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...
This building , used as a laboratory at the Repauno dynamite plant, Gibbstown, New Jersey was forerunner of DuPont Company's first formal research unit, the Eastern Laboratory, established in 1902 at Gibbstown. Lammot du Pont, father of the three...
Located just west of Hares Corner, New Castle, DE, a mission of the Welsh Tract Church was established. In 1788, a log church and cemetery was laid out on a half acre of land donated by Ebenezer and Andrew Morton. In 1839 a separate charge was...
"Forerunner of Eastern Laboratory." Written caption: "This building . . . was the forerunner of the DuPont Company's first formal research unit, the Eastern Laboratory, established in 1902 at Gibbstown. Lammot du Pont established the Repauno Works...
Early home circa 1901 of General Electric Research Laboratory. Whitney moved his newly established laboratory here after having been burned out of Steinmetz's barn. Equipment shown in this photo may have belonged to the preceding tenant of Building...
Gibbons reports on the condition of powder he has just received from the DuPont Company. He reports that Whipple powder has just established an agency in San Francisco.
Lacquers and finishes undergo grease resistance tests in du Pont laboratories. The device illustrated subjects the film to a rubbing operation with a series of felt pads, kept saturated with fresh butter and other grease. Under varying degrees of...
Panorama of the former DuPont Exhibition as it appeared at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center, New York City. The exhibition showed new and established products made by E.I. de Pont de Nemours & Company.
Shown at his laboratory bench is a member of the staff of the Eastern Laboratory of the DuPont Company's Explosives Department at Gibbstown, New Jersey. Established in 1902, this was the first of DuPonts research laboratories and is believed to...
First panel board in company was established on a powder line pt permit sage remote control operation. Here an operator starts up a mill. To insure maximum safety, DuPont's Belin Works is made up of several dozen small and independent buildings,...
Panorama of the former DuPont Exhibition as it appeared at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center, New York City. The exhibition showed new and established products made by E.I. de Pont de Nemours & Company.
The Explosives Department's Eastern Laboratory (foreground) at Gibbstown, New Jersey. The winding road in the center of the photograph running to the dock divides the laboratory from the Repauno Works. This pioneer research laboratory, one of the...
Staple from man-made textile fibers rolling from a storage hopper into a baling press for shipment to mills which process it into spun yarns on the cotton, woolen, worsted, or other established spinning systems.
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for the Christiana Machine Company records. The company, established in 1834, was a
small general purpose machine shop and foundry located in Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Orders and customer correspondence form the...
Collection guide for Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and Françoise (Robin) Poivre
du Pont de Nemours Papers. Pierre Samuel du Pont (1739-1817) was a noted French
Physiocrat and economic advisor to Jacques Necker and King Louis XVI. In the...
From title page: "A brochure describing the various agencies that have been established to promote the general well-being of the employee and to facilitate pleasant, harmonious industrial relations."
Caption: "Deep beneath the earth's surface powerful electric pumps in Reading Anthracite Collieries have established new records for economy and efficiency in keeping the mines free of water."
Written on edge: "Established 1810. The Old Lukens Rolling Mill, First to make Boiler Plate in America. Chas. Huston & Sons, Proprietors, Coatesville, PA." Written on back: "The 'Brandywine Rolling Mill,' 1810, from a rare old woodcut."
On back: "A station was established here in 1851. The present station was built in 1884. This is said to be the oldest railroad station on top of any mountain in the world. The B & O reached Oakland in 1851. Soon after this event many famous 19th...
