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Woman polishing Plexiglas at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee polishing a curved panel of Plexiglas designed for use as an aircraft windshield. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in Bristol,…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, World War (1939-1945), Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Plastics industry and trade, Women employees, Employees
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Aerial view of Rohm and Haas plant in Fayetteville, North Carolina
- 1965
Aerial view of a Rohm and Haas Company nylon manufacturing plant located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Rohm and Haas, an international chemical company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, opened the plant in…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Aerial views, Nylon, Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, North Carolina--Fayetteville, Aerial photographs, Chemical industry
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The Saran-Wrap Process (Dow Chemical Company)
- 1965
Illustrated depiction of the production of Saran Wrap at the Dow Chemical Company in three stages. Stage 1 depicts the harvesting of raw materials, including petroleum and brine, and the manufacture of assorted…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Industries, Extrusion process, Dow Chemical Company, Consumer goods, Plastics--Extrusion, Plastics industry and trade
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Beautiful...and Tough
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Advertisement for Celluose Acetate manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a base in plastic molding compounds. The advertisement features artistic renderings of various products made from…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Cellulose, Plastics industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial
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Visibility Skyrockets Sales
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Advertisement for cellulose derivatives, including Nitrocellulose, Cellulose Acetate, and Ethyl Cellulose, manufactured and marketed by the Hercules Powder Company for use in plastic sheeting and packaging materials.…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Cellulose, Plastics industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial
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Harnessed...by a molecule!
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Advertisement for cellulose derivatives manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a base in plastic molding compounds, including Nitrocellulose, Cellulose Acetate, and Ethyl Cellulose. The…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Cellulose, Plastics industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial
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Cellulose is Born tough...and that fact means money to you
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Advertisement for Celluose Acetate manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a base in plastic molding compounds. The advertisement features a hand pulling on a chain link (presumably manufactured…
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Hercules Cellulose Acetate: It's 8 a.m. tomorrow in plastics
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Advertisement for Celluose Acetate manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a base in plastic molding compounds. The advertisement features artistic renderings of various plastics products in a…
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For Chemical Progress
- Part of 1940 Hercules Advertisements
- 1940
Four-page promotional booklet advertising various raw materials manufactured and sold the Hercules Powder Company for a range of industrial applications, including pine and paper chemicals, synthetics, pigments,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Cellulose industry, Corporations, Plastics industry and trade, Advertising, Industrial
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Receipt and memorandum of record
- Circa 1936
The receipt lists materials the De Forest Television Corporation received from Arnold O. Beckman. The memorandum concerns work Beckman performed for the American Television Corporation, the De Forest Television…
- Creator Of Work Beckman, Arnold O.
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Celluloid, Metal coating
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to Arthur E. Freston
- 1934-May-28
Arnold O. Beckman provides an overview of the vacuum film-coating process developed for Lee de Forest. The process successfully coated film with magnesium, lead, bismuth, aluminum, and silver. The letter is apparently…
- Addressee Freston, Arthur E.
- Author Beckman, Arnold O.
- Subject Celluloid, Metal coating
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Letter from Lee de Forest to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1931-Oct-22
De Forest inquires about Beckman's progress toward a chemical coating that might change in opacity or color, and details the "very fine and uniform quality" of silver coated film de Forest is able to produce.
Lee de…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
- Subject Silver films (Metal coating), Silvering, Celluloid
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Letter from Lee de Forest to Arnold O. Beckman
- 1931-Oct-09
The letter discusses the "very nice results" of using new Eastman film and queries as to the possible effects of light upon silvering solution.
Lee de Forest (1873–1961) was an inventor, most notably of Audion vacuum…
- Addressee Beckman, Arnold O.
- Author De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
- Subject Silver films (Metal coating), Silvering, Celluloid
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Formula for silvering film
- 1931-Aug-25
The handwritten document was created in connection with Arnold O. Beckman's consulting work for Lee de Forest.
- Creator Of Work Beckman, Arnold O.
- Subject Silver films (Metal coating), Silvering, Celluloid
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Letter from Arnold O. Beckman to Lee de Forest
- 1931-Jul-18
Arnold O. Beckman, then an assistant professor of chemistry at Caltech, offers his assistance as a consulting chemist.
Lee de Forest (1873–1961) was an inventor, most notably of Audion vacuum tubes in the early…
- Addressee De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
- Author Beckman, Arnold O.
- Subject Celluloid, Electroplating
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Letter from Lee de Forest to the Dean of Chemistry at Caltech
- 1931-Jul-15
In this letter, Lee de Forest requests a referral to a chemist who might help electroplate film.
Lee de Forest (1873–1961) was an inventor, most notably of Audion vacuum tubes in the early twentieth century. His serial…
- Author De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961
- Subject Celluloid, Electroplating
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Advertisement for Hercules Cellulose Acetate
- Part of 1948 Hercules Advertisements
- 1948
Color print advertisement for Celluose Acetate manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a base in plastic molding compounds. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
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For Scouring and Dyeing Rayons...Yarmor 302-W Pine Oil Acts Gently...Gets Results
- Part of 1943 Hercules Advertisements
- 1943
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified…
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Insulated test chamber in Hercules Plastics laboratory
- 1949-Jan
General view of an insulated test chamber used in the Plastics Laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey to determine the impact resistance of plastics at sub-normal temperatures. Per…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Plastics--Testing
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Felix Nakielny working with dimensional stability test cabinet at Hercules Parlin plant
- 1949-Jan
General view of employee Felix Nakielny removing a toilet seat cover from the dimension stability test cabinet used in the Plastics Laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. Per notations…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Plastics--Testing, Nakielny, Felix
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Testing of cellulose materials at Hercules Plastics laboratory
- 1949-Jan
Close-up view of operator Felix Nakielny removing a test piece from an injection mold apparatus used in the Plastics Laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. Per notations accompanying the…
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J.P. Deran working with molded cellulose materials at Hercules Parlin plant
- 1949-Jan
General view of operator J.P. Deran removing injection molded cellulose materials from a 4-ounce Reed Prentice molding apparatus at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. Per notations accompanying the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Plastics--Molding, Employees, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Injection molding of plastics, Machinery, Cellulose, Deran, J.P.
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J.P. Drew operating milling cutter at Hercules Parlin plant
- 1949-Jan
Close-up view of J.P. Drew operating a milling cutter used in the Plastics Laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the cutter was used to cut…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Chemical industry, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery, Plastics--Testing, Drew, J.P.
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Polarized light test at Hercules Parlin plant
- 1945-Jan
Close-up view of several testing samples in the Plastics Laboratory at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the samples were placed in a testing box and…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Research, Industrial, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Plastics--Testing
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NYLON... and the Jantzen magic touch!
- 1950s
Color advertisement from Jantzen Knitting Mills, Inc. in Portland, Oregon for a Jantzen swimsuit. The ad features a young woman wearing a strapless light blue one-piece swimsuit. In the background, a young man wearing…