Artillery (Troops); Forts & fortifications; Military officers
Reichard, a Captain in Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery, asks Lammot du Pont's help in getting his unit transferred out of Fort Delaware, which he calls a "horrid Post!" Reichard also mentions a visit with Henry du Pont.
It's in the bag for post war-nylon stockings wrapped in a handy cellophane package. Other items shown here in post war dress are, left to right, towels, hand lotion, cleaning tissue and sheets. The DuPont Cellophane Division designed these packages...
Air pilots; Postal service; Transport planes; Air mail service;
Text from back of image: "The sorting of air mail while en route in the plane just as is done on railway mail cars, is predicted as a necessary time-saver in the future transportation of mail in the flying post offices of the future. The mail will...
This Victorian-style post office (1873-1878, William Appleton Potter, architect) was being moved in Dover to make way for other Colonial Revival buildings and was destroyed 40 years after.
Admiral Du Pont discussing with Mr. Wheeten the relief of his command and how unfortunate it was how his name was being tarnished, notes that the biggest upset was not being relieved of his post, but the way in which it was handled
The 1949 model Ford was Ford Motor Companys first significant post WWII car. From a styling standpoint, its smooth sides paved the way for total integration of fenders and body. From a sales standpoint, the car gave the company momentum to recover...
Royal permission for Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours to accept the post and title of Conseiller Aulique at the court of Baden, 23 March 1773. Signed by King Louis XV and countersigned by the Duc d'Aiguillon, Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres.
Text from back of image: "While ticker tape came floating down from the windows of tall skyscrapers and thousands on the sidewalks roared a lusty greeting, Wiley Post was ridden in triumph up Broadway to New York's City Hall to receive the city's...
Text from back of image: "A military guard of honor flanking the casket containing the body of Wiley Post, as it lay in state at the state capitol, in Oklahoma City, where thousands filed past to pay last respects to the greatest flier. Planes flew...
