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Chemical show exhibition display (November 1944)

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Series of photographs depicting a 1944 Hercules Powder Company trade show display.

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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  • 8.25 in. H x 6.5 in. W (2 photographs
  • 6.5 in. H x 8.5 in. W
  • 6 in. H x 8.5 in. W
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  • Box 27, Folder 7

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Hercules Incorporated. “Chemical Show Exhibition Display (November 1944),” November 1944. Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 27, Folder 7. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rf3tlo1.

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