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.
Text from back of image: "The first International Challenge Tour for Light Planes, the biggest light plane contest ever held, started from Orly, near Paris yesterday (Wed). After preliminary tests for folding, weight, engine-starting, etc., the...
Text from back of image: "The first International Challenge Tour for Light Planes, the biggest light plane contest ever held, started from Orly, near Paris yesterday (Wed). After preliminary tests for folding, weight, engine-starting, etc., the...
Text from back of photo: 'Dale (Red) Jackson and Forest O'Brien, St. Louis fliers, are tuning up their endurance plane to break record now held by the Hunter brothers of Sparta, Ill., which is 553 hours, 41 minutes. Prior to the Hunter boys feat...
Typed press release: "Philadelphia, PA: Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont, with cocktail, talking to a member of the garden club during a reception held after the dinner at the twenty-fifth anniversary meeting, held at the museum of art here last night."
Official Program for the Montpelier Horse Show held on October 26, 1929. William du Pont, Jr.'s sister, Marion du Pont Sommerville, resided at the Montpelier estate.
Sketches; Interior design; Interior decoration; Charitable organizations; Christmas trees
Red Thunderbird Christmas tree sketch by William Pahlmann. This was a proposed design for a charity event held by the Fine Arts Group of the Southern California Assistance League. The League asked prominent interior designers to create some sort...
Photographs; Interior design; Interior decoration; Charitable organizations; Christmas trees
Photos of William Pahlmann's entry for a charity event held by the Fine Arts Group of the Southern California Assistance League. The League asked prominent interior designers to create some sort of Christmas tree. Pahlmann's tree consisted of...
Sketches; Interior design; Interior decoration; Charitable organizations; Christmas trees
Leather Christmas tree sketch by William Pahlmann. This was a proposed design for a charity event held by the Fine Arts Group of the Southern California Assistance League. The League asked prominent interior designers to create some sort of...
Freight car runs wild, leaps on auto- One of eleven freight cars that ran wild on a railroad siding near Cincinnati tore through a concrete ramp, which lifted it ten feet into the air and fell on a Plymouth automobile parked near the tracks. The...
A few minutes after this photograph was snapped these 33 sturdy Vultee BT-13 Basic Trainers, piloted by U.S. Army fliers in foreground were roaring down the 4000 foot runway at 10 second intervals for delivery to Moffett Field, California basic...
A preview via television of the National Automobile Show was held at Rockefeller Plaza, Nov. 10th, when 1,939 cars passed before the iconoscope television camera and were viewed through the receiving set on the 54th floor of the NBC building by...
A preview via television of the National Automobile Show was held at Rockefeller Plaza, Nov. 10th, when 1,939 cars passed before the iconoscope television camera and were viewed through the receiving set on the 54th floor of the NBC building by...