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- Title
- Multiple images of home products made with nylon created for Better Living
- Date(s)
- 1956
- Contributor(s)
- E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Public Relations Department (associated name), E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Textile Fibers Department (originator)
- Description
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Photographs of woman in homes that utilize products made with nylon, such as curtains and furniture. The photos were created/used by the magazine 'Better Living'.'New baby' is written on the back of Page 1 and Page 2.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Textile Fibers Product Information photographs (Accession 1984.259)
- Hagley ID
- 1984259_010313_127
- Collection
- DuPont Company Textile Fibers Product Information photographs
- Title
- Recovery control panel
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1413
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Yarn processing operation
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Hundreds of individual ends of continuous filament yarn feed from the creel in the processing operation at E. I. du Pont Nemours & Company's plant for manufacturing Orlon acrylic fiber at Camden, South Carolina.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1404
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Machine shops at Orlon manufacturing facility
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
From precision, watch like parts for automatic gauges and panel control boards to heavy shafts, the modern machine shop at the May Plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company near here is equipped for virtually every emergency or maintenance job. The plant is the first in the world for the full scale commercial manufacture of Orlon acrylic fiber.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1406
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Shipping Orlon
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Ready for transporting to textile mills, cartons of Orlon acrylic fiber move to the shipping platform of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company's plant near here.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1416
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Automatic weigh tanks at Orlon acrylic fiber manufacturing plant
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Automatic weigh tanks arranged in horizontal and vertical tandem are representative of the modern bulk handling equipment installed throughout the May plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina for manufacturing Orlon acrylic fiber.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1409
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Machine shops at Orlon manufacturing facility
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
From precision, watch like parts for automatic gauges and panel control boards to heavy shafts, the modern machine shop at the May Plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company near here is equipped for virtually every emergency or maintenance job. The plant is the first in the world for the full scale commercial manufacture of Orlon acrylic fiber.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1407
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Automatic weigh tanks at Orlon acrylic fiber manufacturing plant
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Automatic weigh tanks arranged in horizontal and vertical tandem are representative of the modern bulk handling equipment installed throughout the May plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina for manufacturing Orlon acrylic fiber.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1408
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Dust filtration bags made of DuPont Orlon acrylic fiber being installed at Cabot Carbon Company
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Dust filtration bags made of DuPont Orlon acrylic fiber being installed at the Ville Platte, Louisiana plant of the Cabot Carbon Company to recover costly carbon black from smokestack wastes.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1411
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Shipping Orlon
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Exact weights are stamped on every shipping container of Orlon acrylic fiber before leaving the DuPont Company's May plant near Camden, South Carolina.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1419
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Orlon acrylic fiber
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1412
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Manufacturing acrylonitrile
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Acrylonitrile, a chemical intermediate used in the manufacture of Orlon acrylic fiber, is made in this Explosives Department production unit at the DuPont Company's Beaumont, Texas plant. Reflecting the latest developments of chemical technology, the facility began production n mid 1962. Nearby the Explosives Department also manufactures caprolactam, an intermediate for some types of nylon.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1401_1
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Quality check of Orlon fiber
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Close up of random quality checks of Orlon acrylic fiber, before it goes to inspection room. Here, bobbins of Orlon are selected at random before rack is wheeled into inspection room. These racks will beheld in this area until final check is made. Orlon is produced at E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina in a plant completed in 1952 at a cost of approximately $50,000,000.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1423
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Quality check of Orlon fiber
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Close scrutiny to guard against a score or more of possible defects is given to every bobbin of yarn before shipping at the DuPont Company's May Plant, near Camden, South Carolina where Orlon is manufactured.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1425
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Machine shops at Orlon manufacturing facility
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
From precision, watch like parts for automatic gauges and panel control boards to heavy shafts, the modern machine shop at the May Plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company near here is equipped for virtually every emergency or maintenance job. The plant is the first in the world for the full scale commercial manufacture of Orlon acrylic fiber.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1405
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Orlon acrylic fiber quality control
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1414
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Quality check of Orlon fiber
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1421
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Carts of Orlon acrylic fiber
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
From the final packaging machine, carts of glistening Orlon acrylic fiber in the form of continuous filament yarn go to the inspection tables for a thorough examination before shipping at E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1420
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Shipping Orlon
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Exact weights are stamped on every shipping container of Orlon acrylic fiber before leaving the DuPont Company's May plant near Camden, South Carolina.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1418
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Spinning Orlon onto bobbins
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Orlon acrylic fiber is spun as continuous filament onto bobbins shown here. Bobbins are then placed on racks prior to being washed. After washing, the yarn will continue on it way to the third production stage where it will be wound on shipping bobbins, called pirns. Orlon is produced at E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina in a plant completed in 1952 at a cost of approximately $50,000,000.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1427
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Industrial uses of Orlon
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Far from its position in the textile apparel industry Orlon acrylic fiber does a tough job here where it serves as a filter on a giant filter press. Having qualities which can be adapted to rugged industrial assignment as well as high style, Orlon acrylic fiber withstands ravages of sunlight, weathering, many types of acids and is excellent for auto tops and even specialized work clothes.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1410
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Shipping Orlon
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Ready for transporting to textile mills, cartons of Orlon acrylic fiber move to the shipping platform of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company's plant near here.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1415
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Orlon acrylic fiber
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Continuous filament yarn of Orlon acrylic fiber, greatly magnified, shows the striated surface of the fiber.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1403
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Quality check of Orlon fiber
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Close scrutiny to guard against a score or more of possible defects is given to every bobbin of yarn before shipping at the DuPont Company's May Plant, near Camden, South Carolina where Orlon is manufactured.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1426
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Shipping Orlon
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
-
Exact weights are stamped on every shipping container of Orlon acrylic fiber before leaving the DuPont Company's May plant near Camden, South Carolina.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_1417
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection