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.
This family was sent back to the state line by the Los Angeles police. Refused entrance to California, it was only after they had wired back to Arkansas to borrow $50 cash to show at the border that they were permitted to enter. The fact that their...
Vat dyes may be conveniently applied to a wider variety of fabrics than ever before by means of the Multi Lap machine, developed by the DuPont Company's Dyestuffs Division. A working model of the machine is being demonstrated here by William M....
Bars of TD Nickel, a new alloy developed by DuPont for high temperature use in missiles and space vehicles, are displayed by William Wartel, technical supervisor at the DuPont Metals Center in Baltimore. The starting material is a powder containing...
Waste from manufacturing operations at DuPonts Memphis, TN plant receives special treatment before it is finally discharged into nearby stream, Building in background houses automatic controls. Pipes carry chlorine, caustic and steam, which are...
Compressors are basic tools for making ammonia for industry and as a starting material for other products of the Belle WV plant of DuPonts Polychemicals Department. Six of a battery of fifteen primary compressors in line build up fast pressures in...
Refining of crude alcohol, represented by the two bottles on the bottom step, at the Belle WV plant of the DuPont Company's Polychemicals Department, produces five intermediate alcohols, represented by bottles on the second step, and finally the...
An intermediate step in making synthetic lilac perfume-the distillation of terpineol. The crude terpineol oil is vaporized in a vacuum still, the vapors are purified in a fractionating column, cooled in a condenser and finally the pure terpineol...
The sales psychology of the self service package is demonstrated by this series of five cakes being shown by the Film Department of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. From the virtually blank package at the upper left, which draws a blank reaction...
Hendrick inquires about the catalogue he has requested which has not yet arrived, and about a 4 passenger steam carriage. There is a handwritten postscript which notes that the catalog has finally arrived and inquires about their surrey.
Caption: "Lowering conveyors load railways cars with coal after it has been given its preliminary cleaning and sizing. These cars are sent to the central preparation plant a few miles away where the product is finally prepared for marker by the...
Written on back: "Picture showing in the foreground, first, Lukens Steel Company Main Office. Next residence of Charles L. Huston; then Huston Mansion, and finally the old Lukens Mansion, with the Lukens Steel Co. in the background."
Discussion of the company including machinery and startup costs. Further disuccses the merino wool business, international issues about trade and government involvement, duPont's prized flock. Finally, the report closes with a discussion of the...
Text from back of image: 'Somewhere in the cold of Alaska, the round-the-world flyers are battling their way through bad weather conditions in their attempt to encircle the globe. After several hard-luck experiences at Seattle, the army airmen...
Text from back of image: 'Somewhere in the cold of Alaska, the round-the-world flyers are battling their way through bad weather conditions in their attempt to encircle the globe. After several hard-luck experiences at Seattle, the army airmen...
Text from back of image: "Five months unrelenting search through the mountains of California and Arizona for Col. Francis Marshall and Lieut. Charles Webber, ended when their wrecked airplane and the bodies of the two men were found in densely...
Text from back of image: "Five months unrelenting search through the mountains of California and Arizona for Col. Francis Marshall and Lieut. Charles Webber, ended when their wrecked airplane and the bodies of the two men were found in densely...
Text from back of image: "The crew of the navy seaplane PN9-1 having been lost at sea for 9 days and finally picked up by the submarine P4 were given a fitting welcome upon their return to S. F. today aboard the U.S.S. Idaho. Photo shows from left...
