Press release announcing the dedication of the Carothers Research Laboratory in honor of the late Wallace Hume Carothers who was part of the team that synthesized nylon.
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Mrs. Ira Hume Carothers and Mr. Carothers of Des Moines, Iowa, parents of the late Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, inventor of nylon, chat with B.M. May (center), general manger of the Rayon Department, E.I. DuPont Nemours & Company, at the dedication...
Lammot DuPont, chairman of the board of E.I DuPont Nemours & Company, greets Jane Carothers, nine year old daughter of the late Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, at the dedication of The Carothers Research Laboratory, Wilmington, Delaware on September...
Photograph of plaque honoring the late Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, unveiled at the dedication of The Carothers Research Laboratory on September 17, 1946. The laboratory is situated at the DuPont Experimental Station, near Wilmington, Delaware,...
Jane Carothers, nine year old daughter of the late Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, unveils the plaque honoring her father at the dedication of The Carothers Research Laboratory on September 17, 1946. B.M. May, general manger of the Rayon Department,...
Jane Carothers, nine year old daughter of the late Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, with Dr. E.B. Benger, manager of the Rayon Technical Division of DuPont's Rayon Department, on the occasion of the dedication of The Carothers Research Laboratory at the...
The Carothers Research Laboratory at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station near Wilmington, Delaware. One of the Textile Fibers Departments four research laboratories in this area, it is here where work is done on nylon and Dacron polyester...
Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, shown here with neoprene, first commercially successful synthetic rubber, came to the DuPont Company the year after it launched its program of fundamental research in 1927. Dr. Carothers, who directed the work in organic...
The development of nylon came through the combined efforts of a team of scientists headed by the late Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers. Seven members of the original group associated with this development attended the dedication of The Carothers Research...
Typed caption: "Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, shown here with neoprene, first commercially successful synthetic rubber, came to the DuPont Company the year after it launched its program of fundamental research in 1927. Dr. Carothers, who directed the...
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Caption text on photo: "Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, shown here with neoprene, first commercially successful synthetic rubber, came to the DuPont Company the year after it launched its program of fundamental research in 1927. Dr. Carothers, who...
