DuPont Company telephone operators photomontage
Creation: 1916-1982Abstract
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company. This item is a photomontage of five images, each image depicts a group of women working in a small telephone operator room.
Dates
- Creation: 1916-1982
Creator
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (Organization)
Extent
1 item(s)
General Physical Description
1 photomontage : b&w ; 16.5 x 22.5 in.
Historical Note
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) and his son Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834). The du Pont’s purchased a mill site on the banks of the Brandywine River just North of Wilmington, Delaware. Throughout the 1900s and 1910s, the company shifted its focus away from gunpowder production and towards chemistry innovations, most notably inventions of synthetic fibers such as nylon, rayon, teflon, and kevlar, among many others.
Scope and Content
This item is a photomontage of five images (roughly 5 x 6.25 in.), each image depicts a group of women working in a small telephone operator room. The photographs date: 1916, 1951, 1962, 1965 and 1982. Across the top the photomontage it reads, "DuPont Telephone Exchanges."
Location
Drawer A-75
Access Restrictions
This item is available for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- DuPont Company telephone operators photomontage
- Author:
- Laurie Rizzo
- Date:
- 2013
- 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
