Nearly seven million yards of bands, bindings and braids are produced annually in the Weaving Department, of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia, requiring more than forty thousand pounds of raw silk, imported from Japan and Italy. All the...
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Table of Contents: The mining industry and DuPont; Story previews; Miners' right-hand man; Housewives vote for Cel-o-seal bands; yes, partners of progress; Longer life for mine timber; Paintbrush bristles, made in U.S.A.; Sand, water, and...
Glass block in bands surrounding the monitors and in shafts above the canopies of stainless steel at each entrance to the new Standard Register Company press shop in Dayton, OH have become the new architectural symbol of a business built on holes....
Contrast the primitive type of cupola an the left with that shown on the right. The left is made of a number of cast iron staves bound together with wrought iron bands. The material for the charge is carried up a ladder by hand and dumped into...
Rayon tow, manufactured by the DuPont Company, is here being fed into a Perlok tow-to-top machine. The bands of continuous filaments are broken between the sets of rollers at the right without ever losing their original parallelism. In the...
Aerial view of the Yerkes plant at Buffalo, New York where viscose rayon yarn and staple, cellophane, cellulose sponges and cellulose bands are manufactured by E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company.
Typed caption: The caftan is bringing new freedom to fashion--as well it should. It's the kind go shape almost any woman can wear and look her loveliest. This one by Maurice Antaya is in a sea foam colored jersey of 'Qiana' nylon zapped with a band...
Typed caption: Pants come in two pieces-and in one piece-like this witty outfit by Posh. From neck to knee it skims the body in a black and white jungle print-then flares out into wide, wide strips of brilliant color--all in slinky jersey of...
Typed caption: 'A-tilt' from front to back is how Paris describes one of the favorite silhouettes of the season, as seen in this very feminine gown of white nylon tulle designed by Castillo of Lanvin. Short in front and long back, following his...
The greatest care is given to detail, in manufacturing Stetson hats, as is evidenced in the trimming departments of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia. The leathers, bands, and bindings must be of the highest quality and are made to fit...
