The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
The papers of Paul Arthur are comprised of material collected by Dr. Arthur’s sister, Dorothy Arthur from 1967 through the 1988. The Collection is divided into two series. The first contains press releases from the DuPont Company and includes...
Bank calendar. Printed caption: "Five miles south of Dover stands the John Dickinson Mansion. Built in 1740, it is a concrete reminder of the great statesman who lived there. Nearby is Dover Air Force Base. John Dickinson (1732-1808) studied law in...
Military organizations; Clothing & dress; Military officers
Resolution of thanks from Company A, 1st Regiment Delaware Volunteers to Captain Febeker, Company A, 1st Regiment Home Guards, for a donation of gloves. A letter from E. Y. Watson, Captain of Company A, 1st Delaware Volunteers, is included. Both...
The black object in the plastic bag held above in an outstretched gloved hand is plutonium, which emerges from the final production process at Savannah River in metal form. Plutonium, an element not found on earth, is created in Savannah River...
Typed caption: Outstanding evening fashions among Marc Bohan's widely acclaimed collection for Dior were these two gowns, both made of the richly jeweled nylon tulles he used repeatedly. At left, a golden gown with jeweled embroidery at the...
"The black object in the plastic bag held above in an outstretched gloved hand is plutonium, which emerges from the final production processes at Savannah River in metal form. Plutonium, an element not found on earth, is created in Savannah River...
Typed caption: "Designed especially for the Trail Blazer, the Pennsylvania Railroad's new luxury all-coach train, and produced at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona, PA works, these 'twin units' present the last word in modern dining-car equipment...
Letter from William du Pont Sr. to his mother relating his trip to Furness Abbey and other local sights. He also states his plans to go on to London ahead of his Aunt Eleuthera to secure rooms for them both.
Written on back: "Samson, Abbott & Frank's 'Everglaze' 'Minicare' Safasheen sportshirt; and Simpson's 'Dip and Don' 'Everglaze' 'Minicare' 'Taliano cotton faille walking shorts; both by Alfred of New York."
Checking in on arrival. As members file into the meeting hall they receive attendance cards from two of the locals trustees, Jack Barry (left) and Howard Carson. Cards are retained until meeting ends. Members missing both meetings in one month are...
La Sabana Airport, San Jose Costa Rica. A contrast in transportation.Oxcarts and modern transport plane hauls both freight and passengers in hours, whereas with old packhorse method it took days, even weeks.More gasoline drums from plantations are...
In February 1958 GM Research Laboratories demonstrated an automatically guided passenger car, steered and controlled by signals from an electric cable beneath the road surface. In June 1960, outside RCAs David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton NJ,...
A controversy is developing in the ranks of TWA, The Lindbergh Line over the question are passengers in the Douglas airliners going to consume so much more food while flying that the cost of feeding them is going to show a sharp advance? The...
In the foreground on Yerba Buena Island, can be seen the highways leading to Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay site of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. Motorists drive to Treasure Island via the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge....
Haddam Neck, Connecticut-Shown is the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant at Haddam Neck, Connecticut the largest operating commercial nuclear power plant in the United States. The 575000 electrical kilowatt facility, started up commercially in...
