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Laminate Plastic Development

Date: 04 22 1944
Description: Employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids contemplates a die for fabricating tapered paper-based plastic laminat...
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Consolidated Papers Company War Work

Date: 04 22 1944
Description: Plastic laminate development work. This may be a die for fabricating tapered panels.
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Gliders for the War

Date: 1943
Description: Close-up view of the construction of the glider floor manufactured by the Consolidated Paper Company as part of its war effort during World War II.
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War Work

Date: 10 12 1943
Description: Earl Otto, an executive of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, takes a turn during the machine gun test of the laminate plastic panels being devel...
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Plastics Laboratory

Date: 08 10 1944
Description: Laboratory of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids. The man on the left has been identified as chemist Jay Somers, ...
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Consolidated War Work

Date: 1943
Description: An employee of the Consolidated Paper Company watches what is apparently a test of a part being manufactured by the company as part of its contract to deve...
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Consolidated War Work

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: Strength test being performed by an employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company. The company developed a number of laminated plast...
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Paper Cup Making Machine

Date: 10 18 1954
Description: Edwin Koch demonstrates the paper cup making machine he invented as a retirement project.
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Consolidated War Work

Date: 1943
Description: An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company prepares for a strength test of a product being developed by the compan...
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Consolidated Paper War Work

Date: 02 06 1943
Description: Employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company preparing for a strength and deflection test of a plastic product being developed by the co...
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Gliders for the War

Date: 1943
Description: Prototype glider floor turned on its side on two saw horses to be photographed. The glider was being developed by the Plastics Division of the Consolidate...
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Lawson Drafting Tables

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of drafting tables for aircraft design, presumably inside the Lawson plant. There are several stools, desks and tables set up in the corner o...
Drawing

Gisholt Brochure Dummy — Cover

Date: 
Description: Cover layout for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite, yellow and black pastel, and white pa...
Drawing

Mr. Dibble's Machine

Date: 1827
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of a rig designed by Mr. Orange Dibble for removing rocks and other large debris from deep canal cuts.
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Drafting Room

Date: 1944
Description: Men sit behind desks in the drafting room of International Harvester Company's farm machinery engineering department. The original caption reads: "A portio...
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Model L1-L2 Cab

Date: 1947
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of Model L1-L2 cab parked indoors. Folding screens have been set up as a background in the industrial room which has expo...
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Model L1-L2 Cab

Date: 1947
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Model L1-L2 cab parked indoors. Folding screens have been set up as a background in the industrial room which has e...
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Repaired Bridge

Date: 1918
Description: View from shoreline of a reinforced railroad bridge over a river. There are stone foundations on both banks supporting the railroad bed. Wood has been stac...
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Female Marine Engineer

Date: 02 1945
Description: Private first class Ann D. Dozier, a refrigerating engineer from the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve, posing for a photograph at the Mauna Loa R...
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Billets

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow-covered logs of billets of the 310th U.S. Army Corps of Engineers near Arkhangelsk, Russia surrounded by pine trees. There are pine boughs...

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