Item 14: Chemical Control Laboratory, 1952

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male employee at work in the chemical control laboratory. Man is wearing a white lab coat and dark pants, standing in front of a row of extractors. Text: "Chemical Control Laboratory. Here we see a bank of Soxhlet Extractors into which small samples of fiber are placed. The purpose of this test is to determine the amount of grease the intermediate products contain." See item 15 in this folder for a close-up view of these extractors. 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).