The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
The records consist of photocopies of miscellaneous documents of the Empire Steel and Iron Company, the originals of which are in the possession of the National Canal Museum at Easton, Pa. Most of them seem to have come from the Mount Hope site....
Illustration from opp. p. 94 of William Bender Wilson, "History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company", (Philadelphia : Henry T. Coates & Company, 1899.) McWade was General Baggage Agent and Francis N. Barksdale was head of the Advertising...
R.E. olds and John Maxwell ascending a dirt mound on Belle in 1899 Oldsmobile. Car is probably first or second version. Olds calls it the car that puts Detroit on the map as auto center of the world.
Hendrick fears he will not have the vehicle before the end of the year. He complains that he expected an 1899 machine, but by the time he gets it is will be a back number because automobiles will be very much improved for next year. He plans to be...
Written caption: "Engine #161 with iron snow plow attached, about to start south to Washington, DC after blizzard of Feb 13, 1899. Photo taken at French St Station, Wilmington, Del."
Written caption: "Engine #161 with iron snow plow attached, about to start south to Washington, DC after blizzard of Feb 13, 1899. Photo taken at French St Station, Wilmington, Del."
