Nylon Souvenir
Nylon Souvenir
Previous
Next
Usage conditions apply
- Description
- In the summer of 1943, a Royal Air Force crew flew a Douglas C-47 aircraft towing a glider filled with supplies from Montreal to London. This cardboard souvenir commemorates that 28-hour stunt. The inscription reads: “DUPONT / E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC. / SEAFORD NYLON PLANT / 210-68-1-S-300 / THIS STRAND OF NYLON WAS / A PART OF THE ROPE THAT TOWED / THE FIRST GLIDER ACROSS THE ATLANTIC / W. P. D. COMMITTEE.”
- Ref: “Fully Loaded Gilder Hops Atlantic; Is Towed 3,500 Miles in 28 Hours,” New York Times (July 5, 1943), pp. 1 and 26.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Commemorative Card of Nylon Strands
- Nylon Souvenir
- Measurements
- overall: 133 mm x 83 mm; 5 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in
- overall: 3 1/4 in x 5 3/8 in; 8.255 cm x 13.6525 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0140.06
- catalog number
- 1982.0140.06
- accession number
- 1982.0140
- Credit Line
- Gift of Herman Schneider
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Nominate this object for photography.
Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.
If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.
Note: Comment submission is temporarily unavailable while we make improvements to the site. We apologize for the interruption. If you have a question relating to the museum's collections, please first check our Collections FAQ. If you require a personal response, please use our Contact page.
