by Sears Homes | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorized |
While little is known about the men who worked at Penniman, even less is known about the women of Penniman, and yet, the majority of the workforce at DuPont’s 37th munitions plant were women. Loading TNT powder into 75mm and 155mm shells was a nasty bit of...
by Sears Homes | Mar 13, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Larchmont is a prestigious neighborhood in Norfolk, filled with stately Colonial Revivals, Cape Cods, Dutch Colonials and Neo-Tudors from the 1920s and 30s. As far as older neighborhoods go, Larchmont is one of Hampton Roads’ most expensive communities, and...
by Sears Homes | Apr 24, 2014 | Uncategorized |
It was Mr. J. M. Dozier of Lee Hall, VA that purchased Penniman after World War I ended. Thursday, after spending many hours at the York County Courthouse, I learned that Mr. Dozier bought Penniman from DuPont in April 1926, after the U. S. Army left. J. M. Dozier and...
by Sears Homes | Apr 18, 2014 | Uncategorized |
In the Summer of 1918, the Great War was very much on everyone’s mind. In reading through Ladies’ Home Journal and McCalls’ magazines, I’ve found a plethora of articles about women’s’ war work, and what ladies could do – at...
by Sears Homes | Apr 10, 2014 | Uncategorized |
And it’s right on the Delaware River. The 97-year-old beauty is located in Carney’s Point, New Jersey, home to one of DuPont’s many WW1 munitions plants. This most certainly would have been a house for the upper management at the Carney’s Point...
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