Caption on back: "This is the Initial Unit of Wilmington's Marine Terminals. It is a thoroughly-protected harbor at the junction of the Delaware and Christiana Rivers. It provides 1200 feet of quay wall landing space. Note the open storage...
Correspondence from wife to husband regarding every day life while he is away at war. Sophie mentions Captain Davis, Henry Winter Davis, Mrs. Welsh, General Anderson, and Clementina and Harriet Smith. Parts of the letter are written in French....
The cylinder on the left contains hard water (0.04% or calcium chloride) to which a small amount of one of the new soapless soaps based on fatty alcohol sulfates has been added. Note the foamy suds extending all the way to the top of the cylinder....
Notecard with photo of house and note. Note reads: "With love and all good wishes and grateful memories of your friendship and thoughts for us. Ophelia and Miriam."
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Textile industry; Nylon;
Table of Contents: Silicon's slice of the future; Taming a chemical wildcat; Three new plastics; The birth of a TV special; Dust misses a blind date; Industry's answer man; Pretty beer salesmen; New arrival at Idlewild; Enough for a billion feet; A...
Table of Contents: Ascanio sobrero; Inheritance tax bogey; Backstage at Birdsboro; Auto tops and how to take care of them; Keep your powder dry; Adventure in Idaho; Absorbing facts by the pictureful; The other side of the fence; Cap crimper family;...
Table of Contents: President's annual report; America's longest railroad tunnel is completed; The new Harvard classics; Modern note in motordom; New sport, skeet; How hard is a rock; A pioneer manufacturer adopts Duco finish; Style enters the paint...
Table of Contents: The sink-and-float process; DuPont at two world's fairs; Schoolmates; Backing up the blueprints; Neoprene in the home, and in your car; A new note in furniture; Ski time in the Andes; Forty million hamburgers; What's the...
Letter from William du Pont's secretary, Charles Lennig, to Alex Yearley & Sons, realtors for Louis F. Detrick, owner of Montpelier refusing to offer more than $50 per acre until Dietrick shows a willingness to compromise by lowering his price even...
Short, undated note from William du Pont's secretary, Charles K. Lennig, to du Pont enumerating the acreage of the Montpelier property, the taxes assesed on it and the number of buildings present.
Letter from realtors Alex Yearley & Son to William du Pont's secretary, Charles K. Lennig noting an atteched copy of Montpelier owner Louis F. Detrick's response to du Pont's latest offer. A hand written note at the bottom from Lennig to du Pont...
Advertisement for a new edition of Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign ships. Included is a short note addressed specifically to William du Pont requesting an order confirmation.
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.”
Full size man carrying Langley machine on houseboat on Potomac River just before its trial on October 7, 1903. Though at that time the launching apparatus caused the failure of the trial, note that it is the same which has since been used in...
Springfield MA- Note rolltop desks, woman secretary and gas lamps converted to electricity. The firm published its first Merriam-Webster dictionary in 1847. This year it celebrates its 150th anniversary.
A Lincoln Zephyr powered by a V-12 engine (left) was joined by two newly introduced Mercury cars (note banner on wall) at this Spokane, WA dealership in the fall of 1938. The new Mercury, powered by a V-8 engine, was introduced by Ford Motor...
Reproduced from Traffic, official organ of the Los Angeles Traffic Comission (January 1926). Traffic congestion in Los Angeles. Note the space taken by cars parked on the sides.
