Chemical show in New York City (1941)
- 1941-Dec
Series of photographs depicting the Hercules Powder Company display at a 1941 chemical industry trade show held in New York City.
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.
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Hercules Incorporated. “Chemical Show in New York City (1941),” December 1941. Photographs from the Records & Ephemera of Hercules Incorporated, Box 27, Folder 5. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/pjn3805.
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