Stock exchanges; Stockbrokers; Depressions; Business panics; Business & finance;
Text on back: "Turning back to the days of prosperity – The grain pit on the trading floor of the St. Louis Merchant's Exchange again displayed activity reminiscent of the feverish war-time buying, when the bulls held sway and bid wheat and corn...
Taken from New York Herald, U.S. Merchant Marine Supplement; Text from image: "A Nation Must Control its Overseas Commerce -- No nation can be really great that does not control its overseas commerce. The upbuilding and operation of ships are...
Table of Contents: Our fugitive farm lands; California's walnut industry; Union Pacific meets a challenge; A new entrant bids for favor; Acele at the seashore; Some almost forgotten history; Modern dry-cleaning; A skeet field complete for one...
Includes articles: Builders of America's Merchant Marine; The "U.S. Grant" - an American with a History; Conversion of Steamers to Motorships for Costwise Trade, a Profitable Investment; Our Viewpoint from the Masthead; Well Known Men in the Morse...
McCall alerts company that his friends in New York have not been able to collect on drafts from Providence and Newport. McCall suggests having them collected at merchant houses. McCall also discusses inability to get a bill on London and the...
Correspondence; Ordnance industry; Gunpowder; Government contracts
McCall sends the order for powder to be remanufactured for the Navy Department, sends a letter of introduction for a merchant in Pittsburgh, and discusses payment for a shipment of saltpeter.
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for the papers of Samuel G. Wright documenting his activities as a New Jersey gentleman farmer, a Philadelphia merchant, an ironmaster,
and a member of the New Jersey Legislature, as well as his private investments in land. It is...
E.W. Caddick, Produce Merchant and Wholesale Dealer in Butter, Eggs, Cheese and Country Produce. Letterhead contains image of Hammond's Mistletoe Oleomargarine.
Written on back: "(first nuclear powered merchant ship) A specialty item on the ship is a Monel clad swimming pool, completely fabricated before shipment. 1959 Lukens annual report"
Sign in front of theatre reads "Today, extra added attraction. An interesting picture showing the scenes of activity in our big plants. Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg Co. Merchant Shipbldg Co."
Copy of painting of the American Eagle, which is the ship that brought members of the du Pont family to America in 1800. Typed caption with image: "COPY - December 21, 1946. From records of the former Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation,...
