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Advertisement for Dow Corning Silicones
- 1945-May
Print advertisement for Dow Corning Silicones describes products including Silicone Fluids/Liquids, 4 Ignition Sealing Compound, 7 Special Low Temperature Compound, 31 and 41 lubricating Silicone Grease, 993 Insulating…
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Letter from S. S. Prentiss to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1945-May-29
Letter regarding the possible development of an aviation model of the Pauling Oxygen Meter for the Bureau of Aeronautics.
Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’…
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A Lustrous Screen Star -- For Your Home!
- 1945-May-26
Color print advertisement for screening made from Saran, the trade name for polyvinylidene chloride, which can be formed into monofilaments or a thin plastic film. The advertisement shows a smiling woman overlaid by…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Screens, Women in advertising
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Letter from Durand Churchill, Jr. to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1945-May-24
In this letter, Churchill confirms that the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) has granted Beckman permission to discuss the Pauling Oxygen Meter at an American Chemical Society meeting.
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Advertisement for Dowmetal Magnesium
- 1945-May-14
Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features illustrated depictions production machinery presumably made from Dowmetal. The…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Machinery, Machinery industry
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to Durand Churchill, Jr.
- 1945-May-10
In this letter, Beckman requested permission to discuss the Pauling Oxygen Meter and made the case that the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) should lift the "Restricted" classification.
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Letters from the American Red Cross to Max Bredig and Liselotte Zadek, 1942-1945
- 1942-Jul-14 – 1945-Apr-07
Letters from the American Red Cross to Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Liselotte Zadek. The letters seem to come with correspondence through the American Red Cross. The letter contains recognition of a letter, censorship…
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Letter from J. E. Sullivan to the Coordinator of Research and Development
- 1945-Apr-07
The letter sketches the specifications for a partial pressure indicator for use in aircraft, and notes that a prototype has already been constructed. The recipient may be a member of the Navy's Research and Development…
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Letter from Federico Schnell to Max Bredig, April 5, 1945
- 1945-Apr-05
Playful letter in the form of a poem from Federico Schnell to Max Bredig (1902-1977).
- Author Schnell, Federico
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Schnell, Federico, Poetry
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W.P. Mauley operating photoelectric haze meter at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of chemist W.P. Mauley operating a photoelectric haze meter in the Physics Laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Photoelectric haze meters are typically used to measure the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Photoelectric measurements, Mauley, W.P.
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W.L. Caricofe, Jr. discharging loose pulp at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee W.L. Caricofe, Jr. discharging loose pulp from a dryer at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The loose pulp dryer was likely used to process cellulosic fibrous materials,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery, Caricofe, W.L., Jr.
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Soldering wire at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
Close-up view of the soldering of wire at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. During the production of electric blasting caps, wires were inserted into the base of a bridging machine while a…
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Sheets of chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
Close-up view of sheets of so-called "chemical cotton" moving through a Layboy No. 2 Paper Machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose, Machinery
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Riffle trough at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view looking down either side of a riffle trough at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The trough may have been used to clean and catch particles during the production of so-called…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Machinery
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Paper machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
Detail view of the side of a paper machine used in the production of so-called "chemical cotton" at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Linter pilot plant in Hopewell, Virginia
- 1945-Mar
Interior view of a Hercules Powder Company linter pilot plant in Hopewell, Virginia, with view of a small digester and wash tubs. The pilot plant was likely designed as a facility for the removal of short fibers from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose
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Kenneth Heiser wheeling powder buggy at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Kenneth Heiser using a buggy to transport a load of charged shells produced at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with…
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Johnnie Shands loading bales of chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Johnnie Shands loading bales of so-called "chemical cotton" onto a skid at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Machinery, Shands, Johnnie
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Joe Bechtold operating automatic shell press at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Joe Bechtold operating a capsule machine used to punch strips of copper into discs during the production of small shells at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, World War (1939-1945), Military supplies, Corporations, Defense industries, Machinery, Bechtold, Joe
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Jim Kennedy operating press machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Jim Kennedy operating a press machine used to fill electric blasting caps with an explosive charge at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The operation was…
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Inspected shells at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
Close-up view of inspected blasting cap shells ready to be loaded with an explosive charge and wired plug at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement…
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Harold Struber and Raymond Leahy operating wire-cutting and stripping machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employees Harold Struber (left) and Raymond Leahy operating a wire-cutting and stripping machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. During the production of electric blasting…
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H.M. McClure discharging chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee H.M. McClure discharging sheets of so-called "chemical cotton" from a Layboy No. 2 Paper Machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery, McClure, H.M.
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Fourdrinier No. 2 Paper Machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
Two views of the Fourdrinier No. 2 Paper Machine in use at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Fourdrinier machine was used to dewater sheets of so-called "chemical cotton," purified cellulose…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employees working at wire-cutting table at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employees cutting wire for use in blasting cap shells produced at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The individuals visible in the photograph are identified as follows (left to…