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82 items
Blasting Accessories
- A Description of the Various Accessories Needed for Firing Charges of Explosives Together with some Explanation of the Best Methods of Using These Accessories
- 1925
Booklet describing the Explosives Service of the Du Pont Company. The work describes products manufactured by the Du Pont Company related to blasting accessories, in particular, blasting caps, safety fuses, cap…
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56 items
Colors for Rayon Yarn
- 1926
According to the work's introduction, "this book has been prepared to acquaint the trade with the large variety of du Pont dyes available for use on rayon and to serve as a guide in the selection of those best suited…
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Hercules Powder Company Wilmington, Delaware headquarters construction
- 1930
This silent film captures the 1930 construction of Hercules Powder Company's new Headquarters and Research Station in Wilmington, Delaware and specifically its cornerstone laying ceremony. This new site was constructed…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Powder Company
- Subject Hercules Powder Company, Building, Chemical industry
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3 items
Nylon Wear Test Underwear
- 1938
A pair of off-white underwear made of Nylon with elastic in the waist and around each leg hole.
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"The Test Tube Girl"
- 1940
Inset illustration of Du Pont's "Test Tube Girl," named as such given her outfit is made entirely of Du Pont plastic products. Her dress and gloves are made of rayon, her hat and bag of cellulose film, her heels are…
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34 items
Blazing the Trail to New Frontiers Through Chemistry
- 1940
Promotional booklet advertising various products manufactured and sold by the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company. Includes neoprene; dyes; fragrances; safety glass; seed disinfectants, fertilizers and sprays;…
- Publisher E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Subject E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Lucite, Safety glass, Rubber, Artificial, Cellophane, Nylon, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Fabrikoid Division, Rayon, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, New York World's Fair, Photographic Society of America
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12 items
The Hercules Mixer, Volume 23
- 1941-Jan – 1941-Dec
The Hercules Mixer was Hercules' in-house publication that provided both historical and technical information and also offered a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company. Portions of the February and…
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6 items
The Hercules Mixer, Volume 24
- 1942-Jan – 1942-Dec
The Hercules Mixer was the Hercules Powder Company's in-house publication that provided both historical and technical information and also offered a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company. Portions of the…
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28 items
Neoprene A Remarkable Engineering Material
- A Short History of Neoprene, A Chemical Triumph
- 1943
Promotional booklet describing Neoprene, a rubber-like material made from polymerized chloroprene manufactured and sold by the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. The publication describes the basic chemical and…
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12 items
Low Cost Weed and Grass Control with Du Pont "Telvar" W Weed Killer
- 1944
This pamphlet reviews how the use of "Telvar" W weed killer can be an effective pesticide for weed and grass control. Depicts various industrial landscapes where "Telvar" W has been sprayed including pipelines, lumber…
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The Hercules Mixer, Volume 26
- 1944-Jan – 1944-Dec
The Hercules Mixer was the Hercules Powder Company's in-house publication that provided both historical and technical information and also offered a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company. Portions of the…
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Du Pont DDT Technical : Physical, Chemical and Pharmacological Properties
- 1945
Technical bulletin created by the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc. regarding the properties of DDT. DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) was developed as a synthetic insecticide in the 1940s. It was initially…
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10 items
The Hercules Mixer, Volume 27
- 1945-Jan – 1945-Dec
The Hercules Mixer was Hercules' in-house publication that provided both historical and technical information and also offered a glimpse of employees' day-to-day lives at the company. Portions of the June and October…
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16 items
Quality products for the growing low- calorie market with Du Pont Cylan calcium cyclamate a non-nutritive sweetener
- 1946
Currently banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration due to potential health concerns, this pamphlet outlines how Cyclan, or calcium cyclamate, can be used as an artificial sweetener in place of sugar as a…
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"Deenate", DDT insecticides for agricultural use
- 1947
Informational foldout advertisement for "Deenate" DDT Insecticides produced as a DuPont pest control product. Includes the story behind Du Pont "Deenate" DDT insecticides, facts about DDT, where and how to use "Deenate"…
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Properties of Du Pont Plastics
- 1948
Two-fold pamphlet opens up to reveal a chart of Du Pont plastics, outlining the types of plastics Du Pont manufactures including polythene, nylon, "Pyralin" (cellulose nitrate), "Plastacele" (cellulose acetate),…
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12 items
Toxaphene Kills Grasshoppers: The Camera Shows it's as Simple as A.B.C.
- 1949
Pamphlet in the form of a children's alphabet book depicts the stages of death inflicted upon a grasshopper with the use of Toxaphene pesticides produced by Hercules Powder Company.
Originally trademarked by the…
- Author Hercules Powder Company
- Subject Toxaphene, Grasshoppers, Pesticides
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"Making Hercules Dynamite for Mining Iron" exhibition display (circa 1950)
- Circa 1950
Series of photographs depicting an exhibition display for dynamite manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for mining iron.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Manufacturer Sanborn Studio
- Subject Hercules Powder Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Explosives, Explosives industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Mineral industries
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6 items
Dacron & Antron Colour Story
- Piece Dyed / Cross Dyed Jersey Fabrics
- 1950 – 1970
Eighteen dyed and undyed fabric samples made of Dacron and Antron fibers mounted in a tri-folded cardboard booklet.
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Processing Steps exhibit panels (circa 1950)
- Circa 1950
Two photographs of exhibit panels depicting steps in the processing, manufacture, and packaging of explosives sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Subject Hercules Incorporated, Chemical industry, Corporations, Explosives, Explosives industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial
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12 items
Du Pont Chemicals for Brush and Weed Control Operations Manual
- 1951
With the cover advertising being "For railroads, telephone and power companies, pipe line operators, highway departments, drainage districts, oil companies, factory and warehouse superindentents and other operators,"…
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Delaware Power and Light window display (1954)
- 1954
General view of a 1954 Delaware Power and Light window display showcasing products manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company.
Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules…
- Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
- Photographer Sanborn Studio
- Subject Hercules Powder Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Explosives, Explosives industry
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6 items
Neoprene Merchandiser
- 1954 (Summer)
A brochure issued quarterly to a variety of manufacturing industries to highlight consumer products made with neoprene such as household gloves, auto fan belts, hunting boots, and garden hose covers. The back cover…
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Protecting the Public Health
- 1954
Promotional booklet describing the infrastructure for health and safety testing of various products manufactured and sold by the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company. Highlights du Pont's toxicology program. Fully…
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New Opportunities in Non-Woven Fabrics... A Report by Du Pont
- Circa 1957
A report prepared and published by the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company as a source of general information for the textile trade on the development and progress of non-woven fabrics. Includes four non-woven fabric…
