These 61 men and women, and the files, machines and other equipment that surround them, represent the force required to handle the DuPont Company's annual tax bill. In 1952, total taxes and re-negotiation for DuPont amounted to $395 million, more...
The date is Armistice Day, November 11 and the scene is Reyburn Plaza, Philadelphia as one of the Citys defenders bus the first Defense Savings Stamp sold by newsboys in front of a formidable looking M-3 medium tank. The tank, manufactured by the...
The white blankets on the twin beds of The Nylon Suite, a new deluxe feature of the Hotel DuPont represent one of the newest fields entered by nylon. Made by the Chatham Manufacturing Company, the blankets are scarcely distinguishable in...
The white blankets on the twin beds of The Nylon Suite, a new deluxe feature of the Hotel DuPont represent one of the newest fields entered by nylon. Made by the Chatham Manufacturing Company, the blankets are scarcely distinguishable in...
In testing fabrics for the fastness of dyes in washing, special soaps and soda ash solutions are used. The fabrics are checked for 'bleeding' or running dyes. Fabrics are also laundered in accordance with commercial laundry standards and are given...
Spheres like these for storing synthetic urea represent working capital invested at Belle Works of DuPont Company at Belle WV. Called Horton spheres, after the inventor, they hold finished product until it is ready for shipment. A spherical form is...
Automatic controls for treatment of wastes at DuPonts Memphis TN plant insure that effluent is made harmless before it is discharged into nearby stream. Waste treatment area includes two large eight hour retention basins and a smaller one hour...
Waste from manufacturing operations at DuPonts Memphis, TN plant receives special treatment before it is finally discharged into nearby stream, Building in background houses automatic controls. Pipes carry chlorine, caustic and steam, which are...
Shown at his laboratory bench is a member of the staff of the Eastern Laboratory of the DuPont Company's Explosives Department at Gibbstown, New Jersey. Established in 1902, this was the first of DuPonts research laboratories and is believed to...
The papers filmed represent a selection from Pierre S. du Pont's AAPA File 1023 of forty-five boxes, or which twenty-nine comprise the AAPA itself and sixteen the WONPR, photographed in the order in which they were inventoried by the staff of the...
The papers filmed represent a selection from Pierre S. du Pont's
AAPA File 1023 of forty-five boxes, of which twenty-nine comprise the
AAPA itself and sixteen the WONPR, photographed in the order in which
they were inventoried by the staff of...
Written on back of image: "The various colors are traced on individual rollers. A 10 color pattern calls for 10 copper rollers. The operator is transferring pattern to the varnished copper cylinder. The stylus point or finger of the machine is...
Located on Third Street between Delaware and Harmony Streets. A former Dutch governor, Jean Paul Jacquet owned the lot in 1674 and based on town records, the house was listed in 1704. Originally, the Delaware Society for the Preservation of...
Typed caption: " Release for morning newspapers: 'The Wonder World of Chemistry' to be erected at the New York World's Fair 1939 by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company to house a series of exhibits dramatizing the contributions of chemistry to every...
