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...
Hendrick requests that Taunton reply to his earlier inquiries and adds a query about the height and diameter of the 10 horse boiler. Hendrick prefers their boiler to one from Salamandrine based on its lesser weight and appearance. The guarantee he...
Hendrick writes to say he has received the auto, but finds it rides more roughly. Hendrick requests the return of the old springs as well as caps for the wheels. He may decide to use the old springs when he takes out the present boiler. There is...
Hendrick wants to exchange the present boiler and burner for a 15 or 20 horse power boiler. He believes the the 90 pounds of air pressure needed to work with the kerosene boiler the company sent him would be too much for the tank.
Written on back of image: "Looking across race toward Rockford Plant from site of present ice plant, before 1905. Stock at right Rockford Power Plant, on site of present office building"
Written on back: "Father of the Present Management Whose Patience and Far-Sighted Wisdom here Instrumental in the Present Prosterity and [illegible] of the Company."
Photograph taken in 1951 showing large center table which was made from a part of the old table used in 8th floor director's room from 1916 to 1930. After the original table was cut in two and each section refinished as an individual table, this...
Table of Contents: DuPont's Works;Safe Explosives for Coal Mining; The Newburgh Plant; The Evolution of the Book; Shooting at School; Doors of the Past and Present; Paint as a Protector and Beautifier; The Relations of DuPont American Industries to...
Table of Contents: The story of gunpowder; Lincoln-Orinoco furniture; Gold mining, from prospecting days to the present; Waste materials disposal; More attractive silent salesman; Du-lite has been improved; Early days in high explosives; Cellophane...
Table of Contents: Research activities; Kentucky's black rock; A classic of the air; Parlor, bedroom, and bath; Books and looks; The Tontine shade roller; Gypsum in the Empire State; What of the years to come; Cellophane in the home; Evolution of...
Table of Contents: Hats off to the railroads; Rayon for new-type furniture; Duplate, safety recommends its use for automobiles; Color photography today; High carnival on Manhattan; Wild life, past and present; True sportsmen conserve game; Now -- a...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Defense industry; War relief;
Table of Contents: The cavalcade of chemistry; Chemistry in this hour; When every minute counts; Conservation of materials; Chemistry and civilian needs; Food; Clothing; Shelter; Safety; Health; The present serves our future.
Short, undated note from William du Pont's secretary, Charles K. Lennig, to du Pont enumerating the acreage of the Montpelier property, the taxes assesed on it and the number of buildings present.
Mrs. Ruth Haig with two bullfrogs that went to market. The only problem that stands between the domestic producer of frogs and enormous profits is the production of frogs in sufficient numbers. Until some of the problems of production have been...
Rudy Blesch, probably the most distinguished jazz authority in the country and author of many books on the subject, drops in on Editor Bill Grauer of the Record Changer Magazine to discuss old ragtime piano records. Blesch is at the present time...
Bombers for the British are rolling off the production lines of the Lockheed Aircraft factory, Burbank in steadily increasing numbers, as is evidenced by this line up of famous Lockheed Hudsons, on which mechanics are making final adjustments for...
The First Automobile Show-People weren't even sure that the horseless carriage was "here to stay" when the first automobile show was held at the Old Madison Square Garden, New York, in 1900. Manufacturers of that period had different ideas as to...
Dredging; Laborers; Machinery; Construction equipment;
A 15 cu. yard dipper used on one of the big dipper dredges at Panama. A platform has been suspended half way down this dipper and thirty-four men have been grouped on this platform. This gives you an idea of the immense size of these dippers. We...
Introduced in the fall of 1954 the two passenger Thunderbird was Americas first volume built personal car and quickly caught the publics eye. Present day collectors have made it one of the most prized of modern era special interest cars.
Hailed as a styling masterpiece virtually from the moment it was introduced on October 2, 1939 the Lincoln Continental was distinctive offshoot of the Lincoln Zephyr series, developed under the leadership of Edsel Ford. It was in effect eh Mark I,...
