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Letter from Werner Gebhardt to Kasimir Fajans
- 1940s
Dr. Werner Gebhardt, a German chemist, writes to Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) to request employment as a means to escape war-ridden Europe. Gebhart laments that it will be difficult to come to the United States without…
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Lift Your Eyes - To the Ceiling
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses the decorative possibilities of ceilings. Describes how ceilings of different…
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Lime sulfur manufacturing facility
- 1940s
General view of raw material and manufacturing facilities used for the production of lime sulfur at an unidentified Dow Chemical Company plant. Beginning in 1907, Herbert Dow marketed lime sulfur, also known as calcium…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Sulfur, Calcium sulfide, Fungicides
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List of objects belonging to the Bredig family
- 1940s
List of objects belonging to the Bredig family. These items were possibly being shipped out of Germany to Max Bredig (1902-1977) in the United States or to the Netherlands where Georg Bredig (1868-1944) fled before…
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Livable Room
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet introduces the concept of a "Livable Room," or a living room designed for maximum comfort…
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Look Peasant Please!
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses the "peasant" theme in interior decoration. Describes the decorative techniques…
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Lost in a Foundry exhibition display (circa 1940s)
- 1940s
General view of a Hercules Powder Company puppet theater display entitled "Lost in a Foundry" advertising Truline Binder for use in metal castings.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Trade shows, Puppet theater, Founding
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Lumetron Photoelectric Colorimeter Model 400-A
- 1940s
Electric-powered meter with instructions housed in wooden box. Movable components within box: two (2) slide glass filters (1 with red, green, and blue slides; 1 with orange, green, and blue slides); one (1) encasing to…
- Manufacturer Photovolt Corporation
- Subject Colorimetry--Instruments, Photovolt Corporation
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Magic Carpet Walls
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes wall murals, a growing trend. Discusses how to affordably paint one's own wall…
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Man polishing Plexiglas at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified male employee polishing a curved panel of Plexiglas designed for use on the nose of an aircraft attack bomber. Several finished panels are visible in the background. Per notations…
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Membership application for for SelfHelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc.
- 1940s
A membership application form to join and provide a donation to the Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc. Founded in 1936 by German Jews in New York, the organization's mission is to support new immigrants…
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Memo from George Barsky to Max Bredig
- 1940s
Memo in which George Barksy tells Max Bredig (1902-1977) that "Landis" cannot help Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968). Barksy reports that Franz Friedrich Nord (1889-1973) suggested sending the papers which were seemingly…
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Money order instructions for Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc.
- 1940s
This pamphlet, published by Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc., provides instructions on how to send money from the United States to the unoccupied territory of France. Selfhelp of Emigres from Central…
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More Precious Than Rubies
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet is themed upon the importance of youth education and how critical it is for a child's study…
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National Technical Laboratories company picnics
- 1940s
- 1946
- 1949
The bordered photograph featuring Coca-Cola bottles and ice buckets is dated 1949. The bordered photographs of children are dated 1946. The exact date of the photographs without white borders is unknown.
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National Technical Laboratories: Mission Street building, South Pasadena
- 1940s
This building at 820 Mission Street was the first built exclusively for National Technical Laboratories in 1940.
- Subject Buildings, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Naval stores products exhibition display
- 1940s
General view of an exhibition display showcasing naval stores products, including pine oil and wood turpentine, manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. The display features a variety of products samples,…
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Note about Alfred and Eva Schnell's Letters, 1945
- Decade starting 1945
Max Albert Bredig (1903-1977) writes about the last letter he received from Alfred Schnell (1900-1944) and Eva Schnell (1913-1944).
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Note regarding a required income statement for the Emergency Rescue Committee
- 1940s
Note written by an unknown author concerning the need for an income statement for the Emergency Rescue Committee.
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Note written by Max Bredig
- 1940s
Max Bredig (1902-1977) writes a note to himself regarding the U.S. State Department's procedure on applying for a new American visa. He forwarded this information to Ilse Wolfsberg, the fiancé of his former colleague,…
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Notes on work by Hans Heinrich Franck
- 1940s
Notecards with citations, chemical equations, and dates, presumably related to publications by Hans Heinrich Franck (1888-1961).
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Franck, Hans Heinrich, 1888-1961, Chemical equations
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8 items
Only One Pair of Eyes
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet describes how too much or too little light can be harmful to the eyes. Describes solutions…
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Order instructions for Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc.
- 1940s
Includes a note with an address for a Richard J. Auerbach.
- Creator Of Work Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc.
- Addressee Auerbach, Richard J.
- Subject Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc.
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Outside Inn
- 1940s
Booklet corresponding to a radio broadcast program created by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The booklet discusses how to decorate a porch for a home. Provides suggestions for furniture, color…
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Pamphlets corresponding to radio shows produced by the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association
- 1940s
A collection of colorfully illustrated pamphlets corresponding to radio broadcast programming by the National Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The pamphlets advertise paint and varnish uses, and provide…