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Title: Klouder & Bro., dye works in Philadelphia, Pa.
Date(s): 1900, 1900?
Contributor(s): Warren-Ehret Company (originator)
Description: Located at Leamy and Lippincott Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
Collection ID: Warren-Ehret Company photograph albums (Accession 2002.251)
Hagley ID: 2002251_071
Collection: Warren-Ehret Company photographs

Title: Successful Dyeing: How to Dye, Bleach, and Mix Colors, Successful Dyeing: How to Dye, Bleach, and Mix Colors
Date(s): 1920, 1920?
Contributor(s): Monroe Drug Company (issuing body), Elson, J. Hugh (associated name)
Collection ID: Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia collection (Accession 2009.0623.GAF)
Hagley ID: HowtoDye
Collection: Gerald A. and Arlene L. Fingerman fabric care memorabilia

Title: Reflux Units used in ascertaining the resistance of a brown dye to various metals
Date(s): 1941
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Rittase, William M., 1894-1968 (photographer)
Description: The equipment illustrated is typical of what the visitor will see in most research and application laboratories. Known as reflux units, they are used as testing instruments in ascertaining the resistance of a brown dye to various metals. Each flask contains a piece of metal and a prescribed quantity of dye in solution. After continuous boiling for a 24 hour period, the dye is carefully checked and tested, to determine what effect if any the metal may have had upon its shade, strength,...
Show moreThe equipment illustrated is typical of what the visitor will see in most research and application laboratories. Known as reflux units, they are used as testing instruments in ascertaining the resistance of a brown dye to various metals. Each flask contains a piece of metal and a prescribed quantity of dye in solution. After continuous boiling for a 24 hour period, the dye is carefully checked and tested, to determine what effect if any the metal may have had upon its shade, strength, physical composition or any other property essential to a satisfactory dying operation. Thus the user has predetermined information grading the characteristics of a color available to him.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2999
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: A Zeiss Pulfrich photometer
Date(s): 1936-12
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A Zeiss Pulfrich photometer with a sphere reflectometer attachment, is used for measuring reflection from any surface at various wave lengths of light. The machine is used in the laboratory to test detergency by measuring the brightness of scoured pieces. This equipment is located at the Technical Laboratory in Deepwater Point, New Jersey.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3002
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Industrial Poisoning in Making Coal-Tar Dyes and Dye Intermediates (1921)
Date(s): 1921-04
Contributor(s): Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970 (author), United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics (associated name), United States. Department of Labor (associated name)
Description: Published as a bulletin of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Collection ID: Library Stacks
Hagley ID: PC_HD8051A5_280
Collection: Alice Hamilton gallery

Title: Testing pigmented plastic
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Testing pigmented plastics at DuPont's new Pigments Sales Service Laboratory. Here operator loads plastic resin into an extruder, while extruded plastic material is cooled in water bath at lower left. In this operation pigment in the plastic is evaluated for dispersion and heat stability of the color.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2998
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: 'the color tree': the story of color and demonstrations in color perception
Date(s): 1965
Contributor(s): Inter-Society Color Council (associated name), Interchemical Corporation (originator), Balinkin, Isay A., 1900-1990 (associated name), Cline, Mahlon A. , 1906 - 2000 (associated name)
Collection ID: Inter-Society Color Council records (Accession 2188)
Hagley ID: MSS_2188_242_02_02
Collection: Inter-Society Color Council collections

Title: Testing laundered fabrics
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: In testing fabrics for the fastness of dyes in washing, special soaps and soda ash solutions are used. The fabrics are checked for 'bleeding' or running dyes. Fabrics are also laundered in accordance with commercial laundry standards and are given repeated tests on an accelerated basis to represent years of use.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3010
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: CPC International, Inc. (Best Foods Divsion) - Rit Tint and Dye packaging
Date(s): 1979, 1980, 1979/1980
Contributor(s): Koons, Irvin L., 1922-2017 (associated name), CPC International. Best Foods Division (associated name)
Collection ID: Irvin Koons papers (Accession 2132)
Hagley ID: MSS_2132_60_01
Collection: Irv Koons collections

Title: Weighing room at DuPont Technical Laboratory
Date(s): 1941
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Rittase, William M., 1894-1968 (photographer)
Description: Accuracy is extremely important in testing dyestuffs. Delicate balances are used, it being frequently necessary to weigh as little as 1 milligram of color. The DuPont Technical Laboratory is equipped with sensitive scientific balances, handled by trained operators to weigh out quantities of color used in making dyeings of prescribed strength on cotton, wool, rayon, acetate, nylon, silk, paper, leather etc.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3000
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Firth & Foster Brothers, Providence Dye Works in Philadelphia, Pa.
Date(s): 1900, 1900?
Contributor(s): Warren-Ehret Company (originator)
Description: Located at Adams and Emerald Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
Collection ID: Warren-Ehret Company photograph albums (Accession 2002.251)
Hagley ID: 2002251_070
Collection: Warren-Ehret Company photographs

