Box 17

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Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employees manufacture wooden aircraft parts. Employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company manufacture wooden parts, circa 1918. The men use various machines and power tools throughout the room to create parts for aircraft production including a drill press and saws. Tools, supplies, and templates can be seen throughout the image.

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Wing assembly at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The photograph shows employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company working on the assembly of aircraft wings, circa 1918. The photograph shows a large room where the aircraft wing skeletons are assembled and the cloth is attached. One employee holds up a completed section of wing that has the cloth attached. Throughout the room supplies and tools can be seen and a stack of wing skeletons is visible on the right side.

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Assembly of the Standard J-1 landing gear at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Plant 2. The photographic image shows employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company working on the landing gear for the Standard J-1 training airplane at Plant 2, circa 1918. The title of the negative is "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton, Ohio. Plant No. 2."

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Employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company in a classroom setting. The photograph shows employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company in a classroom setting, circa 1918. An instructor stands at the front of the room near a writing board. Text and a design are visible on the writing board. Employees sit at desks and have pieces of paper with letters on them and tools used for drafting.

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Experimental Station at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The Experimental Station at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company is the subject of the photograph taken circa 1918. Men sit at tables with drafting supplies and paper creating drawings in a small room. The title of the negative is "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton, Ohio. Experimental Station."

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Employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company work on drafting plans. The photographic image shows employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company working on drafting plans, circa 1918. The men sit at desks with drafting tools and sheets of paper.

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Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employees manufacture aircraft parts. The photograph shows employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company using lathes and other power tools to manufacture parts for the production of airplanes, circa 1918. The machines and power tools are run by pulleys connected to the ceiling.

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Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employees assembling wooden parts for aircraft production. Employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company assemble wooden parts for the production of airplanes, circa 1918. The employees build wooden skeletons for various sections of the aircraft. Stacks of parts line the room and various supplies and tools can be seen throughout the image. The title of the negative is "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton, Ohio. Plant No. 1" and labeled 26.

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Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employees work on the assembly of aircraft wing skeletons. Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employees work in a small building assembling aircraft wing skeletons, circa 1918. The ribs for the wings are set up on sawhorses. Tools and supplies are visible throughout the scene. The title of the negative is "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton, Ohio. Experimental Station."

Scope and Contents Employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company create models of airplanes for future aircraft production. Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employees create models of airplanes for future production, circa 1919. The photograph shows men sitting at tables with various tools around them as they sculpt the design of the aircraft into a small model. The aircraft that they are working on are the Dayton-Wright FP-2, Dayton-Wright RB-1, Dayton-Wright OW-1, and two unidentified aircraft. The image is...