Text from back of image: 'While the three United States round-the-world planes which reached Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, waited vainly for Major Martin, flight commander to catch up with them, a new motor was installed in Lieutenant Wade's plane....
One of the DuPont Company's major contributions to the finishes industry was the invention of 'Duco' lacquer. Its quick drying characteristic revolutionized the painting of automobile bodies by reducing the required time from many days to a few...
Published transcript of the speech Henry Algernon du Pont delivered at the unveiling of the monument to Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur on the Cedar Creek Battlefield in Virginia. Du Pont gave the address on 16 September, 1920. Ramseur, a...
First air express shipment in history of transportation consisting of five bolts of silk weighing 50 pounds was flown 65 miles in 71 minutes from Dayton to Columbus OH on Nov. 7 1910, lashed to the framework of an open cockpit Wright biplane....
Basic oxygen or electric furnace dust from a bag house or precipitator to be recycled. This dust was previously released to the air contributing to major air polution near the plant
100 4 horse teams are at work on a section of the All American Canal being constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation in the Imperial Valley CA. This force account work has provided farmers of Imperial Valley with major work relief jobs. These teams...
Includes the articles "Anti-Aircraft Training Program" and Anti-Aircraft Defense and Materiel [sic]" ; From Foreward: "This booklet, published by the Sperry Gyroscope Company, is still further evidence of that wholehearted cooperation between...
Text from back of image: "The above photo shows Major General Patrick, Chief of the Army Air Service with collection of trophies won by the Army airmen. The wreath shown in picture was presented by Japan to the World Flyers, also the Locatelli...
Text from back of image: "Miller Field, Staten Island, NY - High army officers look over target dropped by plane at conclusion of anti-aircraft training exercises here, Sept. 22. Major Horace O. Cushman, plans and training officer, 1st Infantry...
Text from back of image: 'Technical Sargent Turner--Staff Sargent Ogden--Alternate Pilot Leslie P. Arnold--Pilot Lee Wade--Pilot Lt. Smith--Major Martin Commander--Staff Sargent Harvey
Text from back of image: "Photo shows Major Sarmento Beires, Portuguese aviator, who hopped off on March 11th from Boloma, Portuguese Guinea, Africa, bound for Port Natal, Brazil, on the other side of the Atlantic. He hopes to be the first man to...
Campaigns & battles; Naval warfare; Naval prints; Government vessels; Military officers; Sheet music covers; Music
Sheet music commemorating the U.S. Navy's successful attacks on Forts Walker and Beauregard at Port Royal, South Carolina, 7 November 1861. This attack was carried out by the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under the command of Commodore Samuel...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for Betts and Seal records. The Betts family of Wilmington, Delaware, produced three
generations of innovative founders and machinists. They
played an important role in the founding of three of the city's major manufacturing...
Left to right: Herman L. Weckler, Vice President and General Manager, Chrysler Corporation; Major Harry R. Radler, Construction Quartermaster for the U.S. army; and E.J. Hunt, Operating Manager of the Tank Arsenal which Chrysler Corporation is...
Headquarters of most of the major oil companies or their branches now operating in the Canadian West, Calgary and its municipal airport provide a base for more than 40 executive type of aircraft. These range up to and include DC-3s. Calgary's...
If you told the average man in the street that these chess men and poker chips were once just a couple of household chemicals he would probably laugh and tell you to stop kidding him. But carbolic acid (phenol to the chemist) and formaldehyde can...
Text from back of photo: 'Setting a new record in transcontinental flying, Liet. James A. Doolittle, Army aviator, completed a flight the other day of 2275 miles from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego, Cal, in approximately 21 hours and 20 minutes,...
