| 1836 Pennsylvania Railroad passenger car photograph, circa 1893
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.006 |
| Extent: |
2 items |
| Abstract: |
Founded in 1846, Pennsylvania Railroad Company (PRR) was a leading industrial and transportation force throughout the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. This collection features a cyanotype and a photographic copy print of an image depicting the first
passenger car created for PRR, most likely taken in 1893 in relation to Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.
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| Pamela C. and Lammot du Pont Copeland family photographs, 1810-1994
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| Creator: |
Copeland family |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1999.243 |
| Extent: |
563 photographic prints |
| Abstract: |
The collection contains photographs of Pamela and Lammot du Pont Copeland and family members. Many of the pictures document
the couple's various activities and philanthropic interests.
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| Panama-Pacific International Exposition photographic souvenir viewbook, 1916
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| Creator: |
Panama-Pacific International Exposition. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.253 |
| Extent: |
1.0 item |
| Abstract: |
The item is a small novelty souvenir viewbook from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. It opens up to display 15
attached, folded halftone photographic views of the San Francisco area. The exposition was a world's fair held in San Francisco
for nine months in 1915. The official reason for it was to commemorate the completion of the Panama Canal. It also furnished
a platform to showcase a revitalized San Francisco that had been devastated by the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906.
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| Parry Norling collection of DuPont Company audiovisual materials, 1990-1996
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| Creator: |
Norling, Parry |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2012.205 |
| Extent: |
0.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Parry Norling was a career research chemist and manager with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. This small collection consists
of DuPont Company-related videotapes and slides accumulated by Parry Norling while in his role as Planning Director at DuPont's
Central Research and Development during the 1990s.
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| Parry Norling collection of DuPont records, 1902-2004, bulk 1980-1995
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| Creator: |
Norling, Parry |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2510 |
| Extent: |
3 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Parry Norling was a career research chemist and manager with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Records consists of company
documents and outside publications collected by Norling during his time at DuPont.
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| Paul Arthur, Jr. Papers, 1967-1994, bulk 1967-1977
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| Creator: |
Arthur, Paul, 1915-2000 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2536 |
| Extent: |
0.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The collection is comprised of material relating to the work of Dr. Paul Arthur, Jr. collected by his sister, Dorothy Arthur. |
| Paul L. Bechly papers, 1990-1993
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| Creator: |
Bechly, Paul L. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2723 |
| Extent: |
1 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
Paul L. Bechly worked in various positions for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company between 1980 and 1993, including research
and development, engineering, distribution, sales, and product management. Bechly's papers document his efforts at developing
and implementing a successful perfluorocarbon (PFC) policy for the DuPont Company in the early 1990s. The papers also reflect
DuPont’s companywide initiative to be at the forefront of environmental policy with regard to the global reduction of PFC
emissions.
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| Penn Central Railroad memorabilia auction poster, 1972
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| Creator: |
Penn Central Transportation Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1998.261 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
The Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Company was the creation of a 1968 merger of the Pennsylvania and New York
Central railroads. In 1970, the "Penn Central" Transportation Company filed for bankruptcy and auctioned off Pennsylvania
Railroad and New York Central Railroad memorabilia, pictures, and other materials. This collection consists of a poster for
the auction of Penn Central railroad memorabilia. The poster includes images of lanterns and a locomotive, both in black,
on brown paper with text announcing dates for auction and preview.
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| Penn Virginia Corporation records, 1864-1981
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| Creator: |
Penn Virginia Corporation |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1764 |
| Extent: |
117.3 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Penn Virginia Corporation was incorporated as the Virginia Coal & Iron Company on January 6, 1882. It was one of many firms
established by a group of interrelated entrepreneurs headed by John Leisenring (1819-1884), a Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, civil
and mining engineer. The records of Penn Virginia Corporation cover the development and operations of the Virginia Coal &
Iron Company, a large southern Appalachian land company, with some information on its immediate neighbors and local support
facilities.
