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...
Written on back: "7 Anna Roobyan CIV. 10 Takohee Kushbuloodyan XCVII." Detail: "TAKOHEE KUSHBOOLOODIAN is a little girl who was nine years old in 1922. She has lost her parents in the recent troubles, but was rescued by Miss Salmond and taken...
Historians, in a not too distant future, are likely to point out that nothing this country has accomplished since the war is of more profound importance than our recent achievements in highway construction. Especially important the all weather...
Striking aerial view of Miami, metropolis of the American Riviera. Marvelous development of resort places in southern Florida menaces the French-already thousands of Americans who formerly went to the Mediterranean winter resorts to spend their...
Formerly the Dorothy (our Hull No. 1) assisting the carrier Midway to her outfitting berth after the launching ceremony on March 20th 1945. The first and smallest ship built by NNS and DD Company and the largest and most recent ship delivered.
This Burlington Denver Zephyr locomotive, placed on exhibition today at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Electromotive Division of General Motors at La Grange, is said to be the longest travelled self-propelled land vehicle in the world,...
The DuPont site at Old Hickory, Tennessee reflects the complexity of the many new products now being made on this location replacing rayon and cellophane which were once manufactured here. The aerial view show the new plants for Corfam poromeric...
This new type of outdoor sign, made with plastic faces, is expected to cause a new trend the in the outdoor display industry. Inexpensively lighted with cold cathode tubes, the sign glows brightly and evenly as the Lucite acrylic resin faces...
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...
These are the big storage tanks for methyl alcohol (methanol) at the Perth Ambo NJ plant of DuPont's Electrochemicals Department where formaldehyde is manufacture from methanol and air. The quantity of methanol produced formerly depended up on the...
Formaldehyde for plastics and other uses is made from methyl alcohol (methanol) and air. These are the big storage tanks for methanol at the Perth Amboy NJ plant of DuPont's Electrochemicals Department where formaldehyde is manufactured. The...
A recent development in the textile field that is growing in importance is Cordura rayon. This rayon yarn was made expressly for the manufacturing of cords for bus, truck and passenger car tires. Because of its high strength and its ability to...
A recent development in the textile field that is growing in importance is Cordura rayon. This rayon yarn was made expressly for the manufacturing of cords for bus, truck and passenger car tires. Because of its high strength and its ability to...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for Henry Disston & Sons account books. Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. was a major manufacturer of saws and other woodworking tools and one of the largest industrial firms in Philadelphia. The records, 1824-1918 (bulk, 1867-1907),...
Written on back of image: "August 27, 1937. To: F. Bromley: I am enclosing a print showing a method Rice, Barton and Fales have of supporting the pinion shaft, in order to get the print machines closer together. By this method they claim they are...
text on back: Pierre Gentieu on the road. James Fisher and Milford Fisher at the window, Thos. Haley by the cellar door-DuPont Co. Main residence of country place of Rumford Still Standing 2 cypress trees that were formerly in front of the house.
