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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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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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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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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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Dagwood Splits the Atom
- 1949
An introduction to radioactivity, explaining atomic structure and how to create a chain reaction, this comic was distributed for free to middle and high school students and was also included as a "freebee" in Gilbert’s…
- Author Musial, Joseph W., 1905-
- Artist Musial, Joseph W., 1905-
- Publisher King Features Syndicate
- Contributor Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970, Dunning, John R. (John Ray), 1907-1975, Heil, Louis Mace, 1903-
- Subject Atoms, Atoms--Study and teaching, Nuclear energy, Nuclear energy--Study and teaching, Comic books, strips, etc., Comics (Graphic works), Educational comics, Children's literature
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Barbara Walker and the Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1947
- 1948-Jan-21
Black and white photograph of Miss America 1947, Barbara Walker (1926-2000) posed with eight of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1947 awardees standing on a staircase. Pictured left to right are Walker, Adrian S. Fisher…
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Dr. Glenn Seaborg Juggling the Atom Symbol
- After 1945 – before 1999
Large caricature line drawing of Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999). Seaborg is drawn bouncing an atom in each hand.
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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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Outstanding Young Men of 1947
- 1947
Black and white photograph showing Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999) shaking hands with Cliff Henderson (1895–1984) during the Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1947 awards event. Cord Meyer Jr. (1920-2001) and Richard M. Nixon…
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Max Bredig seated in office
- After 1937 – before 1949
Black and white photograph of Max Bredig (1902-1977) seated at a desk in an office at the University of Michigan. Max emigrated from Germany to the United States with the assistance of Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) to…
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Letter from Bernard J. Brent to Max Bredig, February 20, 1947
- 1947-Feb-20
Bernard J. Brent writes to Max Bredig (1902-1977) about Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer's (1899-1957) health.
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Letter from Harold C. Urey to Max Bredig, February 14, 1947
- 1947-Feb-14
Harold C. Urey (1893-1981) thanks Max Bredig (1902-1977) for contributing to a fund for Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer (1899-1957). The fund intends to help Bonhoeffer recover from angina pectoris (chest pain).
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Letter from Max A. Bredig, February 9, 1947
- 1947-Feb-09
Template of a letter Max Bredig (1902-1977) is sending to friends and colleagues regarding Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer (1899-1957). The letter states that he will include a letter from Harold C. Urey (1893-1981), who is…
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Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, Febuary 3, 1947
- 1947-Feb-03
Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) forwards a letter to Max Bredig (1902-1977) asking people to contribute to a fund that will help Karl Bonhoeffer recover from a medical condition.
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Letter from Harold C. Urey to Kasimir Fajans, January 28, 1947
- 1947-Jan-28
Harold C. Urey (1893-1981) asks Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) to contribute money to help Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer (1899-1957) recover from angina pectoris (chest pain). Urey thinks that Bonhoeffer is suffering from this…
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Bulletin regarding options to support relatives in occupied France
- 1940s
Bulletin informing residents in the U.S.A. how they can financially support Jewish relatives and friends who are interned or otherwise residing in unoccupied French territories.
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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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Bug-A-Boo With and Without D.D.T. Kills All 9 Major Pests
- After 1931 – before 1963
Color-print advertisement for Socony-Vacuum Bug-a-boo insecticide. An illustration of three cartoon mosquitos fleeing from a pesticide sprayer fills the top portion of the page. Two Bug-a-boo bottles are illustrated on…
- Creator Of Work Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
- Subject DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides, Pests--Control, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
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Portrait of Eugene Garfield
- After 1940 – before 1963
Black and white photograph of Eugene Garfield (1925-2017), a prominent American information scientist and pioneer in the field of scientometrics. He was the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), a…
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Unidentified man with instrument
- After 1949 – before 1976
A black and white photograph of an unidentified man standing next to an IBM 407 Accounting Machine. Introduced in 1949, the IBM 407 was one of a long line of IBM tabulating machines. The 407 read punched cards, totaled…