DuPont
Monday, December 2, 2024
Brr!! Winter weather has arrived ....
Monday, September 30, 2024
September 30th marks the anniversary of the publication of U.S. Patent No. 9020702A, granted in 1902 to chemists ...
Monday, September 9, 2024
We're bringing some better living through chemistry to the cookie pushers in our audience today ....
Monday, July 8, 2024
It's a hot *everyone* summer again this week, so we're breaking out the short-shorts and hitting the pool ...
Monday, June 10, 2024
This week in the Hagley Vault, we're remembering Dr. Wesley Memeger Jr. ...
Monday, April 29, 2024
It's shaping up to be a beautiful day on the grounds of Hagley Museum and Library ...
Monday, January 22, 2024
This week's Hagley Vault image is from a series of photographs taken on January 22, 1921 documenting the aftermath of a wheel mill explosion ...
Monday, January 15, 2024
Hagley Library is bringing you the car of tomorrow today ...
Monday, December 18, 2023
This glass negative showing the interior of a E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company boiler house ...
Monday, October 30, 2023
It's time to celebrate the creepiest, crawliest, eeriest week of the year ...
Monday, August 14, 2023
One of Hagley Library's newest digital collections offers a curated selection of materials ...
Monday, July 17, 2023
I feel ya' buddy ... we're all looking to beat the heat this month ...
Monday, June 19, 2023
This ca. 1925 cartoon shows an unidentified employee of the DuPont Company ...
Monday, May 8, 2023
This week marks a milestone in the history of textiles ...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Our guest this #WorkerWednesday is an employee of the Jackson Lab at the DuPont company's plant ...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
This #WorkerWednesday threatens to become a real blast ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
We're sharing our commute this #WorkerWednesday with three employees of the Hanford Engineer Works ...
Thursday, February 16, 2023
On this date, February 16, in 1937, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. was granted U.S. patent ...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Today's #WorkerWednesday is a real blast ...
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Are you ape for fake snake?
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Our #WorkerWednesday visitors this week are employees of the DuPont company's Organic Chemicals Department ...
Monday, December 12, 2022
There's always room for pie, especially if you've got the Pastri Tower ...
Friday, December 2, 2022
Let's go glamorous this #FashionFriday ....
Friday, November 18, 2022
It’s iconic and ionic …ranging from literature on salt mining to theses on halophilic enzymes ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Today's #TechTuesday post features Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt
Thursday, November 3, 2022
On this date, November 3, in 1952, the inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist Clarence Birdseye ...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
It's a new month, and today November brings with it the November/December 1948 cover of Better Living magazine ...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
The DuPont employees in this photograph were part of the company's Lycra production and testing staff ...
Thursday, September 22, 2022
We're ready for Fall, are you?
Friday, August 26, 2022
Pack in those summer weekends while you still can ...
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday features a summer ready employee of the DuPont Company ...
Monday, August 1, 2022
We're saying goodbye to July and hello to August ...
Friday, July 29, 2022
Move over pink sauce ....
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Who couldn't use a little mid-week glow-up?
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Sure, it starts a little slow ....
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday post takes us inside the Hotel DuPont ...
Monday, May 2, 2022
#MotorMonday brings you the cars of tomorrow today with this advertisement ...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Everyone likes shapes, right?
Friday, April 22, 2022
We're observing Earth Day today with this video ...
Thursday, April 21, 2022
This December 19, 1950 1950 photograph ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday image shows DuPont employees performing a check inspection ....
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Feeling a little buried by work? This #WorkerWednesday post can relate ...
Thursday, March 3, 2022
This image of Western Grebes and their grebettes ....
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
What better way to welcome the month of March than with ...
Thursday, February 24, 2022
On this date in 1938 ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Here's a behind the curtain look at the "Dancing Molecules" act ...
Friday, February 11, 2022
Today's #FashionFriday photo showcases a "little girl dress" in white nylon tulle ...
Monday, February 7, 2022
#MotorMonday brings you the cars of tomorrow today ...
Friday, February 4, 2022
This ca. 1888 tintype shows Walter Dore, William Fenn, and William Poland ...
