This collection consists of a vast array of photographic prints, negatives, slides, and ephemera chronicling the plants, employees, products, advertising, and brand strategies of the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Incorporated). The materials predominantly date from the second half of the 20th century and are divided into five series: Series I. Facilities; Series II. People; Series III. Branding; Series IV. Products; and Series V. Negatives. Many of the photographs are professional, work-for-hire images used for publicity and in-house publications, including the Hercules Mixer and Beacon Rocket.
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Experimental station at Hercules Kenvil plant
- Circa 1915
General view of the exterior of the experimental research station at the Hercules Powder Company's smokeless-powder plant located In Kenvil, New Jersey. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, New Jersey--Kenvil
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Employee operating shell machine at Hercules Kenvil plant
- Circa 1918
General view of an unidentified employee operating a machine used to produce shell cartridges used in the manufacture of dynamite at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey. Formed in 1912 as part of an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery
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Employee operating sorting machine at Hercules Kenvil plant
- 1919
General view of an unidentified female employee operating a machine used to sort time cards at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey. Per an article in the August 1919 edition of the Hercules Mixer,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Industrial efficiency, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Women employees, Machinery
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Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey
- Circa 1920
General view of employees posed before the exterior of a building at the Hercules Powder Company's smokeless-powder plant located In Kenvil, New Jersey. Established in 1872 by the Atlantic Giant Powder Company, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Explosives, Military, Employees, Chemical industry, Industries, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives
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Dairy Industries Exposition exhibition display (1930s)
- 1930s
General view of the Paper Makers Chemical Corporation exhibition display at a Dairy Industries Exposition held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Paper Makers Chemical Corporation operated…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Fred Hess & Son
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Trade shows, Hercules Incorporated, Paper Makers Chemical Corporation, Paper industry, Paper chemicals industry
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Ford show exhibition display (circa 1930s)
- 1930s
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at a Ford Motor Company trade show held in Detroit, Michigan. The display depicts the production of nitrocellulose and its use in a variety of products, including…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer MacGregor and Company
- Subject Corporations, Chemical industry, Hercules Powder Company, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Nitrocellulose
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Foundry show exhibition display (circa 1930s)
- 1930s
General view of a Hercules Powder Company display advertising Truline Binder at an unidentified foundry industry trade show.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Trade shows, Founding, Hercules Incorporated
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Hercules Powder Company exhibition display (circa 1930s)
- 1930s
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at a chemical industry trade show advertising a variety of products, including nitrocellulose, explosives, and naval stores.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Herbert Photos
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Hercules Incorporated, Naval stores, Naval stores industry, Nitrocellulose, Explosives industry
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Hercules Vibrogels and Vibrocaps exhibit panel (circa 1930's)
- Circa 1930
General view of an exhibit panel for Vibrogel explosives and Vibrocap blasting caps manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Monroe Carrington, Inc.
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Explosives industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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Paper Makers Chemical Corporation exhibition display (circa 1930s)
- 1930s
General view of an exhibition display advertising the products of the Paper Makers Chemical Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan, a subsidiary of the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Robinson Studio
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Paper Makers Chemical Corporation, Hercules Incorporated, Trade shows, Paper chemicals, Paper chemicals industry
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American Mining Congress (1932)
- 1932-May-02 – 1932-May-07
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1932 American Mining Congress held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Manufacturer Acme Photo Company
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Explosives, Explosives industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Mineral industries
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"Making Better Explosives" exhibition display (circa 1935)
- 1935
General view of an exhibition display for explosives manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Manufacturer Acme Photo Company
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Explosives, Explosives industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Trade shows
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"Oil's Well that Ends Well" exhibition display (circa 1935)
- Circa 1935
General view of a Hercules Powder Company puppet theater display entitled "Oil's Well that Ends Well" advertising Vibrogel explosives and Vibrocap blasting caps.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Explosives, Explosives industry, Puppet theater, Trade shows
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American Mining Congress (1935)
- 1935
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1935 American Mining Congress held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Manufacturer Acme Photo Company
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Chemical industry, Corporations, Explosives, Explosives industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Trade shows, Mineral industries
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Chemical show in New York City (1935)
- 1935
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at a 1935 chemical trade show held in New York City.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules…
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Hercules Dynamite exhibition display (1936)
- 1936
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1936 Cleveland Coal Show held at the Cleveland Public Auditorium.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Chemical industry, Corporations, Explosives, Explosives industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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Modern packaging exhibition display (1936)
- 1936
General view of a Hercules Powder Company display advertising modern packaging techniques at an unidentified 1936 trade show.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Trade shows, Hercules Incorporated, Packaging
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Varieties of Hercules Explosives exhibit panel (circa 1936)
- Circa 1936
General view of an exhibit panel featuring samples of various explosives manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Manufacturer Sanborn Studio
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Chemical industry, Corporations, Explosives, Explosives industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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Varieties of Hercules Explosives exhibit panel (1936)
- Circa 1936-Jul
General view of an exhibit panel featuring samples of various explosives manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Manufacturer Sanborn Studio
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Chemical industry, Corporations, Explosives, Explosives industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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American Foundrymen's Association (1937)
- 1937
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1937 American Foundrymen's Association meeting held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer R. C. S. Photo Studios
- Subject Corporations, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Trade shows, Founding, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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Coal Diggers of 1937 exhibition display
- 1937
General view of a Hercules Powder Company puppet theater display entitled "Coal Diggers of 1937" advertising Hercoal permissible explosives.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Manufacturer Acme Photo Company
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Chemical industry, Corporations, Trade shows, Explosives, Explosives industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Trade shows, Puppet theater
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Crushed Stone Convention (1937)
- 1937-Jan
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the 1937 Crush Stone Convention.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Pit & Quarry
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Chemical industry, Corporations, Explosives, Explosives industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Trade shows
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American Mining Congress (circa 1940)
- Circa 1940
General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at the American Mining Congress held in Chicago, Illinois circa 1940.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Manufacturer Sanborn Studio
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Chemical industry, Explosives, Explosives industry, Trade shows, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Mineral industries
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Caustic soda weigh-tanks at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of weigh-tanks for caustic soda and ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company's Ethyl Cellulose plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, caustic soda and ethyl cellulose…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scales (Weighing instruments), Ethylcellulose, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
Close-up view of several stacks of so-called "chemical cotton" manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from raw cotton linters, is…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Polymers, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose