Willow Run MI- Where less than a year ago workmen were still removing bomber machinery, a pair of 2000 foot long Kaiser-Frazer body trim lines now complete 45 bodies an hour each. The gigantic Kaiser-Frazer automobile lat is now equipped with two...
This Burlington Denver Zephyr locomotive, placed on exhibition today at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Electromotive Division of General Motors at La Grange, is said to be the longest travelled self-propelled land vehicle in the world,...
This walnut paneled room was situated on the 8th floor, Section 4 of the DuPont Building in the location of present rooms 8060-62-64. It was dismantled and the space converted to office rental in 1930, at the completion of the 6th section, which...
Aerial views; Government facilities; Construction;
Text from photo: Almost 60 years laterand still breaking new ground: the year was 1923 and the Daniel Webster Mansion site was being cleared to make room for the national headquarters of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce which would overlook Layfayette...
Text from back of image: "Still in the lead of the Women's Transcontinental Air Derby, Mrs. Louise McPhetridge Thaden of Pittsburgh, PA, appeared over the Cleveland Municipal Airport at 2:14 p.m., Aug. 26th, completing the last leg of the Santa...
Text from back of image: 'Although it has been seven years since Col. Lindbergh flew the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis the plane still commands the interest of thousands of visitors to Washington every year as it hangs in the National Museum.'
Correspondence regarding the passage of the 10 members of the McEvay [McEvey ?] family. Catherwood refuses to take less than $200, because the infants still require tickets.
Bethlehem Steel Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Lifting from the casting pit a 62 ton ingor for side armor of battleship Virginia, Part of Mold still attached at base
An intermediate step in making synthetic lilac perfume-the distillation of terpineol. The crude terpineol oil is vaporized in a vacuum still, the vapors are purified in a fractionating column, cooled in a condenser and finally the pure terpineol...
Hendrick asks them to order a rheostat suitable for reducing 220 volt current to 115 and inquires about an extra battery. He adds that he still hopes to be first in the field as one of Wood's automobiles was delivered a few days before but was...
Hendrick addresses H. G. Osburn, Superintendent of the company. Hendrick refuses to send the tires until he has some to replace them. He encloses pieces of the wheels to show the wear. Hendrick admits that the tires might still be serviceable,...
Hendrick still does not have the carriage. The bill of lading he has received seems suspect and he has not had a reply to his request to have the vehicle traced. Hendrick declines to pay the bill until the arrival of the vehicle.
Text from back of image: "While judges and contestants are still wrangling over the winning of the Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race, this photo, just received from Europe, shows the start of the race from Brussels, Belgium. An American...
Bethlehem Steel Company, Lower Works, Cambria Plant, Johnstown, Pennsylvania blast furnaces 1 through 4. Two of the furnaces have been converted to skip car loading with standard bells while two are still in open top configuration but not in use. ...
Bethlehem Steel Company, Lower Works, Cambria Plant, Johnstown, Pennsylvania blast furnaces 1 through 4. Two of the furnaces have been converted to skip car loading with standard bells while two are still in open top configuration but not in use. ...
Cartes de visite; Military officers; Uniforms; Portrait photographs
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "Genl. George Crook USA" George R. Crook was a career army officer who saw extensive service during the Civil War, particularly in General Philip...
