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Maryland State Fireman's Association, Wylie Donaldson Jr.
Maryland State Fireman's Association, Wylie Donaldson Jr., Maryland State Fireman's Association, Unknown
Wylie Donaldson Jr. is the Vice President of the Odenton, Maryland Volunteer Fire Department and winner of the National Volunteer Fire Council’s…
Tags: Firefighting, Local, Maryland, Safety, State, Volunteerism
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Carl L. Alsberg
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Carl L. Alsberg, UC Berkeley, Unknown
Carl L. Alsberg (April 2, 1877 October 31, 1940) was an American chemist who served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from 1912 to 1921. After…
Tags: Adulteration, Carl Alsberg, Chemistry, Coca-Cola, FDA, Monsanto, Safety
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Examining New Drug Applications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Examining New Drug Applications, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, February 27 2012
Medical Officer Alexander Fleming, M. D., examines a portion of a 240-volume new drug application around the late 1980s. Applications grew…
Tags: Alexander Fleming, Drug Amendments, Drug Application, FDA, Safety
Travin, V., Why are you luring my people away from me
Travin, V., Why are you luring my people away from me, Rutgers, 1973
"Poet: Shkliarinsky, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1973
The people choose to work in those places
That have well-organized and clean…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Fighting Pencil, Labor Safety, Safety, Satire, Soviet Union
Salem News, Unsung Heroine Program
Salem News, Unsung Heroine Program, Salem News, 2012
Victoria Budson, left, chairwoman of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, meets with Kimberly Flynn at the end of the Unsung Heroines…
Tags: Massachusetts, Mental Illness, Safety, Unsung Heroines, Victoria Budson, Women, Workers
National Archives, Tenement House Act
National Archives, Tenement House Act, National Archives, ca. 1900
In 1867, 495,000 people in New York City were living in tenement buildings. Overcrowding (in some areas, a population density of 240,000 people per…
Tags: Housing, New York, NYC, Overcrowding, Safety, Tenement House
Lipton, Lipton's Coffee Label
Lipton, Lipton's Coffee Label, National Archives, 1906
"After the Pure Food and Drugs Act passed in 1906, labels began to cater to sensitive consumers. This coffee label promises “absolutely pure coffee…
Tags: Coffee Label, Eating, FDA, Safety
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Magnet Safety Poster
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Magnet Safety Poster, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Undated
This safety poster was issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, under the Neighborhood Safety Network project. It warns parents about…
Tags: Consumer Product Safety Act, Magnet Safety Poster, Magnets, Safety
Part of the Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller scrapbooks, Florence Kelley, Secretary, National Consumers' League
Part of the Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller scrapbooks, Florence Kelley, Secretary, National Consumers' League, Library of Congress, Undated
To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility.
Florence Kelley, National Consumers League…
Tags: Child Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Florence Kelley, National Consumers' League, Safety, Workers
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, No date given
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) was passed to prevent workers from being killed or seriously harmed at work. This law created…