The records consist of photocopies of miscellaneous documents of the Empire Steel and Iron Company, the originals of which are in the possession of the National Canal Museum at Easton, Pa. Most of them seem to have come from the Mount Hope site....
The cylinder on the left contains hard water (0.04% or calcium chloride) to which a small amount of one of the new soapless soaps based on fatty alcohol sulfates has been added. Note the foamy suds extending all the way to the top of the cylinder....
Written on back: "so it appeared during R. W. Lukens lifetime. The lower end of the 'mansion' was built, it is believed, in the first quarter of the 18th Century by the Flemings. In 1757 the property passed to the Coates family who added the upper...
Table of Contents: Idea fabrics; Rough, tough and stylish; Mechanical parts of Teflon; DuPont Cavalcade theater; Brighter pulp for whiter paper; DuPont's new non-caloric sweetener; Color moves outdoors; How's your brush IQ; New color for an old...
Table of Contents: Cool coatings for colorful craft; The fantastic furniture fabric; The added touch of luxury; Giving cargo losses the air; Taming the tempermental Sandy; Palette that promises precision; Easing the squeeze in schools; New...
Table of Contents: Downhill duel; Knits: now a shirt story; What's around, six miles down; An added measure of reliability; Apparel design cum laude; A rugged competitor in the gym; Residential reprieve from exterior maintenance; Piscatorial pros;...
Table of Contents: A plus in leisure fabircs; the wright stuff; Freewheeling on Broadway; Instant savings bond; A screaming success; A bumper with looks that last; Cleaning with care; Most advanced thinking on two feet; Encouraging words on the...
Table of Contents: Following chemistry through the average business day; Princess Ileana's private car; Mining Adirondack magnetite; That added touch of charm; Effective game conservation; Rayon in the swim; Antioquia Railway extension to the Cauca...
A typical group of Reading anthracite miners waiting to go on duty at the Alaska Colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company near Mount Caramel PA. Most of them are of the second and third generation of miners in PAs anthracite...
Air freight handled by the 16 scheduled trunk airlines during the first six months of this year was up an estimated 156 percent over the same period in 1947, a total of 30,723,010 freight ton miles as compared with 11,984,214. This trailer-truck,...
List includes Nancy Devon, James Beatty, Sarah Beatty, Jane Quigley, John Gallagher, Hugh Dunn, John Dunn, Jane Haughey, Margaret Kelly, Anne and Jane Haughey, Frances Friel, Bridget Houtton, Susan Magee, Margaret Dougherty, John McCahen, and...
Lehigh Crane Iron Works, 1840, Furnace stack to right is the original and first anthracite furnace in America, Increased to three stacks as shown in photo. In 1865-1869 three were added making a total of 6.
Originally built in 1883 as a hand fed open top furnace. Demolished by 1934. Note skip hoist from base of elevator shaft to furnace top and lack of a bridge from elevator to furnace top. Most likely added in a eary 20th century rebuild.
Sizing or putting a protective coating on nylon yarn in DuPont plant at Seaford, Delaware. The yarn is wound from one package to another; passing over a substance which gives it added protection during textile manufacturing operations. The size is...
Sizing or putting a protective coating on nylon yarn in DuPont plant at Seaford, Delaware. The yarn is wound from one package to another; passing over a substance which gives it added protection during textile manufacturing operations. The size is...
Sizing or putting a protective coating on nylon yarn in DuPont plant at Seaford, Delaware. The yarn is wound from one package to another; passing over a substance which gives it added protection during textile manufacturing operations. The size is...
A dainty, flocked star flower pattern adds dimension and textural interest to the smooth nylon tricot used in this enchanting feminine costume for glamour lounging. Use of DuPont nylon assures complete washability plus the added boon of little or...
In the processing of continuous filament Dacron polyester fiber, the yarn must be drawn to give it added strength and elasticity. This rack of yarn has just been drawn on the machines in the background and is on its way to the inspections station...
Moving down across the picture from the upper right corner, Dacron polyester fiber in rope like tow form rushes into the drawing machine (not shown) where al fib3ers will be stretched to give them proper strength. This is one of many steps through...
