The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
group portraits; men; women; Suits (Clothing); dresses
HAndwritten on back: "Lammot du Pont and Mary Belin du pont Wedding Party Oct 3, 1865. Back row: Eugene du Pont, Alfred V. du Pont, Lammot du Pont, Edgar Hounsfield, Henry Belin, Jr. Center Row: Amelia du Pont, Elizabeth Mathieu, Mary Belin du...
group portraits; women; children; Clothing & dress; porches
Typed on back: "Back porch 3500 Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia. Standing back row, left to right: Sophie Madelaine du Pont age 15, Mary Aletta Belin du Pont age 8, Louisa d'Andelot du Pont age 18, Lammot du Pont age 6. Lower row: Henry Belin du Pont...
Handwritten on back: "L. to R. Top I: Bessi Gardner (du Pont), William S. Hilles, P.S. du Pont. II: Alice Belin (du Pont), Irene du Pont (du Pont) m. February 1890; Sophie du Pont (Ford), Kensey Hammond. III: Rogers Wilson, Alice du Pont (Ortiz) m....
Back row, L to R: Isabella Mathieu (du Pont) Sharp, Pierre S. du Pont, William Kemble du Pont, Mary Aletta Belin (du Pont) Laird, Lammot du Pont, Margaretta Lammot (du Pont) Carpenter. Front row, L to R: Irénée du Pont, Mary (Belin) du Pont,...
Caption on reverse: "This photograph of Admiral Du Pont's house on the Louviers estate was given to Dorsey Gardner by Mrs. Du Pont (Aunt Sophie) and by him to me Bessie Gardner du Pont. In the photograph Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and Mrs. Du...
group portraits; women; children; Clothing & dress; trees; benches
Handwritten by P.S. du Pont on back: "On lawn of Mansion. Standing left to right: Mary A.B. du Pont, Sophie Madaleine du Pont, Isabella M. du Pont. Seated left to right: Miss Minni Foggini, Irenee du Pont, Margaretta Lammot du Pont, Mary Belin du...
People identified as follows: Standing, L to R - Francis Victor du Pont, Ellen Coleman (du Pont) Wheelwright, Alice Hounsfield (du Pont) Buck. Seated, L to R - Renee du Pelleport (du Pont) Donaldson, Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, Alice (du Pont)...
Handwritten on back: "My parents - Renee du Pont Donaldson (Mrs. John W. Donaldson) Alice du Pont - born Oct. 13, 1863 - Wilm., Del. Thomas Coleman du Pont - born Dec. 11, 1863 - Louisville, Ky. - Married. Rec'd. from Mrs. John W. Donaldson,...
People identified, L to R: Francis Victor du Pont, Alice (du Pont) du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, Renee de Pelleport (du Pont) Donaldson, Alice Hounsfield (du Pont) Buck, Ellen Coleman (du Pont) Wheelwright.
People identified as follows: Standing, L to R - Renee de Pelleport (du Pont) Donaldson, Ellen Coleman (du Pont) Wheelwright, Alice Hounsfield (du Pont) Buck. Seated, L to R - Alice (du Pont) du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, Francis Victor...
Artillery (Troops); Forts & fortifications; Military officers
Copy of du Pont's reply to a letter from Reichard, asking for du Pont's help in having his unit (Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery) transferred out of Fort Delaware. Du Pont offers his help and advises Reichard of ways he can apply for a...
Letter from Henry du Pont to Lammot du Pont regarding a military officer who wanted to speak with Lammot about the prospect of detonating a ship loaded with gunpowder near a fort on the southern coast.
Military officers; Cartes de visite; Artillery (Troops)
Henry Algernon du Pont as a Lieutenant-Colonel of artillery. He was breveted Lieutenant-Colonel for gallantry in action at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia, 19 October 1864. Henry A. du Pont was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor...
group portraits; boys; girls; Clothing & dress;trees
Typed on back: "Looking NW from lawn of 3500 Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia. H.B. du Pont Age 12, W.K. du Pont age 10, James Crowell, Irenee du Pont age 9, Lammot du Pont age 5, M.A.B. du Pont age 7, I.M. du Pont age 3."
Christiana Hundred, Delaware; Back Row: Julia Weir (Marghetic), John Bird, Cornelia Draper, Duer Breck; 2nd Row: P.S. du Pont, Olive Potts (Seiss), Louisa d'A. du Pont (Copeland), Alexis I. du Pont, Charlotte Hare, Irenee du Pont; 3rd Row:...
Seated at near table left end: Leslie Dudley du Pont, Alexis Felix du Pont, IV; Near side L to R: Daphne Burma du Pont, Genevieve Livingston du Pont, Mary Reynolds (Polly), Cynthia Reynolds; Far side L to R: Francis I. du Pont, III, Karen du Pont...
