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Du Pont, A. Felix (Alexis Felix), 1879-1948

Existence: 1879 - 1948
 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1879 - 1948

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

E. Paul du Pont collection of Hagley Yard and du Pont family photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1975-250
Abstract:

E. Paul du Pont (1887-1950) established Du Pont Motors, Inc., a manufacturing company of luxury automobiles, in 1919 in Wilmington, Delaware. He worked for a short time at the family business, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company which manufactured gunpowder. He was one of ten children of Francis Gurney du Pont (1850-1904) and Eliza Wigfa Simons du Pont (1849-1919). This small collection contains photographs of DuPont powder yards; family photographs; home exteriors; and postcard views of Longwood Gardens.

Dates: 1882-1906

Nye Committee munitions investigations photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1982-227
Abstract:

In the spring of 1934 the Senate's Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry chaired by Senator Gerald P. Nye (1892-1971) began to examine the role that the munitions manufacturers had played during the First World War. This collection consists of photographs of P. S. du Pont, Irénée du Pont, Lammot du Pont, and A. Felix du Pont testifying before the Nye Committee in September of 1934.

Dates: 1934