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62 items
Gilbert Glass Blowing Manual
- 1938 – 1954
Manual for introductory level glassblowers, especially middle to high school-aged boys. Includes experiments, projects, and information about glass and glassblowing.
- Publisher A.C. Gilbert Company
- Subject Glass blowing and working, Chemistry sets, A.C. Gilbert Company
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Gilbert Microscope Set No. 20
- 1938 – 1960
Green wooden case with textured green paper surface; label on front of case features a young boy looking through a microscope and an enlarged image of a dog flea; metal latch opens double-sided interior. 16 glass test…
- Manufacturer A.C. Gilbert Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Microscopes, A.C. Gilbert Company
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Naturalization Halted
- After 1938 – before 1944
Article (lower right) Naturalization Halted, reports that German and Italian immigrants are now considered to be "Enemy Aliens" in the United States and will no longer have access to naturalization. 450,000…
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Double flask for demonstrating anaerobic fermentation
- 1939 – 1967 (Date span attributed to photograph)
Photograph of a double flask used by French biologist, microbiologist, and chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) to demonstrate anaerobic fermentation, as displayed at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Per notations…
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8 items
"Chu Chang" to Paint With
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes the origin of paintbrush bristles beginning by explaining how bristles were…
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"Jes' Plumb Loco"
- Advertisement for Dow Agricultural Chemicals
- 1940s
Color print advertisement for weed killers manufactured and sold by the Agricultural Chemical Division of the Dow Chemical Company for use against locoweed and other noxious plants. The advertisement features an…
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--Or Winter Will Catch You!
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses exterior house painting: its purpose, benefits, and advice for executing an…
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8 items
A Bathroom's Like A Horse's Teeth
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses ways to modernize a home's bathroom through new fixtures and paint. Provides…
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8 items
A Bride Looks at Her Kitchen
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet includes dialogue between two neighbors, a young bride and an older woman. After learning…
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Aerial view of Dow plant in Pittsburg, California
- 1940s
Aerial view of the Dow Chemical Company plant located in Pittsburg, California. A range of products and processes were researched, developed, and produced at the plant, including chlorination, textiles, fumigants, and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Sunderland, Clyde
- Subject Aerial views, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Aerial photographs
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Affidavit Information Sheet
- 1940s
An affidavit information sheet explaining what information is needed for the document.
- Creator Of Work National Council of Jewish Women. New York Section
- Subject Affidavits, Emigration and immigration
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All Out for Abundance to Feed a Hungry World
- 1940s
Print advertisement for a range of insecticides and fungicides manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company, including "MIKE" Sulfur, DN-Dry Mix, and App-L-Set. The advertisement also includes tips for best spraying results.
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All is Vanity, Says the Powder Room
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses the purpose and history of the powder room and provides instruction for…
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Application for Location Service for Alfred and Eva Schnell
- Decade starting 1945
Application form for Location Service for Alfred (1900-1944) and Eva Schnell (1913-1944), filled out by Max Bredig (1902-1977).
Alfred Schnell was a former colleague of Max Bredig. In the early 1940s, Alfred and his…
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Application for Verification of Last Entry of an Alien for use in Connection with the Issuance of an Immigration Visas to Relatives
- 1940s
Application for Verification of Last Entry of an Alien for use in Connection with the Issuance of an Immigration Visas to Relatives, filled out by Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977). Bredig provides his immigration…
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, United States. Department of Labor
- Subject Gurs (Concentration camp), Emigration and immigration, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), World War (1939-1945), Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Nazi concentration camps
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Application for Verification of Last Entry of an Alien for use in Connection with the Issuance of an Immigration Visas to Relatives
- 1940s
Application for Verification of Last Entry of an Alien for use in Connection with the Issuance of an Immigration Visas to Relatives, filled out by Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977). Bredig provides his immigration…
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, United States. Department of Labor
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Emigration and immigration, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, World War (1939-1945), Gurs (Concentration camp), Nazi concentration camps
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Arnold O. Beckman with employees
- Circa 1940 – circa 1979
Though the photo set is identified as Beckman with "employees," some of the photographs depict ceremonies and visits to non-corporate locations, like CalTech. Some photographs are attributed, dated (1941, 1962, 1967),…
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Bachelor Hall
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet, likely intended for a female reader, describes how to decorate a man's room or apartment.…
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Backgrounds for Blondes
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses furniture made of blonde wood, and how to color one's walls and decorate a room…
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Bausch & Lomb Duboscq Type Colorimeter
- 1940s
A: Cast iron base attached to a sloping cast iron upright supporting the reader, prisms, sample cups, plungers, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the sample cups; two metal knobs control the height of the sample…
- Manufacturer Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Subject Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Colorimetry--Instruments, Colorimetry
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Be a Better Chooser
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet lists the factors to take into consideration when deciding upon a color scheme for a home's…
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Beckman IR-12 Spectrophotometer
- 1940s
The Beckman Instruments IR spectrophotometers began as a request from the Office of Rubber Reserve to Arnold O. Beckman in 1942, asking for an infrared spectrophotometer that they could use to create rubber. Under this…
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Bee Brand Flea Killer
- 1940s
Bee brand pesticide can with black and white text on yellow, blue, and red label with dog, cat, and bottle graphic.
- Manufacturer McCormick & Co. (Baltimore, Md.)
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Behind That Door
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses how to organize or repurpose a home's hall closet. Lists the possibilities for…