Area under viaduct section of right of way on the Delaware River Port Authoritys Lindenwold-Philadelphia Rapid Transit Line provides space for parking. Other sections along the 16.5 mile route of the worlds most modern transit system have been...
At DuPont's new plant in Brevard, North Carolina an operator visually inspects polyester x-ray film base after it has been stretched and heat-set. The plant's equipment is the most modern in the world. Super cleanliness, rigid control of humidity...
At the DuPont Electrochemicals Department ceramic color plant, a high temperature furnace, used for calcining ceramic pigments, is frequently checked by an operator using a portable optical pyrometer at the burner openings in the furnace wall. All...
Automatic weigh tanks arranged in horizontal and vertical tandem are representative of the modern bulk handling equipment installed throughout the May plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina for manufacturing Orlon acrylic...
Automatic weigh tanks arranged in horizontal and vertical tandem are representative of the modern bulk handling equipment installed throughout the May plant of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company at Camden, South Carolina for manufacturing Orlon acrylic...
Scents differentiated by color of bottle top, rather than by name. Right to left: Green (citrus), Silver (leather – woodsy, mossy), Red (spice), Gold (modern floral blend)
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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 text on photo: "In the modern and completely equipped chemical control laboratory of the DuPont Company's new plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia, production runs are continuously checked to maintain quality standards."
Caption text on photo: "In this laboratory at the Experimental Station of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, near Wilmington, Delaware, experiments are carried out on the molding characteristics of plastic materials. Such experiments are carried...
Caption text on photo: "Out of an inexhaustible source of raw materials – coal, air and water – chemists in recent years have been producing new and vitally important products for modern life. Among these are textiles, dyes, antifreeze...
Caption text on photo: "This is another view of the manufacturing of continuous sheeting of 'Butacite' polyvinyl [butyral] resin, which is used as interlayer in modern laminated safety glass. As it passes onto a wind-up roll, as shown in this...
Caption: "Side by side with the most modern electrical installations such as the conveyor line in the background, the pick-the ancient symbol of the miner's art, still holds a place of prime utility."
Caption: "This apparatus automatically tips and empties the cars filled with newly mined coal as they emerge from the depths. Modern apparatus like this has added speed and efficiency to the preparation of Reading Anthracite for use as fuel in...
Collection guide for [abstract]. The records of Lanman & Kemp document the operations of the wholesale drug business in the years before the development of modern
pharmaceuticals. They also show the importance of New York City as a center for the...
Collection guide for John J. Raskob Papers documenting the life and accomplishments of one of the most prominent figures in pre-New Deal business and politics. Raskob had a lifelong business and personal association with Pierre S. du Pont, and...
Colors Grinding Lab in DuPont's new Pigments Sales Service Laboratory at Chestnut Run. In this section of the $5,000,000 building, modern facilities are available for preparing tailor made pigments for customers in the paint, plastics, paper, ink,...