Title: Chambers Works-A Reflection : with Robert A. Shinn
Date(s): 1992
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: Interview with Robert A. Shinn about the history of the Chambers Works property. Shinn describes the changes in the area that took place during World War I, when DuPont's workforce expanded. Also discussed are female factory workers, the beginning of the dyeworks, the relationship with General Motors, World War II, the Manhattan Project, company picnics, the Deepwater Plant, the plant hospital, Thomas Carney's ghost, employee benefits, the trolley line,
Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: VID_1995300_B13_ID02
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: Testing dye fastness with Launderometer
Date(s): 1931-05-16
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A Launderometer, a machine which tests the fastness of dyes in chemicals used in commercial laundries. Pieces of the dyed fabric are place din the jars with the chemicals and some stainless steel balls. The whole battery of jars is then revolved for the duration of the test.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3005
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Testing dyes on lithographer's stone
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Chambers Works (originator)
Description: Miss Dorothy Bennett of the DuPont Company's dyestuffs Technical Laboratory mixes lake colors on a lithographer's stone, bringing them to a specified working concentration to make sure they conform to standard.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3004
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Chemist inking the press
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Fabric dyes for printing designs on piece goods are tested on a small press at DuPont's Technical Laboratory Chambers Works. Here a chemist is shown inking the press with color paste. Each batch of dye made at the Chambers Works must agree with the standard set by the Technical Laboratory or it cannot be shipped.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3009
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Testing dyes for fastness
Date(s): 1936-12
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The upper strip is a fastness test record of a vat dye the lower strip a direct dye. The white swatches are undyed materials used in the test to demine whether the dye bleeds onto the adjacent material. If these fabrics are examined carefully, comparison of the equivalent test on each of these colors will quickly demine their relative fastness.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3003
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Dye testing equipment
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Chambers Works (originator)
Description: Porcelain pots, glass rods and textile yarns in a dye bath--equipment used at the Technical Laboratory of DuPont, where dyestuffs are tested each day for quality and uniformity of color.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3006
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: 'Current Activities of the Inter-Society Color Council'
Date(s): 1950-02
Contributor(s): Inter-Society Color Council (originator), Stearns, E. I., 1911-1992 (author), American Cyanamid Company (associated name)
Collection ID: Inter-Society Color Council records (Accession 2188)
Hagley ID: MSS_2188_002_08_001
Collection: Inter-Society Color Council collections

Title: Analytical and dye testing section in the Technical Laboratory at Deepwater Point, New Jersey
Date(s): 1937-03
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Chambers Works (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3001
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Maison E. Roussel & Gervais-Roussel, Ferriere
Date(s): 1878, 1878~
Contributor(s): Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) (associated name), Maison E. Roussel & Gervais-Roussel (originator)
Collection ID: Centennial Exhibition photograph and ephemera collection (Accession 2003.255)
Hagley ID: AVD_2003_255_01_077
Collection: Centennial Exhibition photograph and ephemera collection

Title: Checking dye shades
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Chambers Works (originator)
Description: A skilled dye maker at DuPont's Organic Chemicals Department's Chambers Works at Deepwater Point, New Jersey is shown with a lab technician checking dye shades.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3007
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Wash day at the dyes laboratory
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Chambers Works (originator)
Description: Wash day is a colorful event at the dyestuffs Technical Laboratory of the DuPont Company. Here Miss Dorothy Hampton [a laboratory technician] takes in dyed and printed samples of cloth which have been hung out to test the fastness of colors to alternate laundering and sunlight. The vat dyes will hold up under a great many washings and clothesline dryings.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3011
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: CPC International, Inc. (Best Foods Divsion) - Rit Tint and Dye
Date(s): 1980, 1980~
Contributor(s): Koons, Irvin L., 1922-2017 (associated name), CPC International. Best Foods Division (associated name)
Collection ID: Irvin Koons photographs (Accession 1996.315)
Hagley ID: AVD_1996315_16_018d
Collection: Irv Koons collections

Title: Judging dyed skeins
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Chambers Works (originator)
Description: Judging dyed skeins for strength and shade of the dye under north light in the Standardization Lab of the Technical Laboratory, Dyestuffs Division of the DuPont Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3008
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Rapport de Progres d'une Etude Motivationnelle concernant le Marche de la Teinturerie
Date(s): 1966-06
Contributor(s): Dichter, Ernest, 1907-1991 (originator), Institute for Motivational Research (originator), Syndicat des usiniers réunis du nettoyage á sec et de la teinture pour confrères (associated name)
Collection ID: Ernest Dichter papers (Accession 2407)
Hagley ID: MSS_2407_086_1955B
Collection: Ernest Dichter collections

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