Typed caption: "Dr. Hale Charch and waterproof cellophane, 1848 re-enactment of experiment. Large bag on Charch's left held water for weeks, while control bags made of untreated film showed evaporation losses in a few days."
Image Caption: Discussing design features of Seagram Park Avenue, the new 38 story skyscraper to be erected by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. on New York's Park Avenue, members of the Building Planning Service Council of the National Association of...
Image Caption: Victor A Fischel, president of Seagram-Distillers Company, poses with preliminary model of the proposed new national headquarters which the company plans to build at the sit of 375 Park Avenue. Preliminary proposals call for a 34...
Copy of painting of the American Eagle, which is the ship that brought members of the du Pont family to America in 1800. Typed caption with image: "COPY - December 21, 1946. From records of the former Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation,...
Cartes de visite; Military officers; Portrait photographs; Uniforms
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "Richard Arnold. Capt. 5 Arty." Arnold served most of the War in the Western Theatre of Operations as Chief of Artillery for the Department of the...
Caption on back: "This is the Initial Unit of Wilmington's Marine Terminals. It is a thoroughly-protected harbor at the junction of the Delaware and Christiana Rivers. It provides 1200 feet of quay wall landing space. Note the open storage...
Caption: "This first DuPont chemical laboratory was housed in this old saltpeter refinery building on the banks of the Brandywine near Wilmington, Dealware. Prior to the time this photograph was made, fire had destroyed (1899) a portion of the...
Text from image: "Steamer "Ordnance" - propeller type - built in 1904 for U.S. Ordnance Department. Length 120'-0" Beam 26'-0" Depth 13'0" B.&W. Water Tube Boiler -Comp'd Eng #913 - 18"x36"x22"."
Text from image: "Steamer Henry Wilson" built for U.S.Q.M [United States Quarter Master's] Department in 1902. Length 110'-0" Beam 24'-0" Depth 11'-1" Engine #904."