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Come into the Garden Room
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses creating a garden room or sunroom for one's home. Describes possible color…
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Courting Coolness
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet provides tips for keeping a house cool during the summer such as sprinkling water on…
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Demonstration of a Beckman Model B Spectrophotometer
- 1940s
An unidentified man with a tattoo on his forearm has removed the case of a Model B DU Spectrophotometer in order to demonstrate its functions to three other (also unidentified) men.
The first Beckman Instruments DU…
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Don't Take Chances
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet begins by raising awareness of the countless annual motor and domestic accident fatalities.…
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Douglas A-20 attack bomber at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of two unidentified employees working on the nose of a Douglas A-20 attack bomber aircraft prior to the installation Plexiglas windshield panels. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas…
- Creator Of Work Douglas Aircraft Company, Rohm and Haas Company
- Photographer Kronquist, Lawrence
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Aircraft industry, Rohm and Haas Company, Airplanes, Corporations, Plexiglas, Douglas Aircraft Company, Airplanes, Military
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Draft of a letter by Max Bredig
- 1940s
Max Bredig (1902-1977) drafts a letter to an unknown recipient asking for a donation of $600 to help "rescue a human being from almost certain death."
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Draft of a telegram from Max Bredig
- 1940s
Draft of a telegram from Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) requesting “SOLIS”, also known as Wilhelm (Bill) Werner Fuchs to contact his sister, Marianne Homburger (1903-1986), and her family. Marianne, her husband Viktor…
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Draft of a telegram from Max Bredig
- 1940s
Draft text intended for a telegram from Max Bredig (1902-1977) to the American Consul of Madrid, Spain concerning the visa of Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968).
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Dramatizing Dinner
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses how an attractively decorated dining room not only aids in digestion but also…
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Dumbell part of Pauling Oxygen Meter
- 1940s
This glass dumbbell was key to the functioning of the Pauling Oxygen Meter, although production was tricky and originally required a human glass blower to shape the hollow ends of the tiny dumbbell with puffs of breath.…
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Dye Laboratory
- After 1940 – before 1970
Black and white photograph showing the interior of a dye laboratory of the General Dyestuff Corporation, likely in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Easy Rests the Head
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses how to determine a harmonious color scheme when redecorating a bedroom. Describes…
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Employee at work in Hercules Ethyl Cellulose plant
- 1940s
Close-up view of an unidentified employee transferring ethyl cellulose to a storage bin at the Hercules Powder Company's Ethyl Cellulose plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by the Hercules Powder…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee examining control panel at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee examining a control panel used in the production of ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by the Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee examining control panel at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee examining a control panel used in the production of ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by the Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee inspecting control switches at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee inspecting control switches at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the control switches were explosion-proof, one…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Machinery
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Employee inspecting hydrochloride rotary furnace at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee inspecting the Hydrochloride Rotary System at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The system was likely used during the production of so-called "chemical…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee inspecting solvent recovery system at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified employee inspecting the control board for a Solvent Recovery system at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the system was…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee inspecting treating tubs at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee inspecting a treating tub used to purify ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Hopewell plant commonly produced ethyl cellulose,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Women employees, Machinery
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Employee working with ethyl cellulose at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
Close-up view of an unidentified employee removing a sample of ethyl cellulose from a machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the sampling was one…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employees operating Stern Shredder at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
Two views of an unidentified employee adjusting the Stern Shredder machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The shredder was used to process linter sheets of cellulosic fibrous materials, such…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Ethyl Cellulose at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
Close-up view of a stock of ethyl cellulose manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by Hercules was commonly purchased by a variety of public and private…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose
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FROSTEE Paradichlorobenzene Vaporizer
- 1940s
Frostee brand pesticide vaporizer with red and beige text on round tin. Two red lids with green midsection punched with holes.
- Manufacturer Frank J. Curran Co.
- Subject Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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Facts on Chemcraft
- 1940 – 1949
A tag advertising Chemcraft brand Chemistry Sets and the Chemcraft brand by listing features and specifications of the products. Included with the Chemcraft Chemical Magic Set.
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising--Toys
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Flyer for H.G. Ollendorff, Inc.
- 1940s
Advertisement from H.G Ollendorff, Inc. for sending food parcels from the U.S.A to Europe