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...
Text from back of image: 'Army officers and high government officials at Bolling Field, Washington, DC on April 3rd welcomed home the six army planes that have just completed a flight to the West Indies and return. Secretary Weeks extended the...
Text from back of image: 'Photo shows Capt. D. Coste and Maurice Bellonte, receiving the congratulations of one of their admirers, at Curtiss Airport, Long Island, as they returned after successfully completing their flight to Dallas, Texas, for...
Text from back of image: 'Richer by $25,000, Maurice Bellonte and Capt. D. Coste are seen here as they were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Doret, at Curtiss Field, Long Island, after winning the $25,000 offered by Col. William Easterwood for their...
Text from back of image: 'Photo shows the Question Mark as it landed with Capt. D. Coste and Maurice Bellonte at Curtiss Field, Long Island, after they successfully completed their flight to Dallas, Texas for the $25,000 prize offered by Col. W....
Long Beach CA- As this swift and deadly attack bomber rolled off production lines of Douglas Aircraft Companys blackout plant here, the first for 1942, Douglas employees tagged it: With New Years greetings to Emperor Hirohito from 130,000,000...
This triple duty Super Constellation, sporting a new military look, is ready to start long haul service with the Military Air Transport Service as a convertible transport that can be quick switched to carry passengers, cargo or hospital litter...
A long one- CP Rail's Spiral Tunnels in the Rockies is one of the longest railway tunnels in the world. Built in 1908, it is constructed in such a way that as the end of a long train enters the tunnel, the front will be exiting underneath it or...
Mrs. Rose C. Penna, 20, whose husband is entering the Signal Corps, is typical of the women now filling jobs of men who have gone into military service. The long Island Railroad has women cleaning engines as Rose is doing here; operating signal...
This cute baby is well dressed for any occasion in candy striped rumba sun suit of crisp nylon plisse that washes easily, dries quickly and needs no ironing. The fabric keeps its fresh, bright look for a long time because it is made of DuPont...
Good paint bristles must be tapered, tough and resilient. These new tapered nylon paint brush bristles in the bundles are superior replacements for long, lithe pig bristles from China and Russia. The first satisfactory tapered bristle ever made by...
These handsome, roomy, bumper-end sofas feature upholstery fabric of Dacron polyester fiber. The attractive frieze weave, with lofty loop pile entirely of the DuPont fiber, is rich and full bodied and remarkable soft to the touch. The fabric has...
This scene shows part of the loading of large cartridges of DuPont 60% gelatin dynamite in the Susquehanna River near Marietta, Pennsylvania. The cartridges were five inches in diameter, 24 inches long and weighed 25 pounds each. The illustration...
A sluggish stream, blocked by silt, vegetation and roots, was released quickly through ditching a 225 foot long, channel engineers. It required 100 pounds of dynamite for a job that would have taken a long time by dragline. The demonstration was in...
Hendrick is trying to discover the maker of an automobile which was featured in an endurance test on Long Island. The vehicle was equipped with a compound condensing engine which made the 100 mile trip without a stop and lost only 6 gallons of...
Photo of hundreds of women formed a line a block long when a New York City store advertised a sale of the first post-war nylons. The long "nylon lines" wound their way through city streets across the U.S.
Typed caption: This long theater suit, because of the richness of its color and design, could be worn for the most formal occasions. It was designed day Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner in a delicious melon shade in Whelan's 100% nylon lace...
