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Raymond Demskie mixing detonator charges at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1960
General view of employee Raymond Demskie operating a series of levers to remotely mix explosive powders used in the electric blasting caps produced at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The levers…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery, Demskie, Raymond
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Kenneth Newell operating press machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1960
General view of employee Kenneth Newell operating a press machine used to fill electric blasting caps with an explosive charge at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The operation was…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery, Newell, Kenneth
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Elizabeth Bailey working with spooled Vibrocaps at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1960
General view of employee Elizabeth Bailey applying shunts to spooled Vibrocaps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Bailey, Elizabeth
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Display of products manufactured at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1960
General view of a display featuring dummy samples of a range of detonation-initiating devices manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Products visible on the display board include…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Industrial marketing, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Detonators, Marketing
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Charles J. Skuwera and Clem Shernauski with cubed nitrocellulose at Hercules Parlin plant
- 1960
General view of employees Charles J. Skuwera (left) and Clem Shernauski (right) lifting a barrel containing cubed nitrocellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey.
Formed in 1912 as part of an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Nitrocellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Shernauski, Clem, Skuwera, Charles J.
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Anna Woods testing electric detonators at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1960
General view of employee Anna Woods testing special electric detonators manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Explosives--Testing, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Woods, Anna
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Andrew Tubby setting up destructive testing apparatus at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1960
General view of employee Andrew Tubby setting up an apparatus used for destructive testing of electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Explosives--Testing, Corporations, Explosives, Tubby, Andrew
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Raymond Demskie working on rubber mixing pad at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1960
General view of employee Raymond Demskie preparing explosive powder to be mixed on a rubber mat at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Mixing was performed remotely as an employee operated a series…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Demskie, Raymond
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Valves and pipes at Hercules Parlin plant
- 1960-Sep-10
Close-up view of assorted valves and pipes at the Hercules Powder Company plant located in Parlin, New Jersey. Per notations accompanying the photograph, these valves and pipes were lined with Penton, a Hercules-branded…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Chemical industry, Valves, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Polyethers, Machinery
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Separator at Hercules Parlin plant
- 1960-Sep-10
Two views of a separator used to separate carbon tetrachloride and water containing hydrochloric acid at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. The employee visible in the first photograph is…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Polyethers, Machinery
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Penton valves and pipes at Hercules Parlin plant
- 1960-Sep-10
Close-up view of solid Penton needle and plug valves, as well as Penton pipes and fittings, at the Hercules Powder Company plant located in Parlin, New Jersey. Penton was a Hercules-branded chlorinated polyether used as…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Chemical industry, Valves, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Polyethers, Machinery
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Assorted valves, pipes, and fittings at Hercules Parlin plant
- 1960-Sep-10
Close-up view of assorted valves, pipes, and fittings at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. Per notations accompanying the photograph, this system, which was used to handle hydrochloric acid, was…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
- Subject Chemical industry, Valves, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Polyethers, Machinery
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Toxaphene building at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of the exterior of the manufacturing facilities for Toxaphene, an insecticide concentrate, at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules plants specializing in naval…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores
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Tank car loading station at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of the tank car loading station used to transport hot rosin at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules plants specializing in naval stores, the Brunswick plant extracted…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Naval stores industry, Chemical industry, Tank cars, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores
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Stan Fenelon and Clarence Darley examining rosin solution evaporator at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of Stan Fenelon (left), Pexite rosin and refinery supervisor, and Clarence Darley (right), day relief operator, examining the rosin solution evaporator apparatus at the Hercules Powder Company plant in…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Evaporators, Corporations, Naval stores, Machinery, Darley, Clarence, Fenelon, Stan
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Rosin building at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
Exterior view of a rosin manufacturing facility at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia with view of digesters on right-hand side. One of two Hercules plants specializing in naval stores, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores
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Pat Bodie examining rosin sample at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of office machine operator Pat Bodie examining a sample of rosin at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules plants specializing in naval stores, the Brunswick plant…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Gums and resins, Women employees, Bodie, Pat
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Mary Moffit operating infrared spectrophotometer at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of technician Mary Moffit using an infrared spectrophotometer to analyze a sample of the insect repellent Metadelphene in a laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. Per…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Chemical industry, Laboratories, Spectrophotometer, Infrared spectroscopy, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Women employees, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Employees, Moffit, Mary
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John Cloer at work in foam house facility at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of safety inspector John Cloer at work in the foam house at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia, with view of assorted fire-fighting and fire-suppression apparatus. One of two Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies, Machinery, Cloer, John
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Hubbie H. Hattaway operating acetylene cutting torch at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of boilermaker Hubbie H. Hattaway operating an acetylene cutting torch in the machine shop at the Hercules Powder Company plant located in Brunswick, Georgia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Machinery, Welding, Hattaway, Hubbie H.
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Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia
- Circa 1960-Jul
Elevated view of the exterior of the Hercules Powder Company plant facilities in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules plants specializing in naval stores, the Brunswick plant extracted rosin, turpentine, and pine oil…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Naval stores industry, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores
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Heat treatment tank at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of several employees using a crane to move a heat treatment tank in preparation for the expansion of rosin-making facilities at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Cranes, derricks, etc., Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Machinery
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Evelyn Kieffer using reactor flask at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of research assistant Evelyn Kieffer using a reactor flask to analyze an unidentified substance in a laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules plants…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Naval stores industry, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Women employees, Women in science, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Kieffer, Evelyn
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Edward Newmans clearing extractor tank at Hercules Brunswick plant
- Circa 1960-Jul
General view of employee Edward Newmans clearing spent wood chips from an extractor tank at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules plants specializing in naval stores, the Brunswick…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Tharp, Gil
- Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Extraction apparatus, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, African Americans, Machinery, Newmans, Edward
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Virginia State Chamber of Commerce exhibition display
- 1950s
General view of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce exhibition display celebrating Chemical Progress Week. The display includes photographs from the Hercules Powder Company facility in Hopewell, Virginia alongside…
- Photographer Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Corporations, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated