Instruments & Innovation

General view of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of assorted glassware and scientific…

General view of a section of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of assorted glassware and…

General view of a section of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of assorted glassware and…

General view of a section of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of assorted glassware and…

General view of a portion of the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of furnaces, assorted balances, and…

General view of the drug storage room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical…

Close-up view of the bucking board and crusher used to prepare coal and ore samples for analysis at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in…

General view of an unidentified employee at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. A variety of titration equipment and other scientific apparatus are visible on…

General view of employee Al Herman analyzing an unidentified substance at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Assorted scientific apparatus and laboratory glassware…

General view of employee Anton H.R. Noreen preparing samples for testing at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…

General view of employee Genevieve Work in the Receiving Room at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the Receiving Room was…

General view of an unidentified employee at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…

General view of employee Anton H.R. Noreen conducting an analysis of coal samples at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the…

General view of two unidentified employees at work in a machine room at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a…

General view of two unidentified employees at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…

General view of employee Charles S. White analyzing unidentified substances at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Assorted scientific apparatus and laboratory…

General view of employee Ted Slisz at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. An assortment of beakers is visible on the work bench. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…

General view of two unidentified employees filling barrels at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate…

General view of two unidentified employees filling barrels at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate…

General view of employees (left to right) Ray Shoan, Charles S. White, Andrew Lombardi, and Bernard Tarley conducting water analysis tests at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing…

Elevated view of employees Charles S. White (left) and Andrew Lombardi (right) at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Per notations accompanying the…

General view of several employees at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. The three employees visible in the foreground are identified…

General view of several employees conducting water analysis tests at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. The three employees visible in the…

General view of employee James Nelson at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. An assortment of beakers and laboratory apparatus are visible on the work bench.…

Close-up view of machinery used in the production of water treatment chemicals at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company…