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Sub-series 6. Dearborn Chemical Company Lantern Slides, circa 1894-circa 1920s, undated

 Sub-Series

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The BetzDearborn, Incorporated Records contain the corporate records of BetzDearborn, Incorporated. The collection's contents mainly document the history of BetzDearborn's two corporate ancestors: Betz Laboratories, Incorporated and Dearborn Chemical Company. The collection is arranged into the following six series:

From the Collection:
  1. Betz Laboratories, Incorporated Files
  2. Dearborn Chemical Company Files
  3. Audio-Visual Materials
  4. Oversized Materials
  5. Artifacts
  6. Photographic Materials

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1894-circa 1920s, undated

Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series contains glass lantern slides created by Dearborn Chemical Company and its corporate predecessor Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works. The glass slides in this sub-series concern a variety of subjects. Images of Dearborn facilities, water analyses conducted by Dearborn, and an unidentified Dearborn presentation make up the largest portion of this sub-series. A noticeable number of images of oil industry facilities, unidentified industrial plants, and unidentified laboratory apparatuses are also preserved in this sub-series. A few images of boilers, a few images of microscope views, an image of a chemical equation, and an image of a fuel cost equation are found here as well.

Note – Item level cataloging may be available, consult Image Archives.

Repository Details

Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository

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