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  • TitlePfizer & Co. corn
  • Call NumberWORK_0319
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Secret of faster plant growth revealed today by scientist. Corn sprinkled with water containing tiny amount of antibiotic, terramycin, grows taller faster than same seeds in untreated soil. Experiments conducted by Dr. Louis G. Nickell in the laboratories of Chas. Pfizer & Co., Brooklyn , showed as little as one part terramycin to one million parts water, make more seed sprout into plants. ..." Image shows corn growing in two window boxes.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 19, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCorn -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.