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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Riveting an aft section assembly. Two women workers are teamed up on a riveting job on an aft section assembly which will go into the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber, now in full production at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Riveting an aft section a...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Pilots receive weather information by radio to insure safety in flight

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airpo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vega Ventura bomber (PV-1)

Vega Ventura bomber (PV-1)

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Valuable mica is packed for shipment to the United States from India. Mica is essential in the manufacture of aircraft, some sixteen pounds being used in each bomber. It is furnished to the United States on a reverse lend-lease basis and enjoys top priority of transport

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Valuable mica is ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a plane flying in the sky, Vega Ventura bomber (PV-1)

A black and white photo of a plane flying in the sky, Vega Ventura bom...

Image source: U.S. Navy. Title and other information from file print. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI... More

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Aircraft mechanics and ordnance men working on the rudder and tail guns of a B-24

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Aircraft me...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Greek trainees with the Anti-aircraft artillery training center. Left to right: Private James Bezirgianidis, Thomas Harris (ne Hanozoes) and Damainos Daykos. Harris served with the Greek Navy before coming to this country while Deykos saw service with the Greek Army

Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Greek trainees with the Anti-aircraft art...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, cannon, weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Horizontal stabilizer frame. This woman worker at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. is shown carrying a horizontal stabilizer frame which will be used in building a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Horizontal stabilizer fra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. A flyer

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Middle River, Maryland. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing project for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. Mrs. Emma D. Gaw with her six year old daughter and husband who works at the Glenn Martin plant, enjoying the cool of the evening in the doorway of trailer home

Middle River, Maryland. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing pro...

Public domain photograph of Maryland in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Tail cone sub-assembly. In this scene one girl is operating a rivet gun as another girl bucks the rivets in the tail cone sub-assembly, a fabrication operation in the manufacture of the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Tail cone sub-assembly. I...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Chief engineering officer working with a ground crew on a routine engine overhaul

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling a horizontal stabilizer. Here is a close-up view of a woman worker at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc., drilling rivet holes in the horizontal stabilizer for the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling a horizontal sta...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kiowa, Kansas. Engineer B. F. Hale in the cab of his engine on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Wellington, Kansas and Waynoka, Oklahoma

Kiowa, Kansas. Engineer B. F. Hale in the cab of his engine on the Atc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Middle River, Maryland. A FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing project (later National Housing Authority) for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. A boy and his dog

Middle River, Maryland. A FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy, child of a migrant worker, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Stack drilling from a template. The sign in the background shows that the department has a 100% war bond purchase record

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Stack drilling fro...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Private First Class Leonard L. Sweeney, of Winooski, Vermont. A mechanic in civilian life, he is serving as a truck driver with the United States Army overseas

Private First Class Leonard L. Sweeney, of Winooski, Vermont. A mechan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

B-29 Super Fortress on display at Washington National Airport

B-29 Super Fortress on display at Washington National Airport

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

America's youth builds and flies model planes on miniature flying fields. A member of the San Antonio Gas Model Club, which does its weekly flying at Kelly Field in the city of San Antonio in the southwestern U.S. state of Texas, proudly displays his amphibian model airplane, which has a six foot (1.8 meters) wing spread. When an earlier model crashed there was nothing left but one good wing. This young model enthusiast decided to build a new plane around it. He built an amphibian and turned out a perfect flying job. The plane is made of balsa wood covered with silk and waterproofing material. Like millions of other young Americans who make model building their hobby, this young man will be called upon to put his practical experience in aeronautics to use in the air-minded post war world

America's youth builds and flies model planes on miniature flying fiel...

