General view of an exhibit panel on Rhoplex acrylic-base paints exhibited at the 1956 Rohm and Haas Company stockholders' meeting. The panel features several paint samples, with accompanying text highlighting the…

General view of a series of exhibit panels displayed at the 1956 Rohm and Haas Company stockholders' meeting. The panels showcase acrylic emulsions manufactured by the company and their application in a number of…

Two booklets containing nylon samples dyed in various shades. Samples represent the hosiery variety available for purchase at the Harrison Hosiery Company located in Philadelphia. The booklets contain samples for…

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.…

Article from Better Homes and Gardens, July 1955.

Color print magazine advertisement for Cole of California's Celaperm line, made from colored Celanese acetate yarn.

Exterior of the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant located at 540 Pear Street in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Althouse Chemical Company was founded in 1915 by C. Scott Althouse (1880-1970) as a small,…

Digitized content includes a page from the November 1906 issue of the Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists and a foldout of an interleaved reflectance spectroscopy chart. The journal article excerpt includes…

Black and white print advertisement for Dow Latex Paints, a fast-drying and durable interior wall paint manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a man, woman, and young boy all contributing to painting a wall.…

General view of a technician operating an electrostatic accelerator in the Dow Chemical Company's Spectroscopy Laboratory.

Postcard produced by the General Dyestuff Corporation, a sales division of the General Aniline & Film Corporation, depicting a woman using a dye bath. Colorful strands of fabric dyed various colors are draped above the…

Black and white print advertisement for Dow Latex Paints, a fast-drying and durable interior wall paint manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a man painting a wall and a woman cleaning paint from a rolling…

Black and white print advertisement for Dow Latex Paints, a fast-drying and durable interior wall paint manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Depicts a paintbrush applying paint to a wall, a paintbrush being rinsed…

Color print advertisement for the General Aniline & Film Corporation and its standardization of colored dye batches for clothes and textiles. An illustration depicts a man analyzing a potentiometer above a dye vat for a…

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…

General view of the shipping and storage room at the Althouse Chemical Company manufacturing plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. Several rows of drums containing dyestuffs prepared for shipment fill the room. Various dye…

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…

Print advertisement for Parlon (Hercules chlorinated rubber) and Pentalyn, a resin product, both manufactured and sold by Hercules Powder Company for use in traffic paints. The advertisement features an illustration of…

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…

General view of technician Bill Beamer operating an unidentified machine in the Dow Chemical Company's Spectroscopy Laboratory.

General view of assorted machinery in the Customer Service and Quality Control Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania. At center, employees Robert Wither (left) and Carroll Dick…

Black and white print advertisement for Dow Latex Paints, a fast-drying and durable interior wall paint manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. Includes five images demonstrating the qualities of Dow Latex paints. In…

General view of the Research Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania showing various equipment and apparatus used for the production and testing of dyestuffs. At left, George Garcelon…

General view of the Research Laboratory at the Althouse Chemical Company plant in Reading, Pennsylvania showing various equipment and apparatus used for the production and testing of dyestuffs.

Based in Reading,…