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Title: Nylon hosiery demonstration at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001520
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Miss Chemistry in test tube at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001519
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Helen Patterson examines nylon hosiery at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Stockings from coal, air and water. Helen Patterson examines--and displays--hosiery made of the new chemical material, nylon, which made its debut at the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' Fair exhibit.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001518
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Jewel Lindsay looks through Lucite at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Creator: Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Clear as crystal is this plastic cylinder, through which Jewel Lindsay is looking. It is 'Lucite' methyl methacrylate, and is featured at the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' exhibit, New York World's Fair. In the background is a machine which turns out 'Lucite' tumblers at the rate of four a minute.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001537
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Plastic safety glass is demonstrated at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A new type of plastic used to make safety glass is shown here at the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' exhibit, New York World's Fair. It is characterized by extreme elasticity, as Clark Merrick is demonstrating here for the benefit of Mary Sheridan.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001522
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Clarence Hill demonstrates developments in ceramic colors at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Clarence Hill, a junior at the Rutgers University School of Ceramics. His is employed at the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' exhibit at the New York World's Fair. Hill's work consists of demonstrating the new developments in ceramic colors, spraying pottery and glass and baking in a kiln.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001544
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Jewel Lindsay models test-tube creations at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Chemistry plays an ever increasing role in fashion: gowns of rayon, stockings of nylon, plastic jewelry, shoe heels and even hats. Jewel Lindsay, shown against a characteristic chemical background, will model these test-tube creations at the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' exhibit, New York World's Fair.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001515
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Miniature cellophane film equipment at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This fully authentic machine is a one-eighteenth scale model of the factory equipment manufacturing a 'Cellophane' cellulose film. It is shown at the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' exhibit at the New York World's Fair. The devices on top demonstrate the first steps--converting wood pulp to viscose. At the right is a candy-wrapping machine, illustrating for visitors the practical application of the film.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001545
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Loom with a Jacquard attachment at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A loom with a 'Jacquard' attachment for weaving patterns in color, part of the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' exhibit at the World's Fair. The machine turns viscose rayon cloth.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001506
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Rotary seed treater' demonstration at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Dr. M.D. Leonard, in charge of the Pest Control Laboratory at the DuPont Company World's Fair exhibit, points out a 'rotary seed treater' to Mary Sheridan. It is a new feature, demonstrating how seeds are chemically treated to check plant diseases.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001531
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Standard hosiery knitting machine at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Visitors to the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' exhibit at the New York World's Fair are shown how nylon stockings are knitted. The machines are standard hosiery knitting machines, here being explained by the operator.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001509
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Fabrikoid demonstration at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Creator: Mac-Mee Studios
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001529
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Pyralin display at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001543
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Eileen Leonard with marionette at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Eileen Leonard visits the home of some miniature World's Fair performers, at the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' building. A marionette show is used to sum up the story of chemical research and its relation to the lives of the average American family. The little chap perched on the lady's knee is the guide. The Tatterman group, under the direction of William I. Duncan, is producing the show.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001550
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Kevlar on the American Medical Research Expedition at Everest
Date(s): 1981
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The combination of light weight, high strength, and damage resistance made Kevlar 49 aramid fiber the obvious choice for this laboratory equipment shelter. It was used on the American Medical Research Expedition at Everest in 1981.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001684
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: A miniature paint farm is examined at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Creator: Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A miniature 'paint farm' is being inspected by Jackie McGee. It is part of the exhibit devoted to paints and varnishes at the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' exhibit, New York World's Fair. It shows on a tiny scale how paints are subjected to exposure tests to evaluate their properties.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001542
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Jewel Lindsay examines a ceramic kiln at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Grandmother's oven was never like this! Temperatures of 2000 degrees are reached in his scientific 'bakery' being inspected here by Jewel Lindsay. It bakes the enamel finish on pottery and earthenware, and is part of the DuPont 'Wonder World of Chemistry' exhibit at the New York World's Fair.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001547
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Model paint testing laboratory at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A model paint testing laboratory tells the story of chemical research in finishes at the DuPont Company World's Fair exhibit building. As shown above, young chemists demonstrate the various devices which scientifically gauge the properties of paints, varnishes, enamels and other finishes.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001508
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Cellophane promotion featuring Jimmy Durante
Date(s): 1937
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Cellophane offered tremendous novelty appeal during the decade or so following its commercial introduction by DuPont in 1924. The clear sparkling film 'wrapped' many promotional stunts including this show biz spoof of the early 30's.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001087
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Sink-and-Float' coal separation plant model at 1939 New York World's Fair
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This model of a 'Sink-and-Float' coal separation plant is attracting wide attention at the DuPont Company's 'Wonder World of Chemistry' exhibit at the World's Fair. It demonstrates the practical application of this recent du Pont development in the field. It was built by the Merritt, Chapman & Schott Corporation of New York.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001521
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Waterproof suits of nylon being tested
Date(s): 1940
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Waterproof suits of coated nylon were used by the Air Force in World War II. This test was made in icy waters of the North Atlantic.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00002218
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Human pickup test with nylon harness and rope
Date(s): 1947-12-24
Creator: Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Flying through air with greatest of ease, Pittsburgh: Bernie Cain, Pilot who has made more than 40,000 Air Mail pickups, gets a ride through the air himself in a human pickup test near Pittsburgh. During the war, the human pickup was a top military secret and was used in Burma and Europe. Cain wears a special nylon harness to which a steel ring is attached. A hook on the end of a nylon rope suspended from the plane catches in the ring. The great elasticity of the rope and a windlass in the...
Show moreFlying through air with greatest of ease, Pittsburgh: Bernie Cain, Pilot who has made more than 40,000 Air Mail pickups, gets a ride through the air himself in a human pickup test near Pittsburgh. During the war, the human pickup was a top military secret and was used in Burma and Europe. Cain wears a special nylon harness to which a steel ring is attached. A hook on the end of a nylon rope suspended from the plane catches in the ring. The great elasticity of the rope and a windlass in the plane saves him any jolt when contact is made. Cain reported the sensation is less than that received when an automobile is started in low gear.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00002217
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Nylon parachutes
Date(s): 1942
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Nylon goes to war: Nylon was taken off the civilian market in 1942 to go into war production. Nearly 39 million yards of fiber were used to make 3,860,000 24-foot parachutes.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00002219
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: Nylon cord for aircraft tires
Date(s): 1943
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Tough Tire Cord: Nylon cord was used to reinforce military aircraft and truck cords during WWII. Airplane tires in World War II consumed 13 million pounds of nylon cord, permitted heavier engines and thus heavier bomb loads.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00002220
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

Title: The Nylon Express at Seaford, Delaware
Date(s): 1989
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00001464
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file

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