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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 Employees, Magnesium, Industries, Dow Chemical Company, Rolling-mill machinery, Magnesium industry and trade, Rolling-mills, Machinery
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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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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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Continuous digester at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of the charging end of a continuous digester used at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The continuous digester system was likely used to process cellulosic fibrous materials, such as…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Control panel at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of a control panel used to manage the continuous bleaching operation, part of the production of so-called "chemical cotton," at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Chemical cotton, a…
- 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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Employee loading packaged chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of an unidentified employee loading packages of so-called "chemical cotton" into a boxcar 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, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee operating autoclave control panel at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
Two views of an unidentified employee operating the control panel on an autoclave used to process ethyl cellulose manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery, Autoclaves
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Employee operating loose pulp dryer at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of an unidentified employee operating a loose pulp dryer at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The loose pulp dryer was likely used to process cellulosic fibrous materials, such as…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, African Americans, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee operating paper machine at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
Two views of an unidentified employee operating a paper machine in the Sheeting Department at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The paper machine was likely used to process cellulosic fibrous…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employee washing chemical cotton at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of an unidentified employee washing so-called "chemical cotton" as part of the continuous bleaching process 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, Cellulose, Machinery
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Employees at work in Sheeting Department at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of two unidentified employees using a machine to cut stock of so-called "chemical cotton" into sheets 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, 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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Production of cellulose gum at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1957-Mar-12 – 1957-Mar-15
General view of the production of 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 commonly used as a…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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Bill Pahl heating and compressing glass tube
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Bill Pahl alternately heating and compressing a glass tube, part of a semi-microfractionation column manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the…
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Bill Schwartz fusing glass at Dow Chemical Company facility
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of glassblower Bill Schwartz applying internal pressure to fuse and close the end of a small vacuum-jacketed column in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the…
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Carl Goetz blowing glass at Dow Chemical Company facility
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of apprentice Carl Goetz blowing out a distillation head of a glass tube manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Glass blowing and working, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Blown glass, Glassware, Goetz, Carl
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Dick Kowalczyk welding side arm onto glass polymerizer
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Dick Kowalczyk welding a side arm onto a glass polymerizer manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Welding, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Machinery, Glassware, Employees, Kowalczyk, Dick
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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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Joe Skalnican using automatic calibrating machine in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of glassblower Joe Skalnican using an automatic calibrating machine to apply calibration marks to a piece of glass manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925,…
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Ken Altman and Francis Parkinson, Jr. examining glassware at Dow Chemical Company facility
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of shop foreman Ken Altman (left) and Francis Parkinson, Jr. examining assorted glassware produced in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible…
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Merlyn Smith molding a flange in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Merlyn Smith molding a flange on a six-inch pipe manufactured in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication and repair of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Glass blowing and working, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Turning (Lathe work), Glass manufacture, Machinery, Glassware, Lathes, Smith, Merlyn
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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