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Women Factory Workers in Torpedo Plant

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A long line of female factory workers operating drill presses in an International Harvester aircraft torpedo plant. Original caption reads: "A battery of 1...
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Fokker Super Universal

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Description: Side view of front of a Fokker Super Universal with pilot sitting inside. The improved cockpit enclosure allows for better visibility for the pilot.
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Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor

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Description: View of a crowd standing around a Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor sitting at a passenger terminal. The tail identifier reads: "1879."
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Fairchild Model 21

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Description: Side view of a Fairchild Model 21 sitting on a runway with two people wearing aviator hats and goggles sitting in the front cockpit, and one person standin...
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Fokker Amphibian Model F-11

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Fokker Amphibian Model F-11 sitting on a runway. A man in Fokker coveralls is standing on the ground next to the p...
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Men Turning a Lawson Air Liner Near Hangar

Date: 1919
Description: Several men are pushing a Lawson Air Liner by its wings back into an open hangar. A woman is walking near the front of the wing.
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Alfred Lawson and Group of Men and Women

Date: 1919
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Alfred Lawson posing with large group of women, and a few men. They are standing in front of what appears to be the Lawson Airpla...
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Fokker Universal

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Fokker Universal sitting on a runway. The airplane is powered with a Wright "Whirlwind" 220 hp engine. The pilot an...
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90 H.P. WACO

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Description: Aerial view of a WACO 10 (sometimes referred to as WACO 90 because of its horsepower) in flight, with two other WACO planes trailing in the background. Fie...
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Man Fitting Copper Tubing for Torpedo

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A factory worker uses an oxy-acetylene torch to fit a copper tube in the production of an aircraft torpedo. He is wearing an International Harvester Compan...
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Woman with Copper Tubing for Torpedo

Date: 05 25 1943
Description: A woman wearing a hat, protective gloves, and safety glasses uses a tool to bend copper tubing used in making aircraft torpedoes at an International Harves...
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Consolidated Paper War Work

Date: 03 03 1944
Description: Consolidated Paper executive Jim Plzak (in the suit), watches as workers pull laminate from the Number #1 press at the Consolidated Paper Company. The lam...
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HT-340 Research Tractor

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of a man driving an International Harvester HT-340 research tractor.
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Lawson plant. At least 18 people are working in the large, open room. Belt-driven machinery is attached to the rafters of the open cei...
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Lawson Air Liner and Bystanders

Date: 1919
Description: A Lawson Air Liner parked near a hangar. Men in uniforms are in the background, and suggest this could be a military base. Several people are standing near...
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Lawson Air Liner with Military Personnel

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Lawson Air Liner parked near a hangar, with a group of men in military uniforms inspecting it. A woman in a white ...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacture

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Male and female workers producing torpedo parts at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "A battery of acetylene torches is here show...
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American Eagle Model A-101

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Description: Aerial left side view of an American Eagle Model A-101 in flight at the same elevation of the airplane in the foreground. The pilot is in the front cockpit...
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Sikorsky S38-A

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Description: Right side view of a Sikorsky S-38A sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "NC8019." Five passengers and one crew member can be seen through the w...
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Sikorsky S-35

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Description: Front view of a Sikorsky S-35 sitting on a runway. The S-35 is powered by three 420 hp Gnôme-Rhône Jupiter engines. Two men are working on the plane: one i...

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