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Wrap scraper blade on nylon drawing machine
- 1946-Feb
Close-up view of the wrap scraper blade on a drawing machine used at the DuPont plant in Seaford, Delaware during the early stages of nylon production and research.
- Subject Nylon, Polymers, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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Modified feed brake assembly on nylon staple cutter
- 1946-Feb
Close-up view of the modified feed brake assembly on a nylon staple cutter used at the DuPont plant in Seaford, Delaware during the early stages of nylon production and research.
- Subject Nylon, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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Machine shop at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Oct
General view of the machine shop at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York, showing employees at work on a variety of machines, including planers, milling machines, and lathes. Formed in 1912 as part…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Machinery
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Advertisement for Dowmetal Magnesium
- 1945-May-14
Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features illustrated depictions production machinery presumably made from Dowmetal. The…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Machinery, Machinery industry
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W.L. Caricofe, Jr. discharging loose pulp at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee W.L. Caricofe, Jr. discharging loose pulp from a dryer at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The loose pulp dryer was likely used to process cellulosic fibrous materials,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery, Caricofe, W.L., Jr.
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Sheets of chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
Close-up view of sheets of so-called "chemical cotton" moving through a Layboy No. 2 Paper Machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose, Machinery
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Riffle trough at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view looking down either side of a riffle trough at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The trough may have been used to clean and catch particles during the production of so-called…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Machinery
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Paper machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
Detail view of the side of a paper machine used in the production of so-called "chemical cotton" at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Johnnie Shands loading bales of chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Johnnie Shands loading bales of so-called "chemical cotton" onto a skid at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified cellulose obtained from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Machinery, Shands, Johnnie
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Joe Bechtold operating automatic shell press at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Joe Bechtold operating a capsule machine used to punch strips of copper into discs during the production of small shells at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, World War (1939-1945), Military supplies, Corporations, Defense industries, Machinery, Bechtold, Joe
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Jim Kennedy operating press machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Jim Kennedy operating a press machine used to fill electric blasting caps with an explosive charge at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The operation was…
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Harold Struber and Raymond Leahy operating wire-cutting and stripping machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employees Harold Struber (left) and Raymond Leahy operating a wire-cutting and stripping machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. During the production of electric blasting…
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H.M. McClure discharging chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee H.M. McClure discharging sheets of so-called "chemical cotton" from a Layboy No. 2 Paper Machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery, McClure, H.M.
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Fourdrinier No. 2 Paper Machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1945-Mar
Two views of the Fourdrinier No. 2 Paper Machine in use at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Fourdrinier machine was used to dewater sheets of so-called "chemical cotton," purified cellulose…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee operating milling machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of an unidentified employee operating a milling machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Milling machinery, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Milling-machines, Corporations, Machinery, Employees
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Elizabeth Booth using hydraulic press at Hercules pilot plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Elizabeth Booth operating a hydraulic press in the Viscose Laboratory at a Hercules Powder Company pilot plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Several stacks of viscose, a semi-synthetic fiber, are…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Women employees, Laboratories, Machinery, Booth, Elizabeth
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Charge and Press machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1945-Mar
Close-up view of the Charge and Press machine used to fill shells with an explosives charge the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. After the charge was pressed into the bottom of the shells, the…
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Andrew Roberts operating pulping equipment at Hercules pilot plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Andrew Roberts operating pulping equipment at a Hercules Powder Company pilot plant in Hopewell, Virginia. This pulping equipment was likely used to produce dissolving pulp, also known as…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Dissolution (Chemistry), Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery, Roberts, Andrew
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Felix G. Nakielny operating two-roll mill in Hercules Experimental Plastics laboratory
- 1945-Jan
General view of employee Felix G. Nakielny operating a two-roll mill in the Experimental Plastics laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. According to the caption that accompanied this…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery, Nakielny, Felix G.
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Precision Condenser Type 722-N
- After 1944
Wooden box with no lid; black painted metal instrument panel on top; engraved writing on top left corner; two metal knobs projecting from panel on upper right side most likely for running electrical current;…
- Manufacturer General Radio Company
- Subject Capacitors, General Radio Company
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Mortar and Pestles
- After 1868 – before 1944
Two sets of mortar and pestles belonging to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The larger is made of white porcelain and the smaller is made from agate. Mortar and pestles are used to manually grind or crush a sample into a fine…
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Marguerite Tenhunen and Dorothy Ferris testing experimental alloys in Dow Chemical Company laboratory
- 1944
General view of technicians Marguerite Tenhunen (left) and Dorothy Ferris (right) using assorted apparatus in a Dow Chemical Company laboratory to determine the quantity of zinc present in experimental alloys.
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Leo Ruhnau conducting acid analysis in Dow Chemical Company laboratory
- 1944
General view of technician Leo Ruhnau using an apparatus to determine the percentage of hydrochloric acid in Dowell acids at a Dow Chemical Company laboratory.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Industries, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dow Chemical Company, Glassware, Laboratories, Ruhnau, Leo
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Chemical analysis at Dow Chemical Company laboratory
- 1944
General view of laboratory technicians analyzing assorted materials in a Dow Chemical Company laboratory. Per notations accompanying the photograph, Bill Herrick (left) is analyzing calcium chloride, which was used for…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Industries, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dow Chemical Company, Glassware, Laboratories
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International Fertilizer Distributor machine
- 1944-Jul-14
General view of an International Fertilizer Distributor (No. 49 Machine) in use at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plant Industry Station facility in Beltsville, Maryland. This machine was used to determine the…