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...
Text from back of image: "The new Navy airship ZR-1, to be the largest in the world, is now under construction at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, NJ, the photo above showing the frames of the giant ship now being assembled. The hangar is the...
Some of the coal brought by railway cars from nearby mines to be fed into the Locust Summit District Central Breaker of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company at Locust Summit, PA. This cleans and prepares the Reading anthracite used as...
The S.S. Peter Dal has begun a 27 day voyage to India to deliver 36 steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. These are among the largest locomotives ever shipped from this country fully set up. This shipment is believe to be one of...
Chambers Works of DuPont's Organic Chemicals Department, one of the largest chemical and dyestuffs plant in the Western Hemisphere. Manufacturing facilities, together with three related research laboratories, occupy an area of about 600 acres at...
This scene shows part of the loading of large cartridges of DuPont 60% gelatin dynamite in the Susquehanna River near Marietta, Pennsylvania. The cartridges were five inches in diameter, 24 inches long and weighed 25 pounds each. The illustration...
This view shows a shot of approximately 16,000 pounds of DuPont 60% gelatin dynamite in the Susquehanna River near Marietta, Pennsylvania. It was one of several blasts made to create a trench in the river bed for the laying of Big Inch, the world's...
on front of card: "The Hoosier State's Largest and Most Complete Summer Resort" on back of card: "Indiana Beach, 3 Miles north of Moticello and 6 miles east of Monon, consists of 48 modern Cottages, the "Beach House," a new modern Hotel plus a...
Written on back: "May 12, 1920. This picture shows the largest firebox plate ever made to date. It was one of ten plates of the same size, 250" x 195 1/2" x 3/8", furnished on Phila. 4542. The plates were used to form the crown, sides and...
Written on back: "May 12, 1920. This picture shows the largest firebox plate ever made to date. It was one of ten plates of the same size, 250" x 195 1/2" x 3/8", furnished on Phila. 4542. The plates were used to form the crown, sides and...
Text from back of image: "There recently arrived in London, England from America, a crew of eighteen men and three officers who will shortly attempt a trans-Atlantic flight in the largest airship ever built, the 'R-38.' She is a sister ship of the...
This old oak tree near Wye Mills is considered to be the largest oak tree in the nation, growing since the 1500s. The state of Maryland purchased the tree and surrounding land in 1939, and in 1940, the oak was given the title Largest Oak Tree by...
This old oak tree near Wye Mills is considered to be the largest oak tree in the nation, growing since the 1500s. The state of Maryland purchased the tree and surrounding land in 1939, and in 1940, the oak was given the title Largest Oak Tree by...
This old oak tree near Wye Mills is considered to be the largest oak tree in the nation, growing since the 1500s. The state of Maryland purchased the tree and surrounding land in 1939, and in 1940, the oak was given the title Largest Oak Tree by...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Airplanes; Food industry; Paint industry; Pest control; Textile industry; Plastics industry;
Table of Contents: Giving the big birds a lift; Chip-O's: not off the old block; What's current in cables; Wax wash's wag; Finishing up floor problems; Quicker color matches; Bottle for a rocket; Whipped cream of the crop; the world under Chicago;...
Table of Contents: When nothing else works; The one-piece, one-seam wardrobe; The largest moving object ever built; Sweet sounds of the symphonion; Versatile shelter for all seasons; Fashionable teammates; Walking advertisements; Think of the rink;...
Table of Contents: Those magnificent flying machines; New generation of jets; Windows on the world's largest airport; Flying finish; An air of authority; A composite picture of the hornet; Reliable connections; Pin action; Smart lights; It's...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite; Textile industry; Dyeing;
Table of Contents: Pung chow, the game of 100 intelligences; Crecco-splaths; Bus or Limousine; A 30 year test of DuPont smokeless powder; Storage of explosives; Stop the ravages of rust; Laying low the world's largest cement silo.
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Textile industry; Explosives; Dynamite;
Table of Contents: President Jefferson used DuPont powder; The latest thing in vests; World's largest rock-filled dam; Cement production starts at the quarry; Have you a little Duco in your home; Pyralin used for mural decorations; Tackling the...
