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 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.
Hendrick writes to inform the company that the vehicle is not satisfactory. He feels that one of the problems is that the battery needs a full charge to get up hills. He declares the vehicle would be all right in cities with paved, flat streets,...
This is another view of the manufacture of continuous sheeting of Butacite polyvinyl acetal resin, which is used as interlayer in modern laminated safety glass. As it passes onto a wind up roll, as shown in this picture, its unusual flexibility is...
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.
Correspondence from Sophie to her husband describing the aftermath of the explosion and the people she is hosting in her house, including the Syle boys (Louis and Fred). Friend Polly and niece Lina stayed with Sophie to help around the house.
Hendrick feels that the engine in his automobile in out of balance as it shakes the carriage very much. Hendrick is exasperated by the problems he is having with the automobile and its parts. He writes, when it is not one thing it is another. ...
Text from back of image: "The ZMC-2, America's first all-metal dirigible airship landed at Grosse Ile, Airport Detroit (Mich.) last night after its initial flight test. The big metal ship, piloted by Captain William C. Kepner, one of the country's...
Text from back of image: "The ZMC-2, America's first all-metal dirigible airship landed at Grosse Ile, Airport Detroit (Mich.) last night after its initial flight test. The big metal ship, piloted by Captain William C. Kepner, one of the country's...
A controversy is developing in the ranks of TWA, The Lindbergh Line over the question are passengers in the Douglas airliners going to consume so much more food while flying that the cost of feeding them is going to show a sharp advance? The...
Production of nylon is a complex art requiring super cleanliness and rigid control of temperatures and pressures. In the manufacture of yarn at the textile fiber plants, the nylon salt solution is first piped into evaporators where much of the...
Production of nylon is a complex art requiring super cleanliness and rigid control of temperatures and pressures. In the manufacture of yarn at the textile fiber plants, the nylon salt solution is first piped into evaporators where much of the...
Production of nylon is a complex art requiring super cleanliness and rigid control of temperatures and pressures. In the manufacture of yarn at the textile fiber plants, the nylon salt solution is first piped into evaporators where much of the...
Production of nylon is a complex art requiring super cleanliness and rigid control of temperatures and pressures. In the manufacture of yarn at the textile fiber plants, the nylon salt solution is first piped into evaporators where much of the...
DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina plant is one of two plants where Dacron polyester fiber is made. The other is located at Old Hickory Tennessee. Bothe Kinston and Old Hickory plants maintain a textile laboratory. The view here shows part of the...
At DuPont Kinston, North Carolina plant where Dacron polyester fiber is made, the company also maintains a complete textile laboratory, part of which is shown here. The purpose of the laboratory is to enable the plant to keep a check on how Dacron...
DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina plant is one of two plants where Dacron polyester fiber is made. The other is located at Old Hickory Tennessee. Bothe Kinston and Old Hickory plants maintain a textile laboratory. The view here shows part of the...
This is the point where the film base receives its coating of light sensitive emulsion. The transparent base dips into a tray which is filled with emulsion and comes away with just the right thickness of emulsion coated on it. The point at which...
A step in the manufacture of Butacite polyvinyl butyral resin, which is used as the inner layer of laminated safety glass for automobiles. Here Butacite is being cut to widths ordered by the customer to fit his requirements for windshields and...
