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: "2 of the 6 matched Irish Yew with one of 3 rare specimens of Taxus baceata. Elegantissima". Handwritten by P.S. du Pont on back: "Planted rose garden Sept. 1937"
Handwritten on back: "The other matched specimen of taxus baceata compacta. My son's height is 6 foot 4 indicating scale of yew". Handwritten by P.S. du Pont on back: "Planted east end rose garden September 1937"
Handwritten on back: "1 of the matched specimens of Irish Yew: taxus baceata compacta, which we may be able to obtain." Handwritten by P.S. du Pont on back: "Planted east end rose garden Sept. 1937"
Handwritten on back: "Rip almost gets a close shave. Taken at Chadds Ford June 1937. This almost made a tie up in traffic on Baltimore Pike. The sign was painted by N.C. Wyeth"
Handwritten by P.S. du Pont on back: "Planted rose Garden September 1937". Handwritten on back: "3 of the 6 matched Irish yew. Taxus baceata fastiziala".
Streets; Houses; Sidewalks; Neighborhoods; Road construction
Typed on back: "Taken in Sept. 1937. A picture of the Cement Walk, stone wall and fence that fronted the homes of Mr. Hitchens and Mr. Satterthwait. (Dec. 1937)"
