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Title: Centennial Gates at Hagley powder yards entrance next to New Machine Shop
Date(s): 1908/1950?, 1908, 1950
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_E38_019
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Alfred, Leslie, and Bert (Gilbert) Mathewson with their dog, Joe Dewey, at Rockford Tower during construction
Date(s): 1899/1901, 1899, 1901
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_P030_016
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Creek Road, road bed and wall under construction in Henry Clay, Delaware
Date(s): 1905/1906, 1905, 1906
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Charles I. du Pont house at center. Long Row houses at right.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_101
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: New Bridge Station for the Wilmington and Northern Railroad in Henry Clay, Delaware
Date(s): 1900/1902?, 1900, 1902
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Looking west.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_105
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Interview with Les Mathewson, undated and 1976 September 3 [transcript]
Date(s): 1976-09-03
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Les Mathewson on stone quarrying.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_060313_08
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Boy with dog on balcony of Alfred I. du Pont's residence, The Swamp, on Breck's Lane
Date(s): 1890/1910?, 1890, 1910
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_076
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Interview with Les Mathewson, undated [audio](part 4)
Date(s): 1976-09-03
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer)
Description: Mathewson describes stone quarrying work in detail, including the process, tools, and his various job responsibilities. He also discusses his time working in the hydroelectric plant.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112513_mathewson_part4
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Les Mathewson, 1976 September 3 [audio](part 3)
Date(s): 1976-09-03
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (interviewee), McKelvey, Frank (interviewer)
Description: Mathewson describes stone quarrying work in detail, including the process, tools, and his various job responsibilities. He also discusses his time working in the hydroelectric plant.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_112513_mathewson_part3
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Unidentified female workers
Date(s): 1918?, 1918
Contributor(s): Mathewson, Les (Frank Leslie), 1895-1978 (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_W70_15
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Mary Ellen with a bowl of oysters at Ball Neck, Virginia, estate of Jessie Dew Ball du Pont
Date(s): 1918?, 1918
Contributor(s): Mathewson, Les (Frank Leslie), 1895-1978 (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_W70_14
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Horse and buggy near Henry Clay, Delaware
Date(s): 1890/1910?, 1890, 1910
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_071
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Horse and buggy near Henry Clay, Delaware
Date(s): 1890/1910?, 1890, 1910
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_072
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Casenove Gardner, Alfred I. du Pont, and Ben Fletcher at Cherry Island, Maryland property of Alfred I. du Pont
Date(s): 1890/1920?, 1890, 1920
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Description: Carriage of Mr. Edgar in front of Bromwell house.
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_063
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Boy with toy horse and buggy on balcony of Alfred I. du Pont's residence, The Swamp, on Breck's Lane
Date(s): 1890/1910?, 1890, 1910
Contributor(s): Mathewson, F.L. (Les) (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_H50_075
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Powdermen at Club House near Thompson's Bridge
Date(s): 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, Les (Frank Leslie), 1895-1978 (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_W063_054
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Powdermen at Club House near Thompson's Bridge
Date(s): 1900
Contributor(s): Mathewson, Les (Frank Leslie), 1895-1978 (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_W063_052
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title: Powdermen at Club House near Thompson's Bridge
Date(s): 1900, 1901
Contributor(s): Mathewson, Les (Frank Leslie), 1895-1978 (former owner)
Collection ID: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)
Hagley ID: HF_W063_053
Collection: Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title

Walker's Mill and Walker's Banks houses

Date(s)

1920

Contributor(s)

Mathewson, Les (Frank Leslie), 1895-1978 (former owner)

Description

Image showing Walker's Mill and Walker's Banks housing, a spinning cotton mill and worker's dwelling block.

"New Bridge" covered bridge over Rising Sun Lane in foreground. Walker's Mill and Walker's Banks on right bank. Breck's Mill on left bank. Undated images, believed to have been created between 1900 and 1928.

Collection ID

Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs (Accession 2017.225)

Hagley ID

HF_M22_019

Collection

Brandywine Valley oral history interviewees' photographs

Title

Walker's Banks and Henry Clay, Delaware, view from Breck's Mill looking downstream