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.
Military officers; Navies; Blockades; Armored vessels
Career Navy officer Percival Drayton served as a junior commander in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and later as Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron under Rear-Admiral David G....
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.
On Delaware regiments, formation and creation of, and under what laws justify their creation and who is to govern them, also Governor is at loss as to making companies take an oath of allegiance
Campaigns & battles; Naval warfare; Naval prints; Government vessels; Military officers; Sheet music covers; Music
Sheet music commemorating the U.S. Navy's successful attacks on Forts Walker and Beauregard at Port Royal, South Carolina, 7 November 1861. This attack was carried out by the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under the command of Commodore Samuel...
Caption: "Discovery of a rebel batter and camp on Vernon River, Geo. Dec. 11th 1861, by the U.S. gun boats 'Ottowa,' 'Seneca,' 'Pembina,' and 'Mary Andrew' under command of Capt. Rogers of the 'Wabash.' Presented to Commodore Dupont with the...
Freight car runs wild, leaps on auto- One of eleven freight cars that ran wild on a railroad siding near Cincinnati tore through a concrete ramp, which lifted it ten feet into the air and fell on a Plymouth automobile parked near the tracks. The...
Final inspection of Dycril printing plates under gold light at DuPont's new plant at Parlin, New Jersey. Operator here inspects plate to insure against surface flaws. When used in printing, the photosensitive plate is placed in contact with a...
Final inspection of Dycril printing plates under gold light at DuPont's new plant at Parlin, New Jersey. Operator here inspects plate to insure against surface flaws. When used in printing, the photosensitive plate is placed in contact with a...
The DuPont Company's new $10 million plant for manufacture of Mylar polyester film, under construction near Circleville, Ohio is more than 50% completed and is expected to start operations in the latter part of 1954. This will be the first full...
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...
Butacite' polyvinyl butyral resin is used as inner layer of safety glass. Sheeting manufactured from this resin is of excellent clarity and color and is particularly resistant to the deteriorating influences of prolonged exposure to heat, light and...
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...
The Barotor, developed by DuPont research and produced commercially under license by manufacturers of dyeing equipment for rapid dyeing of large yardages of fabric under pressure, is typical of accomplishments of DuPont's $6 million Textile...
