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DW Image # 39: Exterior view of factory, plant 2 (Neg #D70), circa 1918

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 39

Scope and Contents

Exterior view of Plant 2 of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The photograph shows the exterior view of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant 2, circa 1918. Outside of the main door a soldier stands guard and Dayton-Wright employees can be seen in the yard and in the windows of the building. On the street early automobiles are parked next to the building and people sit next to a door that has a sign labeled "Employment Department". The photograph is shot through the railroad crossing of the street. In the yard of the plant two railroad cars are parked. A box car from the Toledo, Peoria, and Western Line that is numbered 9263 is parked near the building. The second railroad car in the background is a Baltimore and Ohio gondola car with two people sitting on the side facing the building. A United States flag flies on top of the building. The negative is labeled D70.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1918

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_039) online in CORE Scholar: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms152_photographs/39.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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