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Atoms for Peace
- 1950s
Atoms for Peace is a 17-minute film describing how atomic energy is used in the oil, automotive, power, medical, and agricultural industries. This version is taken from a DVD copy and not from the original film.
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27M 30S
Atomic Energy As a Force For Good
- 1955
Atomic Energy As a Force For Good is a dramatization of a town debating whether or not to allow the Atomic Energy Commission to build a nuclear power plant nearby. Community members initially afraid of nuclear energy…
- Creator Of Work The Christophers
- Subject Nuclear energy, Atomic bomb, Nuclear medicine, Nuclear power plants, World War (1939-1945), Cancer--Treatment
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1H 10M 41S
The Miracle of the Can
- 1956
The Miracle of the Can uses skits to show the development of canning technology throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how that technology was a boon to American farmers, the economy, the employment rate,…
- Creator Of Work American Can Company
- Producer Caravel Films, Inc.
- Subject Canning and preserving, Food industry and trade, Vegetables--Preservation, Housewives, Canned foods industry
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3 items
Painting with Putnam Fadeless Dyes
- 1950s
Pamphlet written by Dorothy Lawless (1906-1981) about using Putnam Fadeless Dyes to make colorful floral hooked rugs. Lawless provides instructions for dying textiles and gives color suggestions for specific flowers.
- Author Lawless, Dorothy, 1906-1981
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Rugs, Hooked, Textile crafts
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18M 23S
Techniques of Organic Chemistry
- Part 4
- 1956
One in a series of four educational chemistry films made by Harvard professor Louis Fieser, demonstrating basic chemistry concepts and laboratory procedures. Fieser was an organic chemist known for his work with…
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19M 32S
Techniques of Organic Chemistry
- Part 2
- 1956
One in a series of four educational chemistry films made by Harvard professor Louis Fieser, demonstrating basic chemistry concepts and laboratory procedures. Fieser was an organic chemist known for his work with…
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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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3 items
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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4 items
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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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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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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Magikooler Leisure Chest
- 1950s
A teal ice chest cooler with metal handle and removable lid.
After World War II, many Americans celebrated newfound abundance and leisure time through casual outdoor dining. Postwar suburban families invested in grills…
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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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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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3 items
Louis Pasteur, Benefactor de la Humanidad
- Louis Pasteur, Benefactor of Humanity
- 1956-May-10
The colorful letterpress halftone illustrations of this comic book tell a biographical account of the life and accomplishments of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895).
This work is part of the 1956 comic series, Vidas Ilustres.…
- Publisher Organización Editorial Novaro
- Subject Comics (Graphic works), Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Vaccination
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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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6 items
Dacron & Antron Colour Story
- Piece Dyed / Cross Dyed Jersey Fabrics
- 1950 – 1970
Eighteen dyed and undyed fabric samples made of Dacron and Antron fibers mounted in a tri-folded cardboard booklet.
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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…
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3 items
Nylon Hosiery Sample Books
- 1952 – 1955
Two booklets containing nylon samples dyed in various shades. Samples represent the hosiery variety available for purchase at the Harrison Hosiery Company located in Philadelphia. The booklets contain samples for…
- Creator Of Work Harrison Hosiery Company
- Subject Hosiery, Harrison Hosiery Company, Nylon, Dyes and dyeing--Nylon, Textile fibers, Synthetic, Human skin color, Clothing trade
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2 items
Skein Dyed Yarn
- 1928 – 1968
Four skeins of yarn, connected in bundles of two. Each has been skein dyed with General Aniline & Film Corporation dye, 1% Acid Alizarine Brown RRL-CF and 1% Supralan Grey BRLS-CF. There is a paper label attached to…
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2 items
Prosthetic arm with hook
- 1900s
A hollow, fiberglass prosthetic arm with attached pincher hooks and a rubber grip. The left hook can be manipulated by the wearer by a lever mechanism. The hooks are not detachable and the elbow joint is missing from…
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Prosthetic arm with strings
- 1900s
A prosthetic arm and detachable hand with wrist and mechanisms that allow the joints to be manually rotated and locked into place. The hand has a wide, hinged, non-jointed thumb with a large surface and a curved pointer…
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8 items
Standing Wheelchair Model
- 1900s
A wooden model of a standing wheelchair with a figure. The model is constructed of three pieces: two sides of the wheelchair, and one figure. The model was built by Morris A. Robbins, M.D. (1916-2004), an orthopedic…
