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Title: Hanford Engineering Works employees
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3943
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Payday at Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3929
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Richland, Washington near Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This camp housed part of Hanford Engineer Works 52,000 population during WWII. Barracks pictured here sheltered construction employees of first atomic energy materials plant at Hanford, WA which DuPont designed, built and operated at the government's request. Because existing towns within a reasonable daily driving distance were unable to provide housing, business and recreational facilities, DuPont later built virtually from the ground up the village of Richland to house the plant operation...
Show moreThis camp housed part of Hanford Engineer Works 52,000 population during WWII. Barracks pictured here sheltered construction employees of first atomic energy materials plant at Hanford, WA which DuPont designed, built and operated at the government's request. Because existing towns within a reasonable daily driving distance were unable to provide housing, business and recreational facilities, DuPont later built virtually from the ground up the village of Richland to house the plant operation force. For the most part they were men and women from the company's industrial plants who had been moved to the area under utmost secrecy.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3919
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: A Legacy of Excellence: Fortieth Anniversary, 1946–1986
Date(s): 1986
Contributor(s): Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (originator), Champlin, Louis (contributor), General Electric Company (originator)
Collection ID: Trade catalogs and pamphlets collection
Hagley ID: 08184246_legacy_of_excellence
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Hanford Engineering Works employees
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3941
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Mess Hall Dance
Date(s): 1945
Contributor(s): Hanford Engineer Works (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Description: African American employees dancing in the mess hall. Original housing included phrase "The Black Bottom" which suggests some of the dancing shown is actually the popular African American dance craze originating in the 1920's called "The Black Bottom".
Collection ID: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Hanford Engineer Works photographs and films (Accession 1974.389)
Hagley ID: FILM_1974389_FC04
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Augusta, Georgia and Aiken, South Carolina
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (Sponsor)
Description: Raw footage of Aiken, South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia. Shows life around town, including busy main streets, horse races, people attending church and buying groceries, and residental neighborhoods. Also features shots of the newly-completed Savannah River Plant. Many scenes are used in the short film "The Story of the Atomic Energy Commission's Savannah River Plant Riser Plant."
Collection ID: DuPont Company Atomic Energy Division, Savannah River Plant photographs and films (Accession 1989.335)
Hagley ID: FILM_1989335_FC54
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Construction of Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Construction of water storage tanks at Hanford Engineering Works
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3971
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Souvenir Program Richland Day Sept. 2, 1946
Date(s): 1946
Contributor(s): Junior Chamber of Commerce (Richland, Wash.) (originator), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company General Electric Company Hanford Engineer Works (associated name)
Description: Program for "Richland Day" festivities with theme of "Goodbye DuPont, Welcome GE" to celebrate the transfer of the Hanford Engineer Works from E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company to the General Electric Company.
Collection ID: Trade catalogs and pamphlets collection
Hagley ID: Richland_Day
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Here's Hanford: Prepared by Training & Relations Division
Date(s): 1944
Contributor(s): Hanford Engineer Works E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Manhattan Project (U.S.) U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (associated name)
Collection ID: Trade catalogs and pamphlets collection
Hagley ID: Heres_Hanford
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Visitors to Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1958-10-01
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: From left to right: Vannevar Bush, James B. Conant, Leslie Groves, and Franklin T. Matthias.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3940
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Dear Anne: a letter telling you all about "Life in Hanford"
Date(s): 1943?, 1943
Creator: Hanford Engineer Works E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Hagley ID: PAM_Dear_Anne
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets

Title: Event at Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3942
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Drugstore interior at Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3933
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Hanford construction camp
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The Hanford construction camp which housed 45,000 construction workers. In addition, residents of a trailer village expanded the total to 52,000 people. Project offices of the U.S. Corp of Engineers and DuPont are shown in the foreground.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3966
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: War Construction in the Desert, Reel 01
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Description: Begins with history of Hanford area, in Washington state, where the project was to be constructed. Explains need for workers and the extensive training involved. Shows construction of camp and various buildings. Includes typical Hanford woman's day and typical Hanford man's day. Both segments begin when subjects wake and go through their entire day at the camp. Also includes amenities offered workers such as entertainment and food services. The 300 area is depicted with medical facilities,...
Show moreBegins with history of Hanford area, in Washington state, where the project was to be constructed. Explains need for workers and the extensive training involved. Shows construction of camp and various buildings. Includes typical Hanford woman's day and typical Hanford man's day. Both segments begin when subjects wake and go through their entire day at the camp. Also includes amenities offered workers such as entertainment and food services. The 300 area is depicted with medical facilities, training and services offered to workers.
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Collection ID: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Hanford Engineer Works photographs and films (Accession 1974.389)
Hagley ID: FILM_1974389_FC10
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Hanford Engineering Works Safety Exposition Album
Date(s): 1944
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_4301
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Interior of meat processing plant at Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3945
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Pay wagon at Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1944, 1944~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Text accompanying image: Pay wagon, staffed by some of DuPont's more attractive employees, traveled from one area to another at the $350,000.000 Hanford Engineering Works, which DuPont built and operated at the government's request in WWII. Plant at Hanford, WA made plutonium, an atomic energy material never before produced in quantity.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3930
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Medical Division History, Hanford Site
Date(s): 1943, 1945, 1943/1945
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Engineering Department (originator), Hanford Engineer Works (associated name)
Description: Photographic History Medical Division for Hanford Engineer Works, photographs are pasted on a total of 22 pages that detail their locations and other information, information on Buildings and organizations, construction blueprints, hospital fascilities, medical practice offerings, and business.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Engineering Department photographs (Accession 1982.300)
Hagley ID: AVD_1982300_42_52
Collection: DuPont Company Engineering Department photographs

Title: Hanford Engineering Works construction camp
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_3959
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Auditorium at Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1955, 1955~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This auditorium could fit about three thousand dancing couples.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3969
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Facts and Figures: The Savannah River Plant of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Date(s): 1952
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Savannah River Plant (associated name)
Description: Booklet summarizing the construction of the Savannah River Plant in Savannah River, South Carolina, built by DuPont on a contract from the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Item 16 of 23 from DuPont Plant Histories scrapbook.
Collection ID: f HD9651.9.D94 A28b
Hagley ID: fHD96519D94A28b_016
Collection: DuPont plant histories scrapbook

Title: Worker safety meeting at Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3935
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Hanford Engineering Works
Date(s): 1945, 1945~
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A completed area, one of many in the plant operated by DuPont employees drawn from the company's commercial operations.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_3974
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

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