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Ford show exhibition display (circa 1930s)

  • 1930s

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General view of the Hercules Powder Company display at a Ford Motor Company trade show held in Detroit, Michigan. The display depicts the production of nitrocellulose and its use in a variety of products, including lacquers, safety glass, and coated textiles.

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 32

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Hercules Incorporated. “Ford Show Exhibition Display (circa 1930s).” Detroit, Michigan, 1930–1939. Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 27, Folder 32. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/onlwff6.

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