portrait "Pasteur Dans Son Laboratoire" [Pasteur In His Laboratory]. The portrait depicts Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm,…
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Urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
This plastic comparator for the Somogyi Method Urine sugar test likely belonged to Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971). Contains yellow printing with a fabric case. This screening device is used to determine glucose levels…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971, Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment
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Urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
Used for the qualitative color comparison of urine samples, this urine sugar caparator consists of a wooden holder with holes along the top for holding test tubes next to the color indicators. The printed scale ranges…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment, Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971
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Urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
This plastic comparator for the Somogyi Method Urine sugar test is possibly an early or prototype version since it contains no printing. This screening device is used to determine glucose levels in urine, which may be…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971, Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment
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Paper urine sugar comparator
- 1930 – 1950
Paper urine sugar comparator is labeled "Somogyi urine sugar test." This screening device is used to determine glucose levels in urine, which may be an indicator of diabetes.
Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971) was a…
- Manufacturer A.S. Aloe Company
- Subject Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment, Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971
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Improved Neubauer haemacytometer
- After 1930 – before 1950
Used for counting blood cells, this hemocytometer was manufactured in Germany.
Case opens to reveal thick glass microscope slide with a rectangular indentation that creates a chamber. This chamber is engraved with a…
- Manufacturer Ingram & Bell, Limited
- Subject Clinical medicine, Blood--Analysis, Anemia, Blood--Diseases, Blood cell count, Hemocytometers
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Hobson's Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic and Chloroform
- After 1901 – before 1950
Box containing Dr. Hobson's "Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic, and Chloroform" cough syrup. According to the packaging, the use of this product is for the "relief of cough due to colds."
Brothers Henry and…
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Hand-crank Centrifuge, Babcock Milk Tester
- After 1900 – before 1950
A metal, hand-crank centrifuge with a three-pronged metal base. The base is painted a rusty red color and has been attached to a wooden board for stability. A long metal crank on the side of the base bends at a…
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28 items
Chemical Supplies Apparatus Chemicals Books
- After 1930 – before 1950
A catalog of chemical supplies and laboratory apparatus manufactured by the Reading Scientific Company. Contains a number of print illustrations depicting the company's products. The advertised supplies range from…
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Certified Pharmacal Company Aspirin Pillbox, 12 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 1950
Small, shallow, rectangular tin box containing medicine pills. Label on front of tin has yellow background with the company name in red. Name of medicine is printed in yellow on brown background on front of tin. Tin…
- Manufacturer Certified Pharmacal Company
- Subject Certified Pharmacal Company, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Aspirin
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Cenol Moth-Proof
- After 1920 – before 1950
Cenol brand pesticide can with navy text on white and bright orange label. Large moth graphic. Metal screw cap.
- Manufacturer Cenol Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Benzo Colours on Cotton Cloth
- 1900 – 1950
Sample book from the Bayer Company, Inc. — the North American extension of the German company, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co.—containing mounted dyed yarn and cotton thread samples. Bayer & Co. was the first…
- Creator Of Work Bayer Company, Inc.
- Publisher Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedrich Bayer & Co., Dyes and dyeing--Cotton
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Ascent of James Sadler at Oxford
- 1900 – 1950
This 20th-century color lithograph reproduction of an early-19th-century engraving shows a pink and white striped balloon rising above a pastoral landscape. In the balloon basket are two small figures. The campus of…
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Acid Colors on Piece Goods
- After 1900 – before 1950
Sample book containing dyeing instructions and 54 mounted fabric swatches dyed with National Aniline & Chemical Company manufactured dyes. Consists of one cardboard leaf that folds out into 9 sections.
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Tanglefoot Difusor New Method Insect Destroyer
- After 1930 – before 1949
The Tanglefoot Company first introduced the Difusor insecticide sprayer and Difuso insecticide in 1932. Difuso was a pyrethrum-based insecticide. At the time, the Difusor was considered a revolutionary new method of…
- Manufacturer Tanglefoot Company
- Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Tanglefoot Company, Insecticides
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Tanglefoot Difuso
- After 1930 – before 1949
The Tanglefoot Company first introduced the Difusor insecticide sprayer and Difuso insecticide in 1932. Difuso was a pyrethrum-based insecticide. At the time, the Difusor was considered a revolutionary new method of…
- Manufacturer Tanglefoot Company
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Max Bredig seated in office
- After 1937 – before 1949
Black and white photograph of Max Bredig (1902-1977) seated at a desk in an office at the University of Michigan. Max emigrated from Germany to the United States with the assistance of Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) to…
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La Jac Hi-Brown Liquid Face Powder and Leg Make-Up
- 1923 – 1949
A glass jar containing La Jac brand Hi-Brown Liquid Face Powder and Leg Make-up. The jar is clear, tapers at the top, and has an impressed border on both sides with a red metal twist cap. The front label features a…
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Bayer Aspirin Pillbox, 12 Tablet Size
- 1930 – 1949
Small, shallow, rectangular tin box containing medicine pills. Label on front of tin has yellow background with "12 Bayer-Tablets of Aspirin, 5 grs. each" in white text on brown background. Image of small round white…
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Post office mailing receipts
- 1937 – 1945
Receipts for mailed packages from 1939-1945, postmarked in New York City, New York, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Likely receipts for packages sent by Max Bredig (1902-1977) to friends and family in…
- Creator Of Work United States Postal Service
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Shipping, United States Postal Service, Postal service
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Glenn Seaborg in schoolgroup portrait
- After 1935 – before 1945
Black and white photograph of a group of students posing for the camera. Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) is located in the back row, fourth from the left.
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German aircraft featuring Plexiglas
- 1935 – 1945
General view of a German aircraft with a Plexiglas windshield and nose panels. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the plane is identified as a Heinkel-Flugzeug HE 111, a type of bomber designed to masquerade as…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Heinkel 111 (Bomber), Rohm and Haas Company, Airplanes, Military, Third Reich, Corporations, Plexiglas
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Der Mensch reißt den Blitz vom Himmel: 10 Millionen Volt für Atomzertrümmerung
- Pulling Lightning from the Sky: 10 Million Volts for Atomic Destruction
- After 1892 – before 1945
Clipping from the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, a German weekly illustrated magazine published in Berlin from 1892 to 1945. Berliner was the first mass-market German magazine and pioneered the format of the illustrated…
- Publisher Ullstein GmbH
- Subject German newspapers, Newspapers, Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
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Ausland
- Abroad
- After 1920 – before 1945
Clipping from a German newspaper. The first image features the "abroad" section. Second image features a small article about Paul Thieme (1905-2001) and the annual report from the Wroclaw chamber of commerce for the…
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