Copy of death sentence of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier entitled "Jugement qui condamne a la peine de mort Lavoisier, fermier general..." It is dated 19 Floreval An II [8 May 1794]. The death sentence is signed "Wolff, C. greffier" and carries the...
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...
Letter from William's sister, Ellen, to William informing him of the death and funeral of her son (William's nephew), Henry du Pont Irving. She also expresses her wish that William could have been there.
Written on back: "Story sent you before but repeat it. One of the nicest little Kindergarten children in Konia. Father beaten to death by Turks Mother starved to death. She and her sister [illegible]." Written on folder: "In correspondance between...
Text from back of image: "Lady Mary Heath, noted British flyer, is near death as result of a plane crash in which she was flying went through a factory roof near the Great Lakes Aircraft Corp. Field at Cleveland. Photo shows the remains of the...
Text from back of image: "The wreckage of Walter Hunter's Travelair at the National Air Races Sept. 6th. Hunter, testing his ship for the Thompson Trophy Race, had to abandon the plane when 150 feet off the ground as a gasoline line burst. The...
Text from back of image: "The broken fueselage of a tri-motored plane after it had crashed at Neodesha, Kansas, carrying six to death and injuring eight. The ship was carrying the Winnipeg Toilers, championship basketball team of Canada, home after...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Agriculture; Textile industry; Paper industry; Plastics industry;
Table of Contents: War on spores; A two-way winner; More peroxide from less power; They tried to swivel it to death; Big catch for Nova Scotia; DuPont's newest water repellent; A dream come true; What's new; Give books this Christmas; 1,000...
Table of Contents: Idea fabrics; Rough, tough and stylish; Mechanical parts of Teflon; DuPont Cavalcade theater; Brighter pulp for whiter paper; DuPont's new non-caloric sweetener; Color moves outdoors; How's your brush IQ; New color for an old...
Table of Contents: Aviation and DuPont; Flying finishes; Death to rats; DuPont airborne plastics; Workin' on the railroad; Nylon takes to the air; At last, that new car; Cellophane in white; U.P. coal, helped open the west; What makes a good...
Letters exchanged regarding an inquiry into sale of the Empire State Building. Raskob's lawyers scolds Purdy for inquiring less than one month after Raskob's death.
Long Beach CA- As this swift and deadly attack bomber rolled off production lines of Douglas Aircraft Companys blackout plant here, the first for 1942, Douglas employees tagged it: With New Years greetings to Emperor Hirohito from 130,000,000...
Harry S, Truman (left) is sworn in as President of the United States by Chief Justice Harlan Stone in the Executive Offices of the White House, Washington DC. April 12, following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Warm Springs GA. Mrs. Truman is...
Caption: "Superintendant's Home, Brandywine Plant, across from Hagley Office. This dwelling house is near the Lower Hagley Works, diagonally across the road from the former Christ Church Sunday School Building, the latter better known as the Hagley...
Typed caption: "Upper Hagley works on the Brandywine were built in 1812. It was at this mill where Alexis I. du Pont, third son of E. I. du Pont de Nemours, was injured on Saturday afternoon, August 22, 1857 which resulted in his death the...