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| Pennsylvania Indemnity Corporation Auto Trails Atlas, 1929
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| Creator: |
Pennsylvania Indemnity Corporation; Rand McNally and Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2013.221 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
The Pennsylvania Indemnity Corporation was an automobile insurance company located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This item
is a road atlas containing 32 pages of maps of the northeastern United States. Published by Rand McNally and Company.
|
| Pennsylvania Power & Light Company records, 1796-1995, bulk 1920-1975
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| Creator: |
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1962 |
| Extent: |
107 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company formed in 1920 through the consolidation of eight electric utilities companies serving
central and eastern Pennsylvania. The collection primarily includes corporate papers documenting the company’s acquisition
of various competing electric companies in the early-to-mid twentieth century by way of franchise building, market research
and corporate communications, hydroelectric development through studies and surveys on Pennsylvania’s waterways, and material
documenting the company’s various power plants in central eastern Pennsylvania. Financial and accounting records of the Pennsylvania
Water & Power Company, which PP&L acquired in 1955, are also included.
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| Pennsylvania Power & Light Company records, 1883-1941
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| Creator: |
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company. Predecessor and subsidiary companies. Local transit companies. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1552 |
| Extent: |
85 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The collection is composed primarily of minute books and financial records of some sixty-five local transit companies, documenting
the process of franchise acquisition and system building through merger.
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| Pennsylvania Railroad Company records, 1813-1968
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| Creator: |
Pennsylvania Railroad Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1807 |
| Extent: |
2,000 linear feet and 181 microfilm reels |
| Abstract: |
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from
the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing.
These records provide nearly comprehensive coverage of corporate matters for the entire time span and reasonably complete
coverage of the functional departments from 1920 to 1950, with less coverage from 1893 to 1920 and from 1950 to 1968.
|
| Pennsylvania Railroad flyers and brochure, 1963-1965
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| Creator: |
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1998.262 |
| Extent: |
6 items |
| Abstract: |
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) was chartered in 1846 to complete an all-railroad network across the state. Between 1855 and
1874, the PRR underwent rapid expansion and emerged as one of the two largest railroad systems in the region east of the Mississippi
and north of the Ohio. In 1910, the PRR entered Manhattan through tunnels under the Hudson and East Rivers. This collection
consists of flyers and a brochure for Pennsylvania Railroad special fares or trains.
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| Pennsylvania Railroad photographs, 1863-1973, bulk 1910-1960
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| Creator: |
Pennsylvania Railroad. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1988.231 |
| Extent: |
35 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from
the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing.
This collection of photographs primarily depict the PRR itself, but numerous views of similar facilities and equipment on
other railroads, of nearby buildings and properties, or of standardized equipment and accessories that were collected for
reference are included. Almost all of the photographs are the work of commercial photographers hired on short term contract,
but some are prints from the company's own negatives. The collection have been arranged by subject and organized into three
series: Equipment, trains, and personnel; Structures and right of way; and Company magazine photographs.
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| Pennsylvania Railroad public timetables, 1919-1968
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2603 |
| Extent: |
1 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
Timetables issued periodically to the public, generally at ticket offices, showing the schedules of passenger trains on various
routes.
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| Pennsylvania Railroad stations and bridges viewbook, undated
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| Creator: |
Chisholm Bros. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2000.222 |
| Extent: |
1 volume |
| Abstract: |
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) was chartered in 1846 to complete an all-railroad network across the state. Between 1855 and
1874, the PRR underwent rapid expansion and emerged as one of the two largest railroad systems in the region east of the Mississippi
and north of the Ohio. In 1910, the PRR entered Manhattan through tunnels under the Hudson and East Rivers. This is a viewbook
or souvenir album containing views related to the Pennsylvania Railroad in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, including
stations, bridges, and tracks.
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| Pennsylvania Railroad stations and Whitney Dam, North Carolina postcards, 1909-1912
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| Creator: |
Pennsylvania Cement Co..
Pennsylvania Railroad.
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1992.234 |
| Extent: |
3.0 images |
| Abstract: |
This is a small collection of three postcards. Two postcards have images of Pennsylvania Railroad stations in Greensburg and
Swissvale, Pennsylvania. The third postcard is an advertisement for Pennsylvania Cement Co. showing the Whitney (N.C.) Dam.
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) was chartered in 1846 to completing an all-rail road across the state. In 1857 the Pennsylvania
Railroad purchased the old Main Line system and eventually brought the entire line from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh under one
management.
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| Pennsylvania Water & Power Company presidential records, 1905-1946
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| Creator: |
Pennsylvania Water & Power Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2627 |
| Extent: |
56.2 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Pennsylvania Water & Power Company formed in 1910 to finish construction of the Holtwood hydroelectric facility along
the lower Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. The company achieved numerous advancements in hydroelectric and steam power development
in the early twentieth century, and helped bring about the electrification of Baltimore and, later, much of the Chesapeake
and eastern Pennsylvania area. The records largely consist of correspondence to and from Pennsylvania Water & Power's chief
engineer and later president, John Abbet Walls, and other company heads relating to operations, customers, dam construction,
and numerous subjects associated with the hydroelectric industry.
