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Beckman Model D Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- Circa 1959
This nurse is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions, but until the 1950s doctors did not realize…
- Photographer Kassler Studios
- Subject Hospitals, Oxygen--Measurement, Newborn infants--Medical care, Infants, Women in medicine, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman D2 Oxygen Meter in use with an infant's incubator
- 1950s
This nurse is monitoring the oxygen levels of a prematurely born infant in an incubator, to provide just the right oxygen mixture. Too little oxygen has obvious repercussions, but until the 1950s doctors did not realize…
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"Omega" manual breast reliever with red bulb
- After 1920 – before 1959
Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round red rubber bulb attached to one end of the glass. Stamp in black ink on red bulb reads "Ingram's/'Omega'/London."
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Eleanor Vadala and C.A. Cassola working with radioactive material at Aeronautical Materials Laboratory
- 1959-Dec-10
Color photograph of Eleanor Vadala, Chemist, and C.A. Cassola, Division Superintendent, working with a barrel of radioactive material at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. Ms. Vadala…
- Creator Of Work United States. Navy, Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.)
- Subject Women in science, Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Employees, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Radiation, Women employees, Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.), Women chemists, Chemists, Vadala, Eleanor, 1923-
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Eleanor Vadala and Dr. Earl Hayes at the Naval Air Material Center
- 1959-Mar-19
Eleanor Vadala, chemist, and Dr. Earl Hayes, U.S. Defense Department, examining a display of airship fabric produced at the Naval Air Material Center. Ms. Vadala demonstrates the threads on an airship model while Dr.…
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Eleanor Vadala with Gammacell 220 at the Naval Air Material Center
- Circa 1958
Eleanor Vadala, chemist, demonstrating use of the Gammacell 220, a textile chemistry machine, at the Naval Air Material Center's Aerospace Materials Laboratory. The Gammacell 220 is a source of Cobalt-60 gamma…
- Addressee Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.)
- Creator Of Work United States. Navy
- Subject Women in science, Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Employees, Textile machinery, Radiation, Machinery, Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.), Cobalt--Isotopes, Women employees, Women chemists, Chemists, Vadala, Eleanor, 1923-
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Woman using a Beckman|Spinco Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1955
The unidentified woman in this photograph is using a small, unidentified model of a Beckman/Spinco spectrophotometer.
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Woman injecting a sample into a Beckman Model E Centrifuge component
- Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of a Beckman Instruments employee modeling the use of a syringe to inject a sample into a Model E Ultracentrifuge vial.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after its January 1,…
- Photographer Illig, Russell
- Contributor Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Women in science, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Syringes, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Employee trimming bridge wires at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- Circa 1955
General view of an unidentified female employee trimming bridge wires used in the electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees
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Emily Port inserting plug and bridge wire into electric blasting caps
- 1955
General view of employee Emily Port inserting plugs and bridge wires into the shells of electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Port, Emily
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Dorothy Locke working with blasting caps at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955
Close-up view of employee Dorothy Locke setting lead wires in a mold, part of the assembly line production of electric blasting caps, at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. During the production of…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Assembly-line methods, Locke, Dorothy
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Analytical Laboratory at Dearborn Chemical Company facility
- 1955
General view of employees (left to right) Ruth Johnson Dugo, Lillian Kazmierzki, Valentine I. Miciulis, and Serge Levicki at work in the Analytical Laboratory at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Women in science, Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Women employees, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dugo, Ruth Johnson, Kazmierzki, Lillian, Miciulis, Valentine I., Levicki, Serge
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General Aniline & Film Corporation trade show display
- 1955-Oct
General view of a trade show display for the General Aniline & Film Corporation highlighting products marketed for use in the textile industry. Standing at the center of the display is research chemist Dr. Abraham O.…
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Beckman Division Feedback
- Number 4
- 1955-Feb
This in-house publication includes a story about the filming of "Success Story," the company's new Spinco division, and the "feminine talent" in the Cables and Resistors department.
- Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, Inc.
- Subject Employees, Beckman Instruments, Inc. Spinco Division, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Women employees
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Soldering and bridge wire operations at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of soldering and bridge wire operations, part of the assembly line production of electric blasting caps, at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. During the production of electric…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Solder and soldering, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Assembly-line methods
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Mildred Best soldering bridge wires at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of employee Mildred Best soldering platinum bridge wires used in the electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. During the production of electric…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Solder and soldering, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Best, Mildred
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Jane Kaminski inserting plug and bridge wire into electric blasting caps
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of employee Jane Kaminski inserting plugs and bridge wires into the shells of electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Kaminski, Jane
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Emily Port inserting plug and bridge wire into electric blasting caps
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of employee Emily Port inserting plugs and bridge wires into the shells of electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Port, Emily
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Bertha Warren trimming platinum wires at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of employee Bertha Warren trimming platinum wires used in the electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Warren, Bertha
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Bertha Warren soldering bridge wires at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1955-Feb-08
General view of employee Bertha Warren soldering platinum bridge wires used in the electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. During the production of electric…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Solder and soldering, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Warren, Bertha
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Product demonstration at chemical industry trade show (circa 1954)
- Circa 1954
Two views of a product demonstration at the Hercules Powder Company exhibition display at an unidentified chemical industry trade show. The individuals visible in the photograph are unidentified.
Formed in 1912 as part…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Trade shows, Employees, Women employees, Hercules Incorporated
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Group photograph of Perkin-Elmer Corporation employees
- Circa 1954
Group photograph of unidentified employees of the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, a manufacturer of analytical instruments, diagnostic tools, and medical imaging equipment. A copy of The Perkin-Elmer News , an in-house…
- Creator Of Work Perkin-Elmer Corporation
- Subject Employees, Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Corporations, Women employees
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Emily Port inserting plug and bridge wire into electric blasting caps
- 1954
General view of employee Emily Port inserting plugs and bridge wires into the shells of electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Port, Emily
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Bertha Warren trimming platinum wires at Hercules Port Ewen plant
- 1954
General view of employee Bertha Warren using embroidery scissors to trim platinum wires used in the electric blasting caps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer O'Neill, James J.
- Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Women employees, Warren, Bertha
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Joseph X. Labovsky and staff at nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia
- 1954-Dec-10
Group photograph of staff responsible for the development and manufacture of the "Type 9" textile at the DuPont plant in Martinsville, Virginia. Team supervisor Joseph X. Labovsky is seated at the center of the…