DuPont Gallery of Photographs



Inpersonating various energetic molecules in "The Happy Plastics Family" production number in Du Pont's musical revue at the New York World's Fair are Ronnie Hall, Sigyn Lund, Frank Andre and Suzanne Astor. The show is being played by seven different companies, who present it in two theatres simultaneously 40 times daily.
SOURCE: DuPont Publicity Photograph presented courtesy Mike Kraus Collection

"We're Gonna Have Shoes" has the chorus in the Du Pont musical revue at the New York World's Fair kicking up their heels in praise of a new product called "Corfam." Sigyn Lund, Frank Andre, Suzanne Astor and Ronnie Hall sing while Dargen Montgomery does counterpoint narration. The Du Pont show is being presented 40 times daily by seven different troupes in two theatres simultaneously.
SOURCE: DuPont Publicity Photograph presented courtesy Mike Kraus Collection

Completely unique feature of the Du Pont musical revue at the New York World's Fair is the simultaneous use of flesh-and-blood and filmed actors. Singing and dancing together (and even passing a rose!) are Shelia Sullivan, Diahn Williams and Shirley de Burgh on the three movie screens, with Jerry Gardner and Ted Sprague in the flesh. Conceived, produced, directed and written by Broadway's Michael Brown, the show is being presented 40 times daily by seven different troupes in two theatres simultaneously.
SOURCE: DuPont Publicity Photograph presented courtesy Mike Kraus Collection

Chemical wizardry climaxes the second act of Du Pont's musical revue, "The Wonderful World of Chemistry", at the New York World's Fair 1964-65. The magic of Dacron 88 Polyester is demonstrated by (l-r) Palmer Witted, Andy Jarkowsky and Ted Richert, part of the team who conduct this and other demonstrations of Du Pont products. A strand of unstretched Dacron 88 Polyester is held and stretched to over twice its length. When the strand is released, the stretched fiber bunches up or fluffs since each individual filament has now becomed crimped by the stretching process.
SOURCE: DuPont Publicity Photograph presented courtesy Mike Kraus Collection