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| Pennsylvania Water and Power Company photographs, circa 1916-1992, bulk 1931-1954
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| Creator: |
Pennsylvania Water & Power Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2015.293 |
| Extent: |
2 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Pennsylvania Water and Power Company was established to store, transport, and generate water power for both commercial and
manufacturing purposes. The Holtwood facility outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania was the first power plant to have both a
hydroelectric generator and a coal power generator. The company was originally called McCall’s Ferry Power Co. and founded
in 1905. This small collection consists of photographs that depict the progress of several construction projects at the Holtwood
and Safe Harbor plants. Most of these images date from 1951 to 1954, well after the original construction of both sites.
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| "People are Inspired by display gardens" lecture and accompanying slides, 1978
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| Creator: |
Seibert, Russell J. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1991.241 |
| Extent: |
30 items |
| Abstract: |
Russell J. Seibert was the former director of Longwood Gardens. This collection consists of a typewritten script of a speech,
a cassette recording of the speech, and accompanying slides.
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| People's Steam Navigation Company stock certificate, 1833
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| Creator: |
People's Steam Navigation Company.; Eyre, Manuel, 1777-1845 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1247 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
Stock certificate for 100 shares issued to Manuel Eyre of Philadelphia, August 2, 1833. |
| Pew Charitable Trusts digital archive, 1995-2014
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| Creator: |
Pew Charitable Trusts. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
AVD.2020 |
| Extent: |
1704 digital files |
| Abstract: |
The Pew Charitable Trusts are a major philanthropic organization based in Philadelphia, Pa. Part of the Pew Charitable Trusts
records in the Manuscripts and Archives Department, the digital archive consists primarily of eGrant products and Pew publications.
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| Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company engraved copper plates and medallions, circa 1838, 1907
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| Creator: |
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2014.242 |
| Extent: |
15 items |
| Abstract: |
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company (succeeded by the Reading Company) began construction in 1833 and the mainline from
Philadelphia to Pottsville opened in 1842. This is a small collection of copperplate engravings and some medallions. They
are presumably some sort of seat check for destinations along the mainline. The collection also contains three medallions,
two related to the Jamestown Centennial Exposition in 1907 and one from Baldwins Standard dried beef.
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| Philadelphia Electric Company records, 1836-1953, bulk 1890-1915
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| Creator: |
Philadelphia Electric Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1780 |
| Extent: |
36 microfilm reels |
| Abstract: |
The Philadelphia Electric Company was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on October 31, 1929, as a merger of The
Philadelphia Electric Company (incorporated in Pa. on October 27, 1902), the Philadelphia Suburban-Counties Gas & Electric
Company, and three other small utility companies. It is the primary gas and electric company for Philadelphia, its surrounding
counties and Cecil and Harford Counties in northeastern Maryland. Their records consist of microfilm copies of the minute
books of about 150 of the predecessor companies of the Philadelphia Electric Company.
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| Philadelphia factories lithographs, 1849-1865
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| Creator: |
Beaulieu, E.; Herline & Company; King & Baird Co.; W.H. Rease; Wagner & McGuigan |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1975.279 |
| Extent: |
9 images |
| Abstract: |
The lithographs include the following Philadelphia printers' names: E. Beaulieu; Herline & Co.; King & Baird; Wagner & McGuigan;
and W.H. Rease. This is a group of nine mid-19th century lithographs showing illustrations of Philadelphia factories.
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| Philadelphia ice and coal companies advertising cards, 1870-1890
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| Creator: |
Knickerbocker Ice Co. (Philadelphia) ; Philadelphia Ice Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2002.221 |
| Extent: |
0.5 linear foot |
| Abstract: |
Ice and coal companies delivered ice in summer and coal in winter to meet the growing demands of consumers and businesses
for refrigeration and heat. The collection consists of trade cards from 71 companies that were used as advertisements and
as order tickets for ice and coal.
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| Philadelphia Quartz Company office negative, circa 1895-1900
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| Creator: |
Philadelphia Quartz Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1994.340 |
| Extent: |
1 negatives |
| Abstract: |
Philadelphia Quartz Company began as a family soap and candle business in 1831. It was founded in Philadelphia by Joseph Elkinton.
