Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Sample of Undrawn Nylon |
Object Name |
Fiber |
Object ID |
2004.543.202 |
Date |
1938 |
Dimensions |
H-1.5 W-13 D-11 inches |
Material |
Nylon |
Made |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company |
Collection |
Joseph X. Labovsky Collection |
Search Terms |
Nylon Samples Du Pont Fiber Undrawn Material Labovsky, Joseph X. Carothers, Wallace |
Provenance |
Donated by Joseph Labovsky, a longtime employee of I. E. Du Pont de Namours & Co., beginning as a laboratory technical assistant to Dr. Wallace Carothers at the Experimental station in Wilmington. Labovsky retired from Du Pont in 1975 and has since lectured extensively on Wallace Carothers and the history of Nylon. |