News of an explosion a the mills, four mils in the Upper Yard exploded, three men killed, Charles' du Pont's house nearly destroyed, some of Louisa's children cut by glass, Meta. struck on head, they are staying at Eleuthera's, the worst blast...
S.F. dinned at Mr. Seward's with Prince Napoleon, he wishes to visit the mills, mentions the battery of Col. Sherman which was said to be nearly lost, but in reality, little was taken
Text from back of image: "Photo shows - Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray, Army aeronaut, at Scot Field, Ill., who yesterday broke the world's record for altitude in a free balloon when ascended 41,000 feet, which is a distance of nearly eight miles. The...
Santa Monica CA- Along brilliantly lit assembly lines of Douglas Aircraft Companys plant here, night crews are rushing production of DB-7B attackers bombers, recently acclaimed as night fighters in the defense of blacked out Britain. Equipped with...
Miss Jean O'Neil, a fair New York motorist, is momentarily arrested by a sign displayed by a gas station in New York. New York service stations claim that nearly 30 cents of every dollar taken in for gasoline must be handed over to the tax...
Leisenring reports that he has sold nearly his entire powder stock to railroad contractors. He reports that these contractors complain about the amount of smoke that the powder creates.
For hospital use, the Veterans' Administration is using tumblers, dinner plates, bread plates, sauce dishes and cereal bowls molded of DuPont nylon. They are particularly good for psychopathic wards, since it is nearly impossible to break these...
This young lady is holding 537 eggs-in cellophane shells. Dehydration removed the water. Compression by a new process removed most of the air, so that the nourishment value has been squeezed into a compact package of fourteen one pound blocks, each...
The batch of stainless steel shown above has just been removed from a DuPont Sodium Hydride Descaling Process bath at Manganese Steel Forge Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Backed by nearly ten years of commercial experience, this descaling...
In placing letters in four office filing cabinet drawers, the energy output of this office worker as recorded on the Lauru Platform, was nearly twice that of a housewife ironing a shirt.
This section of DuPont's Experimental Station on the Brandywine suggests the atmosphere of a college campus. Research, which has been conducted at the Station since 1903, has led to the development of many new and improved products, including nylon...
The DuPont Band, numbering more than 60 company employees, plays for the entertainment of guests at DuPont's 150th Anniversary celebration July 18 on the banks of Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Delaware. Nearly 7,000 spectators, consisting...
The DuPont Chorus, numbering 100 company employees, in 19th century costumes, sings during the DuPont 150th Anniversary celebration July 18 on the banks of the Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Delaware. Nearly 7,000 spectators, consisting almost...
Earl Wescott, representing DuPont's Old Hickory, Tennessee rayon plant, and his sister, Marie, of the Clinton, Iowa cellophane plant, visit the home of E.I. du Pont Nemours, founder of the company. The Wescotts come from a family whose combined...
Earl Wescott, representing DuPont's Old Hickory, Tennessee rayon plant, and his sister, Marie, of the Clinton, Iowa cellophane plant, visit the home of E.I. du Pont Nemours, founder of the company. The Wescotts come from a family whose combined...
Earl Wescott, representing DuPont's Old Hickory, Tennessee rayon plant, and his sister, Marie, of the Clinton, Iowa cellophane plant, visit the home of E.I. du Pont Nemours, founder of the company. The Wescotts come from a family whose combined...
