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Continuous bleaching equipment at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of continuous bleaching equipment 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…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee bagging cellulose gum at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of an unidentified employee bagging carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Also known as cellulose gum or tylose powder, CMC is a cellulose derivative…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employees bailing chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of several unidentified employees bailing and wrapping sheets of so-called "chemical cotton" for shipment at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a type of purified…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Machinery
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Delores Horne analyzing weed killer in Dow Analytical Laboratory
- 1950s
General view of chemist Delores Horne analyzing the active constituent of a weed killer in the Dow Chemical Company's Analytical Laboratory located in Midland, Michigan. Per a notation accompanying the photograph, Ms.…
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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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Ray Kent conducting high polymer study at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory
- 1956-Jun-13
General view of Ray Kent checking a polymer operation at the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research Laboratory, the Plastics Production…
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Cliffs Dow plant in Marquette, Michigan
- After 1934 – before 1970
General view of a section of the interior of the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Seeking a source of raw material for its new plastic, ethylcellulose, the Dow Chemical Company joined…
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Cliffs Dow plant in Marquette, Michigan
- After 1934 – before 1970
General view of a section of the interior of the Cliffs Dow wood distillation plant located in Marquette, Michigan. Seeking a source of raw material for its new plastic, ethylcellulose, the Dow Chemical Company joined…
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Magnesium rolling mill at Dow plant in Madison, Illinois
- Circa 1957
General view of a section 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…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Magnesium, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Rolling-mill machinery, Magnesium industry and trade, Rolling-mills, Machinery
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Magnesium rolling mill and extrusion press at Dow magnesium fabrication plant
- Circa 1957
Elevated view of the magnesium rolling mill and extrusion press (right-hand side of the photograph) at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Madison, Illinois. The 13-ton extrusion press, which was manufactured…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Magnesium, Industries, Extrusion process, Dow Chemical Company, Rolling-mill machinery, Metals--Extrusion, Magnesium industry and trade, Rolling-mills, Machinery
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Magnesium rolling mill at Dow plant in Madison, Illinois
- Circa 1957
Elevated view of the magnesium rolling mill at the Dow Chemical Company facilities located in Madison, Illinois. The plant's 13-ton extrusion press, which was manufactured in Duisburg, Germany and could produce…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Magnesium, Industries, Extrusion process, Dow Chemical Company, Rolling-mill machinery, Metals--Extrusion, Magnesium industry and trade, Rolling-mills, Machinery
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Dow Magnesium Fabrication plant in Madison, Illinois
- Circa 1957
General view of a section of the Dow Chemical Company Magnesium Fabrication plant facilities located in Madison, Illinois. A 13-ton extrusion press produced in Duisburg, Germany is visible on the left-hand side of the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Magnesium, Industries, Extrusion process, Dow Chemical Company, Metals--Extrusion, Machinery, Magnesium industry and trade
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Extrusion press at Dow Magnesium Fabrication plant
- Circa 1957
General view of the 13-ton extrusion press at the Dow Chemical Company Magnesium Fabrication plant facilities located in Madison, Illinois. Produced in Duisburg, Germany, the press measured 250 feet long and could…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Photographer Korling, Torkel
- Subject Employees, Magnesium, Industries, Extrusion process, Dow Chemical Company, Metals--Extrusion, Machinery, Magnesium industry and trade
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Magnesium rolling mill at Dow plant in Madison, Illinois
- Circa 1957
General view of a section 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…
- 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
- Circa 1957
General view of a section 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…
- 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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Magnesium rolling mill at Dow plant in Madison, Illinois
- Circa 1957
General view of a section 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…
- 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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Zefran Textile Research Laboratory
- 1956
General view of an unidentified employee examining a bobbin from a drawtwister used for the production of Zefran, an acrylic fiber, at the Dow Chemical Company's Textile Research Laboratory located in Pittsburg,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Machinery, Acrylic fibers
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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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Dow Chemical Company Glycol plant
- 1950s
General view of the interior of a section of the Dow Chemical Company Glycol plant located in Midland, Michigan.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Industries, Glycols, Dow Chemical Company, 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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Rex Badder measuring glass coils on continuous reactor
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of master glassblower Rex Badder measuring the coils on a nine-foot continuous reactor manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Glass blowing and working, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Glassware, Badder, Rex
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Hugh Morrison and Wayne Doehring at work in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of master glassblower Hugh Morrison blowing through a tube while Wayne Doehring winds glass onto a mandril to form a coil. This photograph was taken in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication…
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Stan Mikols and Dale Snyder examining blueprints in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of crew leader Stan Mikols (left) and Dale Snyder examining a blueprint used to manufacture a piece of glass in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Blueprints, Glassware, Mikols, Stan, Snyder, Dale