Photograph taken in 1951 showing large center table which was made from a part of the old table used in 8th floor director's room from 1916 to 1930. After the original table was cut in two and each section refinished as an individual table, this...
A boon to the summertime hostess is this transparent table cover of polythene, a new plastic which protects the cloth beneath it but does not hide the gay pattern. Laundry bills are thus reduced, for spots and stains don't penetrate the cover and...
Betty Jennings and Frances Bilas (right) "setting up a problem on the ENIAC. The girl on the left is arranging the program settings on the Master Programmer. Note the portable function table on her right."
Billions of pounds of common table salt are converted annually into chemicals used by industry and in the home. This mountain of salt is typical reserve supply at t a DuPont plant where electricity separates salt into sodium and chlorine as the...
This walnut paneled room was situated on the 8th floor, Section 4 of the DuPont Building in the location of present rooms 8060-62-64. It was dismantled and the space converted to office rental in 1930, at the completion of the 6th section, which...
Certain classes of Stetson soft hats are curled in the Flanging Department of the John B. Stetson Company, Philadelphia. The edge of the brim is dampened, and is then turned up with a small heated iron. It is placed on a hollow wooden form under a...
Certain types of coated fabrics require a soft or fleece back. Notable among these are those designed for table covers and upholstery fabrics. This photograph shows the operation where the nap or fleece back is completed at the Newburg, New York...
Clockwise around table starting at extreme left: John McLean Case, Jr., Alice Lucile Flint, Peter Hubbard Flint, Renee du Pont Sharpless, Gordon Pennock Sharpless, Alexis deBie, Gabrielle Sharpless (extreme right), Judith du Pont Donaldson, Elise...
Clockwise around table starting at left end: Leslie Halsey Kitchell, Nathan hayward, III, David Laird Craven, Marina Mary Craven, Daphne Craven, Phoebe Craven, Pierre du Pont Hayward, Rosa Laird Hayward.
Columbia Steel Company, Butler, Pennsylvania. Porqupine which transfers the hot rolled product from the shear runnout table to a conveyor leading to a cold shear.
Drawing off 500 sheets of sparkling new cellophane from a sheeting drum in a DuPont plant. From this smooth polished table the cellophane will be fed into a cutting machine, which will cut it into square sheets.
Family eating corn on the cob at the dining room table in a home during the Victorian era. Family is unidentified; home probably located in or near Wilmington, Delaware.
Handwritten by P.S. du Pont on back: "Pair of old tables extended as dining table. Old Pierce Family pieces. Purchased by Alice Belin du Pont for Longwood"
