General view of an unidentified female employee operating a machine used to inspect blasting cap shells at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

General view of an unidentified female employee operating an apparatus used to test special electric detonators manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an…

General view of an unidentified female employee inspecting Vibrocaps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules…

General view of an unidentified female employee operating an automatic precision-assembly station used during the manufacture of detonators and initiators at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The…

General view of unidentified female employees testing electric detonators manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…

General view of employees at work assembling Vibrocaps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder…

General view of employee Elizabeth Bailey applying shunts to spooled Vibrocaps manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York.

Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont,…

General view of employee Anna Woods testing special electric detonators manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York.

Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…

General view of an unidentified female employee operating a machine used to sort time cards at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey. Per an article in the August 1919 edition of the Hercules Mixer,…

The photographs document Arnold Beckman's visits to international subsidiaries. Identified individuals include Suzko Tomono in Japan and Mary Brunton, Jean Fortune, Jessie Rodden, Myra Milne, and Dave Dryburgh in…

Lucy Jane Rider Meyer (1849-1922) was an American social worker and educator who worked to provide health and social services for the poor, children, and elderly. A graduate of Oberlin College (class of 1872), Lucy…

General view of a female employee analyzing unidentified substances in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the…

General view of employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the manufacture and distribution of crude…

Beckman's Porterville plant opened in 1964. Between 1974 and 1983, wastes from manufacturing printed circuit boards and electronic components were disposed of onsite. The resulting contamination lead to the…