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Gliders for the War

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Employees of the Consolidated Paper Company Plastics Division constructing the floors of lightweight gliders to be used by the military.
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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 Company

Date: 02 04 1944
Description: Interior view of the factory of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company during World War II.
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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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Factory Built Housing

Date: 03 08 1946
Description: Employees of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company shingle a roof in a factory. The roof was then taken to the building site for final assem...
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Wartime Worker

Date: 1945
Description: Employee of the Consolidated Paper Company, probably its Plastics Division during World War II.
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Plastics Factory

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Factory of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company, showing several of the early laminate presses used for its World War II military production...
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Consolidated Paper Factory

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Employees of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company demonstrating the use of two pieces of equipment used in cutting the paper-based laminate ...
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Consolidated Paper Company War Work

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Employees of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company demonstrating routers, drill presses, and other equipment used in the fabrication of t...
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Plastic Laminate

Date: 04 22 1944
Description: Three employees of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company pose with two sheets of the paper-based plastic laminate that the company manufa...
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Plastics Workers

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Description: Employees of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids and a large sheet of the paper-based plastic laminate manufacture...
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Prototype Plastic Glider

Date: 05 07 1943
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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Consolidated War Work

Date: 03 03 1944
Description: Ken Nelson, an employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids, monitors the performance of the #1 Treater. The machi...
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Dumping Cranberries into Bin

Date: 11 21 1997
Description: A man dumps a box of cranberries into a bin at the Walker Cranberry Company.
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Man Dumping a Box of Cranberries into Bin

Date: 10 21 1997
Description: A man dumps a box of cranberries into a bin at the Walker Cranberry Company.

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