Civil wars; Military facilities; Navies; Gunboats; Vessels; Soldiers
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island, South Carolina
Location also known as Battery Wagner. The gunboat in the background is the U.S.S. Commodore McDonough.
Military officers; Sailors; Navies; Ships; Ship equipment & rigging
Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and staff standing on the quarterdeck of the U.S.S. Wabash. Many of the ship's sailors can be seen in the background.
Cellophane being prepared for shipment at the DuPont Company's new Tecumseh, Kansas cellophane plant. They finished rolls, slit to the width required by the customer, are automatically pushed off the conveyor in the background and their weight is...
Caption: "The Coal is shoveled onto a moving belt which carries it upward and dumps it into the mine car which may be seen in the background. The miner in the background is showing how the coal had to be shoveled by hand over the top of the car...
Siegel, Cooper & Co.’s popular portfolio of the World’s Columbian Exposition and principal places of amusement / illustrated by water color drawings by C. Graham. View of the Grand Court with balloon in background.
The newly constructed Washington Memorial Bridge - in background on left is Washington Grammar School number 24, containing 14 rooms; in background on right is Delaware Hospital which opened February 20, 1890, and now covers one city block.
View of several houses and yards damaged in explosion. Bell tower visible in background, field of cabbages or cauliflower in foreground. Typed caption: "Information supplied by Mr. Daniel Shield. Residences (double houses) reading from right to...
L: Citizens Bank building, DuPont building; L. Background: Facade of first and central Presbyterian Church; R. Background: Winchester Home, 11th and Market Sts.
Table of Contents: Sketching the background; Sweep of the years; Resume of black powder history; Old black powder days; High spots of DuPont high explosives history; Forty-five years ago; Importance of chemistry in DuPont industries; DuPont...
