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Title: Creative Problem Solving: Polyester Enterprise
Date(s): 1998
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (spn)
Description: Overview of creative problem solving seminar on the polyester enterprise, with four takeaway initiatives. Roger Smith, Chairman of Polyester Enterprise and Barry Jones, Fellow, Polyester Enterprise speak on camera about the meeting.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Textile Fabrics Department videotapes, photographs, slides and promotions (Accession 2011.320)
Hagley ID: VID_2011320_B09_ID06
Collection: DuPont Company Textile Fabrics Department videotapes

Title: Man wearing shirt made with Dacron
Date(s): 1950~, 1950
Contributor(s): E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Public Relations Department (associated name), E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Textile Fibers Department (originator)
Description: Photograph of man wearing button down, short sleeve shirt made with Dacron.
Collection ID: DuPont Textile Fibers Product Information photographs (Accession 1984.259)
Hagley ID: 1984259_010313_140
Collection: Dupont Textile Fibers Product Information collection

Title: Transporting Dacron
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: From DuPont's new $40,000,000 plant for making Dacron polyester fiber, these packages of the fiber start their journey to textile manufacturers. The textile trade will convert, weave and knit this Dacron into apparel fabrics and also fabrics for household and industrial uses. The plant at Kinston, North Carolina was completed in March of 1953. It is the newest of eight plants operated by the company's Textile Fibers Department.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1477
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Dacron fire hoses
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Lighter, stronger, more flexible fire hose made with an outer jacket of Dacron polyester fiber woven on an extruded neoprene tube gets into action faster, saving time when seconds may mean lives. Light weight (46 pounds for 100% Dacron, including couplings compared with 62 pounds for cotton) makes it easy for a fireman to cart a 50 foot hose up an aerial ladder. In addition, fire hose made of Dacron resists degradation from heat, abrasion, mildew and most chemicals.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1532
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Final inspection of Dacron polyester fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Final inspection of Dacron polyester fiber is carried out at both DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina and Old Hickory, Tennessee plants prior to shipping, Here inspector checks for uniform size, damage and any sign of defective yarn. When all check are made the cake of yarn is wrapped in cellophane to protect against damage and dirt.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1474
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Dacron production
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: At DuPont Kinston, North Carolina plant where Dacron polyester fiber is made, the company also maintains a complete textile laboratory, part of which is shown here. The purpose of the laboratory is to enable the plant to keep a check on how Dacron will perform on textile equipment in customers' mills. The machine you see here is a standard carding machine into which staple fiber is put to permit it to be changed into sliver- the rope like form being held by the operator. This is the first...
Show moreAt DuPont Kinston, North Carolina plant where Dacron polyester fiber is made, the company also maintains a complete textile laboratory, part of which is shown here. The purpose of the laboratory is to enable the plant to keep a check on how Dacron will perform on textile equipment in customers' mills. The machine you see here is a standard carding machine into which staple fiber is put to permit it to be changed into sliver- the rope like form being held by the operator. This is the first step in making yarn from Dacron staple. At every step along the way of this conversion, the plant is able to check yarn properties and behavior under mill conditions.`
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1468
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Machine for making Dacron felts
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Machine for making high strength, non-woven felts from Dacron polyester fiber is part of the $6,000,000 facilities for experimental fabric production and chemical studies in 17 laboratory units at the DuPont Company's new Textile Research laboratory at Chestnut Run, near Wilmington, Delaware.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1475
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Sofas upholstered with Dacron polyester fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: These handsome, roomy, bumper-end sofas feature upholstery fabric of Dacron polyester fiber. The attractive frieze weave, with lofty loop pile entirely of the DuPont fiber, is rich and full bodied and remarkable soft to the touch. The fabric has high abrasion resistance which assures long wear life. Easily cleaned with soap and water or spot remover, the upholstery retains its fresh look for a long period because the resilience of Dacron give it great crush resistance. These versatile sofas...
