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Smaller Field? Higher Yield!
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Print advertisement for toxaphene produced by Hercules Powder Company depicts a circular photograph of cotton field with cotton pickers and a man overseeing the workers. A wedge cut out of the photograph reads "Average…
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CMC in Synthetic Detergents cuts cost—improves wash
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Stylized print advertisement for CMC (sodium carboxymethylcellulose) produced by Hercules Powder Company depicts a shirt, sock, curtains, underwear and a dress being washed with bubbles emanating from the wash. The…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Laundry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Advertising, Industrial
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Pine Oil Smells Clean...Cleans Clean
- Part of 1950 Hercules Advertisements
- 1950
Advertisement for pine oil manufactured by the Hercules Powder Company depicts a woman holding folded laundry. Tagline reads "Smells Clean...Cleans Clean." Paragraph discusses how "housewifes prefer pine oil soaps for…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Laundry, Hercules Incorporated, Pine oil, Corporations, Naval stores, Advertising, Industrial
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To Stretch the Protective Coat that Guards Defense Production...
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Terpenes, Corporations, Solvents industry, Solvents, Advertising, Industrial
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From the Pine Stump Comes a Restorative for Tired Rubber...
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Rubber industry and trade, Hercules Incorporated, Terpenes, Corporations, Advertising, Industrial
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For Chemical Progress: The Best Job in the World
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Four-page promotional booklet advertising various raw materials manufactured and sold the Hercules Powder Company for a range of industrial applications, including rosins, insecticides, cellulose acetate, and…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Naval stores, Insecticides, Advertising, Industrial
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Do You Smell Your Disinfectants in the Ritzy Night Spots?
- Why You Should Use Pine Oil Disinfectants
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Are the Scrub Women Rooting for You?
- Why You Should Use Pine Oil Disinfectants
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Sell the Smell
- Why You Should Use Pine Oil Disinfectants
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Why Consumers Prefer Pine Oil Disinfectants
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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The Emergency and Hercules Pine Oils
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Textile chemical industry, Pine oil, Corporations, Naval stores, Textile chemicals, Advertising, Industrial
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A Report on Hercules Pine Oils
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Pine oil, Corporations, Naval stores, Advertising, Industrial
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Slim Figures are Always Attractive
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Textile chemical industry, Pine oil, Corporations, Naval stores, Textile chemicals, Advertising, Industrial
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The Popularity of Rifle Shooting
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Get Acquainted with Your Son on the Rifle Range
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Hercules Explosives and Blasting Supplies: Pete sees mechanized mining improving
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Hercules Explosives and Blasting Supplies: Joe tells why it costs less to quarry stone today
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Quarries and quarrying, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Explosives industry, Advertising, Industrial
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Hercules Explosives and Blasting Supplies: Steve says iron mining's improved - But we'll do it better yet
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Hercules Explosives and Blasting Supplies: Pete tells why coal mining is better
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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45 Years Ago...Hercules Powder Company
- Part of 1941 Hercules Advertisements
- 1941
Formed as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified its…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives industry, Advertising, Industrial
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What's Your Mileage on a Gallon of Paint?
- Wonderful New Ingredient, Parlon, Makes Finishes Last Longer - on the Road and Underfoot
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Advertisement for Parlon, a chlorinated rubber manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a base ingredient in synthetic enamels, as well as paint finishes, printing inks, textile coatings, and…
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The Public Voted In This Beauty Contest
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Advertisement for Celluose Acetate manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a base in plastic molding compounds. The advertisement features a photo of a woman in a shower framed by artistic…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Advertising, Industrial
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Beautiful...and Tough
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Advertisement for Celluose Acetate manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a base in plastic molding compounds. The advertisement features artistic renderings of various products made from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Cellulose, Plastics industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial
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Visibility Skyrockets Sales
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Advertisement for cellulose derivatives, including Nitrocellulose, Cellulose Acetate, and Ethyl Cellulose, manufactured and marketed by the Hercules Powder Company for use in plastic sheeting and packaging materials.…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Cellulose, Plastics industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial
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Harnessed...by a molecule!
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Advertisement for cellulose derivatives manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a base in plastic molding compounds, including Nitrocellulose, Cellulose Acetate, and Ethyl Cellulose. The…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Cellulose, Plastics industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial
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