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Delores Horne analyzing weed killer in Dow Analytical Laboratory

  • 1950s

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General view of chemist Delores Horne analyzing the active constituent of a weed killer in the Dow Chemical Company's Analytical Laboratory located in Midland, Michigan. Per a notation accompanying the photograph, Ms. Horne was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. The words "Master Copy" are printed across the photograph, indicating that it was a file copy used to make reproductions for publication.

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  • Box 7, Folder Plants--Main Laboratory (Old)

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Dow Chemical Company. “Delores Horne Analyzing Weed Killer in Dow Analytical Laboratory,” 1950–1959. Dow Chemical Company Historical Image Collection, Box 7, Folder Plants--Main Laboratory (Old). Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/1c18dg33h.

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