Typed caption: "Red Cross Committee Wilmington, Delaware, 1915. Top row - reading left to right: Col. Edmund Mitchell, Gen. Charles Bird, Mr. S. D. Townsend, Mr. A. A. Curtis, Mr. T. Coleman du Pont, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, Mr. C. D. Garretson,...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite;
Table of Contents: Avoid Thawing Accidents; The Trouble Duo; Improved Red Cross Dynamite; A Winner: Red Cross Extra 20%; Snow Doesn't Fease the Red Cross Blaster; Word "Danger" on Every Cartridge; A Remarkable Shot with DuPont Straight Dynamite and...
Letter informing spectators of the Wilmington Horse Show of the restricted program due to World War II and that all proceeds would benefit the Red Cross. William du Pont, Jr.'s cousin, Lammot du Pont, Jr., is listed as chairman of the Delaware...
Photomicrograph, at 660 magnification, showing a typical nylon thread in cross section. The 17 filaments are almost perfectly round and very smooth. This represents a thread used in sheer stockings and fine knit goods.
This diagram shows a typical surface cross section as it might appear, magnified many thousands of times, under an electron microscope. The surface might be that of a fiber, or of a painted wall, or even wall paper. In Line No. 1, rough soil...
A bias cross section of Cordura rayon sailcloth as used in the quadrilateral jib of Americas 1937 cup defender, Ranger, magnified sixty times y the microscope.
Text from back of image: 'According to latest reports, the 'Southern Cross,' tri-motored Fokker plane piloted by Capt. Charles F. Kingsford Smith of Australia, has left Hawaii, to which it flew from Oakland, Calif., and is well on the way to the...
Text from back of image: 'Fighting through chill arctic winds and snow storms, the three U.S. army round the world fliers, under command of Lieut. Lowell Smith, above, negotiated the 878-mile flight from Attu Island to Paramashiru Island, thereby...
Text from back of image: 'Capt. Georges Kirsch and Lt. Antone Mourre, French aviators, who will attempt to fly from New York to Paris next year are visiting in Los Angeles. Capt. Kirsch held the world's altitude record of 11,000 meters in 1921, and...
Fire fighters; Parades & processions; Automobiles;
Early fire vehicle equipped with fire extinguishers and other paraphernalia, driven by firemen. Vehicle flies a white flag with a cross (probably a red cross), and may have served as an ambulance.
Fire fighters; Parades & processions; Automobiles;
Early fire vehicle equipped with fire extinguishers and other paraphernalia, driven by firemen. Vehicle flies a white flag with a cross (probably a red cross), and may have served as an ambulance. Large crowd looks on. Stern Auto Top Company...
Table of Contents: The super sprint ahead; Intermediates, anyone; Scenes from America's industrial childhood; Lift for a leftover; Remington's Humane Stunner hailed; Maintenance memo, try nylon to plastic; Small rivets for a big bomber; Know how to...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite;
Table of Contents: The Truth About Subsoiling With Red Cross Dynamite; Blowing Out a Forest Fire; Fabrikoid in Folding Baby Vehicles; Improving the B. & O. R.R.; Tennessee Girl is Prize Blaster; Planting 80,000 Trees With Dynamite; Prevent Misfires...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite;
Table of Contents: Big Boom in Trapshooting; Prosperity Insurance; Popularizing a Sport Through Advertising; Trapshooting Club Secretary Blasts Cellar With Red Cross; Wasted Ammunition; National Advertising of Fabrikoid; Catskill Aqueduct an...
