Alizarine Blue Powder
notes: label: Description
content: Alizarin, a natural dye derived from the root of the madder plant, has been used for many years. This 30 ml. glass bottle contains synthetic alizarin, the first organic colorant to be synthesized. in 1869. The "Wm. Pickhardt & Kuttroff, New York" inscription refers to a dyestuff firm that was established in 1861, and that became the Continental Color and Chemical Co. in 1906. Alizarin is usually red (and known under such names as Mordant Red or Turkey Red). This sample, however, is blue.
label: Description
content: This sample was probably part of the Loeb Collection of Chemical Types, a collection that was formed under the bequest of Morris Loeb (1863-1912), a Jewish-American chemist and philanthropist, and sent to the Smithsonian in 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0597.04
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0597.04
label: accession number
content: 1980.0597
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Synthetic Alizarine Powder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: alizarine blue (contents material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 84 mm x 37 mm; 3 5/16 in x 1 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: without stopper: 70 mm; 2 3/4 in