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Bakelite patents awarded 112 years ago

Leo H. Baekeland, scientist and inventor112 years ago, on December 7, 1909, Leo Baekeland was awarded the patents for Bakelite and the processes for its manufacture. VIEW ORIGINAL PATENT
 
In the patent infringement cases he was later to confront, he was equally frustrated and invigorated. And, as with his discovery process, his perseverance kept him on a forward trajectory. By appointment of President Woodrow Wilson, Leo served on the national committee to improve the patent system.
 
To honor him on this day, we offer you the opportunity to win a piece of vintage Bakelite by playing the Bakelite Quiz.
 
Bakelite Object for quiz
 

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Images of Baekeland’s Laboratory Discovered and Scanned

Burk scanning
Burk scanning

Burk Wagner, the research chemist who appears in our film, has been scanning printed materials and photographs owned by Nancy Welch of Westfield, New Jersey. Nancy is the nonagenarian daughter of Larry Byck, the chemist who worked for Leo Baekeland and Bakelite from 1910 to his death in 1956.

 

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Nancy Byck Welch’s Story

Larry Byck, Chemist and R&D
Larry Byck, Chemist and R&D

In the spring of 2016, a remarkable piece of history was brought to our attention by the daughter of a chemist who worked for Leo Baekeland beginning in 1910; and thereafter with the General Bakelite Company and the Bakelite Corporation.

The chemist’s daughter, Nancy Byck Welch located Hugh Karraker, great grandson of Leo Baekeland and Executive Producer of “All Things Bakelite” through a Bakelite jewelry designer and Costume Jewelry Collectors International.

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