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3M 51S
Hercules Powder Company tree stump handling in Brunswick, Georgia
- 1920 – 1940
Silent footage of Hercules Powder Company processing tree stumps at their Brunswick, Georgia plant for use in their cellulose products. Footage shows stumps being removed from railroad cars by crane and dropped into…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Powder Company
- Subject Cellulose industry, Hercules Powder Company, Chemical industry, Naval stores industry, Cranes, derricks, etc., Machinery
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18M 23S
Hercules Powder Company Woods Camp pine stump gathering
- 1920 – 1940
Silent footage of tree stump removal being done by Hercules Powder Company at an unknown location, likely in the southeastern United States. These stumps were removed using machinery and then transferred to a Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Powder Company
- Subject Hercules Powder Company, Cellulose industry, Tree stump removal, Machinery
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328 items
Fundamentals of Chemistry : A Text-Book for Nurses and Other Students of Applied Chemistry
- 1924
Textbook for first and second-year undergraduate students of applied chemistry. Author Dr. Jean Bogert (1888-1970) states in her preface that this work is set apart from other chemical textbooks due to its emphasis on…
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15 items
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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2 items
Tailby-Nason's Mentho-Terpenol Pain Reliever
- After 1880 – before 1970
Blue glass bottle, stained by residue from its contents, with metal screw cap lid and white paper label. The topical ointment once held in this bottle was intended for pain relief. According to the label, the ointment…
- Creator Of Work Tailby-Nason Company
- Subject Analgesics, Drugs, Quacks and quackery, Tailby-Nason Company
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4 items
Hanson's Magic Corn Salve
- After 1884 – before 1925
Small orange box containing a topical rub intended to treat corns, bunions, and warts.
Willis Tracy Hanson, Sr. (1858-1933) was a New York businessman known for selling patent medicines. These remedies could be…
- Manufacturer W.T. Hanson Co.
- Subject Drugs, W.T. Hanson Co., Quacks and quackery, Pharmaceutical industry, Warts, Bunion
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7 items
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for Menopause and Menstruation
- After 1900 – before 1968
Lydia E. Pinkham brand "Vegetable Compound", containing extract of Piscidia Erythrina (Jamaica Dogwood), Asclepias Tuberosa (Pleurisy Root), Cimicifuga Racemosa (Black Cohosh), Vitamin B1, Dandelion, and other…
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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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20 items
Dyes for Paper
- 1920s
Sample book containing paper samples colored with dyestuffs manufactured by the National Aniline & Chemical Company, Inc. The colors are categorized into three groups: acid colors, basic colors, and direct colors.…
- Creator Of Work National Aniline and Chemical Company
- Publisher National Aniline and Chemical Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Paper, National Aniline and Chemical Company, Coal-tar colors
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4 items
Tintex Armor Gray Fabric Dye
- After 1900 – before 1933
A small, cardboard, Tintex brand dye box printed with an illustration of a woman holding a garment over a sink. Contained a small paper packet, pictured on the right, that contains the powdered fabric dye. Dye…
- Creator Of Work Park & Tilford Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic
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2 items
Tintex Mistique Stocking Dye
- After 1900 – before 1933
A small, orange, Tintex brand dye box with an illustration of a pair of legs wearing stockings. A folded instruction sheet is included in the box.
Dyes are charged, water-soluble, organic compounds that chemically bind…
- Creator Of Work Park & Tilford Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic
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2 items
Tintex Orchid (Lavender) Dye
- After 1900 – before 1933
A small gray box with an illustration of a woman holding a garment over a dye bath. Contained a small paper packet, pictured on the right, that contains the powdered fabric dye. Dye instructions are printed on the…
- Creator Of Work Park & Tilford Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry
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4 items
Ladies’ and Misses’ Bloomers sewing pattern
- 1922
Sewing pattern envelope for women's bloomers and subscription card to McCall's magazine.
