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Saran film manufacturing at Dow Chemical Company
- 1955
General view of the manufacturing of saran film at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, saran film was trimmed and wound into so-called inventory rolls, such as those visible in the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Saran bubble at Dow Chemical Company
- 1955
General view of an unidentified employee handling a saran bubble as it is extruded from a machine during the production of saran film at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. During production, the film…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Saran Wrap plant at Dow Chemical Company
- 1955
General view of the assembly of rolls of Saran Wrap at the Dow Chemical Company plant in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport during World War II, saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Roger Monroe in Aromatics Laboratory at Dow Chemical Company
- Circa 1955
General view of chemist Roger Monroe working with a still in the Dow Chemical Company's Bush Aromatics Research Department.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Aromaticity (Chemistry), Glassware, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Monroe, Roger
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Packaging of Saran Wrap at Dow facility
- 1955
Elevated view of a conveyor belt transporting boxes of Saran Wrap at a Dow Chemical Company manufacturing facility in Midland, Michigan. Initially developed for the U.S. Army to wrap arms and equipment for transport…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Dow Chemical Company, Belt conveyors, Consumer goods, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery
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Analytical Laboratory at Dearborn Chemical Company facility
- 1955
General view of employees (left to right) Ruth Johnson Dugo, Lillian Kazmierzki, Valentine I. Miciulis, and Serge Levicki at work in the Analytical Laboratory at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Women in science, Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Women employees, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dugo, Ruth Johnson, Kazmierzki, Lillian, Miciulis, Valentine I., Levicki, Serge
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Triton kettle at Rohm and Hass facility in Bridesburg
- 1955-Aug
General view of a Triton kettle located in Building 26 of the Rohm and Haas Company chemical manufacturing plant in Bridesburg, a neighborhood located along the Delaware River in the Northeast section of Philadelphia,…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Machinery
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Plastic extrusion machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of Joseph Maurer pouring ethyl cellulose into the hopper of a plastic extrusion machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. In the machine, the ethyl cellulose was heated and then…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Extrusion process, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Plastics--Extrusion, Machinery
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Drillability machine and hopper at the Agricultural Engineering Laboratory
- 1955-Jan-25
General view of the drillability machine at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Engineering Laboratory showing the distribution of wet granular fertilizer as deposited by the Grether hopper.
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Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) Tube
- 1954
This spectrometer tube was designed and built at RCA laboratories, Princeton, NJ in 1954 by Dr. Richard E. Honig (1917-2001) for pioneering work in the development of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) for solid…
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Plastic extrusion machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1954
Close-up view of a plastic extrusion machine used to coat and insulate wires at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. As visible in the photograph, ethyl cellulose was heated and then extruded as…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Chemical industry, Extrusion process, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Plastics--Extrusion, Machinery
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Benny Williams working in mix house at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1954
General view of mix house group leader Benny Williams mixing Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) with graphite for use in the electric blasting caps produced at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York.…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Graphite, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery, Williams, Benny
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Thomas-Van Slyke Manometric Blood Gas Apparatus
- Circa 1953
The Manometric Blood Gas Apparatus was a revision on the original, fairly simple volumetric glass apparatus designed by Dr. Van Slyke in around 1917. The instrument liberated and isolated "the desired gas contained in a…
- Manufacturer Arthur H. Thomas Company
- Subject Blood gases, Medicine, Clinical chemistry
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Small-scale continuous granulation equipment
- Circa 1953
General view of small-scale continuous granulation equipment used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Engineering Laboratory.
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Reaction vessels at Dow Chemical Company plant
- 1953
General view of an unidentified employee at work in the Dow Chemical Company plant facilities located in Midland, Michigan. Several industrial-sized reaction vessels are visible in the photograph.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Industries, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dow Chemical Company, Machinery
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Granulation equipment at the Agricultural Engineering Laboratory
- Circa 1953
General view of granulation equipment used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Engineering Laboratory located in Beltsville, Maryland. This equipment is believed to have been used by chemist John O.…
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Drillability apparatus at the Agricultural Engineering Laboratory
- Circa 1953
General view of an unidentified room at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Engineering Laboratory showing a drillability apparatus with fertilizer hoppers, a starwheel, and rotating plate mechanism.
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Magnesium rolling mill at Dow plant in Madison, Illinois
- 1952
General view of several unidentified employees surveying the magnesium rolling mill at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Madison, Illinois. Dedicated in 1954, the magnesium fabrication plant in Madison was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Magnesium, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Rolling-mill machinery, Machinery, Rolling-mills, Magnesium industry and trade
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Magnesium rolling mill at Dow plant in Madison, Illinois
- 1952
Overhead view of the magnesium rolling mill at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Madison, Illinois. Dedicated in 1954, the magnesium fabrication plant in Madison was the world's first facility designed for…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Magnesium, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Rolling-mill machinery, Machinery, Rolling-mills, Magnesium industry and trade
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Employees at work in Dow Glass Fabrication department
- 1952
View of two unidentified employees shaping assorted laboratory glassware in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. The man on the left (closest to the camera) is seen using a table-top blow torch to…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Glass blowing and working, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Glassware
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Employee at work in Dow Agricultural Research Laboratory
- 1952
General view of an unidentified employee using an apparatus to conduct an analysis at the Dow Chemical Company's Agricultural Research Laboratory facilities in Seal Beach, California. The laboratory was commonly used to…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Agricultural chemicals, Employees, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dow Chemical Company, Soil fumigation, Agricultural chemistry, Glassware, Laboratories
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Biological Chemical Laboratory at Dow Chemical Company
- 1952
General view of an unidentified employee working with assorted test tubes in the Dow Chemical Company's Biological Chemical Laboratory. The laboratory commonly conducted research and testing related to the development…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Biochemistry, Tubes--Testing, Glassware, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Biological Chemical Laboratory at Dow Chemical Company
- 1952
General view of an unidentified employee conducting an experiment with assorted fruit specimens in the Dow Chemical Company's Biological Chemical Laboratory. The laboratory commonly conducted research and testing…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Biochemistry, Glassware, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Bill Beamer at work in Dow Spectroscopy Laboratory
- 1952
General view of technician Bill Beamer operating an unidentified machine in the Dow Chemical Company's Spectroscopy Laboratory.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Spectrum analysis, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Machinery, Employees, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beamer, Bill
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Saran film production at Dow Chemical Company
- 1951
Elevated view of employees at work in the Dow Chemical Company's saran film manufacturing facilities in Midland, Michigan. During production, saran film was trimmed and wound into so-called inventory rolls, such as…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Machinery