New Jersey Making pharmaceutical materials to be injected in a sterile environment. Air cleaning system and mobile ultra-violet units clean air in a "positive pressure" atmosphere. Schering Pharmaceutical Corp., Union, NJ.
Ohio A national chain of hamburger stands. Company owns steel plant to manufacture its equipment and a paper company to manufacture employees' hats. Managerial training program for young men. White Castle Systems, Inc., Columbus, OH.
Connecticut Making paper dress patterns for Vogue Pattern Service. Parisian high fashion designs available to American women. Includes pattern made from a design by Patou. Conde Nast Publications, Inc., Greenwich, CT.
Missouri Conversion of an automobile showroom into a public library. Machines speed book repairs. Dictation machines save paperwork by recording books borrowed. Mobile units take books to readers. St. Louis County Library, St Louis, MO.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made directly with the Archives Center staff to view episodes for which no reference copy exists. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees will be charged for reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Industry on Parade Film Collection, 1950-1959, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Collection Creator:
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (6.0" x 3.5".)
Container:
Box 19, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Biographies
Diaries
Place:
Yonkers (N.Y.) -- 1900-1910
Date:
1913 July 1-1914 March 11
Scope and Contents:
Inscription on flyleaf: "I / Journal of / Dr. L.H. Baekeland / Yonkers, NY [sic] / July 1, 1913 / to March 11, 1914." The diary details Baekeland's daily activities. He writes often of his visits and discussions, and the subjects of correspondence he has written and received. It sheds light on the use and distance of travel by automobile in the early twentieth century. In the notes, Baekeland explains increasing time spent in the laboratory at the end of 1913 into 1914.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Filing cabinets ; office chairs ; steel desks ; blueprint cabinets ; shelving units ; storage cabinets ; pronto files ; etc ; Cole "dictator" ; dictating machines: "About 1960 or 61 a West German manufacturer named Graetz (or else Graetz was just the brand of the product...) introduced a new magnetic tape dictation system, called something like the Graetz magnetic tape dictation system. The Cole Steel Furniture [sic] Co....licenced the right to distribute and market the system in the U.S., and sold it under the Cole brand. As with most dictation systems of the day, it came in two versions, the "Cole Dictator" for recording, which sold at $220 retail, and a slightly different version for transcribing, sold at $185." quote from e-mail received from David Morton (dmorton@brainchip.net)on 8/8/05 --JR Also, a 1958 catalog from the distributor Paramount Equipment Co. of New York - its back page advertises the 1958 Cole Portable typewriter for $94.50 (it's endorsed by "top-flight" reporters John Cameron Swayze, Quentin Reynolds and Kenneth Banghart.)
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
7 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.) Search this
Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records) Search this
Dictaphone Sales Corp. ; Columbia Graphophone Co. Search this
Notes content:
"Dictaphone" dictating machines and accessories ; dictating and recording machine systems ; "Dictaphone Dictet" portable recorder ; Dictaphone belt-type recording-producing machine ; see history of Dictaphone: http://www.dictaphone.com/aboutus/history.asp
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, manual and photographs
Emark Battery Div. ; Edison Storage Battery Div. ; Edison Storage Battery Co. ... See also Edison Electric Light Co. ; Edison Lamp Works of General Electric Co. ; Edison Portland Cement Co. ; Edison Electric Institute ; Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York ; Edison-Splitdorf Corp. ; Edison Mfg. Co. ; Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd. ; Edison Electric Pen & Writing Agency ; Edison Phonoplex ; Edison Co. for Isolated Lighting ; Edison Phonograph Works ; A.B. Dick Co. ; General Electric ; Edison Blue Amberol ; National Phonograph Co. Search this
Notes content:
One item in oversize - Music re-creation discs (unique item). Aircraft instruments ; automatic valves ; thermometers ; thermostats ; relays ; "EDiphones" electronic dictation machines ; Emark batteries ; radio receivers ; catalogs of record releases ; phonographs ; "Edison" steel alkaline storage batteries ; nickel, iron, alkaline storage batteries for industrial trucks, marine power, and light systems ; battery charge test forks ; electric safety mine lamps ; motorcycle batteries; Edison Blue Amberol records ; cylinder records ; projecting kinetoscopes ;
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, manual and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
200 pieces; 7 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Orange, New Jersey, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses) Search this
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics N.V.); known as Philips ; Divisions: Philips Consumer Electronics, Philips Lighting, Philips Medical Systems and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care, Norelco, Philips Dental Systems, Philips Business systems, Scientific and Analytical equipment ; during WWII, they moved operations to the US and used the name ; Operating from the US as the North American Philips Co. moved back after the war ; 1991, the US operation changed its name to Philips Electronics North America Corp. and the overall company's name was changed from N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken to Philips Electronics N.V. ; Philips Lamps Ltd. (UK) Search this
Notes content:
international electronics manufacturer; 1958 electron tube manual (receiving and picture tubes) ; catalogs and correspondence concerning electron microscopes and microradiography ; a 1945 manual entitled "Geiger-Counter Spectrometer for Industrial Research" ; 1954 paper entitled "Fundamentals of the Gas Refrigerating Machine" and "Construction of a Gas Refrigerating machine" ; undated manual "Photomultipliers for scintillation counting"; a circa 1930s booklet about Philips Industrial X-Ray service in England ; cathode ray tubes ; high tension rectification ; Philips Metalix Universal Shockproof Sheild and other X-ray apparatus ; dental x-ray equipment ; 1935 U.K. Philips lamps (aka light bulbs) ; x-ray shoe fitting ; transformers ; wire rope testers ; micro-photometer ; magnetic testing ; x-ray crystal analysis ; word input systems ; dictation machines ; dual channel oscilloscope ; "Oralix 65" ; "Norelco" neutron generator ; catalog of nuclear equipment ; microscopy ; screen phone ; AM/FM stereo tuner ; light bulbs (catalogs in Spanish)
Includes:
Trade catalog, manual and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
65 pieces; 2 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Biotechnology and biochemical equipment and supplies Search this
