Handwritten on back: "Longwood Mansion. P.S. du Pont's Bedroom - North East End. Painting of pine trees and lake at Longwood - Clemson Hammitt; Sleigh bed of Lamont du Pont, 1831-1844"
Cellophane enters one end of long casting machine as a liquid and is wound up at the other end as a dry, shiny film. On its way through the machine, a series of baths purify, wash and soften it after which it is dried. At the wind up end, a full...
A guide to primary material at the Hagley Museum and Library. For access to the contents of this collection contact Hagley at research@hagley.org or 302-654-2800.
A salmon cannery at Santa Ana, one of Alaska's 94 salmon canneries which put up an annual product valued at approximately eighteen million dollars. The cans of salmon packaged last year if placed end to end would extend a distance of 17,707 miles...
Designed for the growing number of middle income buyers, the Mercury car line was introduced in the fall of 1938 effectively filling Ford Motor Companys product lineup between the Ford at the popular priced end of the sale and the Lincoln Zephyr at...
Wind up end of casting machine. Operator carefully inspects transparent film base, just before it is wound on large spool and as it comes form the drying portion of the machine, She will make a record of any flaws in film in the log book in front...
Written on back: "Old end built 1891 [illegible] still in excellent condition. New end built 1893 [illegible] roof twice renewed then replaced by boards covered by [illegible]. Photo taken June 1906."
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...
Text from back of image: "The 10-P-L, flagship of six giant Navy planes which successfully negotiated the 2150 miles of air and ocean between San Francisco and Honolulu, skids to a safe landing on the blue waters of Pearl Harbor at the end of the...
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...
Seated at near table left end: Susan Coleman Williams; Far side: James Paul Mills, Jr. Ernest Douglas Levering, Charles Porter Schutt, Jr., Thomas Bayard, III; Near side: Marion du Pont McConnell, William Bayard du Pont, Jr., Lawrence Sven...
Table of Contents: Urethane foam for furniture; You and your toothbrush; Moscow after dark; Project 4120: make a new synthetic rubber; The railroads' history makers; Calypso explores an undersea canyon; The chemist's electronic servants; Traveling...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Space flight; Floor coverings; Explosives; Quarrying; Weeds; Petroleum industry; Shutters; Nylon; Plastics industry;
Table of Contents: Suited for space odyssey; Wall-to-wall everywhere you wander; Parting the polysyllabiecs; The over-burdened beauty; Recipe for refreshment; A reliable barrier against oil brines; It's in the cards; Bound for more of less; An end...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Drums; Bathing suits; Textile industry; Baseball; Holograms; Remodeling; Agriculture; Packaging; Automobile racing; Water heaters;
Table of Contents: The beat of a different drum; Suitable solutions; Seeing baseball in a new dimension; Remodeling residential America; In my opinion; Sounding the dinner bell; The Midas touch; Suited for survival; No end to the hot water; News in...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; War work; Defense industry; Parachute industry; Nylon; Safety;
Table of Contents: An improved explosive rivet; And speaking of rivets; Spinning into war; Nylon, after the war; Engineering and contruction; Heavy chemicals for war; A safety color code for industry; An end to poison ivy; What's new.
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Furniture industry; Agriculture;
Table of Contents: Letter from customer; Those popular bleached blondes; Pioneering in potash; Want a softer toothbrush; Packaging films report for duty; The gusher called Spindletop; Revolution in electronics; Fifth column of the forage land; This...
