Box 3

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Exterior view of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant 1. The photograph shows the exterior view of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company plant 1, circa 1918. Outside a soldier stands guard with a rifle while construction workers are working nearby. Inside the factory doors a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employee works on a De Havilland DH-4.

Scope and Contents Employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company working on aircraft wings. In the foreground of the photograph a group of women stain the wooden skeletons of the wings for a De Havilland DH-4 at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. At each station a group of women stain the wooden wings with an observer watching. In the background other employees are working and a stack of aircraft wing skeletons can be seen. A sign hangs on the wall that reads "100% for this department in the Liberty Loan...

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Wings for the Kettering Bug at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The photograph shows the wings for the Kettering Bug which was manufactured at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, circa 1918.

Scope and Contents De Havilland DH-4 at South Field, Dayton-Wright Airplane Company April 27, 1918. A De Havilland DH-4 sits in front of the buildings of the South Field Experimental Plant of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company in this photograph. An unidentified pilot and unidentified gunner can be seen in the two cockpits of the airplane. A twin fixed Marlin machine gun is mounted in front of the pilot and the tail and wings have the red, white, and blue paint scheme finished. The tail is marked with the...

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Army Signal Corps personnel at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. A group photograph of the Army Signal Corps personnel at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, circa 1918.

Scope and Contents De Havilland DH-4 airplanes packaged and ready to ship at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The photograph shows crates in the foreground marked D4. The crates are labeled with directions on how to open properly and packaging lists are attached to the outsides. In the background employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company continue to dismantle completed De Havilland DH-4s and package them in crates for shipping. On the right side of the print a United States flag and a Blue Star Banner...

Scope and Contents De Havilland DH-4 fuselage before packaging at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The photographic print shows the fuselage of a De Havilland DH-4 with the tail section attached. The fuselage is on the base of the packaging crate. The engine is covered by the hood and the Scarff ring is installed. In front of the fuselage is two crates with airplanes inside and numbered 32065 and 32063. In the background another DH-4 is being prepared for packaging and Dayton-Wright Airplane Company...

Scope and Contents Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employees working in the Wire Department on April 3, 1918. The photograph shows employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company working in the Wire Department of Plant 2. Large bundles of wire lay on tables in the middle of the work area. Women sit to the sides of the room in front of large hoods with large pipes attached to them and the windows are open. The women wear gloves and apply a liquid to the wires with a rag. In the background employees sit in an...

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Rib Assembly in Plant 1 of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company on July 1, 1918. The photograph shows two groups of women in the foreground assembling the ribbing for the wings on two tables using various tools. In the background more employees work. The title given by the photographer is "The Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Plant-1 - Rib Assembly - July 1-18." The negative is labeled 29.

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Employees of the Motor Test Department of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company July 25, 1918. The photograph is a group shot of the employees of the Motor Test Department of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The photographer titled the negative "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. "Motor Test Dept." July 25-18."