A pair of off-white underwear made of Nylon with elastic in the waist and around each leg hole.

Color print advertisement published in Ebony Magazine for nylon pantyhose designed to match black and brown skin tones. The advertisement targets women of color in the cosmetic and fashion industry affected by…

Black and white silver gelatin print photograph of three unknown women modeling their nylon stockings.

A booklet produced by the General Dyestuff Corporation, a sales division of the General Aniline & Film Corporation. Includes 16 mounted dyed nylon fabric samples on three cardstock pages, dyeing method instructions, and…

Promotional booklet advertising various products manufactured and sold by the E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company. Includes neoprene; dyes; fragrances; safety glass; seed disinfectants, fertilizers and sprays;…

Magazine advertisement for DuPont Lycra, the brand name for the polyester-polyurethane copolymer invented by Joseph Shivers in 1958 at the DuPont laboratory in Waynesboro, Virginia. The advertisement was published in…

Group photograph of technical staff working at the DuPont nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia. An identification key accompanies the photograph.

Close-up view of DuPont employee Mike McCall feeding nylon chips into the hopper of a five-position spinning machine used at the DuPont pilot plant in Wilmington, Delaware during the early stages of nylon production and…

General view of Violet Grenda inspecting nylon yarn at an unidentified DuPont facility during the early stages of nylon production and research.

Two views of synthetic fiber samples produced at the DuPont Experimental Station during the early stages of nylon production and research. The samples are identified, from left, as "Acele," Fiber 66, and Viscose Rayon…

View of DuPont technicians casting polymer from a 250-pound autoclave during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a…

Two close-up views of a demonstration of the cold-drawing technique used to produce the 3-16 polyester super-silk fiber, the forerunner of nylon. This technique was discovered by DuPont chemist Julian Hill (1904-1996)…

General view of Joseph X. Labovsky seated at a work bench in the "66" laboratory at the DuPont Experimental Station located in Wilmington, Delaware. Labovsky's colleague, Micky McGuire, is visible on the left-hand side…

Black and white print magazine advertisement for DuPont's nylon cord tires. Image shows a family of six seated in a car while driving through highway traffic, for "when you need tires that assure greatest dependability."

DuPont company advertisement previewing "Wonder World of Chemistry" exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair with specific emphasis on public introduction of nylon. This advertisement was reprinted from The Woman's…