Additional information from caption on print in lot: Approved by appropriate U.S. authority. Additional number on print in lot: 58503. Portrait of America series; no. 96. Title and other information from print ... More

B-29 Super Fortress on display at Washington National Airport. Tail assembly

B-29 Super Fortress on display at Washington National Airport. Tail as...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

C-82. Newest transport shown at demonstration of equipment held by United States Army Air Forces. First war plane designed solely for hauling military cargo: troops, paratroops and equipment up to the size of tanks. This aircraft is now in production for the Army Air Forces

C-82. Newest transport shown at demonstration of equipment held by Uni...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Howitzer being loaded into the new C-82 at demonstration of equipment held by United States Army Air Forces. The specific function of this plane is to land heavy military loads safely on rough fields near battle points. Note twin boom tail. Plane has wing span of 106 feet, and carries tricycle landing gear

Howitzer being loaded into the new C-82 at demonstration of equipment ...

Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI C... More

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator]

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator]

Photograph shows a B24 bomber painted with red zig-zag stripes. Color transparency is filed as MISC-05-338. Written on slide mount: Striped Ass [...], 466 BG.

[Edward C. Gleed and two unidentifiedTuskegee airmen, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

[Edward C. Gleed and two unidentifiedTuskegee airmen, Ramitelli, Italy...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, with two unidentified crewmen adjusting an external seventy-five gallon drop takn on the wing of a P-5/D, "Creamer's Dream." Ramitelli... More

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Cafeteria close-up

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Cafet...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. P7 tank

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. P7 tank

Public domain photograph of New York, midcentury American architecture, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Detail of parts I

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Detail of parts I

Public domain photograph of New York, midcentury American architecture, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fairchild Aircraft, Hagerstown, Maryland. Reception room

Fairchild Aircraft, Hagerstown, Maryland. Reception room

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fairchild Aircraft, Hagerstown, Maryland. Mr. Boutelle's office II

Fairchild Aircraft, Hagerstown, Maryland. Mr. Boutelle's office II

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office, table, bureau, desk, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ledkote. TWA plane at La Guardia hangar

Ledkote. TWA plane at La Guardia hangar

Public domain photograph of New York, midcentury American architecture, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, 1958-63 (Expanded by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1998-2000). Exterior

Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, 1958-63 (Expanded b...

Box. no. 3. No. 728. Title and date from Eero Saarinen by De Long and Peatross, 2008. Credit line: Balthazar Korab collection of photographs showing Eero Saarinen architecture, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Framework subassembly

B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Framework sub...

Public domain photograph of New York, midcentury American architecture, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Aircraft Assembly Shop Plant, League Island, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Aircraft Assembly...

Survey number: HAER PA-387-R Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Aircraft Storehouse, League Island, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Aircraft Storehou...

Survey number: HAER PA-387-Q Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mobile lounges that locals call "people movers," ferrying passengers to their planes from the terminal at Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia

Mobile lounges that locals call "people movers," ferrying passengers t...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Aerial view of Dulles airport, Virginia

Aerial view of Dulles airport, Virginia

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Mobile lounges that locals call "people movers," ferrying passengers to their planes from the terminal at Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia

Mobile lounges that locals call "people movers," ferrying passengers t...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

New England Air Museum (NEAM) at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut

New England Air Museum (NEAM) at Bradley International Airport, Windso...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Aerial view of the Tucson, Arizona, area, with a focus on a giant airplane "boneyard" of nearly 4,400 aircraft, the world's largest such aircraft graveyard, on a 2,600-acre site at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Boneyards are either kept for storage with some maintenance or have their airplanes' parts removed for reuse or resale. Boneyard facilities are generally located in deserts, such as this one in the Southwestern United States, since the dry conditions reduce corrosion, and the hard ground does not need to be paved

Aerial view of the Tucson, Arizona, area, with a focus on a giant airp...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Lafayette Escadrille, Lt. Raoul Lufbury [i.e. Lufbery], World War 1914-1918

Lafayette Escadrille, Lt. Raoul Lufbury [i.e. Lufbery], World War 1914...

Photograph showing Lt. Raoul Lufbery, full-length portrait, standing alongside airplane, in uniform, facing slightly left. J239170 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R. Soubiran.

Lilienthalscher Gleitflieger. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Lilienthalscher Gleitflieger. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Photo shows the Lilienthal glider in flight.

Flying / J.W. Lowry, sculpt.

Flying / J.W. Lowry, sculpt.

