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 sales psychology of the self service package is demonstrated by this series of five cakes being shown by the Film Department of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. From the virtually blank package at the upper left, which draws a blank reaction...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite; Plastics industry;
Table of Contents: Throwing the spotlight on business; What, Pyralin for shoe soles; Reconditioning the Leviathan; When Mr. Jones buys toiletware; Armor plate finish; Of interest to explosives users.
Table of Contents: Age of speed; New Callao Port works; New decortive art in the bindery ; Moving a million yards of earth; Shoes, sans stables, nails or stitches; Shades in toyland; Frosted foods and Cellophane; Thirty-four years of progress at...
Attractive Florence Naum, Ford Motor Companys only woman electrical technician, tests a generator regular quality control machine at the Ypsilanti MI plant. A resident of nearby Farmington, Miss Naum has been with the company for almost ten years....
Some of the 8,000 paratroopers dropping into the drop zone from air transports. Elevation of planes at about 800 feet to 1000 feet. A point of interest- there were no fatalities during the entire day.
Of interest to farmers planting corn is the new Cub 172 planter with corn hopper and fertilizer attachment (shown drilling corn). A similar planter is available for planting cotton and other row crops in the South.
Aerial view of Kaiser Steel mill and new industrial area surrounding area at Fontana, CA. Image accompanied a press release by The Perrett Company, Los Angeles, CA.
Southern California's fastest growing industrial area is developing around the...
To help promote public interest in the U.S. War Bond Campaign in New York City, the Chase National Bank is flying a new flag, along with the American and USO flags from staff on its office buildings at 18-20 Pine Street and 11-15 Broad Street. The...
Introduced in the fall of 1954 the two passenger Thunderbird was Americas first volume built personal car and quickly caught the publics eye. Present day collectors have made it one of the most prized of modern era special interest cars.
More than a dozen motors were used to raise, fold, retract and conceal the roof of this unusual 1957 model retractable hardtop convertible. Only 48,394 units were built during the series three year life cycle. The car is now a favorite of special...
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry;
Dearborn directs the company to extract saltpeter from damaged gunpowder for the U.S. government. He references the Du Pont Company's interest in proving powder and remanufacturing gunpowder for the U.S. government.
Mason encloses a draft on Thomas Waterman. Mason also discusses Du Pont powder that his office purchased from Mr. Cazenove. Mason discusses the high price of saltpeter and his interest in looking to the western territories for additional supplies...
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry;
Mason confirms that he will lobby for the Du Pont Company interest in Washington and encourage the U.S. government to give the Du Pont Company as much business as possible.
Kemble reports on American Fur Company's interest that powder be delivered to Pittsbugh. He also reports on saltpeter and brimstone. Kemble also reports his observations of a Navy officer named Stanton.
