Promotional booklet advertising various products manufactured and sold by the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company. Includes neoprene; dyes; fragrances; safety glass; seed disinfectants, fertilizers and sprays; "Cellophane;" explosives; "Lucite;" nylon; auto finishes; coated fabrics like "Fabrikoid;" viscose; "Acele;" "Plastacele;" "Cel-O-Glass;" non-flammable photographic film; electroplating; bleaching agents; and dry-cleaning fluids. Also includes how salt, chlorine, coal, sand and oil aid in chemical processes. Last pages include a history of Du Pont. Included with booklet is an informational pamphlet about the Du Pont photographic contest in cooperation with the Photographic Society of America for the best photograph taken during the 1940 World's Fair suggesting this promotional booklet could have been distributed at the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City, where Du Pont debuted nylon stockings.
“Blazing the Trail to New Frontiers Through Chemistry.” Wilmington, Delaware: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1940. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/9w032428c.
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