It began producing and selling sodium silicate in 1861 as a builder to replace rosin in soap formulations. This image of office
includes three male clerks and one visitor.
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| Philadelphia Quartz (PQ) Company records, 1733-1983, bulk 1831-1981
|
| Creator: |
Philadelphia Quartz Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1865 |
| Extent: |
40 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Founded in 1831 as the Elkinton Company and later renamed, Philadelphia Quartz Company became an important innovator during
World War I by discovering silica gels could be used as a base to manufacture catalysts for cracking crude oil molecules to
make high-octane gasoline and developing potassium silicate which was adopted for use in cathode ray tubes. The company's
records includes business records and the personal papers of the company's founding family.
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| Philadelphia railroad stations, Red Arrow Lines trolley track and bus photographs, 1926-1965
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| Creator: |
Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946.
Lawrence S. Williams, Inc.
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.238 |
| Extent: |
40 items |
| Abstract: |
The Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company operated bus and trolley lines, many of which originated in Upper Darby Township
on the western border of Philadelphia and served Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. Suburban Station and the Fidelity-Philadelphia
Trust Company building are both located in Center City. The Red Arrow transportation lines are found in Philadelphia's western
suburbs. This small collection consists of photographs of Suburban Station, railroad and trolley tracks, and bus shelters.
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| Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (PSFS) photographs, 1816-1989
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| Creator: |
Dooner, Richard T. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1993.302 |
| Extent: |
31 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (PSFS), the nation's first mutual savings bank, was founded in 1816. In 1927 the Society
commissioned Howe and Lescaze, a local architectural firm that had previously designed traditional style banks for the institution,
to draw up plans for a new building to be constructed at the corner of 12th and Market Streets. This collection is composed
of materials from two Philadelphia mutual savings banks which date from the first half of the nineteenth century. The collection
has been divided into two series: Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (PSFS) and Western Savings Fund Society (WSFS) which was
merged with PSFS in 1982. A significant part of the collection consists of photographs of bank buildings represented by traditional
styles and in later years by contemporary suburban sites. The American banking industry has usually conducted business in
formal bank buildings. The styles of these buildings have changed with passing fashions of architectural taste. This collection
provides a good visual record of these developments.
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| Philip D. Reed papers, 1927-1989
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| Creator: |
Reed, Philip D. (Philip Dunham), 1899-1989 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1984 |
| Extent: |
46 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Philip Dunham Reed went to work in the law department of the General Electric Company in 1927 and was appointed assistant
to president Gerard Swope ten years later. In 1939 he became chairman of the board, a position he held for eighteen years
until his retirement. His papers cover Reed's private and governmental activities, not his official duties as chairman of
General Electric.
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| Phoenix Steel Corporation, Claymont Division miscellany, 1917-1985
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| Creator: |
Phoenix Steel Corporation. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2737 |
| Extent: |
0.4 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Claymont Division of the Phoenix Steel Corporation was established in 1960 when the company purchased the Claymont, Del.
steel plant from the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. This small collection of materials originating from the Claymont steel
plant includes miscellaneous plant announcements, catalogs, labor agreements, photographs, company-issued newsletters, and
brief historical essays on the Phoenix Steel Corporation and its predecessors.
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| Phoenix Steel Corporation records, 1827-1963, bulk 1856-1949
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| Creator: |
Phoenix Steel Corporation |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
0916 |
| Extent: |
77.3 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Phoenix Steel Company was established in the late 18th century as a manufacturer of cut nails. It later became a major
producer of railroad rails and iron and steel structural members. Their records include minutes (1856-1929); stock ledgers;
brief of title papers and property maps; legal and financial correspondence and tax papers; account books; and a works diary.
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| Pierre A. Gentieu Brandywine River Valley photographs, 1883-1917
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| Creator: |
Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1970.001 |
| Extent: |
356 items |
| Abstract: |
Pierre A. Gentieu (1842-1930) was a long-time employee of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Gentieu was born in France in
1842. He emigrated to the United States around 1859. He began working for DuPont in 1877. This collection is comprised of
images taken by DuPont Company employee Pierre Gentieu from approximately 1880 to 1920. Gentieu's images document the DuPont
Company Powder Yards along the banks of the Brandywine River in Wilmington Delaware. The collection documents the surrounding
community along the Brandywine including worker's families, du Pont family homes, churches in the area, DuPont Company exposition
displays, and other facets of social and work life in the area.
