Airplane factories
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Wilbur F. H. Bigelow, Sr., Dayton Wright Company Collection (SC-347)
Collection
Identifier: SC-347
Scope and Contents
Wilbur F. H. Bigelow, Sr., was a foreman in the Mill department of Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory at Moraine (Plant 1), during World War I. The collection consists primarily of 28 photographs, most of which relate to Bigelow’s work at the factory, including DH-4 aircraft, employees and factory scenes, air demonstration shows, and aerial photographs captured during a test flight. Photos unrelated to Dayton-Wright Airplane include: one photo depicts the Wright Brothers’ Homecoming in...
Dates:
1909-1941; Majority of material found within 1917-1919
Found in:
Special Collections
Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Badge Pin #15046
Collection
Identifier: SC-371
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a single metal badge/pin (believed to be copper). The front of the pin includes an image of a biplane, the text "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton Ohio," and the number 15046 (presumably an employee identification number of some kind). The item measures approximately 1-1/2 inches wide by 1-1/8 inches tall.
Dates:
circa 1918
Found in:
Special Collections
Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS-152
Abstract
The collection contains 156 large format glass plate negatives and 63 nitrate negatives depicting factory workers, interior and exterior plant views, airplane assembly, and completed airplanes from a Dayton manufacturer of World War I aircraft.
Dates:
1918-1922; Majority of material found in 1918
Found in:
Special Collections
