Table of Contents: From vegetable oils; A labor-saving hint from motorists; For pleasant living; News of a new blue; There's no mystery about a diesal; The eyes eat first; Nineteen miles through coal; Garments of DuPont rayon; Thick and thin lead...
This spun nylon sweater, soft and warm as fine wool, has the advantage of not shrinking when laundered. Short lengths of the synthetic fiber are spun into soft fuzzy threads to produce a woolly effect. Introduced on a small scale before the war,...
Here is a cool summery ensemble in an airy, light-weight batiste that will keep its fresh look and resist rumpling because it contains Dacron polyester fiber. Use of this DuPont Fiber also adds greatly to crease retention, and the clusters of knife...
Lycra spandex yarn, a product of DuPont research, is put through a creeling operation in plant at Waynesboro, Virginia as part of a testing procedure to determine if the yarn will run satisfactorily on the types of equipment used by DuPont...
Lycra spandex fiber, wrapped in cellophane for shipping, is checked by inspectors at DuPont plant in Waynesboro, Virginia where the product is manufactured. This picture was taken as yarn buggies wait to be wheeled to the shipping area where the...
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...
Recently designed and constructed by the DuPont Chemicals division is this new 'Raintester' which duplicates the effect of rain on garments and fabrics and makes it possible to measure their water repellent qualities. By adjusting the nozzle at the...
Dry cleaning at DuPont's Electrochemicals Sales Service Laboratory at Chestnut Run. Garments are first cleaned with Perclene perchlorethylene in unit on left; then transferred to recovery unit on the right. Here the last trace of the cleaning...
Quilon chrome complex, a chemical that makes materials water repellent, was developed in DuPont's Industrial and Biochemicals Department. It greatly increase the wet strength of paper and is also widely used in treating felt hats, shoe leather and...
Quilon chrome complex, a chemical that makes materials water repellent, was developed in DuPont's Industrial and Bio chemicals Department. It greatly increases the wet strength of paper and is also widely used in treating felt hats, shoe leather...
Woolens and other moth attractive garments are easily and effectively protected against damage when you use one the self spraying moth proofer aerosols. The fine spray reaches into the folds of the cloth with a minimum of mess and bother....
Rope or tow of man made textile fibers cut into desired and uniform lenths, varying as required for ultimate use in producing fabrics and garments. The short lengths shown here are roughly comparable to the average length of cotton.
Written on back: "Special 'Ban-Lon' Fashion Photograph - Garments from: C. Chapman, Sportwhirl, Kayser-Roth, H. Van Vliet, D. Crystal, Irwill, Darlene."
Written on back: "Departmental display at front of Fabrics Department at Scruggs Vandervoort Barney shows new 'Everglaze' cottons by Everfast also featured in made-up garments in the Miss America Fashion Show."
Written on back: "Island Display at entrance to Scruggs, Vandervoort, Barney fabric floor shows two 'Everglaze' made-up garments and posts show times."
Written on back: "Following Miss America's appearance at Ayres', February 9th and 10th, made-up garments of 'Everglaze' cottons by Everfast in McCall's patterns form departmental display."
