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A new, low-cost way to cut both corrosion and bacteria...Hercules "RADA"
- Part of 1949 Hercules Advertisements
- 1949
Advertisement for "RADA," or rosin-amine-D-acetate, a water soluble chemical manufactured by the Hercules Powder Company for use as a corrosion inhibitor and to control bacteria in water flooding systems, among other…
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America's Only Unlimited Source of Metal
- 1947-Mar-22
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of Dowmetal magnesium from the sea. The accompanying text…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Seawater
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The Second Lesson the Teakettle Taught Us
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Dowell Incorporated, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a man intended to evoke Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Artist Lidov, Arthur Herschel, 1917-1990
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Solvents, Solvents industry, Water--Hardness
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The Briny Deep...in the "Heart" of Texas
- Advertisement for Dow Chemicals Texas Division
- 1945
Color print advertisement for the Texas Division of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an outline of the state of Texas with a cube of seawater rising from the center. The accompanying text details the…
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The Birth of Wings from the Sea
- 1943
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of magnesium from the sea, as well…
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The Balance of Power!
- Advertisement for Dowell solvents
- 1943
Color print advertisement for Dowell Incorporated, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an aerial view of an industrial power plant, with accompanying text detailing the use of Dowell…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Solvents, Solvents industry, Water--Hardness, World War (1939-1945)
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Advertisement for Dow Magnesium
- 1943
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of magnesium from the sea while…
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Advertisement for Dow Magnesium
- 1943-Apr
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of magnesium from the sea while…
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America's Unlimited Source of Magnesium
- 1942-Apr
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of two ships floating on a cube of seawater with a view of the sea…
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9 Billion Pounds in Every Cubic Mile of Sea Water
- 1942-Mar-16
Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of seawater, with accompanying text detailing the history of Dow…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Seawater
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From the Sea...A New and More Useful Treasure!
- Advertisement for Dow Magnesium
- 1941
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts a group of pirates digging for buried treasure, with accompanying text summarizing Dow's…
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First Production of Magnesium Metal from the Sea!
- Recording an epoch-making achievement in chemical engineering
- 1941
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features waves moving across the sea, with accompanying text commemorating Dow's production…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Seawater
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Sweet and Sparkling as a Mountain Stream
- 1940
Color print advertisement for a variety of activated carbons manufactured and and sold under the trade name "Cliffchar" by the Cliffs Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company located in Marquette,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Water, Water quality, Carbon, Activated
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Telegram from Henrietta Nesbitt to W.H. and L.D. Betz
- 1939
Telegram from Henrietta Nesbitt (1874-1963), White House cook and housekeeper, to W.H. and L.D. Betz asking for an additional twenty gallons of the specially fabricated London city water to be delivered to the White…
- Addressee Betz Laboratories, Inc., Betz, L. Drew, Betz, William H.
- Creator Of Work Nesbitt, Henrietta
- Subject Betz Laboratories, Inc., Water--Analysis, Drinking water, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002, George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952, Presidents
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Ted Slisz at work in Dearborn laboratory facility
- 1930s
General view of employee Ted Slisz at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. An assortment of beakers is visible on the work bench. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Slisz, Ted
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Keeping "Adam's Ale" Up to Par!
- 1939
Color print advertisement for a variety of activated carbons manufactured and and sold under the trade name "Cliffchar" by the Cliffs Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company located in Marquette,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Men in advertising, Carbon, Activated, Water, Water quality
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Hydrometer in use for water sample testing
- 1930s
General view of Dearborn Chemical Company employee C.B. Smith utilizing a concentration hydrometer during a water sample field test. Assorted glassware and a Dearborn portable testing cabinet are also visible on the…
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F.B. Horstmann conducting Dearborn Chemical Company water sample field test
- 1930s
General view of Dearborn Chemical Company engineer F.B. Horstmann utilizing a portable testing cabinet to conduct a water sample field test. A stamp on the verso of the photograph for "The Fensholt Company," a public…
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E.P. Fager conducting Dearborn Chemical Company water sample test
- 1930s
General view of Dearborn Chemical Company employee E.P. Fager preparing a water sample for testing. A stamp on the verso of the photograph for "The Fensholt Company," a public relations firm based in Chicago, suggests…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company, The Fensholt Company
- Photographer Williams & Meyer Co.
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Fager, E.P., Water--Analysis, Water--Testing
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E.P. Fager conducting Dearborn Chemical Company water sample field test
- 1930s
General view of Dearborn Chemical Company employee E.P. Fager comparing the color of two solutions during a water sample field test. Assorted glassware and a Dearborn portable testing cabinet are visible on the table.…
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Dearborn Chemical Company water sample testing
- 1930s
General view of two unidentified men utilizing a Dearborn Chemical Company portable testing cabinet to conduct a water sample field test. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…
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Charles S. White at work in Dearborn laboratory facility
- 1930s
General view of employee Charles S. White analyzing unidentified substances at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Assorted scientific apparatus and laboratory…
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Barrell filling at Dearborn manufacturing facility
- 1930s
General view of two unidentified employees filling barrels at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Barrels, Corporations, Machinery
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Barrell filling at Dearborn manufacturing facility
- 1930s
General view of two unidentified employees filling barrels at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Barrels, Corporations, Machinery
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Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to "Mr. Betz"
- 1939-Jun-09
Thank-you letter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Betz Laboratories for fabricating water identical to that found in London, which was then delivered to the White House and used for the tea served to the King and…
- Addressee Betz Laboratories, Inc.
- Author Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
- Subject Betz Laboratories, Inc., Water--Analysis, Drinking water, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002, George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952, United States. Office of the First Lady, Presidents