In 1870, Scottish immigrant James McCall began designing and printing his own line of sewing patterns. To advertise his patterns,…
- Creator Of Work McCall Pattern Company
- Subject Sewing, Sewing--Equipment and supplies, Clothing and dress
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RIT Cake, Flaked, and Powdered
- 1920-May
Print advertisement for RIT brand textile dye from Good Housekeeping magazine, May 1920. The advertisement features several color illustrations of women wearing garments colored with RIT dyes, as well as sketches of…
- Creator Of Work Sunbeam Chemical Company
- Publisher Hearst Corporation
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers
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22 items
Il Colombo : Regioni Esterne del Corpo, Scheletro, Sistema Vasale, Muscoli, Organi Interni
- 1924
Italian-language book on the anatomy of the pigeon. It includes a color illustration of a pigeon and a pigeon egg. The pigeon is composed of two large, double-sided flaps and a series of smaller flaps, each of which…
- Author Mico, Dott.
- Editor Cappelli, L.
- Subject Pigeons, Lift-the-flap books, Pigeons--Anatomy, Birds, Birds--Anatomy, Birds--Reproduction, Birds--Eggs
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28 items
La Vacca : Regioni Esterne del Corpo, Scheletro, Sistema Vasale, Muscoli, Organi Interni
- 1924
Italian-language book on the anatomy of dairy cattle. It includes a color illustration of a dairy cow that is composed of two large, double-sided flaps and a series of smaller flaps, each of which lifts to reveal the…
- Author Mico, Dott.
- Editor Capelli, L.
- Subject Cattle--Anatomy, Cattle, Dairy cattle, Lift-the-flap books, Livestock, Agricultural education
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Hobson's Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic and Chloroform
- After 1901 – before 1950
Box containing Dr. Hobson's "Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic, and Chloroform" cough syrup. According to the packaging, the use of this product is for the "relief of cough due to colds."
Brothers Henry and…
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2 items
Lydia E. Pinkham Menstrual Relief Tablets
- After 1882 – before 1968
Lydia E. Pinkham brand menstrual pain relief tablets, containing extract of Piscidia Erythrina (Jamaica Dogwood), Asclepias Tuberosa (Pleurisy Root), Glycyrrhiza (Licorice), and Ferrous Sulfate.
Lydia E. Pinkham, née…
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2 items
Postcard from Otto Meyerhof to Georg Bredig, November 1923
- 1923-Nov-11
Otto Meyerhof (1884-1951), a German physician and biochemist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for congratulating him on winning the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Meyerhof, Otto, 1884-1951, Nobel Prize winners
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2 items
Letter from Max Bredig to Rudolf Brill
- Decade starting 1925
Max Bredig (1902-1977) informs Rudolf Brill (1899-1989) that he would like to withdraw his application for employment at I.G. Farbenindustrie because he has applied for a scholarship to study in the U.S.A.
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Postcard from Earl Bunte to Georg Bredig, December 1921
- 1921-Dec-30
Hans Bunte thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for his birthday greeting and takes the opportunity to extend his own wishes to the Bredig family for a healthy and prosperous New Year.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Bunte, Earl
- Subject Bunte, Earl, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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2 items
Letter from Georg Bredig to Svante Arrhenius, July 1922
- 1922-Jul-10
Georg Bredig (1868-1944) asks Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) if the Nobel Prize Foundation can financially help the family of Otto Lehmann (1855-1922), a German physicist who unexpectedly passed away in June 1922.
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32 items
Indigo MLB auf Baumwolle : Indigo MLB on Cotton
- After 1880 – before 1925
This sample book begins with a selection of recipes for the preparation of dye vats. Each recipe lists the solvents and solutes necessary to mix large-volume solutions of indigo textile dye using Indigo M.L.B. brand…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, January 1924
- 1924-Jan-16
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) discusses global economic affairs with his friend and colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Creator Of Work Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
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Letter from Alfred Stern to Georg and Rosa Bredig, November 1921
- 1921-Nov-25
Alfred Stern, a historian in Zurich, thanks Georg and Rosa Bredig for congratulating him on his birthday.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Stern, Alfred, 1846-1936
- Subject Stern, Alfred, 1846-1936, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944