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...
Handwritten on back: "L. to R. Top I: Bessi Gardner (du Pont), William S. Hilles, P.S. du Pont. II: Alice Belin (du Pont), Irene du Pont (du Pont) m. February 1890; Sophie du Pont (Ford), Kensey Hammond. III: Rogers Wilson, Alice du Pont (Ortiz) m....
on back of print: "1 Charlie W. Matheson. 2 Twombly (porter). 3 J.B. Hedges (design engineer). 4 Andy Burns (foreman). 5 George D. Taylor (supt.). The First Matheson. 24 HP 4 cyl. Grand Rapids, MI 1903 $2500."
"As it appeared in 1903." Horse-drawn wagon outside factory. From Arthur Pine van Gelder, History of the Explosives Industry in America (Columbia University Press, 1927), p. 687.
on front of card: "What is Roadside America? Who enters here will be taken by surprises! Be prepared to see more than you expect! You will be amazed at Roadside America's beauty and mechanical skill. Over 50 years in the making by our family. You...
Great Oak, a short history of CPC written by David H. McConnell in 1903, this edition includes a foreword by Avon Products president, David W. Mitchell
Full size man carrying Langley machine on houseboat on Potomac River just before its trial on October 7, 1903. Though at that time the launching apparatus caused the failure of the trial, note that it is the same which has since been used in...
This section of DuPont's Experimental Station on the Brandywine suggests the atmosphere of a college campus. Research, which has been conducted at the Station since 1903, has led to the development of many new and improved products, including nylon...
View of the pioneering research laboratory of the DuPont Company's Rayon Department, where initial investigations are conducted on manmade textile fibers. The laboratory is part of the $30 million expansion of DuPont�s Experimental Station which...
Pioneering Research Laboratory of the DuPont Companys 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...
This is not the present station that was built by WPA (project #4889) in 1936. The station in the picture was built in 1903, destroyed by fire in 1906 and rebuilt in 1907
