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American Cyanamid Company, Calco Chemical Division Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-010-002

Scope and Content

This album contains black and white photographs of attendees at an American Cyanamid Company dinner on April 24, 1947 with members of the Calco Chemical Division. The photographs consist of large and small group portraits and the subjects of the photographs are not identified. Certain attendees are shown wearing buttons and boutonnieres, suggesting the dinner was held to commemorate a service or company anniversary.

Dates

  • Creation: April 1947

Restrictions on Access

Unrestricted.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

To obtain reproduction and copyright information, contact reproductions@sciencehistory.org..

Background Note

The Calco Chemical Company, Inc., a manufacturer of coal tar dye, was formed in 1915 in Bound Brook, New Jersey by Robert C. Jeffcott. American Cyanamid Company acquired Calco's business and assets in January 1929 and Calco operated as a separate corporation until 1939, when it became the Calco Chemical Division of American Cyanamid Company. The division ultimately ceased to operate under the Calco name in 1954, when it was rechristened the Organic Chemicals Division of American Cyanamid.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 album; 26 print photographs)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs of attendees at an American Cyanamid Company dinner held on April 24, 1947 with members of the Calco Chemical Division.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Cathy S. Rouse, 2015.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Rouse, Cathy S. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--2015.

Related Archival Materials

See also the Chronicle of the Cruise of the Calco Corsairs, August 1930, at the Science History Institute.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository

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