The papers of Paul Arthur are comprised of material collected by Dr. Arthur’s sister, Dorothy Arthur from 1967 through the 1988. The Collection is divided into two series. The first contains press releases from the DuPont Company and includes...
A typical group of Reading anthracite miners waiting to go on duty at the Alaska Colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company near Mount Caramel PA. Most of them are of the second and third generation of miners in PAs anthracite...
25 of these giant new type steam locomotive for freight service are being built by the PRR to draw wartime trains of 125 loaded cars at speeds in excess of 50 mph. The new engine develops more power in its working range than any steam locomotive...
Makings of beef stew for 12 people can be carried in a lady's handbag when in compressed dehydrated form-saving 35 to 75% in shipping space over ordinary dehydrated food, depending on the type of food. Wrapped in cellophane to protect against...
Type of spinneret used by E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company in the manufacture of viscose rayon. Viscose solution is extruded through tiny orifices forming individual filaments which together make the rayon thread.
A recent development in the textile field that is growing in importance is Cordura rayon. This rayon yarn was made expressly for the manufacturing of cords for bus, truck and passenger car tires. Because of its high strength and its ability to...
A recent development in the textile field that is growing in importance is Cordura rayon. This rayon yarn was made expressly for the manufacturing of cords for bus, truck and passenger car tires. Because of its high strength and its ability to...
typed on back of image: "Jelly-Mold or Inflationary type of designing" stamped on back of image: "Please Return Betty Reese - Publicity Raymond Loewy Associates 488 Madison Avenue New York 22, N.Y." photograph of drawing
photograph of drawing. written on back of image: "Transportation Misc. Renderings 1938 Transcontinental Bus of the Future." Typed note afixed to back of image: "Designed by Raymond Loewy as part of the Transportation Exhibit in the Chrysler...
Table of Contents: Why five fibers; Annual report; Recipe for rubber; Paint-up time; Push-button house; Chemical bushwhackers; Not the retiring type; A new tale about a useful yarn; How you can get the most from nylon; Tracking down the atom; Did...
Includes articles: World's Record in Drydocking S.S.America; Tug E. P. Morse on Salvaging Cruise; He Discovered Liquid Gold (about Edward L. Doheny, pioneer discoverer in the Mexican oil region); A Square Deal To All (on timekeeping); S.S.Panhandle...
A navy F2H-2P Banshee photo plane equipped with a forward firing aerial mapping and reconnaissance camera installed on its nose, lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9). It banks in its approach, levels off, gets a cut from the landing...
The world’s largest and most powerful air cooled airplane engine, the new 18 cylinder 2000 H.P. Wright Duplex-Cyclone, was announced Monday by the War department and is being inspected here by (left to right) VP George Chapline, Chief Engineer...
Santa Monica CA- Along brilliantly lit assembly lines of Douglas Aircraft Companys plant here, night crews are rushing production of DB-7B attackers bombers, recently acclaimed as night fighters in the defense of blacked out Britain. Equipped with...
Headquarters of most of the major oil companies or their branches now operating in the Canadian West, Calgary and its municipal airport provide a base for more than 40 executive type of aircraft. These range up to and include DC-3s. Calgary's...
Railroad cars loaded with produce for New York City markets cross the Hudson River on barges which come to rest alongside the New York piers. Before being auctioned off or shipped to consignees, the lots may be inspected by U.S. Department of...
