DuPont Company Ponsol dye poster
Creation: circa 1930Abstract
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 with the production of gunpowder. Throughout the 1900s and 1910s, the company shifted its focus away from gunpowder production and towards chemistry innovations. Ponsol is the DuPont trade name of a line of anthraquinone vat dyes first commercially produced in the United States in 1919. The poster shows a woman in a blue sweater holding a branch of cherry blossoms. Chinese legend around the sides of the image translates Fabrics dyed in Ponsol never fade.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1930
Creator
- American Trading Company (Organization)
Extent
1 item(s)
General Physical Description
1 poster : color ; 29.5 x 21 in.
Historical Note
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. Throughout the 1900s and 1910s, the company shifted its focus away from gunpowder production and towards chemistry innovations.
Ponsol is the DuPont trade name of a line of anthraquinone vat dyes first commercially produced in the United States in 1919. These vat dyes are chemically complex and insoluble in water. The process of air oxidation strongly casts the dye on the fiber, providing for excellent wash-fastness and light-fastness. Anthraquinone dyes were originally developed in Germany.
Scope and Content
The poster shows a woman in a blue sweater holding a branch of cherry blossoms. Chinese legend around the sides of the image translates Fabrics dyed in Ponsol never fade.
The poster was made by the American Trading Company.
Location
Drawer A-05.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- DuPont Company Ponsol dye poster
- Date:
- 2015
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
