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National Association of Corrosion Engineers exhibition display (1955)

  • 1955

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General view of the Hercules Powder Company display exhibited at the 1955 meeting of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers held in Chicago, Illinois.

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 27, Folder 19

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Hercules Incorporated. “National Association of Corrosion Engineers Exhibition Display (1955),” 1955. Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 27, Folder 19. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/biro7y8.

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