Artillery (Troops); Forts & fortifications; Military officers
Reichard, a Captain in Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery, asks Lammot du Pont's help in getting his unit transferred out of Fort Delaware, which he calls a "horrid Post!" Reichard also mentions a visit with Henry du Pont.
Artillery (Troops); Forts & fortifications; Military officers
Copy of du Pont's reply to a letter from Reichard, asking for du Pont's help in having his unit (Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery) transferred out of Fort Delaware. Du Pont offers his help and advises Reichard of ways he can apply for a...
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...
Letter from William Rowe asking Henry du Pont to exert his influence to get Rome transferred out of Fort Delaware. Rome was a soldier in Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry.
Text from back of image: 'The forward march of the daredevil side of aviation seems to keep pace with the rapid strides of commercial and military flying. The latest thriller is a change from a speeding motorboat to an airplane via the rope ladder...
Shown here are two huge ore unloading machine which will serve the new coal and ore dock at Toledo to be formally opened on June 2 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the New York Central Railroad. Each of these machines is capable of unloading...
Petit Ledger section (p. 1-25): Record of accounts between E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and its employees, pensioners, and other individuals from 1802 to 1806. Includes itemized accounts of pay and other expenses of DuPont employees. Boarding...
Yarn beaming at DuPont's nylon manufacturing plant at Seaford, Delaware. In this operation the yarn is transferred from individual pirms to the big beam to enable the fabric maker to handle the yarn more efficiently.
Yarn beaming at DuPont's nylon manufacturing plant at Seaford, Delaware. In this operation the yarn is transferred from individual pirms to the big beam to enable the fabric maker to handle the yarn more efficiently.
Bleaching of fabrics at DuPont's Electrochemicals Sales Service Laboratory at Chestnut Run. Here, results of a launderometer accelerated washing test are being checked. Bottles are preheated in rack at right. Bleach and textile samples are added...
Dry cleaning at DuPont's Electrochemicals Sales Service Laboratory at Chestnut Run. Garments are first cleaned with Perclene perchlorethylene in unit on left; then transferred to recovery unit on the right. Here the last trace of the cleaning...
Dynamite is transferred to magazine area in small, narrow gauge freight cars. After loading is complete, the brakeman hooks a dummy car between engine and full car for safety.
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for John B. Lovis Research Notes on Bethlehem Steel Corporation. John B. Lovis (born 1935), spent his career with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. He first worked in the Blast Furnace Department at Sparrows Point, Md. In 1963 he...
Collection guide for John F. Tucker Collection. The collection consists of official documents, reports, brochures, publications, and ephemera from SEPTA and its predecessors, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and the Philadelphia...
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...
Written on back of image: "The pattern being transferred to its individual color rollers is being reduced from the enlarged plate size of the design to its normal size." "We have twenty-five machines. The cost of these units run from $1500.00 to...
Bond stating $15,000 paid to Charles Tatem from Caleb Kirk and others in exchange for use and water rights of Brandywine property. Signed by Victor du Pont, Charles du Pont, Caleb Kirk, James Jefferis, E. I. du Pont, John Warner, William Warner,...
Air pilots; Postal service; Transport planes; Air mail service;
Text from back of image: "Contrary to general opinion, coast-to-coast airmail is not a one-plane-all-the-way proposition, but the remarkable speed and success of the plan is due to the use of 14 planes for each trip from New York to San Francisco,...
Air pilots; Postal service; Transport planes; Air mail service;
Text from back of image: "Contrary to general opinion, coast-to-coast airmail is not a one-plane-all-the-way proposition, but the remarkable speed and success of the plan is due to the use of 14 planes for each trip from New York to San Francisco,...
