Hercules Powder Company photograph album, 1882
Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Contains photographs of the Hercules Powder Company.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet 1 oversized box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Hercules Powder Company Photograph Album, MS 781, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Many large format and panoramic photographs of the Hercules Powder Company located on San Pablo Bay between Richmond and Martinez. Includes photos of marine equipment such as kelp cutters, lighters, and tugs. Kelp was a raw material used in dynamite. Most of the photos in this album are of the vessels and equipment used for kelp harvesting and processing. The end product was potash that was used at the plant and shipped to other manufacturers.
- Biographical / historical:
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The DuPont corporation and Lafkin & Rand Powder Company incorporated the Hercules Powder Company in 1882 to manufacture Hercules powder (a special form of dynamite). The company was dissolved in DuPont in 1904, but was newly created in 1912. In 1966, the company changed its name to Hercules, Inc. and was sold to the Ashland Corporation in 2008.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Grahame Hardy family
- Physical location:
- Big Four Building
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Scrapbooks
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Hercules Powder Company Photograph Album, MS 781, California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives, Sacramento, California.
- Location of this collection:
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111 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 323-8073