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DuPont Company promotional items

Creation: circa 1930-1970
 Collection
Accession: 1998-298

Abstract

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. This small collections consists of five DuPont Company promotional items or giveaways, primarily related to Freon products.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1930-1970

Creator

Extent

5 item(s)

Historical Note

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 by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) and his son Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) the company began with the production of gunpowder. The du Pont’s purchased a mill site on the banks of the Brandywine River just North of Wilmington, Delaware. During wartime the company was a major supplier for the United States government. During peacetime, the company marketed their product towards sportsmen and hunters. Throughout the 1900s and 1910s, the company shifted its focus away from gunpowder production and towards chemistry innovations. By 1926 the company officially dissolved the powder production unit, although it had already been inactive for many years.

Scope and Content

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 by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and his son Eleuthère Irénée du Pont the company began with the production of gunpowder. This small collections consists of five DuPont Company promotional items or giveaways, including "Freon" lapel pin, pocket circular slide rule with DuPont Freon Products Division logo (with vinyl pocket case and instruction booklet), plastic card with data for DuPont Freon refrigerants on one side and a lenticular moving picture on the other, pocket magnifier with DuPont Freon cleaning agents logo, and trifold men's leather wallet with "Leading DuPont brands high explosives..." embossed on it.

Location

W3-2.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.

Language of Materials

English

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
DuPont Company promotional items
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

Contact:
PO Box 3630
Wilmington Delaware 19807 USA
302-658-2400