| Victor du Pont papers, 1778-1827
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| Creator: |
du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
LMSS:II |
| Extent: |
0.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Victor du Pont (1767-1827), the eldest son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, first came to the United States in 1788 as
part of the French diplomatic mission. In 1800 he emigrated with his family and set up the firm Victor du Pont de Nemours
& Co. The collection consists primarily of family correspondence and business papers.
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| Victor Talking Machine Company advertising brochure, 1914
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| Creator: |
Victor Talking Machine Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1998.266 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American phonograph record company. In 1901, Eldridge Johnson (1867-1945) combined
his patents with those of Emile Berliner (1851-1929), incorporating the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey
and adopting the "His Master's Voice" trademark from Berliner. It increased in success by signing Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)
and John Phillip Sousa (1854-1932) among others to recording contracts, by introducing the Victrola with its enclosed horn
in 1906, and by improving recording technology. This item is an advertising brochure for Victor Talking Machine Company records.
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| View of Independence Hall (textile souvenir), 1776, 1876
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| Creator: |
William H. Horstmann & Sons |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1975.325.1 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
William H. Horstmann & Sons was a manufacturer and retailer of silk products for civilian and military clothing between 1815
and 1940. This item is a woven textile souvenir from 1876 Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, showing Independence Hall,
Philadelphia.
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| Views of Brandywine area engravings, undated
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| Creator: |
Steel, James W., 1799-1879 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.003 |
| Extent: |
2 items |
| Abstract: |
The Brandywine Valley is a rural region of Southeast Pennsylvania and Northern Delaware celebrated for its historical ties
to Revolutionary-era America. This collection contains two b&w engraved prints of depictions of the Brandywine area.
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| Views of Wilmington, Delaware souvenir album, 1883
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| Creator: |
Witteman Brothers |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1973.284 |
| Extent: |
14 items |
| Abstract: |
Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware located on the Christiana and Brandywine Rivers. This collection is a souvenir
album containing fourteen views of notable buildings and places in Wilmington, Delaware.
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| Vitale Fireworks Manufacturing Company print and printing plate, circa 1930
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| Creator: |
Vitale Fireworks Mfg. Company Inc. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1999.227 |
| Extent: |
2 items |
| Abstract: |
The Vitale Fireworks Manufacturing Company was founded in New Castle, Pennsylvania by Italian immigrant, Constantino Vitale
(1876-1949) in 1922. It became a family business as his four sons and one of his sons-in-law joined him in the management
and operation of the company. In 1993, the company was reorganized and now does business as Pyrotecnico FX. This collection
consists of a proof and the printing plate it was made from of a page from a fireworks catalog put out by the Vitale Fireworks
Manufacturing Company of New Castle, Pennsylvania.
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| Vue générale du Jardin des Plantes lithograph, undated
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| Creator: |
Deroy, Isidore Laurent, 1797-1886 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.049 |
| Extent: |
3 items |
| Abstract: |
Le jardin des Plantes remains one of France's premier botanical gardens. This collection contains 1 lithograph color print
and 2 photographic b&w prints featuring an aerial view of le Jardin des Plantes in Paris, France.
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| Vulcan Iron Works negatives, circa 1880s-1943, 1948
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| Creator: |
Vulcan Iron Works. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1971.210 |
| Extent: |
175 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Vulcan Iron Works was a producer of mine and industrial locomotives, mine hoists, and other colliery machinery. Vulcan's locomotives
were designed for mine, logging, plantation and factory work, including steam, electric and battery models for underground
haulage. A large number were sold to strip mine and earth moving contractors. The majority of the collection consists of original
negatives (glass plate and film) dating from about the 1880s to 1943. These are builder's photographs, recording the construction
of locomotives and machinery, although there are some photographs of the plants themselves (interiors and exteriors), employees
at work, the town of Wilkes-Barre, and equipment installed and in service, particularly at collieries in the anthracite fields.
About half the pictures are of locomotives and the rest are of mining equipment. There are also 1,340 negatives of drawings
and plans, chiefly of mining equipment hoists. The collection also contains about 2,400 copy photographs made to preserve
the images on original nitrate negatives which had extensively deteriorated. The collection is organized into five series:
Railroad; Mining and manufacturing equipment; Factory, mill, and shop views; Drawings; and People.
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