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Title: Cellophane machine at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Miniature machine demonstrating how Cellophane cellulose film is made, a feature of the former DuPont Exhibition as it appeared at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center New York City. The spruce wood, after being ground and dissolved to form viscose, went through the various chemical baths and came out in the form of Cellophane sheets.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0053
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition
Date(s): 1949-05-10
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: One of the most interesting developments in packaging came recently in the rubber industry. Measured amounts of magnesia and carbon black are now bagged in polythene film and added to the mix without removing the bag. The operation is dust free, making working conditions cleaner and safeguarding worker health. The bags were shown at the DuPont Company exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1722
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Many uses of plastic at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Display of some of the many uses of plastics featured at the former DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center. By pressing a button the visitor could light up the row of Lucite methyl methacrylate pipes in the center.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0050
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition
Date(s): 1949-05-10
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Some of the latest ideas in functional packaging have been built around polythene-the many purpose plastic. DuPont polythene was used by processors in making the blow molded bottles shown above. The bottles were part of the DuPont display at the National Packaging Exposition here.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1727
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition
Date(s): 1949-05-10
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The Plastics Department of the DuPont Company produces colored polythene molding powders in plants at Arlington, New Jersey and Parkersburg, West Virginia. Polythene film, lay flat seamless tubing, injection and blow molded containers and closers are supplied by plastics processors. The picture was made at the DuPont exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1719
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Product demonstrations at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Visitors at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center, were able to give a self demonstration at the former DuPont Exhibition of new materials developed by chemistry. By pressing a button, visitors could start the miniature electroplating apparatus which would show the plating and de-plating of a copper disc. On the right was the Freon display which demonstrated the preservation of flowers by the use of this refrigerant. The candle burning in the beaker demonstrated that...
Show moreVisitors at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center, were able to give a self demonstration at the former DuPont Exhibition of new materials developed by chemistry. By pressing a button, visitors could start the miniature electroplating apparatus which would show the plating and de-plating of a copper disc. On the right was the Freon display which demonstrated the preservation of flowers by the use of this refrigerant. The candle burning in the beaker demonstrated that Freon is not combustible.
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Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0040
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition
Date(s): 1949-05-10
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The story of the economy of polythene as a packaging material was told at the DuPont Company's exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition, Polythene is economical because it takes only one pound of it to make 15,000 square inches of 2 millimeter film or 260 one inch closures. Latest bottles, containers and closures are also shown.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1726
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition
Date(s): 1949-05-10
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: General view of DuPont's polythene exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition in Atlantic City , New Jersey. In 30 feet of exhibit space, DuPont told the story of polythene as a packaging material, starting with molding powders and finishing with a demonstration of why polythene is economical-it takes only a pound of it to make 15,000 square feet of two millimeter film, or 260 one inch closures.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1718
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition
Date(s): 1949-05-10
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1723
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Comparative tests at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Demonstration showing the elasticity of neoprene chloroprene rubber in comparison with natural rubber, at the former DuPont Exhibition as it appeared at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center. The machine stretched the two materials, in some instance after having been saturated with oil and grease.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0043
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Product demonstrations at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Fatty alcohols, from which soapless soaps are made, produce unusual suds, as was shown by the demonstration at the former DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center. On the right, Zerone anti-rust anti-freeze was shown flowing through an automobile motor and radiator in comparison to plain water. The young woman gave her own demonstration by pressing a button.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0047
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition
Date(s): 1949-05-10
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A lining of polythene film will convert a fiber drum (right) into a satisfactory container for some of the most corrosive of materials and at the same time, safeguard their chemical purity. Polythene's resistance to the action of chemicals also recommends it as a liner for metal drums.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1725
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Prints at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The small print in the left corner of this display of photographic film in the DuPont Company exhibition at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center, was made by contact from an original negative on DuPont Superior Pan with f 6.3 opening, K 1 filter and 1/60 second exposure. Enlargement is forty times in one step from small negative on Velour Black one printing paper.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0052
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition
Date(s): 1949-05-10
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1724
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Comparative tests at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Demonstration showing the elasticity of neoprene chloroprene rubber in comparison with natural rubber, at the former DuPont Exhibition as it appeared at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center. The machine stretched the two materials, in some instance after having been saturated with oil and grease.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0041
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Comparative tests at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Neoprene chloroprene rubber being given a comparative test with natural rubber at the former DuPont Exhibition of new materials developed by chemistry at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center. The demonstration machine showed the elasticity of the two products under varying conditions, such as saturation with oil or grease.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0042
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition
Date(s): 1949-05-10
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1721
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Miniature fashion review at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A miniature fashion review showing the use of Acele cellulose acetate yarn in the making of stylish dresses, as part of the former DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center, a synchronized voice made it appear that each manikin at it passed in review, described the dress shown.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0054
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Demonstration of synthetic finish at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The durability of synthetic resin finishes, even under the most unusual conditions, was shown at the former DuPont Exhibition in the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center. On top of the hardwood disc, covered with a synthetic finish, was a cake of dry ice; the demonstrator then poured hot water over the disc.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0045
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Comparative tests at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Demonstration showing the elasticity of neoprene chloroprene rubber in comparison with natural rubber, at the former DuPont Exhibition as it appeared at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center. The machine stretched the two materials, in some instance after having been saturated with oil and grease.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0044
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Product demonstrations at DuPont Exhibition at the New York Museum of Science & Industry
Date(s): 1937-04
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The durability of synthetic resin finishes, even under the most unusual conditions, was shown at the former DuPont Exhibition in the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center. On top of the hardwood disc, covered with a synthetic finish, was a cake of dry ice; the demonstrator then poured hot water over the disc.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0046
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: DuPont Exhibit at the National Packaging Exposition
Date(s): 1949-05-10
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Polythene film is used as packing for chemicals, metal parts, bath salts and as liners for drums and cartons. Here chemical resistance, tear strength and waterproofness are its principal advantages.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_1720
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Sew up that sale production stills
Date(s): 1950
Contributor(s): Cinecraft Productions, Inc. (Production company), Domestic Sewing Machine Co. (sponsor)
Description: A magazine print advert and a sales demonstration of a sewing machine.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Production films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_33_12_01
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Miracle on Mulberry Street production stills
Date(s): 1948
Contributor(s): Cinecraft Productions, Inc. (Production company), Seiberling Rubber Company (Akron, Ohio) (sponsor)
Description: Seiberling demonstrates for the fictional residents of Mulberry Street car tires that can withstand nails and punctures and reseal themselves. Includes views of the sets and production crew. Two aerial views of the Seiberling Company.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Production films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_35_02_01
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Adventures in Sewing: How to Make an Evening Bag
Date(s): 1950
Description: Episode 7. Louise Winslow teaches the viewer how to craft an evening bag out of nylon brocade, satin, and muslin with Domestic Sewing Machine model #717. She also demonstrates how to attach lace to the bottom of a dress slip and apply a design to a place mat using a special zig zag attachment. Winslow concludes by explaining how the sewing machine, along with written direction sheets and patterns, can be purchased.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC186
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

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