The homespun façade of the Du-Good Chemical Laboratory
in St. Louis is an unusual example of the folk-like presentation of a scientific
facility. Lincoln I. Diuguid, a local science professor, established the lab in
1948. His company provided microanalytic services and also marketed its own
brand of cleaning products and cosmetics. The business was in operation for
over 50 years.
Occupying a late nineteenth century commercial
building, Dr. Diuguid’s lab made no attempt to varnish over the old structure
with a veneer of modernity or authority. Instead, Du-Good looks to have been
primarily an expression of the professor’s unique personality. Now, the
shuttered place is fading into the urban patina on south Jefferson Avenue…
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