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 records consist of photocopies of miscellaneous documents of the Empire Steel and Iron Company, the originals of which are in the possession of the National Canal Museum at Easton, Pa. Most of them seem to have come from the Mount Hope site....
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...
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad; 27 Water Street at the foot of State Street; Architect: Henry Hobson Richardson; Date built: 1887; On back: " The Railroad Station, New London, Conn., was built in 1887 and is interesting not only as the...
In 1961, William Pahlmann Associates won the contract to design several public areas in the New York Hilton. These included the Trianon Ballroom, a food concourse, three guest suites, and the hotel's two duplex penthouses. Pahlmann worked on the...
In 1961, William Pahlmann Associates won the contract to design several public areas in the New York Hilton, including the Mercury Ballroom, a food concourse, three guest suites, and the hotel's two duplex penthouses. Pahlmann worked on the New...
The Place Lautrec Restaurant was part of the food concourse (called the "Rue des Gourmets") in the New York Hilton Hotel at Rockefeller Center. In 1961, William Pahlmann Associates won the contract to design several public areas in this hotel,...
Hendrick writes that the drum of the foot break and the rest of the knuckle joint have broken. He needs a new drum and full knuckle joint and brake strap. Hendrick asks that the items be sent express as he does not want to lose an hour of this...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Textile industry; Toothbrushes; Pest control; Paint industry; Agriculture;
Table of Contents: Taking the heat off industrial workers; Rising chemical stars; Pressure cooking squeezes color into the man-made fibers; New horizons 10,000 feet down; Dacron on duty; Spare that toothbrush; Giving suede a new face; Harnessing...
The New York Central's Empire State Express clears the end of the station platform at Rochester NY on the way to New York City. Making its run in daylight in both directions, the Central's crack streamliner connects Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and...
The commission house district in Boston, showing traffic congestion in the wholesale food market. Boston, like the rest of New England, has failed to gain as North Carolina has gained. Winton-Salem, Durham and other small cities have taken textile...
Chemical industry; Defense contracts; Explosives; Factories; Gunpowder; Paint industry; Plastics industry
Excerpt from The Indicator, a newsletter published by the New York and New Jersey sections of the American Chemical Society. Explores the history of DuPont's New Jersey facilities and their contributions to the defense industry. Includes a two-page...
New organic research building at the Eastern Laboratory of the DuPont Company at Gibbstown, New Jersey increases facilities for studies in the field of organic chemistry. Aim of the work is to develop new processes and products.
East 42nd Street and Park Avenue; Architects: Reed and Stem, Warren and Wetmore; Date built: 1913; On back: "Grand Central Station Railroad Station at Forty-Second Street and Park Avenue, is the New York terminus of the New York Central and the New...
East 42nd Street and Park Avenue; Architects: Reed and Stem, Warren and Wetmore; Date built: 1913; On back: "Grand Central Railroad Station at Forty-Second Street and Park Avenue, is the New York terminus of the New York Central and the New York,...
East 42nd Streeet and Park Avenue; Architects: Reed and Stem, Warren and Wetmore; Date built; 1913; On back: "Located on East 42nd Street between Vanderbilt and Lexinton Avenues, this is the terminus of the New York Central, the New York, New Haven...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Metallurgical industry; Clothing industry; Plastics industry; Nylon;
Table of Contents: Metals for a new age; Inside look at outerwear; From Fairfield to outer space and back; For the car in your future; New formula for freshman chemistry; Visit with June; Tankers to Texas; A new and better bleach; Give me mountain...
