Historic Print, A George Stern, 1545 Falkland Lane, Silver Spring, MD., who in the last three years has developed a formula for a highly volatile fluid which vaporizes so rapidly that f…16" x 20"

Historic Print, A George Stern, 1545 Falkland Lane, Silver Spring, MD., who in the last three years has developed a formula for a highly volatile fluid which vaporizes so rapidly that flames from the gases released will not burn as demonstrated by the picture., Image: 16" x 20"

Beautiful historic reproduction print from the Library of Congress collections.

Created 1938 November 10 Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at A George Stern, 1545 Falkland Lane, Silver Spring, MD., who in the last three years has developed a formula for a highly volatile fluid which vaporizes so rapidly that flames from the gases released will not burn as demonstrated by the picture. The secret formula's only value, he says, will be to produce weird effects in 'horror' movies. He is Assistant to the Chief Technology Branch, Bureau of Mines, in College Park, MD, 11/10/38 Glass negatives.

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