This collection, digitized here in its entirety, consists of photographs depicting various laboratories believed to be associated with the USDA Bureau of Chemistry. The photographs provide a general overview of each laboratory's equipment and activities, which generally were devoted to testing the purity and composition of foods and drugs. The date range ascribed to the photographs is 1901 to 1927, the active dates for the Bureau of Chemistry.
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Bureau of Chemistry Dust Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee utilizing an apparatus in the Bureau of Chemistry's Dust Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Development Work, the Dust Laboratory conducted research into the…
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Bureau of Chemistry Protein Investigation Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
General view of employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Protein Investigation Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Protein…
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Bureau of Chemistry Pharmacognosy Laboratory
- 1914 – before 1928
General view of a female employee analyzing unidentified substances in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the…
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Bureau of Chemistry Pharmacognosy Laboratory
- 1914 – before 1928
General view of employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Pharmacognosy Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Pharmacognosy Laboratory supervised the manufacture and distribution of crude…
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Bureau of Chemistry Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees working in the Bureau of Chemistry's Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Oil, Fat, and…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee operating an apparatus used to study ammonia at the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted investigations…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory showing assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted investigations into…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee conducting an analysis of an unidentified substance in the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted…
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Bureau of Chemistry Nitrogen Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of an employee conducting an analysis of an unidentified substance in the Bureau of Chemistry's Nitrogen Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nitrogen Laboratory conducted…
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Bureau of Chemistry Drug Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees at work in a Bureau of Chemistry Drug Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, such laboratories commonly…
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Agricultural Research Service Drug Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees at work in an Agricultural Research Service Drug Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, such laboratories commonly…
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Naval Stores Investigation Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of three employees at work in the Bureau of Chemistry's Naval Stores Investigation Laboratory, a division of the Leather and Paper Laboratory. Assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus, as well as notices…
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Bureau of Chemistry Carbohydrate Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
General view of the Bureau of Chemistry's Carbohydrate Laboratory showing assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Carbohydrate Laboratory analyzed the physical and…
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Bureau of Chemistry Carbohydrate Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
General view of the Bureau of Chemistry's Carbohydrate Laboratory showing assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Carbohydrate Laboratory analyzed the physical and…
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Polarimeter in Bureau of Chemistry Carbohydrate Laboratory
- 1913 – before 1928
Close-up view of a polarimeter housed in a constant temperature dark room at the Bureau of Chemistry's Carbohydrate Laboratory. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Carbohydrate Laboratory analyzed the…
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Bureau of Chemistry Phytochemical Laboratory
- 1916 – before 1928
General view of an employee in the Bureau of Chemistry's Phytochemical Laboratory using a distillation apparatus to concentrate the odorous constituents of apples and peaches. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,…
- Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
- Subject Flavor, Employees, Laboratories, Food industry and trade--Safety regulations, Flavoring essences, Flavoring essences industry, Food industry and trade, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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Bureau of Chemistry Water and Beverage Laboratory
- After 1901 – 1928
General view of an employee in the Bureau of Chemistry's Water and Beverage Laboratory conducting an analysis on an unidentified substance. Assorted sample jars and scientific apparatus are visible in the photograph.…
