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.
on front of card: "What is Roadside America? Who enters here will be taken by surprises! Be prepared to see more than you expect! You will be amazed at Roadside America's beauty and mechanical skill. Over 50 years in the making by our family. You...
Work in the Main Power House of the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant in Dearborn, MI apparently is conducive to a ripe old age. Here are the more elderly of the staff of the power house, lined up in front of the latest of the three huge 110,000...
A guide to primary material at the Hagley Museum and Library. For access to the contents of this collection contact Hagley at research@hagley.org or 302-654-2800.
on front of card: "What is Roadside America? Who enters here will be taken by surprises! Be prepared to see more than you expect! You will be amazed at Roadside America's beauty and mechanical skill. Over 50 years in the making by our family. ...
Table of Contents: Man-made dyes: the first 100 years; Pepperell peps up striped sheets; Brighter skins for modern buildings; Travel light, and love it; The news behind new car wax; Rocket engines sit for their portraits; bucket and brush go...
Table of Contents: Sketching the background; Sweep of the years; Resume of black powder history; Old black powder days; High spots of DuPont high explosives history; Forty-five years ago; Importance of chemistry in DuPont industries; DuPont...
Long Beach CA- As this swift and deadly attack bomber rolled off production lines of Douglas Aircraft Companys blackout plant here, the first for 1942, Douglas employees tagged it: With New Years greetings to Emperor Hirohito from 130,000,000...
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 commission house district in Boston, showing traffic congestion in the wholesale food market. Boston, like the rest of New England, has failed to gain as North Carolina has gained. Winton-Salem, Durham and other small cities have taken textile...
Nylon carpeting, paradoxically the most luxurious yet in terms of wear life and upkeep, the most economical ever made, was shown at a press meeting held recently in New York by the Nye-Wait Company. Almost 100 different samples were displayed were...
Although Mylar polyester film was introduced by DuPont more than 12 years ago, research on this product continues. Here in the Film Department's Research and Development Laboratory at the Circleville, Ohio plant, a research chemist makes a modified...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
A guide to primary material at the Hagley Museum and Library. For access to the contents of this collection contact Hagley at research@hagley.org or 302-654-2800.
Written on back: "7 Anna Roobyan CIV. 10 Takohee Kushbuloodyan XCVII." Detail: "TAKOHEE KUSHBOOLOODIAN is a little girl who was nine years old in 1922. She has lost her parents in the recent troubles, but was rescued by Miss Salmond and taken...
