Box 4

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Wing Department of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company April 1, 1918. The photographic print shows the Wing Department of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company in Plant 1. Employees work on the skeletons of the wings. The aircraft wings in the foreground are for the De Havilland DH-4. The photographer's title is "Dayton-Wright Airplane Plant-1. - Wing Dept. Apr. 1-18." and the negative is labeled 31.

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De Havilland DH-4s stored in the factory at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. De Havilland DH-4s are seen in the photograph in a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory with a section of a biplane wing labeled "Spruce" in the foreground, circa 1918. In the background work is performed on one of the DH-4s. One of the DH-4s has the tail number 32514. The negative is labeled 42.

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De Havilland DH-4 showing the bottom of the fuselage and landing gear at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The bottom of the fuselage and landing gear of a De Havilland DH-4 are the center of focus in this photographic print at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, circa 1918. The completed airplane is outside on a set of ramps with the entire bottom visible.

Scope and Contents Howard Rinehart piloting a De Havilland DH-4 with a camera mounted on the Scarff ring at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company South Field May 14, 1918. Howard Rinehart sits in the cockpit of a De Havilland DH-4 with a cine camera mounted to the Scarff ring. The camera operator sitting in the second cockpit is unidentified. The photograph was taken at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company's South Field. In the background buildings are visible and one is marked as D4. The title of the photograph is...

Scope and Contents De Havilland DH-4 with military markings at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company South Field. A De Havilland DH-4 with military markings, gun sites at the front cockpit, and what appears to be a set of guns covered on the Scarff ring of the second cockpit is the center of the photograph taken at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company South Field, circa 1918. Generators that are attached to the landing gear were used for heat, lights, and electric power. Navigation lights and a flare dispenser are...

Scope and Contents Fuselage Department of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant-1, April 1, 1918. The photograph shows the fuselage department of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company located in Plant 1. The fuselage of the De Havilland DH-4 in various stages of production can be seen throughout the image. In the foreground two DH-4s with engines, radiators, and the fuselage are visible. Behind these is a DH-4 that is nearly complete and one that has the Liberty Engine installed but no radiator. The fuselages...

Scope and Contents Group photograph of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Administration. The photograph shows the administration of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, circa 1918. In the front row seated from left to right is: N. S. Clunet, James M. Jacobs, H. S. Taylor, Orville Wright, James M. Schoonmaker, F. O. Clements, Harold E. Talbott, Howard M. Rinehart, Bernard Whelan, L. C. Luneke, and R. V. Hutchinson. In the back row standing from left to right is: L. Mougey, unidentified, unidentified, Harvey D....

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De Havilland DH-4 at the South Field Plant of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The photograph shows a completed De Havilland DH-4 at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company South Field Plant. Three buildings are visible in the background marked with P-8, D0, and D1. The DH-4 has the later version of the closer cockpits to increase safety for the pilot. This image was taken circa 1918.

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...

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De Havilland DH-4 Fuselages in a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory. The completed fuselages of the De Havilland DH-4 can be seen in this photograph taken circa 1918. The fuselages are all inside of the plant and are finished. Some of the fuselages have the hoods open so that the Liberty Engine is exposed. In the background a United States flag can been seen hanging from the rafters. The negative is titled "Dayton Wright Airplane."