Advertisement for paper-makers' chemicals and other naval stores products manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company. The advertisement depicts a group of men transporting Army supplies wrapped in weatherproof fiberboard and details the use of rosins to manufacture such materials. This advertisement appeared in several May 1945 issues of Weekly Naval Stores Review.

Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified its business to encompass a variety of industrial products, including pine and paper chemicals, synthetics, pigments, polymers, and cellulose.