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Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Processed by: Carmen Boggs-Parker Special Collections Staff
Collection is open to research.
Permission to publish material from the Quality Chemical Company Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Quality Chemical Company Collection, Ms2010-039, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
The Quality Chemical Company Collection was purchased by Special Collections in 2010.
The processing, arrangement and description of the Quality Chemical Company Collection commenced and was completed in June, 2010.
The Quality Chemical Company was founded by Harold C. Breckenridge in Detroit, Michigan.
The collection contains a promotional letter, a "special starting offer" flyer, an order blank and addressed envelope, and a catalog of chemicals for food flavors, polishes, cleaners, medicinal products, and cosmetics from the Quality Chemical Company of Detroit, Michigan.
The promotional materials detail an offer to "Make Big Money!" by purchasing concentrated chemicals from the Quality Chemical Company. According to the catalog, the chemicals will arrive at the purchaser's house in concentrated form and all that is needed is to "Just add water" to "make flavors, lotions, shampoos, etc." The purchaser will bottle and sell the mixture under the purchaser's own name. The catalog promises that the purchaser will be able to "Run a home factory" and "Be your own boss." Some of the chemicals offered in the catalog include: Chef Brand Spice and other flavors made from natural oils, Hi-Hat quality food flavors, Delora Alice lotions, perfumes, shampoos, and cosmetics, Magic Livestock Spray, and Quality Brand Aspirin Tablets.
The collection is arranged by material type.