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...
Pennsylvania Railroad; On back: New P.R.R. Bridge over Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, This bridge has just been completed, being over twice the width of the old bridge. Over it pass all the P.R.R. New York trains and all P.R.R. through trains...
The papers of Paul Arthur are comprised of material collected by Dr. Arthur’s sister, Dorothy Arthur from 1967 through the 1988. The Collection is divided into two series. The first contains press releases from the DuPont Company and includes...
Text from back of image: "Completing the first all air trip around the world, the Graf Zeppelin under the command of Hugo Eckener arrived over New York City this morning just as the first streaks of light were penetrating the gray dawn. The...
Text from back of image: "Completing the first all air trip around the world, the Graf Zeppelin under the command of Hugo Eckener arrived over New York City this morning just as the first streaks of light were penetrating the gray dawn. The...
Text from back of image: "Completing the first all air trip around the world, the Graf Zeppelin under the command of Hugo Eckener arrived over New York City this morning just as the first streaks of light were penetrating the gray dawn. The...
Table of Contents: A leg up on luxury; Made for each other; King of the road; Long-distance diagnosis; All aflutter over flags; The DBE difference; The everyman open; Log cabin's new quarters; A report on electronic publishing; Over the bounding...
Correspondence from wife to husband regarding every day life, which she says she condenses on account of bad eyesight. She discusses the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard and others, and comments on the letters he has sent her. Sophia laments over not...
An agent in Cincinnati has slashed prices and has contacted some of A.V. du Pont's customers to trying to undersell them, asks for advice on the situation as to prices. Also discusses traveling to Nashville and the currency there. Du Pont expects...
on front of card: "What is Roadside America? Who enters here will be taken by surprises! Be prepared to see more than you expect! You will be amazed at Roadside America's beauty and mechanical skill. Over 50 years in the making by our family. You...
The huge tail span of the Constellation-first Lockheed to have three fins. Lockheed is famous for its many twin tailed airplanes. The three tail arrangement not only keep over all height to a minimum for convenience in fitting into hangars the...
These fortunate passengers have before them a smoother, over-weather flight o their destination at speeds of over 300 miles an hour heretofore achieved only by the swiftest military or experimental racing planes. In addition to performance that...
These fortunate passengers have before them a smoother, over-weather flight o their destination at speeds of over 300 miles an hour heretofore achieved only by the swiftest military or experimental racing planes. In addition to performance that...
Air freight handled by the 16 scheduled trunk airlines during the first six months of this year was up an estimated 156 percent over the same period in 1947, a total of 30,723,010 freight ton miles as compared with 11,984,214. This trailer-truck,...
Still busily rolling out nylon is this casting wheel, part of the original equipment constructed in 1937 to make some of the first nylon. Although two large yarn plants have since gone into operation, this original wheel (made over from an engine...
More than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever...
More than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever...
More than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever...
More than a quarter mile of eight inch nylon hawser, the first to be put into commercial use, was delivered to ocean going tug Margot Moran, a 1,200 horse-power unit of Moran Towing and Transportation Company fleet. The hawser is the largest ever...