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| Pierre and Frederic A. Gentieu photographs, 1884-1920
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| Creator: |
Gentieu, Frederic A., 1872-1951;
Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930
|
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1989.280 |
| Extent: |
4 images |
| Abstract: |
Pierre A. Gentieu (1842-1930) was a long-term employee of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company who created an invaluable photographic
record of the company's Brandywine Mills at the turn of the century. This is a small group of photographs related to northern
New Castle County, Delaware. There are two photographs taken by Pierre and Frederic A. Gentieu, father and son, who photographed
an August outing with a large group of men, women, and children.
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| Pierre Gentieu family archives, 1860-1999
|
| Creator: |
Gentieu family;
Gentieu, Norman P., 1914-2009
|
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2019.206 |
| Extent: |
3 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Pierre Gentieu (1842-1930) was an artist, photographer, and an employee of the DuPont Company for thirty-four years. Pierre
Gentieu and his wife, Sarah Albina "Binie" Gentieu (1846-1925) had six children. Although three children had no issue, they
had nine grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. All six children worked for the DuPont Co. and several grandchildren
did as well. This collection consists of six albums that document the Gentieu family history, primarily the life of the patriarch
of the family Pierre Gentieu (1842-1930). The albums contain originals and reproductions of correspondence, family trees,
documents, photographs, and ephemera. The albums tell two stories: one is the story of Pierre Gentieu’s life and family, the
second is that of his descendants specifically distant cousins: Norman Gentieu (1914-2009) and Penny Gentieu (dates private).
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| Pierre Gentieu Hagley area photographs and DuPont Company ephemera, 1880-1900
|
| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.;
Gentieu, Pierre A., 1842-1930
|
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.261 |
| Extent: |
16 photographic prints |
| Abstract: |
Pierre A. Gentieu was a long-term employee of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company who created an invaluable photographic record
of the company's Brandywine Mills at the turn of the century. 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 collection includes original
drymounted photographic prints of views near Henry Clay Village in Delaware by Pierre Gentieu. Several have simple hand drawn
decorative borders on them and are signed. There are also several items related to DuPont Gunpowder and rifles.
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| Pierre S. du Pont portrait, circa 1940-1945
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| Creator: |
Unknown. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2011.204 |
| Extent: |
1 photographic prints |
| Abstract: |
Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont (1870-1954) was the great grandson of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I.
du Pont de Nemours & Company, and that company played a major role in P.S. du Pont's life. He is most well-known for developing
the preeminent botanical gardens, Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. This item is a matted portrait of P.S.
du Pont, autographed on front beneath image area.
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| Pierre S. Dupont Liberty ship photograph, circa 1940s
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| Creator: |
United States Maritime Commission. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.285 |
| Extent: |
1 photographic prints |
| Abstract: |
A Liberty ship was a World War II EC2 type cargo ship designed for the emergency ship building program. Over 2,700 of these
ships were built. This item is a photograph which shows a stern of EC-2 Liberty ship.
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| Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours papers, 1769-1831
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| Creator: |
du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
LMSS:I |
| Extent: |
1.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Pierre Samuel du Pont (1739-1817) was a noted French Physiocrat and economic advisor to Jacques Necker and King Louis XXVI.
In the aftermath of the French Revolution he and his family emigrated to the United States where his son Eleuthère Irénée
du Pont established the gun powder manufacturer E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. The collection consists primarily of correspondence
and special papers documenting his service during the Necker ministry and the establishment of the DuPont Company. Also included
are the papers of his second wife Françoise Poivre (1748-1841).
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| Pit card game, 1904
|
| Creator: |
Parker Brothers, Inc. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1994.264 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
Inspired by the Chicago Board of Trade and the U.S. Corn Exchange, PIT is a fast-paced card game where players try to
corner the market on a specific commodity. This collection is the bull and bear edition of the game.
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| Pittsburgh Steel Company album, circa 1905
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| Creator: |
Pittsburgh Steel Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2006.208 |
| Extent: |
1 items |
| Abstract: |
The Pittsburgh Steel Company manufactured steel products. Early products included wire, barbed wire, nails, wire fence, and
pipe. This item is an album containing photographs of birds-eye-views of the Monessen plant, an exterior of the office building,
views in boiler houses, open hearth furnaces, soaking pits, power plants, engines, and an electric power plant.
