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Title: Color mills for grinding pigments into solution with base mixture
Date(s): 1937-12
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Color mills in which the pigments are ground into solution with the base mixture in order to obtain the various colors in finishes manufactured by DuPont.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2750
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Coating fabrics at the Newburgh, New York plant
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This illustration shows a step in the manufacture of DuPont fabrics, at the Newburgh, New York plant. The scene is that of the coating head of the machine where many even coats of composition are spread and driven into the weave of a cotton base fabric.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2599
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Paint mixing and shading operation
Date(s): 1937-12
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Paint mixing and shading operation on a 50 gallon batch at the Philadelphia Plant of the DuPont Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2757
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Fabrikoid luggage and cases
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984 (photographer)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2695
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Testing machine for abrasion resistance of pyroxylin coated fabrics
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This is the newest type of multiple testing machine which examines all finished pyroxylin coated fabrics for resistance to abrasion at the Newburgh, New York plant.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2650
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Cotton cheese' or dehydrated cotton
Date(s): 1937-12
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Cotton cheese' or dehydrated cotton resulting from displacing water, remaining after the nitration process, by forcing alcohol through the cotton under pressure, a further process in the manufacture of finishes by DuPont.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2743
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Spray tester for testing water repellency
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Rittase, William M., 1894-1968 (photographer)
Description: Standard spray testing equipment used to determine the water repellency of a Zelan treated fabric versus an untreated fabric in the DuPont Technical Laboratory, Fine Chemicals Division, Deepwater, New Jersey.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2645
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Dry cleaning at DuPont's Sales Service Lab
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Dry cleaning at DuPont's Electrochemicals Sales Service Laboratory at Chestnut Run. Garments are first cleaned with Perclene perchlorethylene in unit on left; then transferred to recovery unit on the right. Here the last trace of the cleaning solvent is removed and clothing deodorized. A good part of the solvent is recovered and used over again.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2654
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: New plant geography - exterior of Tucker Plant
Date(s): 1956-12
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2807
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Drying treated samples of textiles
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Textile chemicals to make cotton and rayon resist creasing and mildew are aims of research by DuPont chemist shown here drying treated samples in this laboratory at the Experimental Station. Textile chemical research stems from early work on dyes.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2647
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Dental equipment finished in DuPont Dulux enamel
Date(s): 1951
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Fred Hess & Son (photographer)
Description: Installation at the Atlantic City DuPont Exhibition
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2912
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Operations at Perth Amboy, New Jersey plant
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2930
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Quality tests during the development of a new pigment
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Better goods satisfy customers and build markets. Quality tests during the development of a new pigment are charted above in a laboratory of the DuPont Company. DuPont carries on extensive research, both applied and fundamental.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2646
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Base mixing machine
Date(s): 1937-12
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Base mixing machine in which the pyroxylin is broken up and reduced to fluid form by the addition of solvents in the process of manufacturing finishes at one of the plants of DuPont.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2747
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Furniture coated in DuPont Duco lacquer finish
Date(s): 1951
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Fred Hess & Son (photographer)
Description: Installation at the Atlantic City DuPont Exhibition
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2910
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Filtering dissolved cotton
Date(s): 1937-12
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Following the base mixing, the dissolved cotton is filtered through a base filter press to remove any remaining impurities, an important part of the process of manufacture of finishes by DuPont.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2748
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Storage tanks for acids used in the manufacture of finishes
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Battery of huge tanks for the storage of acids used in the manufacture of finishes by the DuPont Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2746
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Bases for paint flowing through roller mill
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Bases for paint flowing through a roller mill prior to the addition of finishing chemicals at the Philadelphia Plant of the DuPont Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2755
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Paint mixing and shading operation
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Hoebermann, Louis (photographer)
Description: Paint mixing and shading operation on a 50 gallon batch at a finishes plant of the DuPont Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2759
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: A 'quartz fingernail' used to determine hardness of paint films
Date(s): 1930/1939, 1930, 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A 'quartz fingernail' is used by DuPont chemists to determine how hard a paint film is. The device measures the weight necessary to drive the rounded end of a quartz rod a given distance into the film. In this manner the exact hardness of the paint is ascertained, a close up of the 'fingernail' biting into the paint, at one of the DuPont laboratories.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2780
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Manufacture of treated fabrics at the Newburgh, New York plant
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2595
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Testing Venetian blind finishes
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Testing Venetian blind finishes in the Control Laboratory at the Philadelphia Paint Plant.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2652
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: 3000 gallon mixer at DuPont's Flint, Michigan plant
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This 3000 gallon mixer at DuPont's Flint, Michigan plant is one of the tools that makes it possible to turn out high quality, low cost finishes on a mass production basis.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2771
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Painting with odorless paint
Date(s): 1952
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Camera Associates, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Research scores a major triumph in producing odorless paint. Even as this shapely miss paints in the confines of closet, her nose and eyes are not assaulted by pungent fumes. DuPont laboratories made it possible for the company to introduce odorless paints in flat, semi-gloss and gloss interior enamels.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2899
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: DuPont products
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_2696
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

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