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DW Image # 49: Men working in Engine Dept. with Liberty Engines on pallets, circa 1918

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 49

Scope and Contents

Liberty Engines and fuselage of the De Havilland DH-4 at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. Liberty Engines sit on pallets and are lined up in the foreground with Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employees standing nearby. In the background the fuselages for the DH-4 can be seen lined up with the space open for the engine to be installed. Employees from the company can be seen throughout the photograph taken circa 1918. United States flags can be seen hanging from the rafters. A sign hanging on the wall reads "Do not spit or throw tobacco in this location."

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_049) online in CORE Scholar: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms152_photographs/49.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
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