A guide to primary material at the Hagley Museum and Library. For access to the contents of this collection contact Hagley at research@hagley.org or 302-654-2800.
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."
Typed on back of photo: 'Old Powel Mansion at SE corner 35th & Powelton Ave. Philadelphia.' On the porch: Mary Aletta Belin du Pont, Isabella Mathieu du Pont, Margaretta Lammot du Pont.
Work in the Main Power House of the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant in Dearborn, MI apparently is conducive to a ripe old age. Here are the more elderly of the staff of the power house, lined up in front of the latest of the three huge 110,000...
Barksdale Works; Du Pont Engineering Company; Explosives industry; government contract; Gunpowder manufacturing; Old Hickory Plant; Penninman Plant; Seven Pines Plant; Tullyown Plant; World War I
The DuPont site at Old Hickory, Tennessee reflects the complexity of the many new products now being made on this location replacing rayon and cellophane which were once manufactured here. The aerial view show the new plants for Corfam poromeric...
I couldnt sleep. I went down into the sitting room of the farmhouse. I sat in my fathers old chair. Slowly I began to realize that this old house was more than just a house, that our old farm was more than just a farm. The farm itself gave me the...
