Handwritten on back: "Mr. and Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont laying corner stone. Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Pa, 1924. Used in Better Living in January 1950"
Handwritten on back: "Mr. and Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont laying corner stone. Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Pa, 1924. Used in Better Living in January 1950"
Printed caption: "The attempt to move the county government from New Castle to Wilmington was bitterly opposed by many. Legislative bills, referenda, and Grand Jury reccomendations were prepared to no avail until, in February 1879, the General...
Printed caption: "On Bedford Street in Georgetown, just off the public square, is an old, shingled house. Once it was one of the most important buildings in Sussex County, for it was built as the County Court House in 1791 and used as such for...
Flier advertising the 1941 Chester County Hospital fund raising event. A handwritten note indicates that William du Pont Jr. was invited to attend and that “it would be a good show.”
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....
This collection helps to document the history of Singer Manufacturing Company during the period 1860 through 1880. After success in forming one of the first U.S. patent pools the Singer Company was ready to capitalize and built several new...
Written on back: "Reading from left to right, facing camera: Hon. W. Butler Windle, Chairman, Chester County Council of Defense; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Chief, Bureau of Industrial Conservation, War Production Board; Robert W. Wolcott, President,...
Letter from P. J. Casey, Secretary and Treasurer of the Monmouth County Horse Show Association, to William du Pont informing the latter that he was elected Vice President of the organization for the year 1916.
County committee of the AAA, representing the War Food Administration, have arranged for around 20 auctions this fall to help the Defense Plant Corporation move to farmers used tools, equipment and supplies that could not be moved successfully...
A map of the Mammoth Cave, owned by Lexington, Kentucky saltpeter dealer Charles Wilkins. Wilkins and his brother John sold saltpeter to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company during the early nineteenth century.
