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...
Hendrick has sent all of the tires on his automobile to the company for repair. One of the tires has developed several leaks, although it was once repaired by a bicylcle repairer, and he wishes all of the tires to be repaired for fear the other...
Text from back of image: "Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah - It was 'all for one; one for all' when John Cobb (center with goggles on head) went out to smash Capt. George E. T. Eyston's land speed mark by driving 368.85 miles per hour in his...
Mass-mailed letter to William du Pont from Wayne Dinsmore, Secretary of the Percheron Society of America, reminding all members to register all of their Percherons foaled in 1914 by September 1. Dinsmore also discusses upcoming expositions in which...
Carpet, upholstery, lamp shades, drapes-it's all nylon in The Nylon Suite, a new deluxe feature of the Hotel DuPont. The draperies are made of F. Schumacher & Company floral patter screen print. Predominantly grey in tone, the drapes are all nylon...
Hendrick finds that he would like a double brake on the automobile after all. There is a handwritten postscript with further instruction about the brakes and their operation by one foot lever.
Hendrick writes to inform the company that the vehicle is not satisfactory. He feels that one of the problems is that the battery needs a full charge to get up hills. He declares the vehicle would be all right in cities with paved, flat streets,...
Hendrick discusses his autmobile in the first paragraph of this social correspondence. He notes that Bassett has written an account of his visit to the Boston Automobile Company which looks all right. Hendrick mentions a bursted tire and...
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....
Lydia Pinkhams Compound was the mother of all patent medicines. Her Vegetable Compound might be the most popular patent medicine of all time. It is still sold today, although in a much modified form. This concoction promised to be a savior for all...
written on back of print: "Designed 1961" note afixed to back of print: "One of Studebaker's most exciting styling options for 1963 is its Skytop Sunroof available on all hardtops and sedans. The sturdy, reinforced vinyl top is completely...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; All terrain vehicles; Flat tires; Apple orchards; Cycling; Sport clothes; Fashion industry; Textile industry; Paint industry; Fishing; Newspapers;
Table of Contents: Boss of all the trails; Fast, no-fuss flat tire repair; Brain storms; Protective apple corps; More than another nylon; Bright prospects for optical disc; The paint with a past; A feel for more fish; Vying for the eyes of Texas;...
Table of Contents: From vegetable oils; A labor-saving hint from motorists; For pleasant living; News of a new blue; There's no mystery about a diesal; The eyes eat first; Nineteen miles through coal; Garments of DuPont rayon; Thick and thin lead...
MD has collected all arms belonging to the General Government, (in hands of "suspected" companies) and reminding du Pont that he (lockwood) has the authority had will do so in Delaware as well.
