The B. L. Judson & Company published an almanac promoting Judson's Mountain Herb Pills. Like so many others, the company claimed the pills cured diseases of the chest and lungs, diseases of the bowels and stomach, dyspepsia, fevers and ague, and...
Lydia Pinkhams Compound was the mother of all patent medicines. Her Vegetable Compound might be the most popular patent medicine of all time. It is still sold today, although in a much modified form. This concoction promised to be a savior for all...
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup was marketed as an indispensable aid to mothers, to help soothe babies' pain and discomfort while teething. The company used various media to promote their product. Containing one grain (65 mg.) of morphine per fluid...
Gentieu caption: "Factory where wood kegs are made. Man in center (Gailey Matthewson) has worked here for 50 years and is 77 years old and has only one lung, but seems for for many years yet." See HF_C036_004_Y.tif for further typed information on...
Typed caption: "Problems of weight loss in vacuum, reactions to alternating hot and cold and toxicity under a variety of conditions determines the selection of many materials for NASA's Apollo spacecraft being built by engineers at North American's...
Printed caption: "The attempt to move the county government from New Castle to Wilmington was bitterly opposed by many. Legislative bills, referenda, and Grand Jury reccomendations were prepared to no avail until, in February 1879, the General...
Caption: "Superintendant's Home, Brandywine Plant, across from Hagley Office. This dwelling house is near the Lower Hagley Works, diagonally across the road from the former Christ Church Sunday School Building, the latter better known as the Hagley...
Caption on back: "Factory where wood kegs are made. Man in center (Gailey Matthewson) has worked here for 50 years and is 77 years old and has only one lung but seems good for many years yet."
note with image: "One of the many dramatic features at the Ford Building, A Century of Progress, Chicago, the exhibits and interiors of which were designed by Walter Dorwin Teague. Twenty-three affiliated companies participated in addition to the...
written on back of print: "Chrysler Exhibit N.Y. World's Fair 1939" typed note with print: "The Talking Car, one of the wonders that attracts thousands of visitors daily at the 5-Star show in the Chrysler Motors Exhibit Building at the New York...
Written on back: "A mother and homemaker in 'The Workers' World' of the 19th century usually cooked and baked on a stove like the one pictured here. With large families to feed, hard working women often baked as many as 52 loaves of break a week!"
Original caption - "A mechanical 'barber' trims the bristles of the toothbrush to the required shape at the Leominster, Massachusetts, plant of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company where toothbrushes are manufactured. Eight whirling knives make...
Caption text on photo: "Plastics extruder in operation at DuPont's new Pigment Sales Service Laboratory at Chestnut Run. The plastics industry is a growing market for both titanium dioxide white pigment and many types of colored pigments. Here...
Caption text on photo: "The chemical being poured and the foam surrounding the scientist in the Elastomers Laboratory at Chestnut Run, near Wilmington, Del., are made from DuPont's new organic isocyanates. Customers combine the isocyanates with...
Text from photo: In 1923 these Washington, DC workers were constructing the patio area of the new U. S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters building which over the years accomodated many functions. Now in 1980, the "open air court" will be covered...
Stock exchanges; Crowds; Depressions; Business panics; Business & finance; Demonstrations;
Text on back: "Throngs herded in front of the sub-treasury building across the street from the New York stock exchange during the worst crash in the history of Wall Street. Extra details of police were called out to keep crowd, many of whom faced...
