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| Date: | 08 03 1946 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant General Eaker at the Madison airport in front of a B-17 bomber. He is shown with State Representative K. Henry (R-Jefferson) and welcoming commi... |
| Date: | 08 17 1946 |
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| Description: | The original crew of "Dave's Dream," the B-29 airplane which dropped the first atomic bomb on Bikini Island, in front of the plane at Truax Field during a ... |
| Date: | 08 17 1946 |
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| Description: | Mrs. J.C. Ferguson, pilot Major Woodrow Swancutt, and Dick Johnson standing in front of B-29 airplane, "Dave's Dream" at Truax Field. Major Swancutt, a Wi... |
| Date: | 08 17 1946 |
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| Description: | Pfc. Charles F. Moore with cat "Kwajie" who was the mascot of the B-29 airplane "Dave's Dream" and who made the trip over Bikini when the plane dropped the... |
| Date: | 04 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of three TBF's (all above the horizon) and eleven SBD's, which participated in Pacific Fleet's carrier-strike against Japan's bases in the Pala... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | International D-500 used as a fuel truck. A man appears to be fueling a U.S. Air Force biplane with a "Long Beach" decal on its side. |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | A group of B-25s fly over the Wisconsin State Capitol dome during the Wisconsin Centennial Parade. |
| Date: | 03 03 1944 |
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| Description: | 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 examinin... |
| Date: | 03 03 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Employees of the Consolidated Paper Company Plastics Division constructing the floors of lightweight gliders to be used by the military. |
| Date: | 01 25 1943 |
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| Description: | An employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company holds up a structure for it to be photographed. The object is thought to be a prototype... |
| Date: | 02 06 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Carl Husome, an employee of the Consolidated Paper Company in a photograph probably taken to demonstrate progress on the development of a prototype for a m... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Two employees, Bob Schutz and Louis Timmerman, watch as rolls of stock are cut five sheets at a time. This procedure was necessary to insure uniformity of... |
| Date: | 05 29 1943 |
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| Description: | Four employees of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company with the first glider floor manufactured by the company for the military during World... |
| Date: | 12 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Close-up of the glider being developed for the military by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company. |
| Date: | 12 17 1943 |
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| Description: | Alternate view of the glider being developed by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company of Wisconsin Rapids for the military. |
| Date: | 05 07 1943 |
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| Description: | Floor for a military glider constructed of a paper-based plastic laminate by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers of Wisconsin Rapids. This photog... |
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