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| Place du Pont in Nemours, France photographs, 1995
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| Creator: |
Unknown. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1995.289 |
| Extent: |
2 photographic prints |
| Abstract: |
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours(1739-1817) was a noted French Physiocrat and economic advisor to Jacques Necker and King
Louis XVI. In 1784, Louis XVI made him a noble through the process of noblesse de lettres, which added the de Nemours suffix
to his name. In the aftermath of the French Revolution he and his family emigrated to the United States where his son Eleuthère
Irénée du Pont established the gun powder manufacturer E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. These photographs show a close-up
of the Place Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours metal plaque and the building on which it hangs in Nemours France, ancestral
home of the du Pont family.
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| Plan of old garden at Eleutherean [sic] Mills drawing, 1925
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| Creator: |
Foster, Victorine du Pont, 1849-1934. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1971.458 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
Victorine Elizabeth du Pont Foster (1849-1934), daughter of Henry du Pont and Louisa Gerhard du Pont, grew up at Eleutherian
Mills, near Wilmington, Delaware. The drawing is a detailed plan of the formal garden at Eleutherian Mills. Placement of trees,
flowers, and vines, etc., are indicated on the drawing.
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| Plant Patrol Division, Military Explosives plant panoramic photograph, 1941 March 5
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.154 |
| Extent: |
1 oversize folder |
| Abstract: |
During World War II, the DuPont Company was contracted to produce smokeless powder, TNT and DNT explosives for the military.
This panoramic photograph is a group portrait of uniformed guards at a military explosives plant in Memphis, Tennessee, 1941.
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| Plymouth Cordage Company album, circa 1900
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| Creator: |
Butterfield, D.W.
Plymouth Cordage Company.
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1982.231 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
The Plymouth Cordage Company of North Plymouth, Massachusetts, was founded in 1824 and was involved, as their name implies,
in the rope-making industry, particularly for use by the shipping and fishing industries. This album contains sixteen photographs
of plant interiors showing machinery and manufacturing processes, and two exterior views of the building.
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| Plymouth television commercial film, 1960
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| Creator: |
Chrysler Corporation. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
2014.264 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
Plymouth was brand of automobiles produced by the manufacturing company the Chrysler Corporation. Plymouth's first appeared
in 1928 as a low-priced option to compete with Chevrolet and Ford. This item is a television commercial film for a 1960 Plymouth
Fury.
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| President Coolidge with group in front of White House photograph, undated
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.005B |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
Photograph of President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), Governor John G. Townsend, Jr. (1871-1964) of Delaware, Senator Lewis
Heisler Ball (1861-1932) of Delaware and a group of unidentified women standing infront of the White House.
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| The Presidential Puzzle from the campaign of Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1977.420 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
The Presidential election of 1932 was between Republican candidate and incumbent Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) and the Democratic
candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945). This item is a small wooden puzzle, The Presidential Puzzle, from the campaign
of Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.
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| Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia records, 1832-1982
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| Creator: |
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1930 |
| Extent: |
35 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company was organized by a group of Philadelphia Quakers in 1865, and by World War I it
had become one of the largest life insurance companies in the country with a strong presence in the New York and Boston markets.
The records of the Provident Mutual Insurance Company of Philadelphia are a collection of fragments assembled by the Advertising
Department in connection with the company's centennial history.
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| P.S. du Pont photographs (Longwood), 1700s-1991, bulk 1860-1954
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| Creator: |
Du Pont, Pierre S., (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.002 |
| Extent: |
60 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont (1870-1954) was an industrialist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He was president of E.I.
du Pont de Nemours & Co. from 1915 to 1919 and chairman of the board from 1919 to 1940. P.S. du Pont was the great grandson
of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and the great-great-grandson and namesake
of the French economist, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817). du Pont's personal life is well documented by the photographic
collection he left, and it followed certain themes. The greatest of these may be horticultural interests which developed during
his creation of the celebrated Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, where he lived. du Pont made many foreign
and domestic journeys and recorded his travels. His large extended family is included in this collection. This collection
is organized into seven series: Longwood Gardens; Individuals and families; Groups and organizations; E.I. du Pont de Nemours
& Company; Trips and vacations; Places; and Culture, society, and service.
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| Pulp Keg Mill in the Hagley Yard album, circa 1902-1905
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.093 |
| Extent: |
1 volume |
| Abstract: |
The pulp keg mill was built around 1904 to manufacture an experimental design of black and smokeless powder container made
essentially from paper. This album contains photographic prints of the construction of the pulp keg mill in the Hagley Yard
of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. near Wilmington, Delaware around 1902 through 1905.
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