Work containing a series of recipes for a variety of non-alcoholic beverages including aerated and mineral waters, dry fruit sodas, and non-excisable cordials using W. J. Bush & Co. brand flavors and syrups. W. J. Bush…

Peter Peterson, brother of Lewis Peterson, encloses a check for James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) to pay for the water-sample analysis Booth completed.

Lewis Peterson responding to his October 6th letter to James Curtis Booth (1810-1888), granting Booth permission to publish his analysis of Peterson's water sample.

Lewis Peterson requests an analyses of water and salt samples from James Curtis Booth (1810-1888).

Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897) was a Bavarian priest and one of the forefathers of the naturopathic medicine movement. He is known for the "Kneipp Cure", a form of hydrotherapy using the application of water through…

Illustrated catalogue for Victorian water pumps, horsepower pumps, windmill pumps, and hydraulic rams. Hydraulic rams were considered one of the greatest technical innovations of the 19th-Century allowing farms and…

Color plate illustration depicting a man and young boy operating machinery used to fill bottles with artificial mineral waters.

This plate is from John Howard Appleton's (1844-1930) Chemistry, Developed by Facts and…

Illustration depicting the manufacture of seltzer or soda water by use of a wheel to force gas into bottled water.

Laboratory notebook used by Clara Esther Hartley during a high school-level chemistry class in Troy, Ohio. The notebook details approximately 115 experiments performed by Hartley, ranging from fundamental investigations…

General view of the office of G.M. Eddy (Secretary) at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…

General view of the main office space at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Per notations accompanying the photograph,…

Close-up view of scientific apparatus used at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical…

General view of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of assorted glassware and scientific…

Close-up view of assorted scientific instruments, including microscopes and balances, used at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago,…

General view of a portion of the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works hospitality suite located at Young's Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Dearborn maintained a permanent hospitality suite at the pier to…

Close-up view of two balances used at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company…

Close-up view of scientific apparatus used at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical…

General view of the office of Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) President William H. Edgar at the company's 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in…

General view of a section of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of assorted glassware and…

Close-up view of assorted scientific instruments used at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the…

General view of a section of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of assorted glassware and…

View of a section of the office space at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical…

General view of the office of Vice President and General Manager Robert F. Carr at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois.…

View of a portion of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the…

General view of a section of the main room at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in Chicago, Illinois, with view of assorted glassware and…