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 that he has received the new tires. He notes the new tires have the same specifications as the ones he returned. Hendrick quotes from a letter he received from Goodyear in which the company stated these tires were not made for such...
Illustration. Printed caption: "Penn State's official history began in February 1855 when the legislature passed a bill granting a charter to the Farmer's High School of Pennsylvania. On May 6, 1862 the name was changed to the Agricultural College...
A controversy is developing in the ranks of TWA, The Lindbergh Line over the question are passengers in the Douglas airliners going to consume so much more food while flying that the cost of feeding them is going to show a sharp advance? The...
Warwick Iron and Steel Company, Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Original open top blast furnace and new furnace. Note: the date is from a color postcard not in this collection. The photo taken for the postcard was taken at the same time as this photo. ...
Hendrick asks if the company makes a compound engine and condenser for their automobiles and what the price would be for the same suitable for a light surrey. He inquires about the specification for the cylinders and surface for the condensers.
Hendrick asks if the company makes a compound engine and condenser for their automobiles and what the price would be for the same suitable for a light surrey. He inquires about the specification for the cylinders and surface for the condensers.
Written on back of image: "Experimental crimpers, filament, large size. Built 1-2, 1952. Photographed March 17, 1952. These units have a common drive, 1/3 H.P. motor. Left Unit: rolls 4 1/2" diameter x 1/4" face; saddle shown is for internal work...
Printed caption: "On Bedford Street in Georgetown, just off the public square, is an old, shingled house. Once it was one of the most important buildings in Sussex County, for it was built as the County Court House in 1791 and used as such for...
Caption on back: "The new Soda House built on the R.R. spur from Montchanin into the Eleutherian Works - This building was used for storing and pulverizing nitrate of soda having been built in the late eighties and took the place of the Acid Works...
Published transcript of the speech Henry Algernon du Pont delivered at the unveiling of the monument to Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur on the Cedar Creek Battlefield in Virginia. Du Pont gave the address on 16 September, 1920. Ramseur, a...
Oklahoma City has devised a new method of enforcing its parking regulations in the downtown section and at the same time, adding to the city's revenue. Miss Emmalle Jarvis is seen just as she prepares to put a nickel in one of the curbside parking...
Full size man carrying Langley machine on houseboat on Potomac River just before its trial on October 7, 1903. Though at that time the launching apparatus caused the failure of the trial, note that it is the same which has since been used in...
The 100% motorized modern army depends upon motor vehicles for supplies, transportation and movement of gun units and war materials. Photo shows some of the vehicles of the 26th infantry being refueled during maneuvers at Pine Camp, New York....
Florence, Italy- A vase being painted its final design before going to the firing kiln. This work is often doen by young artists who have received instructions fromt heir father, as many as three generations working in the same factory at one time.
Formed halves of the bomber nose are cemented together with acrylic resin, the same resin of which the Plexiglas sheets are originally made, Here a workmen is trimming the edges of a bombardiers door end the gun-mount hole so that the necessary...
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,...
Laser Beams-The promise of fusion power holds a great potential to meet the energy demands of the future. Architect and engineering studies began during 1973 on a $20 million High Energy Laser Fusion Facility at the Department of Energy's Lawrence...
The new IBM Personal Computer offers a complete, affordable business system for office use. Operating at speeds measured in millionths of a second, it can generate and display charts, graphs, text and numerical information. Business...