Technical illustration shows Besnier's 1678 design for a flying machine using arm and leg power, two views of Jakob Degen's man-powered flying machine, and two views after designs published in Thomas Walker's "... More

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ready Alert Facility, 12 Bomber Road, Mountain Home, Elmore County, ID

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ready Alert Facility, 12 Bomber Road, Mo...

Significance: The ready alert facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB) represents the best extant example of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) bomber alert complex. The complex was home to four squadrons of ... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Storage, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Storage, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: Building No. 807-A is located within the Saufley Field Historic District, which as been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1942 at Saufley Field, Bui... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Storage, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Storage, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: Building No. 807-A is located within the Saufley Field Historic District, which as been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1942 at Saufley Field, Bui... More

Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Shed, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, Washington County, MD

Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company, Shed, 851 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hager...

Significance: The "little green shed" survives as the oldest structure associated with aviation pioneers Ammon H. Kreider and Lewis E. Reisner, who formed the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company (KRA) in 1926, a y... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 31, Aircraft Assembly Hangar, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 31, Aircraft Ass...

Significance: From 1927 through World War II, this laboratory was responsible for assembling and testing all prototype aircraft submitted to the Army Air Corps, a vital component of Wright Field's commitment to... More

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San...

Survey number: HAER CA-79-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San...

Survey number: HAER CA-79-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Savage Tire Factory, Office Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San...

Survey number: HAER CA-79-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Lo...

Significance: As the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach plant, the facility made a significant contribution to the development of the aviation industry in southern California. It was constructed as a critical... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Lo...

Significance: As the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach plant, the facility made a significant contribution to the development of the aviation industry in southern California. It was constructed as a critical... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runway, Southern tip of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runway, Southern tip of Ford I...

Significance: It is associated with the establishment of Naval Air Station facilities on Ford Island in the 1920s. It reflects the Navy's use of seaplanes during this era of early aviation. Facility No. S360, c... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: Constructed in 1940, R8 is one of thirteen concrete ramps built along the seawall at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola that facilitated the movement of seaplanes between the relatively tranquil wa... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Sea Plane Ramp, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: Constructed in 1940, R8 is one of thirteen concrete ramps built along the seawall at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola that facilitated the movement of seaplanes between the relatively tranquil wa... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Fire Station, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Fire Station, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Ange...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Aircraft Storehouse, U.S. Coast Guard Station, Albatross Avenue near Cape Spencer Street, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Aircraft Storehouse, U.S. Coast Guard Sta...

Significance: This building is one of the three major support buildings erected to serve the U.S. Naval Operating Base in World War II; this building retains much of its integrity and contributes to the general... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Scoville, Butt...

Significance: Test Area North (TAN) was a site of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Its Cold War mission was to develop a turbojet bomber prop... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Scoville, Butt...

Significance: Test Area North (TAN) was a site of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Its Cold War mission was to develop a turbojet bomber prop... More

[Stereograph of man with device designed for flying]

[Stereograph of man with device designed for flying]

133944S(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-117748. No. 007748.

Mission Santa Ynez, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

Mission Santa Ynez, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, ...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Mission Santa Ynez is significant as the last surviving example of the thirty-one Mission tankers built by The Marinship Corporation. The design was an adaptation of the ... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Aircraft Maintenance Dock, Alabama Avenue at Arkansas Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Aircraft Maintenance Dock, Alabama Avenue ...

Significance: Building 2741 was constructed at the same time as, and is essentially identical in appearance to Buildings 2766, 2785, 2793, 2808, 2818, 2837, and 2890. 6 of these were designed as large aircraft ... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Aircraft Maintenance Dock, Alabama Avenue at Arkansas Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Aircraft Maintenance Dock, Alabama Avenue ...

Significance: Building 2741 was constructed at the same time as, and is essentially identical in appearance to Buildings 2766, 2785, 2793, 2808, 2818, 2837, and 2890. 6 of these were designed as large aircraft ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Engineering Office Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Engineering Office Building...

