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This digital collection features a broad spectrum of materials related to water quality, testing, and analysis, including advertisements, museum objects, oral history interviews, photographs, and print materials. Other subjects represented in the collection include distillation and filtration, water-power, water-hardness and softening, and the extraction of magnesium from seawater.

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  • Photographs

    Water sample testing at Dearborn facility

    • Circa 1938

    General view of an unidentified employee preparing a water sample for testing at a Dearborn Chemical Company's laboratory facility in Chicago, Illinois. A stamp on the verso of the photograph for "The Fensholt Company,"…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company, The Fensholt Company
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Water--Analysis, Water--Testing
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    From the Surging Sea...More Power For Your Car

    • 1937

    Print advertisement for ethylene dibromide manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in Ethyl gasoline. The advertisement features a seascape and an illustration of a mermaid, with accompanying text…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Gasoline industry, Ethylene dibromide, Corporations, Advertising, Bromine industry, Bromine, Seawater
  • 15 items
    Publications

    The Development of the Tennessee Valley

    • 1936
    • Creator Of Work Tennessee Valley Authority
    • Publisher United States. Government Printing Office
    • Subject Tennessee Valley Authority, Dams, Tennessee, Water-power, Tennessee--Norris Lake, Flood dams and reservoirs
  • Photographs

    Water sample testing at Mary's Help Hospital

    • 1936-Aug-18

    General view of Dearborn Chemical Company representative C.M. Kesler (seated) and hospital employee "Mike" examining a sample of water at Mary's Help Hospital (now Seton Medical Center) in San Francisco, California. Per…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Mary's Help Hospital (Daly City, Calif.), Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Water--Testing, Water--Analysis
  • Photographs

    Employees conducting water analysis at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934

    General view of several employees conducting water analysis tests at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. The three employees visible in the…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Laboratories, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water--Analysis, Water--Testing
  • Photographs

    Water samples at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934

    General view of assorted water samples sent to the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory for analysis. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of BetzDearborn, Incorporated…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Water--Analysis, Water--Testing
  • Photographs

    Anton H.R. Noreen at work at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • Circa 1934

    General view of employee Anton H.R. Noreen at work at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility, with view of the laboratory work bench, assorted glassware, and scientific…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Laboratories, Dearborn Chemical Company, Noreen, Anton H.R.
  • Photographs

    Storage tank at Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • Circa 1934

    General view of a storage tank in use at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. The employee visible in the photograph is unidentified. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Storage tanks
  • Photographs

    Bunsen burners in use at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • Circa 1934

    General view of an unidentified employee analyzing unidentified substances at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. A row of Bunsen burners are visible on the work…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Bunsen burner, Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Water analysis at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • Circa 1934

    General view of employee Al Slisg conducting a water analysis test at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Laboratories, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water--Analysis, Water--Testing
  • Photographs

    Ted Slisz using a balance at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • Circa 1934

    General view of employee Ted Slisz using a balance at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Balances (Weighing instruments), Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Slisz, Ted
  • Photographs

    Charles Andrew operating rolling machine at Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of employee Charles Andrew operating a rolling machine at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery, Andrew, Charles
  • Photographs

    Determination of silica at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Close-up view of employee A.R. Sherwood at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. A row of Bunsen burners are visible on the work bench. Per notations…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Bunsen burner, Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Employees conducting water analysis at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of employees (left to right) Ray Shoan, Charles S. White, Andrew Lombardi, and Bernard Tarley conducting water analysis tests at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Shoan, Ray, White, Charles S., Lombardi, Andrew, Tarley, Bernard, Water--Analysis, Water--Testing
  • Photographs

    Burning precipitates at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of two rows of Bunsen burners in use at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the burners are being used to burn…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Bunsen burner, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Scientific apparatus at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Close-up view of scientific apparatus used at the Dearborn Chemical Company 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Laboratories, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Charles S. White and Andrew Lombardi filtering precipitates at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Elevated view of employees Charles S. White (left) and Andrew Lombardi (right) at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Per notations accompanying the…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Bunsen burner, Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, White, Charles S., Lombardi, Andrew
  • Photographs

    Jack Cooney operating boiling tank at Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of employee Jack Cooney operating a boiling tank used in the manufacture of liquid water treatments at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Cooney, Jack
  • Photographs

    Employees at work in Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of several employees at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. The three employees visible in the foreground are identified…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    A.H. Reynolds and Rea Grimberg at work in research room at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of employees A.H. Reynolds and Rea Grimberg at work in the research room at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Reynolds, A.H., Grimberg, Rea
  • Photographs

    Bunsen burners in use at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of three Bunsen burners in use at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. The employee visible in the photograph is identified as Irin Crocker. Founded in…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Bunsen burner, Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Irin Crocker using balance at Dearborn Chemical Company

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Close-up view of employee Irin Crocker using a balance at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Balances (Weighing instruments), Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Crocker, Irin
  • Photographs

    Charles Andrew at work in Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Close-up view of employee Charles Andrew at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery, Andrew, Charles
  • Photographs

    A.R. Sherwood calibrating hydrometer at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Close-up view of employee A.R. Sherwood calibrating a concentration hydrometer at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Hydrometer, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Sherwood, A.R.
  • Photographs

    James Nelson at work in Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of employee James Nelson at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. An assortment of beakers and laboratory apparatus are visible on the work bench.…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Nelson, James
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