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Portrait of William Henry Perkin (1838-1907)
Box 11- 1906
Portrait of W. H. (William Henry) Perkin (1838-1907). Known as the father of the synthetic chemical industry, Perkin created the first synthetic dye, mauveine, in 1856, while attempting to create an artificial version…
- Photographer Elliot & Fry
- Subject Portrait photography, Portraits, Dyes and dyeing--Chemistry, Perkin, William Henry, Sir, 1838-1907
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Portrait of Ezekiel [Ezéchiel] Weintraub
Box 16- Undated
Portrait of Ezekiel [Ezéchiel] Weintraub, a Russian-born chemist who was the first to produce 99 percent pure boron in 1909.
- Subject Portrait photography, Weintraub, Ezéchiel, Portraits
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Portrait of Lammot du Pont II (1880-1952)
Box 4- 1941-Sep
Portrait of Lammot du Pont II (1880-1952), former President of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (1926-1940) and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
- Photographer Harris & Ewing
- Subject Portrait photography, Portraits, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Industrialists, Du Pont, Lammot, 1880-1952
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Portrait of William Henry Perkin (1838-1907)
Box 11- 1906
Portrait of William Henry Perkin (1838-1907). Known as the father of the synthetic chemical industry, Perkin created the first synthetic dye, mauveine, in 1856, while attempting to create an artificial version of the…
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Portrait of Irénée du Pont (1876-1963)
Box 4- Circa 1919
Portrait of Irénée du Pont (1876-1963), chemical engineer and President of the the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (1919-1926).
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Portrait of Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954)
Box 4- Circa 1915
Portrait of Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954), President of the the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (1915-1919) and a member of the Board of Directors. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he also…
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Portrait of T. Coleman du Pont (1863-1930)
Box 4- Circa 1915
Portrait of T. Coleman du Pont (1863-1930), President of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (1902-1915) and U.S. Senator from Delaware (1921-22; 1925-28).
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Portrait of Lammot du Pont II (1880-1952)
Box 4- Circa 1926
Portrait of Lammot du Pont II (1880-1952), former President of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (1926-1940) and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
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Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944)
Box 1- After 1920 – 1944
Portrait of Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944), inventor of Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic.
- Manufacturer Underwood & Underwood
- Subject Portrait photography, Inventors, Bakelite, Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944, Plastics
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Portrait of Herbert H. Dow (1866–1930)
Box 4- Circa 1900
Portrait of Herbert H. Dow (1866–1930), founder of Dow Chemical Company.
- Manufacturer Alman & Co.
- Subject Portrait photography, Dow Chemical Company, Portraits, Industrialists, Dow, Herbert Henry, 1866-1930
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Portrait of Henry Heide (1846-1931)
Box 7- Circa 1900
Portrait of Henry Heide (1846-1931), known in his time as the dean of American candy manufacturers. A native of Germany, Heide immigrated to the United States in 1866 and ran a retail grocery store in Pittsburgh before…
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Portrait of Isaac Ott (1847-1916)
Box 11- Circa 1910
Portrait of Isaac Ott (1847-1916). Ott was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania on November 30, 1847 and graduated from Lafayette College (class of 1867). Ott went onto study medicine at the University of…
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Portrait of Carroll A. Hochwalt (1900-1987)
Box 7- 1930s
Portrait of Carroll A. Hochwalt (1900-1987). Hochwalt worked as a chemical engineer for the General Motors Corporation before co-founding Thomas & Hochwalt Laboratories in partnership with Charles Allen Thomas in 1926.…
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Portrait of Arthur Dehon Little (1863-1935)
Box 9- Circa 1920
Portrait of Arthur Dehon Little (1863-1935), a pioneer of chemical engineering practice and principles who helped establish chemical engineering as a separate profession with a distinct approach and training method.
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