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...
Furnaces. Date from Civil War period and were closed down by Union Troops late in the war. Property was later owned by Republic Steel for the ore. Furnaces restored in the 1970's and are now part of the Tannehill Museum complex. One of the...
Table of Contents: The Duco period furniture; Argentina's cement industry; A modern rubberizing plant; Two unique loud speakers; To irrigate 70,000 acres; The rise of rayon; Paint in the fall for best results; Another use for Pyralin; Nurserymen...
Table of Contents: An important development; Conowingo, a new power giant; The Minute Man, new style; Belting that lives longer; Hosiery, old and new; The sport's the thing; Now Duco clear for home uses; Moultrie versus mosquitoes; Let's go...
Table of Contents: Dynamite fear complex; Camels take out quality insurance; Quarrying vanport limestone; They can be used again and again; An educational service; Do you need a new golf bag; The middle Rio Grande conservancy project; Introducing...
Table of Contents: Science and civilization; Another industry goes Cellophane; On the firing line; Raymond Hood, iconoclast; Problems in making auto polishes; Tunneling under Gauley Mountain; Twoels have a show of their own; Period furniture enters...
Table of Contents: Modern building materials; And underground quarry; At the Dallas and Cleveland expositions; The showcase of an industry; Electricks with Cellophane; Protective panes of Plastacele; Preserving food in 7,000,000 homes; Beauty aids;...
on front of card: "What is Roadside America? Who enters here will be taken by surprises! Be prepared to see more than you expect! You will be amazed at Roadside America's beauty and mechanical skill. Over 50 years in the making by our family. You...
Army Ordnances two stage Bumper rocket zooms skyward from the long range Proving Ground at Cocoa FL on the first leg of its flight. When the basic vehicle, a V-2, reaches the end of it s first burning period, a smaller Wac Corporal missile will be...
Months ahead of schedule, the Vega Aircraft Corporation plant in Burbank CA is now in full mass production of B-17 Flying Fortresses for the U.S. Army Air Forces. Vega was the first to make deliveries of these heavy bombers under a pooled...
The First Automobile Show-People weren't even sure that the horseless carriage was "here to stay" when the first automobile show was held at the Old Madison Square Garden, New York, in 1900. Manufacturers of that period had different ideas as to...
Air freight handled by the 16 scheduled trunk airlines during the first six months of this year was up an estimated 156 percent over the same period in 1947, a total of 30,723,010 freight ton miles as compared with 11,984,214. This trailer-truck,...
First air express shipment in history of transportation consisting of five bolts of silk weighing 50 pounds was flown 65 miles in 71 minutes from Dayton to Columbus OH on Nov. 7 1910, lashed to the framework of an open cockpit Wright biplane....
A salesman points out the advantages of a four door Ford Model A to a customer in this 1931 photograph taken in a typical showrrom of that period. Some 4,500,000 Model As were sold between late 1927 and the end of 1931.
Some idea of how the kickers toe feels to a football is gained in this unique high-speed photograph by Professor Harold E. Edgerton of MIT. Professor Edgerton pioneered in the application of high speed electronic flash photography to the study of...
Includes in-laid note from the U.S. Department of Transportation: "During the period June 1, 1983-May 31, 1988, this catalogue was on display at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., as part of the exhibit called "Stars." It and...
Includes in-laid note from the U.S. Department of Transportation: "During the period June 1, 1983-May 31, 1988, this catalogue was on display at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., as part of the exhibit called "Stars." It and...
Transcriptions of outgoing correspondence from the E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. to customers, sales agents, and other business associates. The letterbook covers a period from October 21, 1834 to July 22, 1836. This letterbook contains letters and...
Transcriptions of outgoing correspondence from the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company to customers, sales agents, and other business associates. The letterbook covers a period from June 17, 1825 to June 24, 1827
