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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Has anyone heard of "Wife's Pride". My best guess is that this product was marketed as some kind of a wood preservative or coating in the 1950's (give or take). Our
records show that the product was used on an archaeological wooden object at our museum. We are currently doing analysis and would like to track this product down, in part to see how it might compromise the original surface.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I also found the research that a previous conservator did on the product. Her notes (hard to read) indicate she checked “Chemical Formulary handbook of material trade names” (1953) and the “Handbook of
Chemical synonyms and trade names”. There is a note stating “US Gortdocs Microprint (?) 1957 – no. 9826 MIL-S-13518B April 8 1957. Military Specification, Sealer, surface, wood preservative.” This is all of the information we have. Finally there is a poor
copy of a newspaper article dating to 1958 with someone with a paint brush and a can of dark liquid – the caption states that this is a new wood preservative being used on this object. I am trying to track down the original photograph to see it more clearly!
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Any thoughts or leads would be greatly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#293E1A">Gretchen Anderson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#293E1A">Conservator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#293E1A">Edward O’Neill Research Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#293E1A">(Carnegie Museum of Natural History Annex)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#293E1A">Pittsburgh, PA 15206<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#293E1A">(412) 665-2607 (Office) (412) 420-9083 (Mobile)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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