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...
Text from image: "Team Work Wins! Your work here makes their work over there possible. With your help they are invincible. Without it they are helpless. Whatever you make, machine gun or harness, cartridges or helmet, they are waiting for it."
Hendrick asks again that the company take the boiler and burners that he and his men could not get to work satisfactorily off his hands. Hendrick writes that his engineers are as good engineers as is going, and they could not fix the problem of...
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...
Text from image: "The more WOMEN at work the sooner we WIN! Women are needed as: Farm workers, Typists, Salespeople, Waitresses, Bus Drivers, Taxi Drivers, Timekeepers, Elevator Operators, Messengers, Laundresses, Teachers Conductors, and in...
Hendrick has received the boiler but the automatic does not work satisfactorily. Hendrick requests Milne send another automatic in case the one he now has is faulty.
Text on back: ""Man in center is son of former foreman who began work here in 1818 -died 1873. The son began work in 1857 and was foreman when the photo was taken. Man on entrance right began work here in 1850. DuPont Co.""
Twenty-one year old Beatrice Vienna and over 450 of her follow employees now ride bicycles to work at Vega Aircraft Corporation to save essential rubber for the war effort. Married to aircraft worker, Art Vienna, Beatrice is one of the many women...
100 4 horse teams are at work on a section of the All American Canal being constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation in the Imperial Valley CA. This force account work has provided farmers of Imperial Valley with major work relief jobs. These teams...
Text from image: "I need your skill in a War Job! If you know one of these trades and are not in real war work, you are badly needed: Airplane Skin Man; Airplane Subassembler; Ammunition Inspector; Assembler, Ship; Bench Hand, Metal Work; Bus...
Band saws are often used for cutting curves of large radius in Lucite methyl methacrylate resin. Because of the length of band saw blades, they dissipate heat more rapidly than do circular saws. Accordingly, they operate at lower temperatures and...
Hendrick wants to exchange the present boiler and burner for a 15 or 20 horse power boiler. He believes the the 90 pounds of air pressure needed to work with the kerosene boiler the company sent him would be too much for the tank.
Caption on back: Repairs and New work done. Man in center is Henry Miller, son of former foreman who began work in 1857 and was foreman when this photo was taken. Man on entrance right began work here in 1850
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Dyeing; Plastics industry; Nylon; Automobile industry; Agriculture;
Table of Contents: There's room for wildlife on the farm; New headache reliever; Better textile printing with vat dyes; Target: clean air; They thrive on paper work; Nylon plastic for aerosols; Industry's do-it-yourself chemical cleaner; He sells...
Table of Contents: Cronar bows in; Polyester family has triplets; Blinds and drapes combine; Home of the year; Ground was broken yesterday; To solve solvent problems; Work horse for work clothes; DuPont show of the month; Selling the soft touch;...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Nylon; Rope industry; Textile industry;
Table of Contents: Tough guy plastic gets a partner; More work from work clothes; rope tricks for industry; Where the Digest grows; First teakettle in Texas; Foolproof fish tagging; Color on colored paper; Yes, you can dry clean your wash and wear;...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; War work; Defense industry; Libraries; Camouflage (Military science);
Table of Contents: Chemicals from salt work for victory behind the scenes; With the colors; 1,000 feet per minute; Books or bunsen burners; Tow lines for air transport; Propellers for mustangs; What's new.
Table of Contents: The lone inventor; Little ones out of big ones; Titanium from pounds to tons; EPN goes to work; What do you think of aerosols; Boom in broilers; Paintbrush profile; The farmer takes the air; G-men of the rails; The DuPont story;...
