Table of Contents: Old black powder days; Mining by caving; Sportop fabrics; Weber finds Duco a great aid; Fabrikoid for interior decoration; The Cuban central highway; New beauty in bedspreads; Fine furniture from Holland; A visit with...
In 1880, the first charge of nitroglycerine was produced at the Repauno dynamite pant in a building similar in architecture and construction to the one above-as waste acid building. This structure was still in operation until 1954 when the company...
New York Central Railroad; South Franklin and West Washington Streets; Date built: 1898; Razed: 1939; On back: "In 1895, the New York Central Railroad erected a line, commodious station at East Fayette and Franklin Streets. It is constructed of...
Designed in 1881 by Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Pelleport was originally inhabited by William du Pont and his wife May Lammot du Pont. A number of du Pont family members lived in the house through the early twentieth century, but Pelleport was...
Designed in 1881 by Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Pelleport was originally inhabited by William du Pont and his wife May Lammot du Pont. A number of du Pont family members lived in the house through the early twentieth century, but Pelleport was...
Excavation site for new Federal Building; First Presbyterian Church and DuPont Building are in the background. The McComb Mansion was razed to make way for the Federal Building.
Written caption: "L: Old (first) Presbyterian Church, built 1740, moved to West St and Park Drive. R: First and Central Presbyterian Church, built 1840 (razed 1929-1930). Foreground: N. Market Street, east side, 9th to 10th streets, Wilmington,...
Typed on back of image: "The acid house, so called, as the [DuPont] Company at one time made acid. Afterwards, this building was used for storing and pulverizing nitrate of soda later another building was erected for this purpose in another section...
Looking from the equitable building north toward the DuPont building showing the Ward apartment & YMCA, both of which buildings have been razed for enlargement of the DuPont building. 9th and Market.
L. YMCA, Ward Apr., DuPont Building; R. (Background) Ford Building; Center. Hilles School - 10th and King Streets (Razed late teens for New City and County building)
