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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company gunpowder label
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 1967
Abstract:
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 Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) the company began with the production of gunpowder. This item is a small chromolithograph label for Du Pont smokeless sporting powder.
Dates:
1899
Leonard W. Walton collection of Milprint, Inc. records
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 2430
Abstract:
Leonard W. Walton (1911-2005) was a printing industry executive with Milprint, Inc., which specialized in printing packaging materials, between 1936 and 1976. His collection of Milprint records primarily consists of printing samples including candy wrappers, cigarette boxes, potato chip and bread bags and bacon boxes.
Dates:
1920-2008; Majority of material found within 1940-1970