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...
Nylon carpeting, paradoxically the most luxurious yet in terms of wear life and upkeep, the most economical ever made, was shown at a press meeting held recently in New York by the Nye-Wait Company. Almost 100 different samples were displayed were...
The records consist of photocopies of miscellaneous documents of the Empire Steel and Iron Company, the originals of which are in the possession of the National Canal Museum at Easton, Pa. Most of them seem to have come from the Mount Hope site....
on front of card: "The Hoosier State's Largest and Most Complete Summer Resort" on back of card: "Indiana Beach, 3 Miles north of Moticello and 6 miles east of Monon, consists of 48 modern Cottages, the "Beach House," a new modern Hotel plus a...
on front of card: "Sunny-Brook Tourist Court. 1516 South Shore Drive. Holland, Michigan." on back of card: "Thank you for your inquiry. We would like you to come to Holland's most spacious resort court, "SUNNYBROOK," for your vacation,...
Advertising card for "The Sexual System and its Derangements" by Dr. E.C. Abbey of Buffalo, New York. Puzzle card with illustration showing a scene in which the reader must find animals hidden in the picture.
on front of card: "New French Market, New Orleans, LA." on back of card: "Interwoven with history, romance and tradition, the FrenchMarket is one of the most coorful food markets inthe world. A heritage from the days of trade witht he Indians,...
This photograph which is the most remarkable marine picture ever made stands alone in a class by itself. It shows a condition at sea never before pictured by the camera. That the crew of the sinking vessel ever escaped at all is as remarkable as...
Honest to goodness, this is really the largest commercial building in America. Merchandise Mart has four million square feet of floor space. Tower section alone is as large as most office buildings. If built up like most of the recent setback...
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...
The exceptionally high magnification of the most modern type of electron microscope helps solve the research problems of industrial chemistry at the Experimental Station. Electronic images produced by magnetic �lenses� of this instrument reveal...
The exceptionally high magnification of the most modern type of electron microscope helps solve the research problems of industrial chemistry at the Experimental Station. Electronic images produced by the magnetic 'lenses' of this instrument reveal...
Sulfuric acid, made from sulfur, is most versatile industrial chemical and the most widely used. Piles of sulfur shown at DuPonts East Chicago, Indiana plant are just mole hills in comparison to the 15 million tons made last year by DuPont and...
DuPont's 50 year old plant 20 miles southwest of Denver, Colorado has 97 separate buildings. Nitroglycerin is shown above. Buildings are widely dispersed for safety reasons, with only two to three men working in most units. The result: the plant...
Typed caption: Regal satin such as the rich, deep blue all acetate chosen by Patou for one of his most magnificent evening ensembles, was the most widely used fabric for formal gowns in the Paris collections. The skirt is slim to the knees, flaring...
Typed caption: The Madame X silhouette made famous by Sargent's portrait appears in this modern version, as provocative and feminine as ever. In this interpretation, Rosalie Macrinin uses a bias line that develops into the most figure flattering of...
Collection guide for the National Foreign Trade Council Records. The NFTC was organized in 1914 to coordinate U.S. foreign trade activities. The NFTC is one of the most significant and influential trade associations dealing exclusively with...
Text from back: "Liberty Soap and Soap Powder. Liberty Powder is free from an excess of alkali, and, as it contains no injurious ingredient, it will not injure the most sensitive hands or most delicate linen, though equally effective as a dirt...
