Photographer's caption: "Northern portion of the museum gives the visitor a capsule history of the First World War. Beyond the flaming 'Big Red 1' insignia is a time spiral with rotating scenes from the First World War, followed by animated diorama...
Photographer's caption: "Animated diorama tells story of the D-Day landing of First Division troops at Omaha Beach during World War II. As diorama scenes change, earphones provide running account of the battle, providing a 'living experience' for...
Photographer's caption: "Full-scale reproduction of WWI trench is among the realistic exhibits in the new Cantigny War Memorial Museum. Located in an expanded and remodeled building on the estate of the late Colonel Robert McCormick, editor and...
Text from image: "I need your skill in a War Job! If you know one of these trades and are not in real war work, you are badly needed: Airplane Skin Man; Airplane Subassembler; Ammunition Inspector; Assembler, Ship; Bench Hand, Metal Work; Bus...
Photographer's caption: "Emerging at far end of tunnel, the museum visitor finds himself staring into the muzzle of a German anti-tank gun mounted in a mock-up of a WWII bunker."
Photographer's caption: "While earphone stations give the museum visitor a narrative history, a lighted line traces the Division's path along this wall map, coinciding with the illumination of photographs showing scenes from historic battles of...
Pensions; Correspondence; Military organizations; Soldiers; Legislators
Published copy of a letter Henry Algernon du Pont wrote to Charles Francis Adams defending the service of the 5th and 6th Regiments of Delaware Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. This letter was part of a larger effort by Henry A. du Pont to...
Pensions; Military organizations; Legislative hearings
Transcript of an address that Senator Henry Algernon du Pont made to the U. S. Congress discussing the service of the 5th and 6th Regiments of Delaware Volunteer Infantry. This address was part of du Pont's attempts to obtain military pensions for...
This report lists the Civil War related items in the DuPont Company’s records. Although this was done before the records came to Hagley, the mentioned items are found in the Riggs Guide and in finding aids at the Manuscripts and Archives...
