Digitized content includes a page from the November 1906 issue of the Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists and a foldout of an interleaved reflectance spectroscopy chart. The journal article excerpt includes…

Color print advertisement for Dow Synthetic Solvents. The advertisement features a photograph of a group of children at a picnic. In the foreground is a young boy eating a hot dog with a mustard stain visible on his…

Inset illustration of Du Pont's "Test Tube Girl," named as such given her outfit is made entirely of Du Pont plastic products. Her dress and gloves are made of rayon, her hat and bag of cellulose film, her heels are…

Dye label features an elaborate border with the Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik (BASF) trademark insignia depicting a horse and lion within shields. The lion stands on a crest emblazoned with an anchor. The BASF crown…

Informational booklet on Putnam Fadeless Dyes made by Monroe Chemical Company features sections on dying, tinting, bleaching, clothing care, and artistic dyeing. Includes color illustrations throughout the booklet.

Postcard produced by the General Dyestuff Corporation, a sales division of the General Aniline & Film Corporation, depicting a woman using a dye bath. Colorful strands of fabric dyed various colors are draped above the…

William Henry Perkin depicted in his laboratory. Perkin, center, examines test dyeing of silk taffeta with mauve aniline dye. Left, his father, the backer of the plant, stands behind Perkin and admires the fabric. In…

Depicts saffron, meadow-sweet, hedge-mustard, and hedge-nettle.

General view of a trade show display for the General Aniline & Film Corporation highlighting products marketed for use in the textile industry. Standing at the center of the display is research chemist Dr. Abraham O.…

A red display box of 24 samples of various products colored with dyes. The top and side flaps open to reveal 24 samples of various products colored with dyes. Includes liquids in small bottles, powders in brass circular…

A - Old Gold
B - Gold
C - Plum
D - Silver Gray
E - Maroon
F - Old Rose
G - American Beauty
H - Silver Gray
I - Black
J - Bright Green
K - Old Rose
L - Golden Brown
M - Olive Green
N - Mahogany
O - Olive Green
P - Olive…

This is a modern reproduction of a late-19th-century tin advertising sign. The sign depicts a woman dyeing cloth in red dye. Articles of clothing including a stocking and blouse are on a clothesline hung above her head.…

Color print advertisement for synthetic indigo and other indigoid products manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features images of ancient Egyptian statues with accompanying text…

Leo Labrecque using a Launder-O-Meter to test the wash-fastness of dyed fabric. Bottles containing a standard weight of fabric in a standard soap solution are visible both within and outside of the machine. During the…

General view of the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. The employees visible in the photograph are, from left: Tom Margolillo; Dot Bowen;…

View of Thomas Manzolillo examining a roller used to hold fabric in place for the application of dyestuffs. In this typical dye process, fabric is rolled through a trough of dye and then pressed between two heavy…

View of dyeing technicians working in the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. The technicians are engaged in a skein dyeing process whereby…

General view of the shipping and storage room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Several rows of drums, presumably containing dyestuffs ready for shipment, are visible, while…

General view of the Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Employees are seen removing press cake from the filter presses to transfer them to the buggies at the center…

General view of the Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Employees are seen removing press cake from the filter presses to transfer them to the buggies at the center…