Significance: Building No. 18 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly cont... More

Hill Field, Aircraft Operations Hangar, 5970 Southgate Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Aircraft Operations Hangar, 5970 Southgate Avenue, Layton,...

Significance: The primary mission of the Hill Field during and after World War II was to repair, maintain, and store aircraft, and also to receive, store and supply air materiel. Building 1, the Aircraft Opera... More

Hill Field, Aircraft Operations Hangar, 5970 Southgate Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Aircraft Operations Hangar, 5970 Southgate Avenue, Layton,...

Significance: The primary mission of the Hill Field during and after World War II was to repair, maintain, and store aircraft, and also to receive, store and supply air materiel. Building 1, the Aircraft Opera... More

Hamilton Field, Maintenance Hangars, Hangar Avenue between Sixth Street & San Pablo Avenue, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, Maintenance Hangars, Hangar Avenue between Sixth Stree...

Significance: The air field double hangars were used for storage and maintenance of aircraft of all types. Each hangar was capable of housing 20 planes. During the war the hangars were painted in camouflage t... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue...

Significance: Conceived as a research and development building for the Guided Missile Department, Building 20 is a rectangular, high bay single story, steel frame post and beam structure with an L-shaped one st... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue...

Significance: Conceived as a research and development building for the Guided Missile Department, Building 20 is a rectangular, high bay single story, steel frame post and beam structure with an L-shaped one st... More

USS MISSOURI, Batttleship Row, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

USS MISSOURI, Batttleship Row, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu Count...

Significance: USS MISSOURI was the last battleship built by the United States. Her type dominated naval strategy and tactics until World War II when aircraft carriers supplanted battleships as the dominant cap... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Repair Shop, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Repair Shop, Pensacola, Escambia Coun...

Significance: Building 104, Seaplane Erecting Shop, a tall open building with ventilating "butterfly" monitor roof, was built in 1918, and located on the old Navy Yard attached to Building 44, previously conver... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Repair Shop, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Repair Shop, Pensacola, Escambia Coun...

Significance: Building 104, Seaplane Erecting Shop, a tall open building with ventilating "butterfly" monitor roof, was built in 1918, and located on the old Navy Yard attached to Building 44, previously conver... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Anti-Aircraft Training Center & Shop, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Anti-Aircraft Training...

Significance: Constructed during World War II as part of the military presence in the Aleutian Islands. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS AK-34-BB Building/... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

Hill Field, Aircraft Accessory Repair Shop, 5925 Southgate Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Aircraft Accessory Repair Shop, 5925 Southgate Avenue, Lay...

Significance: Airplane brakes and wheels were repaired in Building 205 of the Ogden Air Materiel Command (OOAMA, later Hill Field/Hill Air Force Base) during and after World War II. This building provides part... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Ave...

Significance: Built in 1950 as part of a major plant expansion project at Hughes Aircraft, Building 17 is a long, rectangular, high bay one story structure, 442 ft long by 84 ft wide, with a mezzanine level at ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Ave...

Significance: Built in 1950 as part of a major plant expansion project at Hughes Aircraft, Building 17 is a long, rectangular, high bay one story structure, 442 ft long by 84 ft wide, with a mezzanine level at ... More

Travis Air Force Base, B-36 Hangar, Between Woodskill Avenue & Ellis, adjacent to Taxiway V & W, Fairfield, Solano County, CA

Travis Air Force Base, B-36 Hangar, Between Woodskill Avenue & Ellis, ...

Significance: Building 810 is significant as an excellent example of a double-cantilever, medium bomber hangar used for maintenance of the B-36. It was one of the first such double-bay bomber hangars erected n... More

Alexander Graham Bell papers - Album, undated

Alexander Graham Bell papers - Album, undated

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Landplane Hangar Type, Wasp Boulevard and Gambier Bay Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Landplane Hangar Type, Wasp Boulevard a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an airport, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Savage Tire Factory, Factory Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Savage Tire Factory, Factory Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, Sa...

Survey number: HAER CA-79-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work

Savage Tire Factory, Factory Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Savage Tire Factory, Factory Building, 2301 Main Street, San Diego, Sa...

