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Consolidated Paper Factory
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Interior view of the Consolidated Paper Company factory showing the large treater used in the manufacture of glider parts during World War II. Ralph Turner, in the light sweater, watches as plastic impregnated paper emerges from the dry end of the treater.
1944
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WHi 53188
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Consolidated Paper Machinery
March 3, 1944
A Consolidated Paper Company employee watches the paper impregnation process whereby the company made a plastic laminate product used in the manufacture of military gliders during World War II.
Consolidated Paper Glider Floor
March 3, 1944
CG-4A glider floor manufactured by Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company, as part of a World War II military contract. Executive Jim Plzak is examining the glider floor.
Consolidated War Work
March 3, 1944
Ken Nelson, an employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids, monitors the performance of the #1 Treater. The machine impregnated paper with plastic which wa...
Consolidated Paper War Work
March 3, 1944
Consolidated Paper executive Jim Plzak (in the suit), watches as workers pull laminate from the Number #1 press at the Consolidated Paper Company. The laminate was used in the manufacture of light...
Consolidated War Work
June 14, 1944
Laboratory development of a paper-based plastic laminate product by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, during World War II. The product was used in gliders and other military equipment du...
Glider Floor
May 29, 1943
Glider floor constructed of a paper-based plastic laminate manufactured by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids during World War II. The date of the photograph ...
