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Consolidated Paper War Work
March 3, 1944
Consolidated Paper executive Jim Plzak (in the suit), watches as workers pull laminate from the Number #1 press at the Consolidated Paper Company. The laminate was used in the manufacture of light...
Consolidated Paper Factory
1944
Interior view of the Consolidated Paper Company factory showing the large treater used in the manufacture of glider parts during World War II. Ralph Turner, in the light sweater, watches as plasti...
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 War Work
March 3, 1944
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 wa...
Consolidated Paper Glider Floor
March 3, 1944
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 examining the glider floor.
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.
