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"Oil's Well that Ends Well" exhibition display (circa 1935)

  • Circa 1935

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General view of a Hercules Powder Company puppet theater display entitled "Oil's Well that Ends Well" advertising Vibrogel explosives and Vibrocap blasting caps.

Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified its business to encompass a variety of industrial products, including pine and paper chemicals, synthetics, pigments, polymers, and cellulose.

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  • Box 26, Folder 57

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Hercules Incorporated. “‘Oil's Well That Ends Well’ Exhibition Display (circa 1935),” circa 1935. Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 26, Folder 57. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/5v1fsjo.

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