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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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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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Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash
- After 1930 – before 1970
Glass bottle of "Lydia E. Pinkham" brand sanative wash.
Lydia E. Pinkham, née Estes, (1819-1883) was an American proprietor who commodified her homemade herbal-alcoholic supplements, claiming they could cure any…
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Lydia E. Pinkham Pills for Constipation
- After 1930 – before 1970
Bottle of "Lydia E. Pinkham" brand pills for constipation.
Lydia E. Pinkham, née Estes, (1819-1883) was an American proprietor who commodified her homemade herbal-alcoholic supplements, claiming they could cure any…
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4 items
Hamlin's Wizard Oil Liniment
- 1941 – 1946
A topical treatment intended for soothing muscular aches, minor strains and sprains, minor frost bites, mild sunburn, and non-venomous insect bites and stings. The liniment was first produced in 1861 in Chicago by…
- Creator Of Work Hamlin's Wizard Oil Company
- Subject Health products, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs, Ointments, Pain medicine
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Postcard from Max and Marga Planck to Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
- 1942-Aug-16
Postcard written from German Theoretical Physicist, Max Planck (1858-1947) and his wife, Marga Planck née von Hoesslin to German Nazi industrialist, Alfried Krupp (1907-1967).
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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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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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3 items
United States Department of Justice Application for Certification of Identification
- 1942-Feb-18
Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) completed application for a United States certificate of identification. Document contains identifying information about Bredig, and a written statement with his reason for leaving Germany.
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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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Diamond Blue-White fabric dye
- After 1935 – before 1942
Blue and white cardboard box with a small paper packet of powdered fabric dye. The dye is intended for use on white fabric to enhance the fabric's brightness and prevent yellowing.
Fabric dyes are charged,…
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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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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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Letter from Max Bredig to Ilse Wolfsberg, February 22, 1943
- 1943-Feb-22
Max Bredig (1902-1977) informs Ilse Wolfsberg that he has received a letter from the New York-based law firm Munn, Anderson, and Liddy, and will forward a copy to her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968).
- Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Addressee Wolfsberg, Ilse
- Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968
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Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, May 2, 1942
- 1942-May-02
Ilse Wolfsberg updates Max Bredig (1902-1977) on her fiancé Fritz Hochwald's immigration case, which has been delayed due to difficulties in obtaining a Mexican visa. Wolfsberg also seeks Bredig's opinion on the matter.…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Ilse Wolfsberg, March 24, 1942
- 1942-Mar-24
Max Bredig (1902-1977) provides Ilse Wolfsberg with Margaret Lambie's contact information, and advises Wolfsberg against contacting Munn, Anderson, and Liddy, a New York-based law firm, regarding Fritz Hochwald's…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Ilse Wolfsberg, March 8, 1942
- 1942-Mar-08
Max Bredig (1902-1977) writes to Ilse Wolfsberg to provide updates on his efforts to assist in the immigration case of her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968). Hochwald is currently interned in the Miranda del Ebro…
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Letter of condolence from Maya Haber to Max Bredig, April 27, 1944
- 1944-Apr-27
Maya Haber writes a letter of condolence to Max Bredig (1902-1977) upon the death of his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
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Draft of a letter from Max Bredig to Kasimir Fajans, March 17, 1943
- 1943-Mar-17
Max Bredig (1902-1977) drafts a letter to his friend and former mentor, Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), regarding his application for American citizenship.
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Glenn Seaborg in schoolgroup portrait
- After 1935 – before 1945
Black and white photograph of a group of students posing for the camera. Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) is located in the back row, fourth from the left.
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Glenn Seaborg and children with Richard Nixon
- After 1942 – before 1969
Black and white photograph of Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999) and Richard Nixon (1913-1994) posing with two of Seaborg's seven children who stand between the future President and their father.
Nixon inscribed the photograph…
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Letter from Max Bredig to Kasimir Fajans, April 23, 1944
- 1944-Apr-23
Max Bredig (1902-1977) informs his colleague and mentor, Kasimir Fajans (1878-1975), a professor and chemist at the University of Michigan, that his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), has passed away.
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Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, January 2, 1942
- 1942-Jan-02
Ilse Wolfsberg requests that Max Bredig (1902-1977) assist with a patent application for her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald. Hochwald, a former colleague of Bredig at the Bavarian Nitrogen Works, is currently interned at the…
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Correspondence between Max Bredig and Alfred Schnell, Spring 1942
- 1942
Note containing drafts of Red Cross messages sent between Max Bredig (1902-1977) and his former colleague and friend, Alfred Schnell (1900-1944), in the spring of 1942. Schnell and his wife, Eva, fled Nazi-occupied…
- Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Addressee Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944
- Subject Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Correspondence between Max Bredig and Alfred Schnell, August 27, 1942
- 1942-Aug-27
Note containing drafts of Red Cross messages sent between Max Bredig (1902-1977) and his former colleague and friend, Alfred Schnell (1900-1944), in the summer of 1942. Schnell and his wife, Eva, fled Nazi-occupied…