Photograph of a sketch made by Charles Alexandre LeSueur of the Piazza at Eleutherian Mills. Typed caption on back: "SUBJECT: Sketch by Charles Alexandre LeSueur (1778-1846), French Naturalist and Artist, made in 1822 of the Piazza of...
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...
Hendrick writes to follow-up on the automobile order he made on June 22. The company said it would take 40 to 50 days to deliver. He writes on the 53rd day since his order, When am I to have my machine?
Hendrick writes that he has received the new tires. He notes the new tires have the same specifications as the ones he returned. Hendrick quotes from a letter he received from Goodyear in which the company stated these tires were not made for such...
Chicopee MA-Spring is here and hard on its heels is the season for baseball, Americas favorite sport. Already the factories that manufacture baseballs are busily turning out a supply to meet the demand. These photographs, made at the A.G. Spalding...
This document contains a tabulation of the gunpowder produced by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company between 1803 and 1856. It is broken into categories of where the gunpowder was made, its grade, and whether it was produced for government or...
This document contains a transcription of a tabulation of the gunpowder produced by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company between 1803 and 1856. It is broken into categories of where the gunpowder was made, its grade, and whether it was produced for...
The Nylon Suite, a new deluxe feature of the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Delaware is nylon from carpet to lampshades. In addition to such other applications as window curtains, draperies and upholstery, where nylon's varied properties have been...
Man made sponges are usually buff in color, but they are also made in pastel shades of blue, green, coral and yellow for bath and other home uses. They are made by DuPont at Columbia, Tennessee.
A step in the manufacture of Butacite polyvinyl butyral resin, which is used as the inner layer of laminated safety glass for automobiles. Here Butacite is being cut to widths ordered by the customer to fit his requirements for windshields and...
Butacite' polyvinyl butyral resin is used as inner layer of safety glass. Sheeting manufactured from this resin is of excellent clarity and color and is particularly resistant to the deteriorating influences of prolonged exposure to heat, light and...
This is another view of the manufacture of continuous sheeting of Butacite polyvinyl acetal resin, which is used as interlayer in modern laminated safety glass. As it passes onto a wind up roll, as shown in this picture, its unusual flexibility is...
Ink distributor rollers made of 'Lucite' methyl methacrylate resin have been used to replace rollers of other materials on duplicators and off-set presses because the plastic is durable and easily cleaned. Operator is shown cleaning a roller made...
A recent development in the textile field that is growing in importance is Cordura rayon. This rayon yarn was made expressly for the manufacturing of cords for bus, truck and passenger car tires. Because of its high strength and its ability to...
A recent development in the textile field that is growing in importance is Cordura rayon. This rayon yarn was made expressly for the manufacturing of cords for bus, truck and passenger car tires. Because of its high strength and its ability to...
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...
This collection helps to document the history of Singer Manufacturing Company during the period 1860 through 1880. After success in forming one of the first U.S. patent pools the Singer Company was ready to capitalize and built several new...
Text from back of photo: George E. Russell, aerial photographer of San Francisco, and Bob Hancock, wellknown pilot, landed on what is believed to be the highest landing field in the world when they made a trip recently and landed in the Templeman...
Caption text on photo: "'Butacite' polyvinyl butyral resin is used as inner layer of safety glass. Sheeting manufactured from this resin is of excellent clarity and color and is particularly resistant to the deteriorating influences of prolonged...
