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Unread 11-10-2014, 02:53 PM   #1
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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.

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my first time to get to see this print it sure is a nice one..charlie
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It is not pictured in Firearms & Tackle Memorabilia by John Delph or either volume of American Sporting Advertising by Bob and Beverly Strauss.
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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

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DuPont's original mills (Hagley Mills) on the Brandywine River in Wilmington, Del. has the same design.
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The image is part of a DuPont company safety presentation
http://www.slideshare.net/ACSDCHAS/d...-of-employment

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