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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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