Ernest du Pont portrait
Creation: circa 1883Abstract
Ernest du Pont (1880-1944) and his elder brother Francis Irenee du Pont (1873-1942) founded the U.S.F. Powder Company in 1919, which produced flashless cannon powder. This item is a cabinet card photograph of Ernest du Pont (1880-1944) as a young child.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1883
Creator
- Unknown (Photographer, Organization)
Extent
1 item(s)
General Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; cabinet card.
Biographical Note
Ernest du Pont (1880-1944) and his elder brother Francis Irenee du Pont (1873-1942) founded the U.S.F. Powder Company in 1919, which produced flashless cannon powder. Francis I. and Ernest du Pont patented several inventions and improvements in the manufacturing of smokeless and flashless powder. Ernest du Pont was the son of Francis Gurney du Pont (1850-1891) and Elise Wigfall Simons du Pont (1849-1919) and the great grandson of the founder of the DuPont Company, Eleuthere Irenee du Pont (1771-1834).
Scope and Content
This item is a cabinet card photograph of Ernest du Pont (1880-1944) as a young child.
Location
GL Box 1.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Ernest du Pont portrait
- 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