Fred Hess & Son (Atlantic City, N.J.)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
DuPont Company Atlantic City exhibit photographs
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. The company was established in 1802 and began with the production of gunpowder. Throughout the 1900s and 1910s, the company shifted its focus away from gunpowder production and towards chemistry innovations. This collection contains twenty photographs of DuPont Company exhibits and exhibit areas in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, as well as exterior views in the vicinity of the Hall and views of the boardwalk at North Carolina Avenue. Chalfonte-Haddon Hall was a hotel and convention center that had its start as two Quaker boarding houses built in the 1860s.
DuPont Company, DUCO Transformagic exhibits photographs
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont Company. The Fabrics and Finishes Department produced DuPont's consumer lines of paints and finishes. DUCO was a durable, quick-drying lacquer used for appliances. It was the standard finish for GM vehicles. This small collection consists of sales photographs that show window displays and art sales exhibits with a live artist demonstrating how to use DUCO paints to repurpose old furniture and household objects in front of a crowd of people. The photographs were taken between 1945 and 1950, primarily by Fred Hess & Son, photographers.