Show moreThese handsome, roomy, bumper-end sofas feature upholstery fabric of Dacron polyester fiber. The attractive frieze weave, with lofty loop pile entirely of the DuPont fiber, is rich and full bodied and remarkable soft to the touch. The fabric has high abrasion resistance which assures long wear life. Easily cleaned with soap and water or spot remover, the upholstery retains its fresh look for a long period because the resilience of Dacron give it great crush resistance. These versatile sofas can be used pushed together or separately, offering a variety of decorating possibilities, plus more seating than regular half sofas.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1531
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Inspecting cakes of Dacron
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: These are wound cakes of DuPont's Dacron polyester fiber just off the spinning machines. Workman is shown inspecting them at the pilot plant at Seaford, Delaware. Dacron is now produced at Kinston, North Carolina and Old Hickory, Tennessee.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1470
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Dacron production
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina plant is one of two plants where Dacron polyester fiber is made. The other is located at Old Hickory Tennessee. Bothe Kinston and Old Hickory plants maintain a textile laboratory. The view here shows part of the Kinston laboratory. The purpose of the laboratory is to enable the plant to keep a check on how Dacron will perform on textile equipment in customers' mills. The machine you see here is a standard carding machine into which staple fiber is put to...
Show moreDuPont's Kinston, North Carolina plant is one of two plants where Dacron polyester fiber is made. The other is located at Old Hickory Tennessee. Bothe Kinston and Old Hickory plants maintain a textile laboratory. The view here shows part of the Kinston laboratory. The purpose of the laboratory is to enable the plant to keep a check on how Dacron will perform on textile equipment in customers' mills. The machine you see here is a standard carding machine into which staple fiber is put to permit it to be changed into sliver-a loose un-twisted rope. This is the first step in making yarn from Dacron staple. The carding machine orients the fiber in uniform gossamer-like threads to form the sliver. From here the yarn will be further processed until it ends up as a piece of finished cloth or knotted fabric. At points all along the way of the process, the yarn can be checked for dying, spinning and various other characteristics important to textile mills.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1469
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Kinston plant parking lot
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Kinston, North Carolina plant
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1479
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Production of Dacron
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1465
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Roving frame for Dacron polyester fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This roving frame in the staple processing laboratory at DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina plant where Dacron polyester fiber is made, is spinning yarn from this fiber. The roving frame is the third step in spinning staple fiber into yarn and this full size piece of textile equipment processes Dacron staple so that the Kinston plant will know how it will perform in customers' mills. The staple processing laboratory at Kinston is a complete, small scale textile mil which uses regular textile...
Show moreThis roving frame in the staple processing laboratory at DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina plant where Dacron polyester fiber is made, is spinning yarn from this fiber. The roving frame is the third step in spinning staple fiber into yarn and this full size piece of textile equipment processes Dacron staple so that the Kinston plant will know how it will perform in customers' mills. The staple processing laboratory at Kinston is a complete, small scale textile mil which uses regular textile equipment to convert Dacron staple fiber into yarn. At every step along the way of this conversion, the plant is able to check yarn properties and behavior under mill conditions.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1467
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Final inspection of Dacron polyester fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Final inspection of Dacron polyester fiber is carried out at both DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina and Old Hickory, Tennessee plants prior to shipping, Here inspector checks for uniform size, damage and any sign of defective yarn. When all check are made the cake of yarn is wrapped in cellophane to protect against damage and dirt.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1473
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Longitudinal section of Dacron polyester fiber magnified 1,000 times
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Longitudinal section of Dacron polyester fiber magnified 1,000 times
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1462
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Production of Dacron
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Limited to pilot plant output, the production of Dacron was centered in Seaford, Delaware until new plant in Kinston, North Carolina opened in 1953.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1464
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Drawing machine for Dacron polyester fiber
