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Employee bagging cellulose gum at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of an unidentified employee bagging carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Also known as cellulose gum or tylose powder, CMC is a cellulose derivative…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Control panel at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of a control panel used to manage the continuous bleaching operation, part of the production of so-called "chemical cotton," at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Continuous digester at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of the charging end of a continuous digester used at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The continuous digester system was likely used to process cellulosic fibrous materials, such as…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Continuous bleaching equipment at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of continuous bleaching equipment used in the production of so-called "chemical cotton" at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Continuous bleaching equipment at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of continuous bleaching equipment used in the production of so-called "chemical cotton" at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Society of Exploration Geophysicists (1956)
- 1956-Nov
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1956 Society of Exploration Geophysicists annual meeting held in New Orleans.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Martel, Bob
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Explosives, Explosives industry
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National Crushed Stone Association (1956)
- 1956-Feb-20 – 1956-Feb-22
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1956 National Crushed Stone Association trade show held at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Explosives, Explosives industry
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National Crushed Stone Association (1956)
- 1956-Feb-20 – 1956-Feb-22
Series of photographs depicting different panels of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1956 National Crushed Stone Association trade show held at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago.
Formed in 1912 as part of an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Explosives, Explosives industry
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Sylvester Demskie weighing diazo and potassium chlorate at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955
General view of first class operator Sylvester (Syl) Demskie weighing diazo and potassium chlorate in the mix house at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Diazo and potassium chlorate were two…
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National Association of Corrosion Engineers exhibition display (1955)
- 1955
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display exhibited at the 1955 meeting of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers held in Chicago, Illinois.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with…
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Formation of plugs for electric blasting caps
- 1955
Close-up view of a molten compound, likely a mixture of sulfur, graphite, and mica, being poured over the tip of lead wires to form the plugs of electric blasting caps produced at the Hercules Powder Company plant in…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives
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Employee trimming bridge wires at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- Circa 1955
General view of an unidentified female employee trimming bridge wires used in the electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees
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Emily Port inserting plug and bridge wire into electric blasting caps
- 1955
General view of employee Emily Port inserting plugs and bridge wires into the shells 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 O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Port, Emily
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Dorothy Locke working with blasting caps at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955
Close-up view of employee Dorothy Locke setting lead wires in a mold, part of the assembly line production of electric blasting caps, at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. During the production of…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Assembly-line methods, Locke, Dorothy
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Commerical Initiators display board (1955)
- 1955
General view of a display board featuring samples of commercial initiators manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the board was displayed at a 1955 meeting of…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Explosives, Explosives industry, Corporations, Chemical industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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Chamber of Commerce exhibition display (1955)
- 1955
General view of an exhibition display at the Chamber of Commerce in Kingston, New York highlighting the employees and activities at the Hercules Powder Company facility located in Port Ewen, New York.
Formed in 1912 as…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Wagenfohr, Milton M. H.
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Explosives industry, Employees
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Open house at Hercules Powder Company facility in Gibbstown
- 1955-May
Group photograph taken during a 1955 open house at the Hercules Powder Company facility in Gibbstown, New Jersey. The individuals depicted in the photographed are unidentified.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Photo Associates
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Chemical industry, Corporations
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (1955)
- 1955-Mar
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1955 American Association of Petroleum Geologists meeting held in New York City.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules…
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American Institute of Mining Engineers (1955)
- 1955-Feb-13 – 1955-Feb-17
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1955 American Institute of Mining Engineers annual meeting held at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Acme Photo Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Explosives, Explosives industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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Trimming lead wires at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
Close-up view showing the trimming of lead wires for use in the electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives
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Soldering and bridge wire operations at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of soldering and bridge wire operations, part of the assembly line production of electric blasting caps, at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. During the production of electric…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Solder and soldering, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Assembly-line methods
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Plastic extrusion machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of Joseph Maurer pouring ethyl cellulose into the hopper of a plastic extrusion machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. In the machine, the ethyl cellulose was heated and then…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Extrusion process, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Plastics--Extrusion, Machinery
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Mildred Best soldering bridge wires at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of employee Mildred Best soldering platinum bridge wires used in the electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. During the production of electric…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Solder and soldering, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Best, Mildred
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Jane Kaminski inserting plug and bridge wire into electric blasting caps
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of employee Jane Kaminski inserting plugs and bridge wires into the shells 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 O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Kaminski, Jane
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Employees working with electric blasting cap shells at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of employees removing loaded blasting cap shells from trays and transferring them to racks for final assembly at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The individuals in the photograph…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Palen, Robert, Schussler, John, Miller, Leo