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Postage stamp commemorating the sugar industry of Trinidad and Tobago
- 1969
Stamp depicts a sugar refinery along with a profile of Queen Elizabeth II in gold.
- Subject Sugar, Sugarcane industry, Trinidad and Tobago, Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-, Commemorative postage stamps, Sugar--Manufacture and refining, Science on postage stamps, Postage stamps
Photographs

German food purity team visit to Beckman Instruments
- 1957-Nov-08
Arnold O. Beckman, founder and CEO of Beckman Instruments, is standing on the right. The other people in this image are unidentified.
- Photographer Dietrich, T. A.
- Subject Food industry and trade--Safety measures, Globes, Food--Safety measures, Germany, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Photographs, Negatives (Photographs)

Handi-Wrap Lunch Box Go-Together sale display
- 1964
Promotional display advertising a Lunch Box Go-Together sale featuring Dow Handi-Wrap. Several boxes of Handi-Wrap form the base of the display, which is topped with a lunch box and stack of assorted foodstuffs wrapped…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Marketing, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Advertising, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
Photographs, Negatives (Photographs)

Handi-Wrap Lunchbox Go-Togethers sale display
- 1964
Promotional display advertising a Lunchbox Go-Together sale featuring Dow Handi-Wrap. The display consists of a series of cards, arranged in a circular pattern, showcasing an assortment of foodstuffs available at a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Marketing, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Advertising, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging
Photographs, Portraits

Portrait of Ira Remsen (1846-1927)
- 1904
Portrait of Ira Remsen (1846-1927). Along with Constantin Fahlberg, Remsen discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin in 1879.

A native of New York City, Remsen received his M.D. from the Columbia University…
- Manufacturer Art Photogravure Co. Ltd.
- Subject Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927, Saccharin, Nonnutritive sweeteners, Chemists, Portraits, Johns Hopkins University, Chemicals, Chemistry--Study and teaching
Advertisements

pH you can taste
- 1959
This advertisement focuses on pH meters' use in the food processing and packaging industry.

Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed…
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc., Charles Bowes Advertising, inc.
- Subject Hydrogen-ion concentration--Measurement--Instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Food industry and trade, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
Business correspondence

Letter from Charles F. Chandler to Dr. Van Doren
- 1922-Jun-27
Concerns a patent claim by Mathilda (sic) Groll, for cultivating microorganisms in whey and mixing them with sugar.
- Addressee Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950
- Author Chandler, Charles Frederick, 1836-1925
- Subject Sugar, Groll, Mathilde, Chandler, Charles Frederick, 1836-1925, Microorganisms, Whey
Advertisements

Improved oxygen control gives better product appearance and longer shelf life
- 1965
Advertisement for various Beckman oxygen analyzers used in the food packaging industry.

Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman Instruments’ oxygen analyzers ended up doing such…
- Creator Of Work Erwin Wasey, Ruthrauff & Ryan, inc., Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Food industry and trade--Safety measures

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