A square meal in 1943 style. The young lady is about to remove the cellophane wrapper from a double portion of mashed potatoes. In their present form they are dehydrated and compressed. Soaking for a few seconds in water makes them swell to many...
Typed on inside: "Mulberry Tree, Longwood: At the top of the hill on south west side of entrance road. This tree died in the winter of 1944-45, excepting a few shoots. As shown it was 17 ft. 7 ins in circumference at a point 3 ft from the ground...
Typed on inside: "At the top of hill on south west side of entrance road. This tree died in the winter of 1944-45, excepting a few shoots. As shown it was 17 ft. 7 incs in circumference at apoint 3ft from the ground and had a spread of 65 feet"
Typed on back: "Mulberry Tree, Longwood. At the top of hill on south west side of entrance road. This tree died in the winter of 1944-45, excepting a few shoots. As shown it was 17 ft 7 inches in circumference at apoint 3ft from the ground and had...
Typed on inside: "Mulberry Tree, Longwood: AT the top of hill on south west side of entrance road. This tree died in the winter of 1944-45, excepting a few shoots. As shown it was 17 ft 7 inchs in circumference at a point 3ft from the ground and...
Text from back of image: "The above is a hitherto unpublished photo of the 'Friendship', in which Miss Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz, and Lou Gordon successfully crossed the Atlantic from Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland, to Durry Port, Wales. The photo...
Text from back of image: "The above photo shows Lou Gordon, mechanic, as he appeared a few days before the hopoff working on the motors of the 'Friendship', in which Miss Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz, and he flew across the Atlantic from...
Within the last few years, the chemist has developed a new kind of soap. Starting with ordinary vegetable and animal oils, the chemist now makes fatty alcohols which, in combination with sulfuric acid and other chemicals gives a new class of...
Written on back: "The picture on the reverse side shows a few of the thousands of tank car heads we have made for the American Car & Foundry Co. The heads were made in two sizes. 1 - Flanged to 83" O.D. - Dished to 10'0" radius, flat circle...
Hyper pure silicon product of DuPont research, is packaged in a double thickness polyethylene and then inserted in metal containers before shipment from the company's new plant. Extreme care is taken in packaging silicon to guard against...
Text from back of image: "While a battery of 60-inch, 800,000,000 candlepower searchlights light up the night skies and play on the target, 3-inch anti-aircraft guns belch smoke and flame as they roar into action against a sleeve target, towed by a...
Text from back of image: "Photo shows the supermarine seaplane, piloted by flying officer Henry R. D. Waghorn, at the start of its record breaking flight at Calshot, England, which won for England, the Schneider Trophy. Squadron leader Augustus...
Written caption: "Line of incorporating mills on finest fall, largest works. Modern style Mill. Great cost but do fine work with very few explosions. DuPont Company."
Just a few of the many types of yarn coned at rayon plants of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company. In the front row, left to right, are cones of 1,100 denier Super-Cordura high tenacity rayon yarn for tire cord, weighing four pounds; 50 denier bright...
On back: "A station was established here in 1851. The present station was built in 1884. This is said to be the oldest railroad station on top of any mountain in the world. The B & O reached Oakland in 1851. Soon after this event many famous 19th...
On back: "The main station in Fall River of the N.Y.N.H. & H. [New York, New Haven & Hartford] R.R. is located at North Main Street, between Bylies and Pearce Streets. It is built of granite and red sandstone, and was erected in 1891 at a cost of...
Text from back of image: "Jimmy Murphy, acknowledged king of race drivers, just can't seem to finish in any other position than first. In a survival-of-the-fittest race at the Fresno (California) Raisin Day Classic on April 26, Jimmy piloted his...
Bethlehem Steel Company, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Circular pig caster machine. One of the few curcular machines installed. Most pig machines were straight line units.
