Album of early Dearborn Chemical Company facilities, 1890s-1905
- After 1890 – before 1905
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Dearborn Chemical Company. “Album of Early Dearborn Chemical Company Facilities, 1890s-1905,” n.d. BetzDearborn, Incorporated Records, Box 18, Volume 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/9p290b163.
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