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Plastics for the War

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Glavin box and an ammunition box, two plastic laminate products manufactured for the war effort by the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company of Wisconsin Rapids.

Date Created:
June 1944

Publication Information

Date Created June 1944

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Collection Information

Call Number 717000018

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W012BVZ
Legacy ID
WHi 53200

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Plastic Laminate

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April 22, 1944

Three employees of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company pose with two sheets of the paper-based plastic laminate that the company manufactured for various products during World W...

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Consolidated War Work

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June 24, 1944

Strength test being performed by an employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company. The company developed a number of laminated plastic products for use by the military in the...

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Laminate Plastic Development

Laminate Plastic Development

April 22, 1944

Employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids contemplates a die for fabricating tapered paper-based plastic laminate for military purposes.

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Consolidated War Work

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...

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Consolidated Paper Company War Work

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June 14, 1944

Employees of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company demonstrating routers, drill presses, and other equipment used in the fabrication of the paper-based plastic laminate the compan...

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Consolidated War Work

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March 3, 1944

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