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- James L. Robertson & Sons Indicator, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
James L. Robertson & Sons Indicator, circa 1900
- Invoice for Chemicals to be Exhibited in Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, July 31, 1929 -
- July 31, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Invoice for Chemicals to be Exhibited in Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, July 31, 1929
- Ford V-8 Truck Hauling Balloon Gondola for the Piccard-Compton Stratosphere Ascension, June 6, 1933 - The Piccard-Compton Stratosphere Balloon launched in August 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair, piloted by Lt. Commander "Tex" Settle. The magnesium gondola and hydrogen balloon quickly crashed soon after launch due to an open valve. It is shown here in June, hauled by a Ford V-8 truck. Jean and Jeannette Piccard successfully relaunched it in October 1934 from Ford Airport.
- June 30, 1933
- Collections - Artifact
Ford V-8 Truck Hauling Balloon Gondola for the Piccard-Compton Stratosphere Ascension, June 6, 1933
The Piccard-Compton Stratosphere Balloon launched in August 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair, piloted by Lt. Commander "Tex" Settle. The magnesium gondola and hydrogen balloon quickly crashed soon after launch due to an open valve. It is shown here in June, hauled by a Ford V-8 truck. Jean and Jeannette Piccard successfully relaunched it in October 1934 from Ford Airport.
- W.R. Grace & Co. Sales Brochure, "Now the True All Plastic Milk Container from Grace Plastics," circa 1965 -
- circa 1965
- Collections - Artifact
W.R. Grace & Co. Sales Brochure, "Now the True All Plastic Milk Container from Grace Plastics," circa 1965
- Calcite Quarry near Rogers City, Michigan, circa 1912 - This circa 1912 photograph shows Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company's Calcite Quarry on Lake Huron near Rogers City. Calcite-rich rock mined at this site could be processed to create crushed aggregate, steel additives, building stone, and many other useful products.
- circa 1912
- Collections - Artifact
Calcite Quarry near Rogers City, Michigan, circa 1912
This circa 1912 photograph shows Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company's Calcite Quarry on Lake Huron near Rogers City. Calcite-rich rock mined at this site could be processed to create crushed aggregate, steel additives, building stone, and many other useful products.
- Calcite Quarry near Rogers City, Michigan, circa 1912 - This circa 1912 photograph shows Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company's Calcite Quarry on Lake Huron near Rogers City. Calcite-rich rock mined at this site could be processed to create crushed aggregate, steel additives, building stone, and many other useful products.
- circa 1912
- Collections - Artifact
Calcite Quarry near Rogers City, Michigan, circa 1912
This circa 1912 photograph shows Michigan Limestone & Chemical Company's Calcite Quarry on Lake Huron near Rogers City. Calcite-rich rock mined at this site could be processed to create crushed aggregate, steel additives, building stone, and many other useful products.
- PCR-MATE Model 391 DNA/RNA Synthesizer, 1991-1993 -
- 1991-1993
- Collections - Artifact
PCR-MATE Model 391 DNA/RNA Synthesizer, 1991-1993
- Trade Card for the G. Mennen Chemical Company, "Our Mama Recommends Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder," 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the G. Mennen Chemical Company, "Our Mama Recommends Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder," 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Trade Card for the G. Mennen Chemical Company, "Our Mama Recommends Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder," 1880-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the G. Mennen Chemical Company, "Our Mama Recommends Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder," 1880-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Victor Chemical Works Display, Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934 - Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. The Ford Exhibition Building, which sat on eleven acres at the fair and featured industrial demonstrations and informative displays like this, became the most talked-about exhibit of 1934.
- 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Victor Chemical Works Display, Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934
Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. The Ford Exhibition Building, which sat on eleven acres at the fair and featured industrial demonstrations and informative displays like this, became the most talked-about exhibit of 1934.