Collection guide; Electric utilities and appliances; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for RCA/Victor records. This series of
records was assembled primarily by B.L. Aldridge, who functioned part-time as a company historian from the early 1950s to 1959. Prior to that, Aldridge was Manager of Sales and...
Collection guide for Victor du Pont papers. Victor du Pont (1767-1827), the eldest son of Pierre Samuel
du Pont de Nemours, first came to the United States in 1788 as part of the French diplomatic mission. In 1800 he
emigrated with his family and...
From images: "the Victor Talking Machine is the ideal gift for children. It develops the musical sense by teaching them the best in song and music as rendered by the leading artists of the world. Sousa plays only for the Victor; Jules Levy, the...
On back: "Colorful reminders of the early years of the Twentieth Century are the 'morning glory' horn of this ancient Victor Talking Machine Company phonograph and the broad-brimmed 'sailor' hat and checked, long-skirted jacket of the model....
Letter asking for employment in the DuPont powder yards. Includes a note by Alfred Victor du Pont suspecting that Mrs. Clancy, who carried the letter to du Pont, may have been part of an industrial espionage plot.
Smithtown PA- Meet 52 year old Victor Pegoris, bituminous coal miner- a superman who hasn’t taken a day off this century since January 1, 1940 and has a letter from his boss, President of Pittsburgh Coal Company to prove it. Victor is a 186 lb...
Television industry; Product inspections; Testing;
A Kinescope tube, on which the image is reproduced in a television receiver, undergoes one of the many tests it must pass before leaving the RCA Victor television factory.
Two of RCA Victor's famous staff of television research engineers, Dr. V.K. Zworykin (left) and E.W. Engstrom, examine a new piece of equipment at the Camden Laboratories.
Chassis for home television receivers shown on the assembly line at the RCA Victor factory at Camden NJ. The operators are wiring the chassis from the underside.
Letter written by Bernard Dahlgren, who worked for Archibald McCall. Dahlgren mentions items McCall was supposed to get for Victor du Pont as well as sending saltpeter, sulphur, and gunpowder samples to du Pont.
Aurora Gun Club was founded in 1895 in Delaware by brothers Alexis I. du Pont and Eugene du Pont. Top left to right: Victor du Pont III, Alexis I. du Pont, Eugene E. du Pont. Bottom: Victor du Pont, Jr.and Eugene du Pont.
