
Select digitized items from the exhibition Bold, on view in the Hach Gallery from September 22, 2023-August 3, 2024
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Althouse Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory
Box 1- Circa 1960
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;…
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Dyeing equipment in use at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
Box 1- 1951
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…
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Dyeing technicians at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
Box 1- 1952
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…
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Launder-O-Meter at Althouse Customer Service Laboratory
Box 1- Circa 1960
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…
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Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
Box 1- 1946
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…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Creator Of Work Tenschert Commercial Photo Studio
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Press Room at the Althouse Chemical Company plant
Box 1- 1946
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…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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Shipping and storage room at Althouse Chemical Company plant
Box 1- 1952
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…
- Contributor Feeman, James
- Subject Dye industry, Dyes and dyeing, Dyes and dyeing--Equipment and supplies, Althouse Chemical Company
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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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One More for the Dry Cleaner
Box 9- 1938
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…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Dry cleaning, Dry cleaning industry, Children in advertising, Solvents industry, Solvents
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"It's Easy to Dye with Diamond Dyes" Tin Sign
- Circa 2000
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.…
- Contributor Diamond Dyes Company (Burlington, Vt.), Wells & Richardson Co.
- Manufacturer Desperate Sign Company
- Subject Diamond Dyes Company (Burlington, Vt.), Dyes and dyeing, Commercial art
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3 items
"Sevron" Cationic Dyes on "Dacron" Type 801 Polyester Fiber
- 1972
Twenty-four dyed Dacron samples attached to a bi-fold cardstock brochure.
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"The Test Tube Girl"
- 1940
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…
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5 Weeks of Sunshine . . . Every Day!
- 1950
Color advertisement for the General Aniline & Film Corporation describing their fadeometer testing program. A fadeometer is an accelerated aging testing device that measures the colorfastness of a material - in this…
- Creator Of Work General Aniline & Film Corporation
- Publisher Time, Inc.
- Subject Colorfastness (Textiles)--Testing, Colorfastness (Textiles), Photochemistry, Light, Color, Scientists, Black, African American scientists
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80 items
A Manual of Dyeing and Dyeing Receipts, Comprising a System of Elementary Chemistry as Applied to Dyeing
- With Receipts for the General Reader for Dyeing and Colour on Cotton, Silk, and Wool, which Colooured Pattern of Cloth of Each Fabric
- 1875
The third edition of a work, updated from the first to include an updated description of contemporary dyeing machinery, advances in science, and updated nomenclature and chemical formula. According to the author, the…
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2 items
American Aniline Products Dye Sample Box
- Undated
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…
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Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik Dye Tin
- After 1978 – before 2000
A black, aluminum dye box with a pry-off lid decorated by green text and the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik insignia.
- Creator Of Work Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik
- Subject Dyes and dyeing, Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, Dye industry
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Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik dye label with BASF seal
- Circa 1900
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…
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2 items
Barlow's Indigo Blue dye
- 1860s
Cardboard box which at one time contained two dozen, wooden dye containers sealed with paper labels. Each contained an indigo fabric dye puck.
Indigo is among the oldest dyes to be used for textile dyeing and printing.…
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2 items
Color Crazy
- 1955
- Photographer Gill, Leslie, 1908-1958
- Subject Nylon, Textile fibers, Synthetic, Colors, Hosiery, Nylon, Hosiery
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20 items
Cushing's Perfection Dyes Set
- Undated
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…- Manufacturer W. Cushing & Company
- Subject Dyes and dyeing
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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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2 items
Diamond Blue-White fabric dye
- After 1935 – before 1942
Blue and white cardboard box with a small paper packet of powdered fabric dye. The dye is intended for use on white fabric to enhance the fabric's brightness and prevent yellowing.
Fabric dyes are charged,…
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174 items
Dyer's account book, Volume 1
- After 1855-Nov-29 – before 1864-Nov-10
The first of two highly legible British dyer's account journals. The journal lists recipes and the costs for materials used in the process of dyeing many kinds of cloth, "gum china blue," "sumac," "peachwood," etc.…
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Dyer's account book, Volume 2
- After 1855-Nov-29 – before 1864-Nov-10
The first of two highly legible British dyer's account journals. The journal lists recipes and the costs for materials used in the process of dyeing many kinds of cloth, "gum china blue," "sumac," "peachwood," etc.…
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General Aniline & Film Corporation trade show display
Box Small Collections- 1955-Oct
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.…