Handwritten on back: "To - Mr. du Pont: Sincerely yours, G. B. Mahan. Taken in our front yard - July 4 - 1944 - Laguna Beach, Calif. High school in the rear."
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...
Military officers; Military organizations; Military rations
Copy of telegram from James M. Peoples to Major Henry B. Judd. Peoples, Captain of Company A, 7th Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, requests information on rations. Henry B. Judd was the U.S. Army liaison officer in Wilmington, Delaware.
group portraits; children; trees; Clothing & dress; rabbits
Typed on back: "About 1888. Left ro Right: Lammot du Pont b. 1880, Irenee du Pont b. 1876, Mary A.B. du Pont b. 1878, MArgarettea L. du Pont b. 1884. Taken on the lawn of the old house S.E. corner 35th St & Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia."
Notarized statement by Lammot du Pont of military equipment lost or destroyed during active service by Company B, 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry. Du Pont submitted a copy of this statement to the U. S. Ordnance Department in order to explain why...
Military rations; Military uniforms; Equipment & supplies
List of clothing and equipment issued to Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry by Lieutenant William Preston, the Regimental Quartermaster. The items were issued at Fort Delaware on 26 June 1863.
Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles; Soldiers; Military officers
Narrative of the military campaigns that Light Battery B, 5th U. S. Artillery participated in during 1864, including the campaigns in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. This work also lists the men who served in the battery. This copy is an expanded...
The factories of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadlephia, cover five acres of ground, providing twenty-nine acres of floor space. Four thousand men and fourteen hundred women are employed. Two large auditoriums for the use of employees are...
Visitors to the offices of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, are particularly impressed with the beatuy of the reception room for customers. This is perhaps the most handsomely appointed of its kind in the country. The furniture and...
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....
Cartes de visite; Portrait photographs; Soldiers; Artillery (Troops)
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "Safford one of my old soldiers." Safford served in Battery B, 5th U.S. Artillery.
Handwritten on front: "This is Francis aged 22 and Bill - just 20. To Mr. du Pont - This was snapped in England." Francis and Bill were stepsons of George B. Mahan.
