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74 items
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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8 items
Woodwork is Spice
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how woodwork is a defining feature in a home's interior design. Suggests ways for…
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Wood storage at Cliffs Dow sawmill in Marquette, Michigan
- 1949
General view of a section of the wood storage at the Cliffs Dow sawmill and wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. The employee visible in the photograph is unidentified.
Seeking a source of raw…
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Wood storage at Cliffs Dow sawmill in Marquette, Michigan
- 1949
General view of an unidentified employee standing on top of a pile of logs at the Cliffs Dow sawmill and wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. An Insley Excavator is visible on the left-hand side of…
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Wood storage at Cliffs Dow sawmill in Marquette, Michigan
- 1949
General view of an unidentified employee standing on top of a pile of logs at the Cliffs Dow sawmill and wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. An Insley Excavator is visible on the right-hand side of…
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Woman polishing Plexiglas at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee polishing a curved panel of Plexiglas designed for use as an aircraft windshield. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in Bristol,…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, World War (1939-1945), Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Plastics industry and trade, Women employees, Employees
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Woman polishing Plexiglas at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee polishing a curved panel of Plexiglas designed for use as an aircraft windshield. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in Bristol,…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, World War (1939-1945), Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Plastics industry and trade, Women employees, Employees
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Woman in laboratory at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee using a pipette to transfer a solution into a laboratory apparatus at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Hopewell plant produced so-called…
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Wipe out all these insects with Toxaphene
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Advertisement for Toxaphene, a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant developed by the Hercules Powder Company primarily for use in agricultural insecticides. The advertisement includes a checklist of insects killed…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Toxaphene, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Insect pests--Control, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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8 items
Williamsburg Lives Again
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes the history of Colonial Williamsburg and the decision to restore the town backed…
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Why Toxaphene is the Insecticide of the Year (for Cotton Insects and Grasshoppers)
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Advertisement for Toxaphene, a toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in pesticides and insecticides featuring testimonials from various stakeholders, including a cotton grower,…
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Why Toxaphene is the Insecticide of the Year (for Cotton Insects and Grasshoppers)
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Advertisement for Toxaphene, a toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in pesticides and insecticides featuring testimonials from various stakeholders, including a cotton grower,…
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8 items
When it's Housecleaning Time
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet is themed upon strategies for completing spring cleaning. Discusses the importance of…
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16 items
When Our County Was a Pup: Notes on Colonial American Decoration
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet consists of two parts. Part one describes home decoration of early American colonists,…
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8 items
What Every Woman Should Know About Painting
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how there is much to consider prior to beginning a painting project. It likens…
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Weathering Room
- Circa 1949
General view of the Weathering Room at the Naval Air Experimental Station. Visible in the photograph is an Atlas Fade-o-meter and several accelerated weathering units used to evaluate the effects of stimulated service…
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8 items
Watch Your Step!
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes the opportunity for architectural beauty that a staircase in one's home provides.…
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8 items
Wash Day Blues to Depart
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses methods for improving one's laundry room. Provides decorating tips and advises…
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Vertical retort and wood loading conveyor
- 1949
Two views of the vertical retort and wood loading conveyor at the Cliffs Dow wood sawmill and distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Seeking a source of raw material for its new plastic, ethylcellulose, the…
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Vertical retort and wood loading conveyor
- 1949
General view of the vertical retort and wood loading conveyor at the Cliffs Dow sawmill and wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Providing a sense of scale, two unidentified employees are visible in…
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8 items
Varnish and the Queen
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet tells the story of Queen Berenice II of Egypt, after whom the modern-day word for varnish…
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Valley Cotton Growers: Worms...Weevils and Caterpillars
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Advertisement for Toxaphene, a toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in pesticides and insecticides.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder…
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Valley Cotton Growers: Watch Out for Bollworms
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Advertisement for Toxaphene, a toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in pesticides and insecticides.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder…