Ecolab buildings, St. Paul, July 2017. In the foreground, the new Ecolab headquarters in downtown St. Paul. Behind can be seen the old tower on Wabasha, still bearing the Ecolab name.
Early formula for dishwashing detergent Electrasol, 1948. Early product formulations were kept in a booklet by chemist John Lewis Wilson. From Ecolab Company Records, Minnesota Historical Society.
Advertisement for Soilax, a product of Economics Laboratory, printed in Woman's Day 16, no. 6 (March 1953). Photograph by Flickr user Classic Film on December 5, 2013.
The Endicott Building, ca. 1900. The first location of Economics Laboratory (later Ecolab) was in the basement of the Endicott Building on Fourth Street in downtown St. Paul.