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...
on front of card: "The Down Town Tourist Court, 1/2 Mile North of Business Center. On U.S. 19-23-25-70, Asheville, N.C." on back of card: "The Down Town Tourist Court. 65 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, N.C. On U.S. 19-23-25-70. Phone 9460. Only...
Text from back of image: 'The first round the world plane was forced down yesterday, March 19 at Cottonwood, Calif. because of engine trouble. The damage was not serious and after an hour's delay the machine was on its way again. (Photo shows the...
Table of Contents: Rising to new heights; Down with the clostridium sporogenes; In case of emergency; The thrill of it all; How degrading; The farmer's voice; China is open for business; Tracking down the culprit; New transformers on a roll in...
Redstone launch vehicle carrying a boilerplate model of the Project Mercury spacecraft launched at 12:30 pm from Cape Canaveral, FL today appeared to fly its preplanned trajectory. The vehicle reached a peak altitude of 115 statute miles, a maximum...
Typed caption: One of the most talked about gowns in the current Paris collections-the short evening down designed by Yves St. Laurent of Dior in white nylon tulle with flaring pullover. Topper has off the shoulder neckline, is heavily beaded,...
Text from back of image: "After being forced down at Jomfruland, a lonely island off the coast of Norway, Jimmy Mattern, American flyer now over the Pacific Ocean enroute to Nome, Alaska, on his round-the-world flight, flew his battered plane to...
Text from back of image: "Above is the plane that Dick Merrill, transport pilot and transatlantic flyer, brought safely down near Matamoras, Pa., when storm conditions forced him out of the air. The plane carried mail and passengers, and was...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Textile industry; Toothbrushes; Pest control; Paint industry; Agriculture;
Table of Contents: Taking the heat off industrial workers; Rising chemical stars; Pressure cooking squeezes color into the man-made fibers; New horizons 10,000 feet down; Dacron on duty; Spare that toothbrush; Giving suede a new face; Harnessing...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Nylon; Paint industry; Agriculture;
Table of Contents: Face lifting for industry; The canary camera; Titanium's down to earth now; Those 200,000 mile nylon tires; Weeds are their dish; Tomorrow's chemistry assignments; The nitrogen with built-in control; Cavalcade's afterlife; The...
Table of Contents: Cronar grows up; Housing a new drill in nylon; Foams for the reefers; why they insulate with Titanate; Testing ten thousand tires; 2-in-1: a prime poly for produce; Traveling with a tape recorder; Fabrics cover 50 years; Taking...
Table of Contents: New Jersey's ripening tomato industry; New moon over Milwaukee; A tile styled for traffic; The well-mannered look; The first universal house paint; Power-packing pistol; Sailing the vulcoon; Piped light pyrotechnics; Economic...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Arches; Plastics industry; Airplanes; Bowling; Fashion industry;
Table of Contents: Clockwork sometimes not so smooth; Gateway arch:a triumph of triangles; Anatomy of a superjet; Bowling down the lanes; Fresh start for a fashion fad; Industrial growing pains; The tie that binds; Minature view of big business;...
Table of Contents: The 60-second spoof; Multicolor effects on two-color presses; Businesslike haven for wildlife; Golfing's gallery of fashion; Queen of the thunderboats; The shoot and scoot helicopters; The hotel that has no rooms; Down the old...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Fashion industry; Chains; Safety equipment; Petroleum industry; Pipelines; Packaging; Paint industry; Fire alarms;
Table of Contents: Chain of succession; Safety assist for Sylvania; Sour gas in the oil fields; Festive finery; Wrapping up an energy source; The Jolly Green Giant gets into film lamination; Keeping up appearances, keeping down maintenance costs;...
Table of Contents: Smooth way through a rugged wilderness; The well-protected vote; Down to size; Covering a multitude of things; Replica of a wind-borne heritage; Bonus for the environment; Fending off foragers; Corralling copper in the land of...
Table of Contents: Downhill duel; Knits: now a shirt story; What's around, six miles down; An added measure of reliability; Apparel design cum laude; A rugged competitor in the gym; Residential reprieve from exterior maintenance; Piscatorial pros;...
