Ludox colloidal silica, a product of DuPont research, is rapidly being adopted by the carpet industry as a soil retardant. It is easily applied at the mill by a multiple spray method, as shown here. Tiny, smooth particles of the Ludox fill up the...
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Table of Contents: Big Boom in Trapshooting; Prosperity Insurance; Popularizing a Sport Through Advertising; Trapshooting Club Secretary Blasts Cellar With Red Cross; Wasted Ammunition; National Advertising of Fabrikoid; Catskill Aqueduct an...
Honest to goodness, this is really the largest commercial building in America. Merchandise Mart has four million square feet of floor space. Tower section alone is as large as most office buildings. If built up like most of the recent setback...
Wiring needs of the 9000 Plus Order Entry Department are increased by an input/output printer (behind panel at left), two CRT terminals, communications equipment and task/indirect lighting. Theyre handled easily by the dual circuit Powerways in the...
Holland, land of water, is a strange place, but the strangest thing seen so far, is their auction rooms. A double platform, with a canal between, contains the buyers on one side, and the auctioneer on the other. Boatloads of produce are drawn...
Text from image: "Are You Afraid of Criticism? Some workers are so easily offended, that to criticise their work -- Means Trouble. Therefore nobody criticises, nobody suggests, nobody helps them, and so they never progress. Everybody must learn...
One entire wall in the living room of The Nylon Suite, a new deluxe feature of the Hotel DuPont is covered with draperies made of an F. Schumacher & Company floral pattern screen print. Predominantly grey in tone the drapes are all nylon twill,...
Generations of wig makers and doll manufacturers sought hair that could be washed without matting and combed without falling out. Recently, they found it in nylon. Nylon wig (left) and wig of conventional material are shown before and after...
Generations of wig makers and doll manufacturers sought hair that could be washed without matting and combed without falling out. Recently, they found it in nylon. Nylon wig (left) and wig of conventional material are shown before and after...
For Mother's Day gift, this frilly, feminine blouse in smooth, opaque nylon tricot will delight even the most practical person because of nylons easy care qualities. Light in weight but not too sheer, the blouse can be easily and quickly washed,...
This cute baby is well dressed for any occasion in candy striped rumba sun suit of crisp nylon plisse that washes easily, dries quickly and needs no ironing. The fabric keeps its fresh, bright look for a long time because it is made of DuPont...
Two new forms of nylon plastic are shown here. The large coil of stripping and the hank of smaller cross section filaments are the results of experimental production at DuPont's Arlington, New Jersey plant. These forms of nylon are strong, durable...
These handsome, roomy, bumper-end sofas feature upholstery fabric of Dacron polyester fiber. The attractive frieze weave, with lofty loop pile entirely of the DuPont fiber, is rich and full bodied and remarkable soft to the touch. The fabric has...
Lycra spandex fiber in production at the DuPont Company's plant in Waynesboro, Virginia undergoes a double check before shipping, Inspectress in background certifies yarn for shipping, wraps it in cellophane and racks it on shipping buggy. The...
This large rotating plating barrel is made from transparent DuPont Lucite acrylic resin. Lucite is easily formed and fabricates and is unaffected by most plating solutions.
Ink distributor rollers made of Lucite methyl methacrylate resin have been used to replace rollers of other material on duplicators and off-set presses because the plastic is durable and easily cleaned. Operator is shown replacing a freshly cleaned...
A boon to the summertime hostess is this transparent table cover of polythene, a new plastic which protects the cloth beneath it but does not hide the gay pattern. Laundry bills are thus reduced, for spots and stains don't penetrate the cover and...
A technician at DuPont's pipe manufacturing plant at Tulsa, Oklahoma adjusts extrusion equipment as it produces endless footage of Delrin acetal resin pipe for ultimate use by the oil and gas industry. The two inch diameter light weight, corrosive...
Standing on a pile of many thousands of feet of Delrin acetal resin pipe, an employee of the DuPont Company's pipe plant at Tulsa, Oklahoma easily handles one hundred feet of the two inch diameter plastic pipe which will ultimately find its way...
