Gunpowder industry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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E. Paul du Pont collection of Hagley Yard and du Pont family photographs
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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
