Handbill promoting candidate William Cannon of the Union Party for Governor of Delaware. Cannon won the election and served from 20 January 1863 until 1 March 1865, when he died in office. Many Delaware politicians disliked Cannon because of his...
Edward Burke, technical assistant in Arlington semi-works development, operates one of the Plastics Department's first cut-off machines for tapered nylon bristles. He started at Arlington in 1912 and has worked on development of products for the...
Hendrick reiterates that he is not satisfied with the vehicle. Hendrick names some of the problems: he cannot make a round-trip to Scranton on one charge; Hale was afraid of the newly worked roads to the Lake; and the front tires are worn out. If...
Table of Contents: Guarding black gold; How to cover a wall without getting all hung up; In keeping with tradition; Teamwork for fashion; The roof is the proof of the building; I worked at the weaver's trade; Flight of the gossamer albatross;...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite; Textile industry; Dyeing;
Table of Contents: The most important communication the DuPont company has yet made to the American public; How dye problems can be worked out in the laboratory; Concentration of ores; Pyralin toiletware, a Christmas leader; Why twenty standar...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite; Plastics industry; Ammunition; Quarrying; Blasting;
Table of Contents: The new president; If I would find a dynamite cap; Pyralin in the shoe industry; DuPont products to the millions; Trapshooting, an ideal sport; Italian firm wins Fabrikoid cup; Interior finishing with Duco; Mound builders worked...
Letter from E. Burton Cooke, landscape architect, to William du Pont soliciting consideration for the job of landscaping du Pont's newly-acquired Altama Estate in Georgia. Cooke notes he worked for George Vanderbilt in North Carolina for six years.
Newspaper article featuring Margaret Varner, tennis champion and resident of Bellevue, Delaware. Varner worked closely with Margaret Osborne du Pont, William du Pont, Jr.'s second wife and tennis champion, in the area of promoting women's tennis...
William Pahlmann Associates worked closely during the early 1960's with carpet manufacturer James Lees & Sons. Pahlmann's firm designed carpets and area rugs for Lees as well as concept rooms using Lees products.
In 1961, William Pahlmann Associates won the contract to design several public areas in the New York Hilton. These included the Trianon Ballroom, a food concourse, three guest suites, and the hotel's two duplex penthouses. Pahlmann worked on the...
In 1961, William Pahlmann Associates won the contract to design several public areas in the New York Hilton, including the Mercury Ballroom, a food concourse, three guest suites, and the hotel's two duplex penthouses. Pahlmann worked on the New...
The Place Lautrec Restaurant was part of the food concourse (called the "Rue des Gourmets") in the New York Hilton Hotel at Rockefeller Center. In 1961, William Pahlmann Associates won the contract to design several public areas in this hotel,...
Framed in a giant metal lathe at Ford Motor Companys Rouge plant, Alex Tiebs, a skilled tool and die maker, carefully scrapes bronze insert ends of the lathes jaws so that the large but delicate part to be worked will not be marred. The huge...
Reunited in Germany, families of American occupation troops have quickly adapted themselves to their temporary new life. A typical family is DFC. James R. Cumming, 26, of Seattle WA his wife, Katherine and their son Larry, 2. Cumming, a chemistry...
The genesis of these Louisiana wooden ships is the huge saw mill where thousands of heavy timbers are cut by 'patterns to fin into the hull design, exactly as a dressmaker would cut material for a frock from paper patterns. Here's the Great...
Letter asking for employment in the DuPont powder yards. Includes a note on the reverse stating that DuPont did not employ men who had worked in other powder mills.
List of employees who worked in the Hagley Yard at DuPont's Brandywine Works from 1814 to 1852. Includes employee names and their starting and ending dates at the yard.
Naturalization certificate for Joseph Charles Dalmas (1777-1859). Dalmas was the brother of Sophie Dalmas du Pont (Madame E. I. du Pont) and worked in the DuPont gunpowder yards.
List of men who worked in the Hagley Yard at the DuPont Company's Brandywine gunpowder works. Includes their names and job titles. Compiled by Irenee du Pont (E. I. du Pont II, 1829-1877), who ran the Hagley Yard during the mid-19th century.
Letter written by Bernard Dahlgren, who worked for Archibald McCall. Dahlgren mentions items McCall was supposed to get for Victor du Pont as well as sending saltpeter, sulphur, and gunpowder samples to du Pont.
