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DuPont office workers group portrait
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Collection
Identifier: 2006-226
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 and his son Eleuthère Irénée du Pont the company began with the production of gunpowder. This item is an outdoor group portrait of DuPont Company employees, apparently posed on the front porch and steps of the company office in the Hagley Powder Yards.
Dates:
circa 1910
James Packer collection of Joy Manufacturing Company photographs
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Collection
Identifier: 2013-212
Abstract:
The Joy Manufacturing Company was a major manufacturer of underground mining and materials handling machinery. The photographs were collected by retired corporate secretary James Packer (1920-2008) in 1985 for the purpose of writing a company history. This small collection consists of photographs, mostly group portraits of staff. The collection dates range from the 1921 to 1988. The materials are so sporadic that there is no bulk date.
Dates:
1921-1988
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Hagley Museum
200 Hagley Creek Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
Hagley Library
298 Buck Road
Wilmington, DE 19807
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