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Moving down across the picture from the upper right corner, Dacron polyester fiber in rope like tow form rushes into the drawing machine (not shown) where all fibers will be stretched to give them proper strength. This is one of many steps through which Dacron staple and tow mist pass before they are ready to be shipped to textile mills. At each chasm-like can, another strand of tow is added until a total of 20 odd endless strands of Dacron flow continuously into the drawing operation at...
Show moreMoving down across the picture from the upper right corner, Dacron polyester fiber in rope like tow form rushes into the drawing machine (not shown) where all fibers will be stretched to give them proper strength. This is one of many steps through which Dacron staple and tow mist pass before they are ready to be shipped to textile mills. At each chasm-like can, another strand of tow is added until a total of 20 odd endless strands of Dacron flow continuously into the drawing operation at DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina plant. Size of can which feeds the flow may be judged by operator shown between two of them in foreground.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1478
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Transporting Dacron
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Dacron polyester fiber rolls off the shipping line at DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina and Old Hickory, Tennessee plants. Here a special telescope type container lid is slipped over the yarn to protect it in transport to the customers' mills. Dacron, which was first produced commercially in 1953, has found wide acceptance in textile and industrial products fields.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1476
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Creating Dacron fibers
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina plant is one of two plants where Dacron polyester fiber is made. The other is located at Old Hickory Tennessee. Bothe Kinston and Old Hickory plants maintain a textile laboratory. The view here shows part of the Kinston laboratory. The purpose of the laboratory is to enable the plant to keep a check on how Dacron will perform on textile equipment in customers' mills. The machine you see here is a standard carding machine into which staple fiber is put to...
Show moreDuPont's Kinston, North Carolina plant is one of two plants where Dacron polyester fiber is made. The other is located at Old Hickory Tennessee. Bothe Kinston and Old Hickory plants maintain a textile laboratory. The view here shows part of the Kinston laboratory. The purpose of the laboratory is to enable the plant to keep a check on how Dacron will perform on textile equipment in customers' mills. The machine you see here is a standard carding machine into which staple fiber is put to permit it to be changed into sliver-a loose un-twisted rope. This is the first step in making yarn from Dacron staple. The carding machine orients the fiber in uniform gossamer-like threads to form the sliver. From here the yarn will be further processed until it ends up as a piece of finished cloth or knotted fabric. At points all along the way of the process, the yarn can be checked for dying, spinning and various other characteristics important to textile mills.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1466
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Dacron production
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: In the processing of continuous filament Dacron polyester fiber, the yarn must be drawn to give it added strength and elasticity. This rack of yarn has just been drawn on the machines in the background and is on its way to the inspections station prior to shipping. Dacron yarn and staple are made in Kinston, North Carolina where DuPont built a $50,000,000 plant to manufacture this synthetic fiber commercially in 1953.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1472
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Jamison Classics Gather the Best of Fashion in Summer's Own Broadcloth Fresh, Cool, Care Free Dacron Polyester Fiber
Date(s): 1959
Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Description: Advertisement for DuPont Dacron Fabric
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records (Accession 1803)
Hagley ID: dpads_1803_00458
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records

Title: New Summer Suits Are Lightest Ever, Yet Stay Pressed : Dacron Polyester Fiber
Date(s): 1959
Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Description: Advertisement for DuPont Dacron Fabric
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records (Accession 1803)
Hagley ID: dpads_1803_00465
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records

Title: 100 % 'Dacron' Polyester Fiberfill by DuPont
Date(s): 1962
Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Description: Advertisement for DuPont Dacron
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records (Accession 1803)
Hagley ID: dpads_1803_00482
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records

Title: Cabana Beachwear's Fashion Eyeful Eyelet on Plaid of Dacron and Cotton
Date(s): 1959
Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Description: Advertisement for DuPont Dacron Fabric
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records (Accession 1803)
Hagley ID: dpads_1803_00460
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records

Title: Lightweight Yet Durable ... Stay Neat : Dacron Polyester Fiber
Date(s): 1959
Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Description: Advertisement for DuPont Dacron Fabric; from The Saturday Evening Post
Collection ID: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records (Accession 1803)
Hagley ID: dpads_1803_00461
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records

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