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Title: Hercules Powder Company
Date(s): 1939-09-14
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_12270
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: The Story of Nitrocellulose
Date(s): 1930~, 1930
Contributor(s): Hercules Powder Company (sponsor), Pathescope Productions (production company)
Description: Depicts the making of nitrocellulose. The Hercules Powder Company cotton purification plant at Hopewell, Virginia and the Hercules Powder Company plant at Parlin, New Jersey is depicted. Includes title cards.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC13
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Shooting titles for Hercules Powder Company
Date(s): 1941
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (originator), Hercules Powder Company (associated name)
Collection ID: Culley family collection of Cinecraft Productions audiovisual materials (Accession 2018.201)
Hagley ID: AVD_2018201_DigOnly_003
Collection: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection

Title: Hercules Powder Company
Date(s): 1935-04-25
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_08368
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: Hercules Powder Company
Date(s): 1932-08-09
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_07324
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: Hercules Powder Company
Date(s): 1939-09-14
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_12228
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: Hercules Powder Company 'Delrad Algicide' Brochure
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): Du Pont, William, 1896-1965 (former owner), Hercules Powder Company (originator)
Description: Brochure for Hercules Powder Company of Wilmington, Delaware for Delrad Algicide.
Collection ID: William du Pont, Jr. papers (Accession 2317.II)
Hagley ID: 2317_2_0342
Collection: William du Pont, Jr. papers

Title: Hercules Powder Company
Date(s): 1936-09-26
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_09189
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: Hercules Powder Company By-Laws
Date(s): 1880?, 1880
Contributor(s): Du Pont, William, 1855-1928 (former owner), Hercules Powder Company (originator)
Description: Undated Copy of the By-Laws of the Hercules Powder Company.
Collection ID: William du Pont papers (Accession 2317.I)
Hagley ID: 2317_54_001
Collection: William du Pont, Jr. papers

Title: Hercules Powder Company
Date(s): 1938-09-10
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_10665
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: Hercules Powder Company
Date(s): 1932-06-29
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_07214
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: Hercules Powder Company
Date(s): 1939-09-14
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_12231
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: Hercules Powder Company
Date(s): 1939-09-14
Contributor(s): Dallin Aerial Surveys (photographer), Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991 (former owner)
Collection ID: J. Victor Dallin Aerial Survey collection (Accession 1970.200)
Hagley ID: 70_200_12232
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs

Title: 'Our Part of the Job' film set
Date(s): 1941
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (originator), Hercules Powder Company (sponsor)
Collection ID: Culley family collection of Cinecraft Productions audiovisual materials (Accession 2018.201)
Hagley ID: AVD_2018201_02_08
Collection: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection

Title: Our Part of the Job
Date(s): 1942
Contributor(s): Hercules Powder Company (sponsor), Cinecraft Productions, Inc. (production company)
Description: Film depicts two fictional house painters using Hercules Steam-Distilled Wood Turpentine. They visit a paint store and discuss the product with the store owner. Then they view a film by Hercules Powder Company about how the turpentine is produced.
Collection ID: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection (Accession 2018.201)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018201_FC21
Collection: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection

Title: Linter Logic
Date(s): 1946
Contributor(s): Hercules Powder Company (sponsor), Cinecraft Productions, Inc. (production company)
Description: Film depicts fictional Ogletree family that runs a cottonseed mill and how they expand their business to supply linters for the growing market of products created with cellulose.
Collection ID: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection (Accession 2018.201)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018201_FC17
Collection: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection

Title: Careers for Cellulose
Date(s): 1944
Contributor(s): Hercules Powder Company (sponsor), Cinecraft Productions, Inc. (production company)
Description: Film describes the many products derived from cellulose and the careers created as a result. Some uses shown from cellulose derivatives are lunchboxes, motion picture film, glider parts. Also, many products are shown created of plastic, chemically derived from cellulose are piano keys, furniture, costume jewelry, handles, combs and more. The process of making chemical derivatives from cellulose is explained, from cotton to products.
Collection ID: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection (Accession 2018.201)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018201_FC11
Collection: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection

Title: An Industrial Chemical Achievement in New Jersey
Date(s): 1944-09
Contributor(s): Vient, James K. (author), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Public Relations Department (originator)
Description: Excerpt from The Indicator, a newsletter published by the New York and New Jersey sections of the American Chemical Society. Explores the history of DuPont's New Jersey facilities and their contributions to the defense industry. Includes a two-page advertisement for Hercules Powder Company imploring readers to donate blood for the war effort. Item 22 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
Collection ID: f HD9651.9.D94 A28b
Hagley ID: 20110628_242
Collection: Hagley Library Published Collections

Title: Careers for Cellulose production stills
Date(s): 1944
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Hercules Powder Company (sponsor)
Description: Scenes from a warehouse and an employee loading a storage box.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Production films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_40_01
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Interview with Charles H. Lickle, 1968 June 13 [audio]
Date(s): 1968-06-13
Contributor(s): Lickle, Charles H. (interviewee), Pizor, Faith (interviewer), Scafidi, John (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Lickle describes in detail his first job at DuPont, including a description of duties and pay, a paternalistic system that existed among the "old timers" at Hagley Yard, pellet processing, an explosion that killed two of his colleagues, and his life boarding at the YMCA in Wilmington. He also describes his impressions of the du Pont family. He briefly outlines his career with Hercules.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_7213_Lickle
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Henri Lindsey, 1968 August 22 [audio]
Date(s): 1968-08-22
Contributor(s): Lickle, Charles H. (interviewee), Pizor, Faith (interviewer), Scafidi, John (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Lindsey describes the consolidation of Repauno and DuPont in 1903, the business during World War I, the introduction of Fabrikoid, his representation of DuPont at the Coated Fabrics Association and the Rubber Association of America, his interactions with members of the du Pont family and other work colleagues, and business practices of the company.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interviews on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 1970.370)
Hagley ID: 1970370_82613_Lindsey
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Interview with Charles H. Lickle, 1968 June 13 [transcript]
Date(s): 1968-06-13
Contributor(s): Lickle, Charles H. (interviewee), Pizor, Faith (interviewer), Scafidi, John (interviewer), Wilkinson, Norman B. (interviewer)
Description: Transcript of interview with Charles Lickle who worked in Hagley Yards. The interview took place in Wilmington, Delaware.
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation interview transcripts on the history of the DuPont Company Powder Yard (Accession 2026)
Hagley ID: 2026_060313_02
Collection: Oral histories on work and daily life in the Brandywine Valley

Title: Hercules Powder Company truck
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): James Watson & Sons Co. (originator), Riverview Wagon Works (associated name), The Royal Studio (Wilmington, Del.) (photographer)
Collection ID: James Watson & Sons Co. photograph collection (Accession 1992.213)
Hagley ID: 1992213_02_08_001
Collection: James Watson & Sons Co. photograph collection

Title: Hercules Powder Company truck
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): James Watson & Sons Co. (originator), Riverview Wagon Works (associated name), The Royal Studio (Wilmington, Del.) (photographer)
Collection ID: James Watson & Sons Co. photograph collection (Accession 1992.213)
Hagley ID: 1992213_02_08_003
Collection: James Watson & Sons Co. photograph collection

Title: Hercules Powder Company truck
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): James Watson & Sons Co. (originator), Riverview Wagon Works (associated name), The Royal Studio (Wilmington, Del.) (photographer)
Collection ID: James Watson & Sons Co. photograph collection (Accession 1992.213)
Hagley ID: 1992213_02_08_002
Collection: James Watson & Sons Co. photograph collection

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