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Carl Duisberg's personal calling card

  • 1931

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Calling card for Carl Duisburg (1861-1935). Verso of the card includes a handwritten note from Duisburg to Georg Bredig (1868-1944).

Duisburg was CEO of Bayer AG from 1900 until 1912, when he became Managing Director of the company. Duisburg later worked with Carl Bosch (1874-1940) to found I.G. Farbenindustrie AG.

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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I – Georg Bredig Papers, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series II. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 3, Folder 18

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Duisberg, Carl. “Carl Duisberg's Personal Calling Card,” 1931. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 3, Folder 18. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/xj2fbjz.

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