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DuPont Company's Fabrikoid Division staff group portraits

Creation: 1930-1935
 Collection
Accession: 2006-228

Abstract

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company, established in 1802. In 1910, the DuPont Company purchased the Fabrikoid Company of Newburgh, New York, which had developed a textile coating process. This collection consists of two copy photographs showing groups of employees outside.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930-1935

Creator

Extent

2 item(s)

General Physical Description

2 photographic prints : b&w ; 8x 10 in.

Historical Note

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company, established in 1802. In 1910, the DuPont Company purchased the Fabrikoid Company of Newburgh, New York, which had developed a textile coating process. DuPont found the production facilities to be unsatisfactory and their chemists improved the product in the span of a few years. It was used in upholstery, luggage, and bookbinding. In the 1920s and 1930s, automobile manufacturers used Fabrikoid in convertible tops and seat covers, but by the 1940s new, more durable vinyl-coated fabrics overtook the market.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of two copy photographs showing groups of employee outside the buildings of the DuPont Company's Fabrikoid division at Newburgh, New York.

Location

GL Box 1.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Language of Materials

English

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
DuPont Company's Fabrikoid Division staff group portraits
Date:
2015
Description rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description:
English
Script of description:
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository

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