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...
First Row: M.E. Walthall, Penn. Coal Co. -- I.L. Gilkyson, W.E.&M. Co. -- Paul Spencer, United Gas Imp. Co. -- Thomas Cooper, W.E.&M. Co. -- Walter M. Gorham, Henry Lewis & Co. -- Frank Stern, Day & Zimmerman -- H.C. Albrecht, Phila. Elec. Co. --...
Typed on back: "Photograph of E. I. du Pont, III, while using some of the original Du Pont de Nemours & E. I. du Pont letter seals. P. S. du Pont Collection."
Typed on back: "Photograph of E. I. du Pont [III], taken at Longwood, while looking at some of the original Du Pont de Nemours manuscripts in the P. S. du Pont collection, and using E. I. du Pont's reading glass."
Publicity photographs; Ordnance testing; Ordnance industry
Typed on back: "Mr. Elèuthere Irénée du Pont, March, 1952, age 31 years. He is examining the eprouvette that was used for testing the strength of powder at Eleutherian Mills on the Brandywine." The eprouvette was from the collection of E....
Typed on back: "150th ANNIVERSARY July 1952. E. I. du Pont points out to Fred Gentieu the vast Experimental Station opened in 1951." The DuPont Company operated research and development facilities at the Experimental Station site since 1906. ...
Publicity photographs; Hobby horses; Families; Children
Typed on back: "150th ANNIVERSARY July 1952. E. I. du Pont with daughter Eleuthera. Hobby horse built for founder's son Henry by Brandywine Powdermen."
Typed on back: "Mr. Elèuthere Irénée du Pont, March 1952, age 31 years. Seated at the desk and on the chair that belonged to E. I. du Pont. The painting above Mr. du Pont is of the 'AMERICAN EAGLE', the bark in which the du Pont family...
Typed on back: "150th ANNIVERSARY July 1952. E. I. du Pont with Du Pont de Nemours pistol, a bullet mould and powder cans all from the P. S. du Pont collection."
