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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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28M 59S
Atomic Power at Shippingport
- 1958
Atomic Power at Shippingport is a tour of America's first nuclear power plant devoted entirely to peaceful uses, located in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. Includes footage the plant's construction and work done at the…
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53S
First Private Atom Power Plant Opens
- 1957
This 1-minute short film shows the opening of the Vallecitos Atomic Electric Power Plant in Alameda County, California. This plant was a boiling water reactor and the first privately owned nuclear power plant in the…
- Creator Of Work Universal newsreel
- Subject Vallecitos Superheat Reactor, Nuclear energy, Nuclear power plants, Boiling water reactors
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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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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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10m 04s
Turbo-Cat
- Circa 1958
This silent film shows a demonstration of the "Turbo-Cat" expeditionary catapult. Developed in the 1950s by Don Doolitle and manufactured by the All American Engineering Company of Wilmington, Delaware, the system used…
- Creator Of Work All American Engineering Company
- Subject Airplanes, Jet engines
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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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Eugene Garfield posed with a volume of "Current Contents"
- Circa 1959
Black and white photograph of a seated Eugene Garfield (1925-2017) holding an open copy of Current Contents. Eugene Garfield was a prominent American information scientist and pioneer in the field of scientometrics. He…
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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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48m 37s
Linus Pauling Lectures on Valence and Molecular Structures: Part 3
- 1957
In this third lecture in a series on valence and molecular structure, Pauling addresses ligancy, coordination numbers and complexes, metallic valence, oxidation numbers, hydrogen bonds, and weak forces.
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50m 07s
Linus Pauling Lectures on Valence and Molecular Structures: Part 2
- 1957
In part two of this lecture series on valence and molecular structures, Pauling focuses on ionic and covalent bonds, bond and molecular resonance, and how different bonds effect an element's properties. To demonstrate,…