Thursday, January 20, 2022
On this date in 1964 ...
Monday, January 10, 2022
#MotorMonday brings you the cars of tomorrow today with this advertisement ...
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Happy New Year! Hagley Library will be closed tomorrow ...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Ready or not, #WinterWednesday is here ....
Friday, December 17, 2021
WeWe're bringing you a seasonal #FashionFriday today with this November/December 1959 issue of Better Living magazine ...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
We’re taking a visit today to the green hills of the California Powder Works ...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
This 1939 #TextileTuesday photograph is from the public debut of nylon hosiery ...
Thursday, November 18, 2021
We have a wee visitor this #Feathursday ...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
I wouldn’t say that this #WomenWednesday is strictly for the birds ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
We’ve got the women of the DuPont Company’s night shift dropping by ...
Monday, November 8, 2021
On this date, November 8, in 1875 ...
Thursday, October 14, 2021
This ca. 1955 photograph shows ...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Bonjour! Welcome to our #TravelTuesday ...
Friday, October 8, 2021
Today's #FashionFriday film is brought to you by DuPont ...
Monday, October 4, 2021
I'm spending some time this week doing metadata cleanup in Hagley Library's fabulous Digital Archive ...
Friday, October 1, 2021
Gowns of rayon, stockings of nylon, plastic jewelry ....
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Du Pont has the best leg show at the fair ...
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Hagley Museum & Library is closed today ....
Friday, August 20, 2021
The child is right, let's all have some chips ...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Today's #WorkerWednesday is a real blast ....
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Here’s a #WorkerWednesday from a work in progress ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Today marks the anniversary of the July 20, 1969 date when Apollo 11 ....
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Today's #WorkerWednesday is just a step outside our front door.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
This #WorkerWednesday trip takes us to the interior of the soda house at its Carney's Point Works in Carney's Point, New Jersey ...
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Lettuce celebrate! June 17 is Eat Your Vegetables Day ...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Today's #WorkerWednesday post introduces Moses Campbell ...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Today's #WorkerWednesday post features Helen Anderson, a crane operator at DuPont's Wilmington Shops
Thursday, May 20, 2021
On this date in 1873, Levi Strauss (1829-1902) and Jacob W. Davis (1831–1908) made fashion history ...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
We're expecting beautiful weather here at Hagley today ...
Thursday, April 15, 2021
This ca. 1893 photograph shows the women of Bryn Mawr College gathered ...
Friday, April 9, 2021
Nothing fishy to see here ...
Friday, April 2, 2021
Rayon! Rayon, rayon, everywhere this #FashionFriday!This photo...
Friday, March 26, 2021
It's iconic and ionic ...ranging from literature on salt...
Thursday, March 25, 2021
William Henry Radebaugh (1909-1996), was a public relations...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
This #WorkerWednesday, we're making a visit to the Camphor...
Thursday, March 4, 2021
When Dr. Wesley Memeger Jr. started at DuPont in 1964, he was...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
We're excited to announce that tonight, February 24, Hagley, in...
Friday, February 12, 2021
#ValentinesDay is this Sunday, \u00a0and this post goes out to our...
Friday, February 5, 2021
New desserts, pea soup, and noodle dishes ... we're hungry...
Thursday, February 4, 2021
On this date (February 4) in 1941, Kinetic Chemicals, Inc., a...
Friday, January 29, 2021
Brr! It's a chilly day here at Hagley Library, so we hit the...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
We're taking a #WWIIWednesday trip to the Ballistics Labof...
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Happy National Squirrel Appreciation Day! This bushy-tailed...
Friday, January 15, 2021
A tip of the hat today to theHeadwear Institute of America, the...
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Come visit the house of tomorrow today. It's got no bedrooms,...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
No ugly Christmas sweaters here...
Thursday, December 10, 2020
The bald eagle became America's national symbol on June 20,...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Today's #WorkerWednesday photo dates to around 1945...
Friday, October 23, 2020
We're staying tidy and offering no admittance to dirtiness...
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Hello, Sweater Weather! We're cozying up to October...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020