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Chi-Ches-Ters Menstrual Pain Relief Tablets
- 1900s
Container of "Chi-Ches-ters" menstrual pain relief tablets, manufactured by Chichester Chemical Co.
Chichester Chemical Co. also manufactured "Pennyroyal Pills," which were marketed with language that subtly indicated…
- Manufacturer Chichester Chemical Co.
- Subject Analgesics, Drugs, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Women--Health and hygiene, Menstrual products
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3 items
Igloo Wrap cellophane
- 1900s
Blue and red cardboard box of "Igloo Wrap Brand" cellophane wrap, manufactured by Du Pont.
- Manufacturer E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Subject E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Food--Storage, Food--Preservation, Plastic films
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2 items
AIChE slide rule pin
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers slide rule pin
- After 1900 – before 2004
Gold-plated pin for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE). The pin is in the shape of a slide rule with the AIChE shield in the center and has a hinged clasp.
- Manufacturer L.G. Balfour Company
- Subject Brooches, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Collectibles
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6 items
Monsanto AstroTurf sale sample
- 1970s
Sample of AstroTurf recreational surface, produced by the Monsanto Company, in a cardboard box with a plastic view top. The AstroTurf sample has yard lines and end zones marked on it to make it look like a miniature…
- Manufacturer Monsanto Company
- Subject Synthetic sporting surfaces
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Rare earths sliding puzzle
- 1970s – 1980
Square slide puzzle with white frame and 15 orange sliding pieces. Sliding pieces have the chemical symbols for the rare earth elements printed on them. Printed on bottom edge of frame is "Union Molycorp."
- Manufacturer Molycorp, Inc.
- Subject Rare earths, Puzzles
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Super Sandwich: The Funny Food Game
- 1973
Super Sandwich board game, 1973. The object of the game is to create a "super sandwich" comprised of ingredients that will provide the RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance) of protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin…
- Publisher Teaching Concepts, Inc.
- Subject Board games, Nutrition, Food
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Two Sports, One Field. The Answer: AstroTurf and Eight Hours.
- 1970s
Monsanto AstroTurf advertisement. The caption reads "Two sports, one field. The answer: AstroTurf and eight hours." This double-page spread features a baseball player and a football player facing off nose-to-nose and…
- Creator Of Work Monsanto Company
- Subject Synthetic sporting surfaces, Baseball, Football, Sports, Monsanto Company, Advertising
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14M 44S
Portaspec spectrometer sales video
- 1970s
This is a sales video for Pitchford Scientific Instrument Corporation's Portaspec, a portable x-ray spectrometer. A traveling field service representative for a steel company discusses the instrument's features and…
- Creator Of Work Pitchford Scientific Instrument Corp.
- Subject Spectrometer, X-rays, X-ray spectrometer, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Promotional films
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4 items
Society of Flavor Chemists newsletter, October 1973
- 1973-Oct
October 1973 issue of the Society of Flavor Chemists newsletter.
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4 items
Society of Flavor Chemists newsletter, August 1973
- 1973-Aug
August 1973 issue of the Society of Flavor Chemists newsletter. This is the inaugural issue of the newsletter.
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31M 49S
Where There's A Need, There's Hercules
- 1970s
Promotional film for Hercules, Inc., formerly Hercules Powder Company. Although Hercules, Inc. was founded as a munitions and explosives company, this film focuses on its other products and services. These include…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Chemical industry, Polyester fibers industry
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50M 36S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1973
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1973 lecture was the first…
- Creator Of Work Shakhashiri, Bassam Z.
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Lectures, Chemistry--Experiments, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Christmas, Liquid nitrogen
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2 items
Paul Lauterbur's Coconut
- 1970s
Large, brown, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm. One side of the coconut has a deep incision.
Prior to 1980 most techniques for obtaining NMR images produced only two-dimensional projections which were far too…
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Tintex Neon Yellow Neon Fabric Dye
- After 1970 – before 2000
Black cardboard box with a bright yellow design containing neon fabric dye. Dye instructions are printed in white on the back of the box. The powdered dye is contained in a paper packet. Dye instructions are also…
- Creator Of Work Kiwi Brands, Inc.
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Dyes and dyeing, Domestic
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Glenn Seaborg and Lyndon B. Johnson
- After 1960 – before 1973
Black and white photograph showing Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) speaking with Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999). Johnson has inscribed the photograph with a note and his signature, "To Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg with very high…
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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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Letter of recommendation for Percy L. Julian
- After 1964 – before 1975
A letter of recommendation written by Ray Fields Dawson (1911-2012) on behalf of Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975). Dawson is recommending that Julian receive an honorary degree from DePauw University due to his work…
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16M 53S
Computer Aided Resolution of Molecular Conformations
- First modeling prog master with ACTN, Lab of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford
- 1970s
Silent film demonstrating an early (1970s) computer program for creating three-dimensional molecular models and allowing users to manipulate those models using keyboard commands and a trackball. This film includes the…
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9M 28S
Molecular Modeling, Washington University
- 1970s
Silent video of a three-dimensional lactate dehydrogenase molecule imaged and manipulated using software developed at Washington University at least in part by C. David Barry. This footage, created by pointing a camera…
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Business card of Percy L. Julian
- After 1961 – before 1975
Business card of Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), African American research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. This card reflects Julian's position as the Director of the Julian…
- Creator Of Work Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975
- Subject Julian, Percy Lavon, 1899-1975, Scientists, Black, Chemistry, Organic, Nonprofit organizations
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Gomston, A Polluted City: Classroom Simulation in Ecology
- 1973
A rectangular game box decorated by a photograph of an urban area with visible factories. The box contains 1 teacher’s manual, 1 audio cassette tape, 1 film roll in a plastic case, 2 overhead projector transparencies, 2…
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Institute for Scientific Information Chestnut Street office entrance
- After 1971 – before 1975
A black and white photograph depicting the fifth-floor entrance to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Chestnut Street office. The ISI was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield…
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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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Portrait of Eugene Garfield
- After 1960 – before 1975
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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Putting Scientific Information to Work
- 1973
This promotional film for the Institute for Scientific Information is one of several produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The ISI was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1960 by Eugene Garfield, a prominent…
- Producer Cine Vision Enterprises
- Creator Of Work Institute for Scientific Information
- Subject Research, Scholarly publishing, Bibliographical citations, Databases, Citation indexes, Institute for Scientific Information
