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KCordell

11-10-2014 01:53 PM

Dupont Powder Print

I have had this print in my family for I guess 40 or so years. Not sure where my father got it and he cant remember but said he thought it to be original, including it's frame and glass.

I have seen a few of these mostly smaller, copies. Is there any way to determine authenticity...I am just curious, not selling it.

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...E7C4784AA7.jpg

charlie cleveland

11-10-2014 07:04 PM

my first time to get to see this print it sure is a nice one..charlie

Dave Noreen

11-11-2014 10:33 PM

It is not pictured in Firearms & Tackle Memorabilia by John Delph or either volume of American Sporting Advertising by Bob and Beverly Strauss.

Robin Lewis

11-12-2014 08:47 AM

I see on the bottom of the print that it is for Wapwallopen Mills. I did a quick search and found some interesting information. Some background on the mill....
http://www.pagenweb.org/~luzerne/dpmills.htm
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/ric...en/History.htm
Kind of cool how they built the buildings with a wall made to blow out to save the rest of the building.

here are a few pictures of the mill intermixed with others....
http://digital.hagley.org/cdm/search...nd/cosuppress/

And how it is used today.... watch the video!
http://demshitz.com/wapwallopen-creek/

If you have the time, look at all their advertising for a match, it is found here: http://digital.hagley.org/cdm/search...s/order/nosort

John Dallas

11-12-2014 01:43 PM

DuPont's original mills (Hagley Mills) on the Brandywine River in Wilmington, Del. has the same design.

Drew Hause

11-12-2014 04:12 PM

The image is part of a DuPont company safety presentation
http://www.slideshare.net/ACSDCHAS/d...-of-employment

http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL.../410370298.jpg

KCordell

11-12-2014 09:36 PM

Thank guys for the feedback and interesting information...never would have found all that on my own.

John Dallas

11-13-2014 03:21 PM

DuPont was so concerned about, and so good at, safety, that they actually opened up a Safety Department that sold safety consulting services to other companies

Rick Losey

11-13-2014 03:50 PM

i worked for DuPont long ago- the safety concerns go back to the founding- the family lived next to the black powder plant to show they cared about the safety of the workers

as an employee you were asked to report not only accidents- but near misses- at work or home

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