Du Pont Museum files, 1878-1954.

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Du Pont Museum files, 1878-1954.

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Records document the operation of the Du Pont Museum located in the Du Pont Building in Wilmington, Del., which was established by Pierre S. du Pont Unlike the company's exhibits in the show windows of the same building which featured current products and changed frequently, the museum was a historical collection of old advertisements, posters, powder cannisters, labels, guns, and eprouvettes that emphasized the company's roots in black powder manufacture. The contents became part of the collections of the Hagley Museum in 1954.

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Hagley Museum & Library

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Hagley Museum & Library

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