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Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash
- After 1930 – before 1970
Glass bottle of "Lydia E. Pinkham" brand sanative wash.
Lydia E. Pinkham, née Estes, (1819-1883) was an American proprietor who commodified her homemade herbal-alcoholic supplements, claiming they could cure any…
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for Menopause and Menstruation
- After 1900 – before 1968
Lydia E. Pinkham brand "Vegetable Compound", containing extract of Piscidia Erythrina (Jamaica Dogwood), Asclepias Tuberosa (Pleurisy Root), Cimicifuga Racemosa (Black Cohosh), Vitamin B1, Dandelion, and other…
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Lydia E. Pinkham Menstrual Relief Tablets
- After 1882 – before 1968
Lydia E. Pinkham brand menstrual pain relief tablets, containing extract of Piscidia Erythrina (Jamaica Dogwood), Asclepias Tuberosa (Pleurisy Root), Glycyrrhiza (Licorice), and Ferrous Sulfate.
Lydia E. Pinkham, née…
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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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Study questions for Household and Organic Chemistry course at Pennsylvania State University
- 1942
Study questions for Household and Organic Chemistry (Chemistry 52) course taught by American chemist, home economist, and college administrator Dr. Pauline Beery Mack (1891-1974) at Pennsylvania State University. The…
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Laboratory exercises for Household and Organic Chemistry course at Pennsylvania State University
- 1942
Notebook of laboratory exercises for Household and Organic Chemistry (Chemistry 52) course taught by American chemist, home economist, and college administrator Dr. Pauline Beery Mack (1891-1974) at Pennsylvania State…
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Dr. Michael Somogyi and Dr. Irene E. Karl at the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis
- Circa 1942 – 1943
Group portrait with Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971) and Dr. Irene E. Karl (1915-2006) at the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis. Dr. Karl, wearing a lab coat and striped blouse, stands next to Dr. Somogyi on his left-hand…
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Mexican postage stamp commemorating the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (25th anniversary)
- 1951
Mexican postage stamp issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México (the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico) on January 1, 1936. Established during the…
- Creator Of Work Mexico. Dirección General de Talleres de Impresión de Estampillas y Valores
- Subject Commemorative postage stamps, Mexico, Postage stamps, Science on postage stamps, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico), Women in science, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Science--Study and teaching
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Group portrait of U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel
- 1952-May
Group photograph of unidentified female personnel at an unidentified United States Department of Agriculture facility. A large board bearing a sheaf of wheat is visible in front of the group.
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Portrait of Gae Adamson Bennett (b. 1917)
- 1950s
Portrait of agricultural economist Gae Adamson Bennett (b. 1917). While working for the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, Bennett co-authored numerous volumes on agricultural production…
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Key punch operators at Dow Tabulating Department
- 1947-Dec-16
General view of key punch operators (front to back) Ilene Allen, Janet Dyer, Jesse Haven, Marion McFadden, and Margaret Preznowiak transcribing written data into tabulating cards in the Tabulating Department at the Dow…
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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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Chemical and Engineering News profiling Dr. Betty J. Sullivan (1902-1999)
- 1948-Jul-12
Two-page article from the July 12, 1948 edition of Chemical and Engineering News profiling Dr. Betty J. Sullivan (1902-1999).
Betty J. Sullivan was born on May 31, 1902 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and educated at the…
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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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Manual breast pump with black bulb
- After 1920 – before 1959
Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round black rubber pump attached to one end of the glass.
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Woman polishing Plexiglas at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee polishing a curved panel of Plexiglas designed for use as an aircraft windshield. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in Bristol,…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, World War (1939-1945), Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Plastics industry and trade, Women employees, Employees
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Woman polishing Plexiglas at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee polishing a curved panel of Plexiglas designed for use as an aircraft windshield. This photograph was likely taken at the Rohm and Haas Company plant located in Bristol,…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, World War (1939-1945), Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Plastics industry and trade, Women employees, Employees
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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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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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Elizabeth Booth using hydraulic press at Hercules pilot plant
- 1945-Mar
General view of employee Elizabeth Booth operating a hydraulic press in the Viscose Laboratory at a Hercules Powder Company pilot plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Several stacks of viscose, a semi-synthetic fiber, are…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Women employees, Laboratories, Machinery, Booth, Elizabeth
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Woman in laboratory at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee using a pipette to transfer a solution into a laboratory apparatus at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Hopewell plant produced so-called…
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Employee inspecting treating tubs at Hercules Hopewell plant
- 1940s
General view of an unidentified female employee inspecting a treating tub used to purify ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Hopewell plant commonly produced ethyl cellulose,…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer ACME
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Women employees, Machinery
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Employee cutting powder strands at Radford Ordnance Works
- After 1940 – before 1946
General view of an unidentified female employee cutting strands of .50 caliber powder extruded from a press to the proper length at the Radford Ordnance Works in Radford, Virginia. The Radford Ordnance Works was…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Explosives, Military, Employees, Hercules Incorporated, World War (1939-1945), Explosives, Women employees, Machinery
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Delores Horne analyzing weed killer in Dow Analytical Laboratory
- 1950s
General view of chemist Delores Horne analyzing the active constituent of a weed killer in the Dow Chemical Company's Analytical Laboratory located in Midland, Michigan. Per a notation accompanying the photograph, Ms.…
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Saran film production at Dow Chemical Company
- 1944
General view of an unidentified female employee at work in the Dow Chemical Company's saran film manufacturing facilities in Midland, Michigan. The employee appears to be using a type of press to smooth lengths of saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Employees, Industries, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Dow Chemical Company, Plastics industry and trade, Women employees