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Lightweight Chair
November 1943
Lightweight folding transport chair produced by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company, Wisconsin Rapids, as part of the company's war development work.
Consolidated War Work
1943
An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company prepares for a strength test of a product being developed by the company for use in the manufacture of gliders fo...
War Work
October 12, 1943
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 developed by the company for military gliders.
World War II Worker
April 26, 1944
An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company during World War II.
Gliders for the War
December 17, 1943
Alternate view of the glider being developed by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company of Wisconsin Rapids for the military.
Gliders for the War
December 17, 1943
Close-up of the glider being developed for the military by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company.
