Synthetic Alizarin
notes: label: Description
content: Alizarin, a dye derived from the root of the madder plant, was used long before 1869 when it became the first organic colorant to be synthesized. This 30 ml glass bottle contains synthetic alizarin. 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. While Alizarin is often red, this sample 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: 1980.0597.09
label: accession number
content: 1980.0597
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0597.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Synthetic Alizarine Powder
label: Object Name
content: Synthetic Alizarin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue powder (contents substance)
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