Survey number: HAER CA-79-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work

U.S. Naval Air Station, Refrigeration Plant, Center Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Refrigeration Plant, Center Avenue, Pensacola,...

Significance: Constructed in 1917 as the Refrigeration Plant to its companion Mess Hall (Building No. 108), Building No. 107 played a role supporting health and sanitation for personnel during World War I at th... More

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Revetments, Western Shore of Rogers Dry Lake, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Re...

Significance: Eleven rammed earth revetments were constructed during World War II to provide shelter and cover for aircraft in case of an attack from the Pacific. The revetments are strongly associated with th... More

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Revetments, Western Shore of Rogers Dry Lake, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Re...

Significance: Eleven rammed earth revetments were constructed during World War II to provide shelter and cover for aircraft in case of an attack from the Pacific. The revetments are strongly associated with th... More

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Revetments, Western Shore of Rogers Dry Lake, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base, Rammed Earth Aircraft Dispersal Re...

Significance: Eleven rammed earth revetments were constructed during World War II to provide shelter and cover for aircraft in case of an attack from the Pacific. The revetments are strongly associated with th... More

Marshall Space Flight Center, Saturn V S-IC Static Test Facility, West Test Area, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Marshall Space Flight Center, Saturn V S-IC Static Test Facility, West...

The name of the survey was changed from "Saturn 1-C Static Test Facility" to "Saturn V S-1C Static Test Facility" to more accurately reflect its name. Significance: Engineers used the S-IC Test Stand to help de... More

[Houdini and the magic of flight]

[Houdini and the magic of flight]

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N403 Survey number: HABS MN-158

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Parts Shipping & Receiving Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Parts Shipping & R...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Guard Tower, Florida Street at Aircraft Shelters Area, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Guard Tower, Florida Street at Ai...

Survey number: HAER NY-326-F Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Aircraft Engine Test Building, Fifth Street & Tom Styles Road, U.S. Coast Guard Station, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Aircraft Engine Test Building, Fifth Stre...

Significance: Of three naval bases in Alaska in World War II this base included repair facilities for naval aircraft. The naval station had the capability for the major overhaul of twenty engines per month and... More

Savage Tire Factory, Warehouse, 2201-2299 Main Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Savage Tire Factory, Warehouse, 2201-2299 Main Street, San Diego, San ...

Survey number: HAER CA-79-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1989 Subsequent Work

Hill Field, Airplane Repair Hangars No. 1-No. 4, 5875 Southgate Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Airplane Repair Hangars No. 1-No. 4, 5875 Southgate Avenue...

Significance: The dual mission of the Ogden Air Depot/Ogden Air Materiel Command (OOAMA) at Hill Field/Air Force Base during and after World War II was to repair, maintain, and store aircraft, as well as to rec... More

Offutt Air Force Base, Looking Glass Airborne Command Post, Looking Glass Aircraft, On Operational Apron covering northeast half of Project Looking Glass Historic District, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE

Offutt Air Force Base, Looking Glass Airborne Command Post, Looking Gl...

Survey number: HAER NE-9-B Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Maintenance Hangar Type, Midway Street, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Maintenance Hangar Type, Midway Stree...

Significance: The buildings represent the purpose of the air station. They were the first hangars built at the base. Their size and function make them focal points of the base. They are an important part of ... More

Flugmaschine. Erfunden von Jacob Degen in Wien, 1807 / Jos. Belbing, s.c.

Flugmaschine. Erfunden von Jacob Degen in Wien, 1807 / Jos. Belbing, s...

Technical illustration shows elevation and horizontal section of a man-powered flying machine constructed and tested unsuccessfully by Swiss watchmaker Jakob Degen living in Vienna in the early 1800s. A pair of... More

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersection of Wilbur Wright & Birch Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hughes Aircraft Company, Duramold Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Duramold Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los...

Significance: Significant as the building in which the wood for the Flying Boat was processed, Building 16 is a long rectangular structure, 65 feet wide by 441 feet long, contiguous with Building 15, with which... More

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