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Consolidated War Work
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Ken Nelson, an employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids, monitors the performance of the #1 Treater. The machine impregnated paper with plastic which was then fabricated into a laminate used for various products built for the military during World War II.
March 3, 1944
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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.
Consolidated Paper Machinery
March 3, 1944
A Consolidated Paper Company employee watches the paper impregnation process whereby the company made a plastic laminate product used in the manufacture of military gliders during World War II.
Plastic Laminate
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...
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...
Consolidated Papers Company War Work
April 22, 1944
Plastic laminate development work. This may be a die for fabricating tapered panels.
Women War Workers
June 14, 1944
Women employees of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company performing an early layup operation, a part of the process whereby the company made paper-based plastic laminates for the mili...
