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DuPont's nylon plant in Martinsville, Virginia in the 1950s. Source: Hagley ID: 1972341_1280, DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE 19807.
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