Box 16

Scope and Contents Liberty Engine at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. A Liberty Engine is suspended by a hoist in the photograph taken at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, circa 1918. The photograph is marked by a white mask around the engine. This is used to block out part of the background so that the focus of the image would be the Liberty Engine. On the outside of the white mask a fuselage of a De Havilland DH-4 is visible and employees of Dayton-Wright hold a white background cloth up to help isolate...

Scope and Contents Balancing Department at Plant 2 of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company July 18, 1918. The photograph shows the Balancing Department at Plant 2 of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. Employees of Dayton-Wright work to balance the aircraft propellers. The propellers are held off the ground by the small shaft that attaches them to the engine so that the balance can be tested. Other employees work on propellers in the background and various tools and supplies are seen in the room. Other buildings...

Scope and Contents Propeller Stock Department of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant 2 July 18, 1918. The photograph shows the Propeller Stock Department at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant 2. Propellers are seen on carts and stacked on racks throughout the room. The propellers are in various states of production; from bare wood to being painted. A sign in the background reads "No Smoking" and another sign states, "Avoid Infections - Keep Cuts and Scratches Clean". Written on one propeller is...

Scope and Contents Female employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company working on the skeleton of an aircraft wing at Plant 1 February 23, 1918. The photographic print shows female employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company working on the skeleton of an aircraft wing at Plant 1. The women use various tools to adjust the skeleton of the wing. In the background other employees work on other aircraft wing skeletons. The title of the photograph is "Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton Ohio. Plant 1. Feb....

Scope and Contents Construction at a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory builds around the fuselages of De Havilland DH-4s. Construction workers build a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory while employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company work on De Havilland DH-4s. As the building is being erected, employees of Dayton-Wright work on producing the aircraft. The building is in skeleton form only and building materials are seen on the ground surrounding the fuselages of the DH-4s. The fuselages are...

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Employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company working on the Kettering Bug. Employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company work on the Kettering Bug, circa 1918. The Bug is hanging from the rafters on a support brace while one employee works on the engine and two others stabilize the Bug. Tools used to work on the bug are visible throughout the scene.