Original caption - "A mechanical 'barber' trims the bristles of the toothbrush to the required shape at the Leominster, Massachusetts, plant of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company where toothbrushes are manufactured. Eight whirling knives make...
Caption text on photo: "'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...
Caption text on photo: "This is another view of the manufacturing of continuous sheeting of 'Butacite' polyvinyl [butyral] resin, which is used as interlayer in modern laminated safety glass. As it passes onto a wind-up roll, as shown in this...
Caption text on photo: "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...
Caption text on photo: "Crude methyl methacrylate polymer, the base for 'Lucite' plastic manufactured by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, ready to go into the dryers. The picture was taken at the Company's Belle, West Virginia, plant."
Caption text on photo: "This automatic multiform press is used to perform or cold-form small parts such as 'O' rings, seals, and bearings from 'Teflon' molding powder at the new Polychemicals Sales Service Laboratory. In this operation 'O' rings...
Advertising card for sewing machines manufactured by the Domestic Sewing Machine Company of Newark, New Jersey. Illustration shows a mother sitting at a sewing machine while children watch.
Advertising card for Pearline soap manufactured by James Pyle of New York and sold by Thomas Drew of South Hanover, Massachusetts. Illustration shows a little girl drumming on a box of Pearline.
Advertising card for borax manufactured by Smith Brothers and sold by William T. Coleman & Company of New York and San Francisco. Illustration shows a man assisting a woman.
Advertising card for Soapine manufactured by the Kendall Manufacturing Company of Providence, Rhode Island. Illustration is titled "The Dirt Killer" and shows a beached whale. Back is in English and German.
