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DW Image # 8: Exterior view of plant 1, 1918 June 3

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

Exterior view of Plant 1 of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company June 3, 1918. The exterior view of Plant 1 of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company is seen in the photograph. People are walking along the side of the plant while two men mow grass. In the foreground construction work is being done. An early automobile is parked in front of Plant 1 and a horse drawn wagon is viewed on the construction site. Construction materials including shovels, wheelbarrows, planks, barrels, and buckets lay on the ground around the wagon. A sign on the side of the wagon reads "Studebaker, R. A. McCutchron Franklin, Ohio" and the number 24 is painted on the side. The negative is titled "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton, Ohio. June, 3-18 Plant-1."

Dates

  • Creation: 1918 June 3

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Please use CORE Scholar, the campus online repository at http://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms152_photographs/ , to view the images for reference.

Extent

1 item(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Description

8x10 Glass plate negative

General

View this item (ms152_008) online in CORE Scholar: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms152_photographs/8.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
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