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Title: Mylar film lifts automobile
Date(s): 1952
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Mylar' polyester film, introduced commercially in 1952, is strong enough to hoist a three-ton car and platform. A product of DuPont's research program, it has an unusual combination of properties that make it suitable for a wide range of packaging and industrial applications. 'Mylar' is made in DuPont's plant at Circleville, Ohio.
Collection ID: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photograph file (Accession 2004.268)
Hagley ID: AVD_2004268_P00002245
Collection: DuPont Company External Affairs Department photographs

Title: Florence, South Carolina plant for manufacturing Mylar polyester film
Date(s): 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1824
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Car suspended in nylon
Date(s): 1954
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1832
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Car suspended in Mylar
Date(s): 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1831
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Florence, South Carolina, chemical building for manufacturing Mylar polyester film
Date(s): 1962-05
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The chemical building at the DuPont Company's plant for manufacturing Mylar polyester film at Florence, South Carolina operates 24 hours a day to product the polymer from which the film is made.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1825
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Florence, South Carolina plant for manufacturing Mylar polyester film
Date(s): 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1822
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Florence, South Carolina chemical building at night
Date(s): 1960/1969, 1960, 1969
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1826
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: The Gossamer Albatross: Flight of Imagination
Date(s): 1979
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor), Holbrook, Hal (narrator), MacCready, Paul B. (other), Allen, Bryan L. (other), Strauss, Theodore (screenwriter)
Description: Program tells the story of the Gossamer Albatross, the first human powered aircraft to cross the English Channel. Designed by Dr. Paul MacCready and piloted by Bryan Allen, the Albatross was built of carbon fiber tubing and covered with clear Mylar.
Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995300_FC197
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: Wonderful World of Chemistry : A Report on the DuPont Show : The New York World's Fair 1964-65
Date(s): 1964/1965, 1964, 1965
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor), Brown, Michael, 1920-2014 (producer), Brown, Michael, 1920-2014 (screenwriter)
Description: Part I and II. Part I includes actors telling story of creation of chemistry and DuPont products while interacting with panels of animation and film. Products such as auto Lacquer, Cellophane, plastics, Vaclene, Zerex, Zepel, Hyphalon and Freon. Fashion sequence promoting Nylon, Dacron, Lycra, Antron, Orlon. A sequence on Corphan shoes. Part II is a laboratory set with actors portraying scientists. Demonstrations of Freon, Adiprene, Nylon, Lycra, Dacron, Mylar, Zepel, Lucite and...
Show morePart I and II. Part I includes actors telling story of creation of chemistry and DuPont products while interacting with panels of animation and film. Products such as auto Lacquer, Cellophane, plastics, Vaclene, Zerex, Zepel, Hyphalon and Freon. Fashion sequence promoting Nylon, Dacron, Lycra, Antron, Orlon. A sequence on Corphan shoes. Part II is a laboratory set with actors portraying scientists. Demonstrations of Freon, Adiprene, Nylon, Lycra, Dacron, Mylar, Zepel, Lucite and chemiluminescence. Performers (Part I): Marc McCrary, Joyce Maret, Pat Stevens, Brent Hickman, Ted Sprague; (Part II) Richard Krisher, David Doucette and Hal Holden.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: VID_1995300_B11_ID01_01
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: Chemical building at DuPont Circleville, Ohio plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The chemical building at the DuPont Company's plant for the manufacture of Mylar polyester film at Circleville, Ohio is an intricate maze of pipe and equipment. A product of the company's research program, Mylar has an unusual combination of properties which make it suitable for a wide range of electrical and industrial uses.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1800
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Storing Mylar
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Mill rolls of Mylar polyester film are placed in storage racks by means of an electric elevator at the DuPont Company plant at Circleville, Ohio.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1739
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Weighing Mylar
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Finished rolls of Mylar polyester film are carried by automatic conveyor belts to be weighted and packaged for shipment at the DuPont Company's Florence, South Carolina plant.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1744
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: At wind up end of the production line
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: At wind up end of the production line, rolls of Mylar polyester film are removed by overhead hoists at DuPont's plant at Circleville, Ohio.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1735
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Laminator in sales development and technical service laboratory
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: This laminator in the DuPont Film Department's sales development and technical service laboratory in Chestnut Run, near Wilmington, Delaware, is especially designed to reproduce any of the laminating conditions a customer might encounter. In this photo, Mylar polyester film is being laminated to paper.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1729
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Mylar polyester mill rolls
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Mylar polyester film, produced at DuPont's Circleville, Ohio plant is wound up in large mill rolls, which are then carried to the storage areas on overhead conveyors.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1734
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Keeping the production areas clean
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: In the manufacture of DuPont's Mylar polyester film, such rigid control is required that all doors leading to production areas at the Circleville, Ohio plant have signs like this.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1742
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Production of Mylar
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Mylar polyester film emerges at the end of the manufacturing operation in a continuous sheet and is wound up in large mill rolls, which are later slit on machines like this to customer's specifications in widths from 1/2 inch to 54 inches. The film is made at the DuPont Company's plant at Circleville, Ohio.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1738
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Chemical building at DuPont Circleville, Ohio plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The DuPont Company's plant for the manufacture of Mylar polyester film at Circleville, Ohio operates on a 24 hour basis. This is the five story chemical building.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1802
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Sealing Mylar polyester
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Mechanical development is one of the most important functions of DuPont's sales development and technical service laboratory at Chestnut Run, near Wilmington, Delaware. The standard packaging machine shown here has been modified to seal Mylar polyester with solvents and heat. Operator is filling special attachment with a solvent.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1730
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Chemical building at DuPont Circleville, Ohio plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The chemical building at the DuPont Company's plant for the manufacture of Mylar polyester film at Circleville, Ohio operates around the clock to produce the polymer from which the film is made.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1804
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Measuring the width of film
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: At DuPont's plant for the manufacture of Mylar polyester film at Circleville, Ohio, an operator measures width of film as it comes off wind-up end of the production line.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1732
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Chemical building at DuPont Circleville, Ohio plant
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The chemical building at the DuPont Company's plant for the manufacture of Mylar polyester film at Circleville, Ohio operates around the clock to produce the polymer from which the film is made.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1803
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Production of Mylar
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: DuPont's plant for making Mylar polyester film is located at Circleville, Ohio. Here an operator demonstrates the sparkling clarity of the film as it goes through the production process.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1736
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Production of Mylar
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: DuPont's Mylar polyester film emerges in a continuous sheet at the end of the manufacturing process at the Circleville, Ohio plant. It is then wound on large mill rolls, which are later slit in widths from 1/2 inch to 54 inches. The film is carried on overhead conveyors to the shipping room.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1740
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

Title: Circleville, Ohio plant control room
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Control room at the DuPont Company's plant at Circleville, Ohio where Mylar polyester film is now in commercial production. Mylar, a product of DuPont research, has many unusual, physical electrical properties.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1743
Collection: DuPont Company product information collection

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