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 fears he will not have the vehicle before the end of the year. He complains that he expected an 1899 machine, but by the time he gets it is will be a back number because automobiles will be very much improved for next year. He plans to be...
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...
Consumer spending for such items as home computers gave the economy a big lift last year and should help propel it to record levels this year and in 1985.
Consumer spending for such items as home computers gave the economy a big lift last year and should help propel it to record levels this year and in 1985.
Schenectady NY- How the M-7 tank killers built here are now spearheading the Allied rout of Rommel was described here today by Major General Russell L. Maxwell, Commander of US armed forces in the Middle East who directed US North African Military...
Union Oil Company Float Cinderella, awarded the Grand Prize in the Tournament of Roses Parade, annual Southern California New Year fiesta which this year drew to Pasadena a crowd estimated at 1.5 million. The float portrayed Cinderella fleeing from...
Text from image: "More American workers were killed and wounded in industrial accidents last year than all the casualties from bombs in Britain in two year of war -- Follow Safety Rules!"
These 61 men and women, and the files, machines and other equipment that surround them, represent the force required to handle the DuPont Company's annual tax bill. In 1952, total taxes and re-negotiation for DuPont amounted to $395 million, more...
Hendrick encloses a check for 4 dollars for a one year subscription to Automobile Topics. He would like to have it sent to him in California until further notice.
Hendrick writes that he understood from their representative at the fair in New York last year that the vehicles were sold on approval and an expert would be sent with the vehicle and stay at no extra cost until the vehicle was accepted or rejected.
This guide includes manuscripts acquired by the Hagley Library through the year 1965. The guide was created by John Beverley Riggs, Hagley's former Curator of Manuscripts. It was published in 1970.
Route 741, one mile east of Strasburg; Date built: c.1882; On back: East Strausberg at train time is a scene not duplicated anywhere in America today. Here the sixty year old train with is open platform wooden coaches pulls into the wonderful world...
Test from back of image: "The above photo shows - Lt. Cmdr., Richard E. Byrd, U.S.A. retired who is to lead an independent expedition to the Polar regions this year. On this trip which is being financed by John D. Rockefeller Jr., Vincent Astor and...
Text from back of image: 'Capt. Georges Kirsch and Lt. Antone Mourre, French aviators, who will attempt to fly from New York to Paris next year are visiting in Los Angeles. Capt. Kirsch held the world's altitude record of 11,000 meters in 1921, and...
Text from back of image: "The first air display of the year was staged at the Heston Airport Middlesex, when prominent business men witnessed a fine display of flying. Photo shows the air display in progress."
Typed caption: The tallest structure in the Baltimore area is a 410 foot stack, towering over Bethlehem Steel Corporation's new $160 million 'A' coke oven battery at the Sparrows Point, Maryland plant. The new battery of ovens, which will product...
Aerial views; Government facilities; Construction;
Text from photo: Almost 60 years laterand still breaking new ground: the year was 1923 and the Daniel Webster Mansion site was being cleared to make room for the national headquarters of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce which would overlook Layfayette...
