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...
Potbellied stove for winter heating was a feature of this early DuPont plant control laboratory at the company's Repauno dynamite plant in Gibbstown, New Jersey. It contrasts sharply with today's ultra-modern laboratory facilities.
Correspondence regarding Patrick Holton, Michael Holton, John Early, William Early, Francis Travers, Owen Grant, Mary Grant, Eliza O'Donnell, Grace McLaughlin, Mary McLaughlin, Mary Gallagher, Hannah Gallagher, and Charles McLaughlin.
Correspondence regarding the arrival of passengers on the ships "Minerva" (Captain Miller) and "John Kerr" (Captain Taitt) from Londonderry to Wilmington, Delaware, including James Moore (William Moore, sponsor); Richard Moore (John Moore,...
An open pit mine, Great lakes Area. Page 2 of an original 46 pages compiled by the War Production Board in 1943. The photos range from the early 2oth C. to the early 1940's, a number of which were used in publications and advertisements prior to...
Stone open top blast furnace. Possibly built in the early to mid 1800's'. A pipe stove is positioned at the charging floor level of the furnace. The pipe leading from the adjacent building is probably the cold blast main feeding the pipe stove. ...
Nylon 66 polymer, the type which was later commercialized, was first synthesized in February, 1935. In one year, more than 50 other nylon polymers were made with a simple glass apparatus like that pictured here. This phase of the work was one step...
Walter O. Simon (left) director of production and John L. Brill, technical director of the DuPont Company's Film Department, inspect a scale model of the chemical building which will be part of the $10 million plant which the company will build...
Modern American dye industry was born in this handful of buildings at Deepwater, New Jersey on July 17, 1917 when DuPont processed its first successful charge of sulfur black. Acute shortage of dyes during World War I precipitated the company's...
Early research work on titanium metal is illustrated here by DuPont scientist. A thimble full of titanium crystals on an electrode was a peak test tube output. DuPont announced the world's first small scale commercial production in 1948. Since...
Early buildings of the Experimental Station, which borders historic Brandywine Creek, near the site of the original powder mills built by the founder of the company more than 150 years ago. Research conducted at the Station has led to the...
