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Dowflake Keeps This Road Dustless
- Circa 1925
Advertisement for Dowflake Calcium Chloride, a product of the Dow Chemical Company marketed for use to control dust on unpaved roads and parking lots, as well as a roadway deicer. The advertisement features a colored…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Dust control, Roads--Maintenance and repair, Calcium chloride
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How to Apply Dowflake
- The Dow Chemical Company, Circular No. 7, 1925
- 1925
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Calcium chloride
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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man in profile
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the profile of an unidentified man; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the back.
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
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Jasperware cameo portrait of an unknown man
- After 1759 – before 1986
Cameo is oval with the portrait of an unidentified man looking forward; profile is white and raised on a blue background with a raised dark blue border; cloth/paper covered oval shaped cardboard easel is attached to the…
- Manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Subject Jasperware, Cameos, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
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Symmetrical series table constructed in form of a quadrangle
- 1925 (Original design)
- Circa 1957 (Date attributed to slide)
Graphic representation of the periodic table of chemical elements as a symmetrical series table constructed in the form of a quadrangle. This table was originated by Estonian-born German chemist Andreas von Antropoff…
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Quartz Spectrograph
- Circa 1924
A spectrograph is an instrument used to obtain and record a light spectrum—it splits the light from an object into its component wavelengths so that it can be analysed. The spectral lines of a chemical element is…
- Manufacturer Adam Hilger Ltd.
- Subject Adam Hilger Ltd., Spectrograph, Optics
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Alchemist seated in his laboratory
- Circa 1887 – circa 1963
The alchemist sits, stirring the contents of a crucible, as he carefully watches the progress of a distillation experiment. He is surrounded by alchemical apparatus, glassware, and open books. An hourglass at his side…
- Artist Reich, Adolf, 1887-1963
- Subject Alchemists, Reich, Adolf, 1887-1963, Alchemy in art, Alchemy
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Bayer Orange Flavoured Children's Chewable Aspirin Bottle
- 1910 – 2007
- 1988
Small glass Bayer orange flavoured children's chewable aspirin bottle with pink plastic cap, 36 tablet size.
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Bayer Flavoured Children's Size Aspirin Bottle
- 1910 – 2007
Small glass Bayer flavoured children's size aspirin bottle with pink plastic cap, 36 tablet size, containing pink tablets.
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Can of Hopkins Rajah hair dye
- 1914 – 1967
Tin container of powdered henna pigment manufactured by S. B. Penick & Company. Henna is a dye prepared from the plant Lawsonia inermis, also known as the henna or mignonette tree. Whole henna leaves must be dried and…
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DuPont Pyralin travel vanity set
- 1910 – 1940
Irregularly-shaped wooden box with blue and off-white synthetic coatings; box is secured with two steel snap fasteners; top opens upward and is held upright with a cloth ribbon on the left side; top and bottom of box…
- Manufacturer E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Subject Plastics, Celluloid, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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Quartz Spectrograph
- 1900 – 1925
A spectrograph is an instrument used to obtain and record a light spectrum—it splits the light from an object into its component wavelengths so that it can be analysed. The spectral lines of a chemical element is…
- Subject Spectrograph, Optics
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Bureau of Chemistry Dust Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee utilizing an apparatus in the Bureau of Chemistry's Dust Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Development Work, the Dust Laboratory conducted research into the…
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Bureau of Chemistry Protein Investigation Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
General view of employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Protein Investigation Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Protein…
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Bureau of Chemistry Pharmacognosy Laboratory
- 1914 – before 1928
General view of a female employee analyzing unidentified substances in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the…
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Bureau of Chemistry Pharmacognosy Laboratory
- 1914 – before 1928
General view of employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the manufacture and distribution of crude…
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Bureau of Chemistry Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees working in the Bureau of Chemistry's Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Oil, Fat, and…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee operating an apparatus used to study ammonia at the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted investigations…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory showing assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted investigations into…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee conducting an analysis of an unidentified substance in the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee conducting an analysis of an unidentified substance in the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted…
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Bureau of Chemistry Drug Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees at work in a Bureau of Chemistry Drug Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, such laboratories commonly…
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Agricultural Research Service Drug Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees at work in an Agricultural Research Service Drug Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, such laboratories commonly…
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Naval Stores Investigation Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of three employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Naval Stores Investigation Laboratory, a division of the Leather and Paper Laboratory. Assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus, as well as notices…
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Bureau of Chemistry Carbohydrate Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
General view of the Bureau of Chemistry's Carbohydrate Laboratory showing assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Carbohydrate Laboratory analyzed the physical and…