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Title: Working in the Textile Research Laboratory
Date(s): 1920/1929, 1920, 1929
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: PC20110714_0519
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Textile Research Laboratory
Date(s): 1955-06-20
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: PC20110714_0507
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Scene on the mixing floor during production of Acele acetate rayon
Date(s): 1950
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Scene on the mixing floor where the solvent is mixed with cellulose acetate, a process to reduce the material to a solution for spinning into 'Acele' acetate rayon at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Published in DuPont Magazine, February-March 1950
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_41714_b16f9_00022
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Pioneering Research Laboratory of the DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department
Date(s): 1951-05
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Pioneering Research Laboratory of the DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department, where initial investigations are conducted on man-made textile fibers. The laboratory is a part of the $30,000,000 expansion of DuPont's Experimental Station which was dedicated in May, 1951. The Station, which is located near Wilmington, Delaware, was opened in 1903.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0929
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Preparing for aerial shot of Textile Research Laboratory
Date(s): 1955-06-20
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: PC20110714_0506
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Orlon acrylic fiber, acetate yarn and 'Lycra' spandex fiber plants
Date(s): 1960
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Aerial view of the 'Orion' acrylic fiber, acetate yarn and 'Lycra' spandex fiber plants of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company at Waynesboro, Va. The 'Orion' unit was completed in 1958; Du Pont's acetate plant has been in operation in Waynesboro since 1929. The company's first 'Orion' plant went into production at Camden, S. C, in 1950, following a ten-year research program. The startup of manufacturing facilities for 'Lycra' began in i960. (59^6-58)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_41714_b16f9_00016
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Lycra, Spandex fiber, at Waynesboro, Virginia, plant
Date(s): 1960
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_41714_b16f9_00013
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Beaming operation during production of acetate rayon at Waynesboro, Virginia
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Stewart, Willard S., 1915-2003 (photographer)
Description: Large beam being made from small spools
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_41714_b16f9_00018
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Bias cross section of Cordura rayon
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A bias cross section of Cordura rayon sailcloth as used in the quadrilateral jib of Americas 1937 cup defender, Ranger, magnified sixty times y the microscope.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_994
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Test runs of experimental fabric fibers at Carothers Laboratory
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Test runs of new experimental fibers are made on this equipment at the Carothers Laboratory at the Experimental Station of the DuPont Company.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0914
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

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: Doorway of Textile Research Laboratory building
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: PC20110714_0500
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: Fiber D rayon filament under 215x magnification
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_1001
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Testing tensile strength of fabrics
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The tensile strength of fabrics is tested on this modern version of a medieval torture tack. A swathe of fabric is secured in jaws of the machine which exerts a pulling pressure to tear it apart. Point at which it tears is recorded by dial at right.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0916
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Determining the weight of fabrics made with synthetic textiles
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: The weight of fabrics, which is of importance to the manufacturer, wholesaler, retailers and consumer, is determined by precision balance. Sections of fabric measuring 4 in. x 4 in. are used to determine the weight per square yard.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: PC20110714_0918
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: Rayon filaments
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_998
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Man-made textile fibers in storage hopper
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: Staple from man-made textile fibers rolling from a storage hopper into a baling press for shipment to mills which process it into spun yarns on the cotton, woolen, worsted, or other established spinning systems.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_0889
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: Synthetic textiles - spun yarns
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: PC20110714_0510
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

Title: A single thread of Cordura rayon
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
Description: A single thread of Cordura rayon sailcloth, as used in the quadrilateral jib of America's 1937 cup defender Ranger, is unwound into the 390 filaments of which it is made. The microscope, magnifying them twenty five times, presents an unusual spectacle.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
Hagley ID: 1972341_993
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: Synthetic textiles - fibers in storage hopper
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: PC20110714_0515
Collection: DuPont Product Information photographs

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