Food Science

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Artifacts

Igloo Wrap cellophane

1900s

Blue and red cardboard box of "Igloo Wrap Brand" cellophane wrap, manufactured by Du Pont.

Manufacturer E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Subject E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Food--Storage, Food--Preservation, Plastic films

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Artifacts

Box of See-Safe polyethylene plastic wrap

1950s

Box of See-Safe polyethylene plastic wrap. The box features the slogan "Beautiful to See . . . Safe as Can Be" and has illustrated directions.

Subject Food--Preservation, Food--Storage, Plastic films, Plastics industry and trade, Polyethylene, Polymers, Samples (Commerce)

1H 10M 41S

Video Recordings

The Miracle of the Can uses skits to show the development of canning technology throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how that technology was a boon to American farmers, the economy, the employment rate,…

Creator Of Work American Can Company
Producer Caravel Films, Inc.
Subject Canning and preserving, Food industry and trade, Vegetables--Preservation, Housewives, Canned foods industry

Advertisements, Ephemera

Dow Methionine Gives Dog Foods NEW Nutritional Punch ... NEW Sales Punch

1955

Black and white print advertisement for synthetic methionine manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company as a food additive. The advertisement features a photographic reproduction of a woman holding a dog and…

Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Nutrition, Animal nutrition, Women in advertising, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Animals in advertising, Amino acids

Photographs

Lee de Forest and Jonathan Zenneck at a banquet

1956

Arnold O. Beckman arranged a banquet for Lee de Forest (seated), at which he and Jonathan Zenneck (standing) met in person for the first time since 1912.

Lee de Forest (1873–1961) was an inventor, most notably of…

Photographer Photo Peuker
Subject De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961, Dinners and dining

Advertisements

The Secret's in the Sauce...The Protection's in the Package

Advertisement for Metalam

After 1957

Color print advertisement for Metalam, a film-and-foil packaging combination manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features a…

Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Packaging, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging

Advertisements

Wrap Yourself a Chunk of Cheese Business

Advertisement for Durafilm

After 1957

Color print advertisement for Durafilm, transparent packaging manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features stacked blocks of…

Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Food--Packaging, Packaging, Plastics in packaging

Advertisements

Smart Arithmetic: Dobeckmun

After 1957

Color print advertisement for polyethylene film manufactured and sold by the Dobeckmun Company, a division of the Dow Chemical Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. The advertisement features a package of Golden Grain…

Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Polyethylene, Chemical industry, Corporations, Packaging, Food--Packaging, Plastics in packaging

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Photographs

Arnold Beckman with others

Undated
1953
1955-Sep-15
1957-Oct-11
1961-Jan
1982
1987-Mar-23

The photographs depict Arnold Beckman at a variety of meetings and events. Identified individuals include Arnold Beckman, P. Dodds, V. Rossetti, Robert T. Sheen, W. G. Brombacher, Taylor Fletcher, Jack Bishop, William…

Photographer Fontayne Studios, Frey Photos, Isaacs, Robert A., Wallace, Maurice R., Rothschild Photo
Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Ballhaus, William F., 1918-, Dinners and dining, Executives, Hewlett, William R., Award presentations, Portraits, Group, Meetings

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Photographs

Arnold O. Beckman with employees

Circa 1940 – circa 1979

Though the photo set is identified as Beckman with "employees," some of the photographs depict ceremonies and visits to non-corporate locations, like CalTech. Some photographs are attributed, dated (1941, 1962, 1967),…

Photographer Romaine-Skelton, McClanahan, James, Illig, Russell
Subject Employees, Beckman, Arnold O., Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dinners and dining, Beckman Instruments, Inc.

Advertisements

Now! Homogenized for Better Flavor!

1955

Color print advertisement for Durkee's Homogenized Margarine with emphasis on the new Stayfresh Foilpak packaging, specifically designed to protect the product's rich, natural flavor.