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...
Hendrick writes to say he had hoped to have the electric carriage for his September vacation. He wonders if they have obtained the channel irons and asks if they will be able to send the automobile by the 1st of October.
Typed caption: "Short filaments may be produced by touching molten polymer with a stirring rod, and drawig the rod away. Equipment has been assembled by means of which continuous uniform filaments having a diameter of 0.007 mm or less can easily be...
Table of Contents: Costly indium now obtained by electrolysis; Made by men for menA modern cellini, Winold Reiss; Why you pay good money for moisture; Skeet, a year-round sport; The human hand was the first comb; To irrigate 80,000 acres of Idaho's...
This unusual view of the ice bridge at Niagara Falls was obtained from a Bell Aircraft helicopter hovering near the brink of the Horseshoe Falls. Ice covered rocks below the American Falls add an artistic touch and the Cave of the Winds (right)...
To introduce the 1949 Lincoln, Mercury and Ford cars to the public, the News Bureau prepared and distributed press packets which were sent to all daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and radio stations. Pictures were obtained by sending...
McCall has obtained payment for a draft on Robert Ralston. McCall also discusses payment of draft notes in New York, purchase of saltpeter for the company, and request for powder to supply government.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Barrackville #41 mine, West Virginia. Under ground stables for the mine horses. Note: the photograph has no date but information obtained from the West Virginia State Archives states that a gas explosion on March 18,...
View of the Michigan highway between Detroit and Lansing, lighted at night through the use of reflectors made of Lucite methyl methacrylate, a plastic developed by DuPont. The illumination is obtained through the use of the headlights of the car...
In this unit benzol and related products are obtained from recovered light oils. Light oils are separated from coke oven gas in the towers in the background.
Fluffy white stars and colored tree ornament designs add glamour to Christmas packages. And the unusual effects are obtained easily at the press of a finger with white or colored aerosol snows. Use simple cardboard cutouts as spraying guides and...
This DuPont chemist is making a precise determination of the melting point of a new compound obtained during the course of his research investigation in the laboratory of the Electrochemical Department. The products of this department have a broad...
Historic associations cluster here. The DuPont Country Club, Henry Clay, Delaware, overlooks Brandywine Creek, where DuPont gunpowder was first manufactured. The facing stone of this building was obtained from the abandoned powder mills in the...
Historic associations cluster here. The DuPont Country Club, Henry Clay, Delaware, overlooks Brandywine Creek, where DuPont gunpowder was first manufactured. The facing stone of this building was obtained from the abandoned powder mills in the...
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...
Text from back of image: "This collosal water tower at Nassau, Bahamas, 210 feet above sea level and topped by a revolving light serves as a guide to the air liners of the Pan-American services. From its top, reached by elevator, a view for 30...
