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$1,000 War Bond Winners

Description: Photograph of a man pointing to the name of the $1,000 War Bond Winner listed on the "Work-to-Win" chart.
Date: unknown
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[16 Year Old Teenagers]

Description: Image of four male teenagers working together. Left to right is: Clois Duffee, Robert Lee Smith, Paul Fanning, and Robert Couch.
Date: unknown
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[16 Year Olds]

Description: Image of three male sixteen year old teenagers working together wearing protective glasses and holding power tools. Left to right is: Jack Dalby, Paul Haddix, and Billy Simonds.
Date: unknown
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

40 PBYs on Lake Worth

Description: Aerial photograph of forty airplanes floating on Lake Worth. According to Jeff Rhodes: "On 22 November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft Chief Test Pilot Bill Wheatley contacted newspaper publisher and Fort Worth, Texas, civic booster Amon G. Carter, explaining the company had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes (37 of the aircraft can be seen in this photo) from San Diego, California, to Britain and that the crews were in immediate need of a layover point. In just eight days, … more
Date: November 30, 1940
Location: 32.812158 -97.451343
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

220-yard dash at the 1944 Fat Stock Show

Description: Photograph of the runners making their start in the 220-yard dash at the 1944 Fat Stock Show track and field meet. The man on the far right is Curly Whitaker, who entered for Convair.
Date: 1944
Location: 32.745740 -97.365889
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

3500-Horsepower Pratt and Whitney Engines on B-36

Description: Photograph of (left to right) Sgt. L. R. Ankrum, Sgt. C. E. Cooey, Sgt. G. L. Speck, and R. F. Purkey standing beside a Pratt and Whitney engine for a B-36. They are inside a warehouse or hangar that has two rows of engines.
Date: unknown
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Aerial view of C.V.A.C. and Tarrant Field

Description: Aerial view of C.V.A.C. (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation) and Tarrant Field. Runways criss-cross below and a fleet of planes are lined up to the lower left of the photo.
Date: July 25, 1947
Location: 32.787694 -97.421757
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Aerial View of Carswell Air Force Base

Description: Aerial view of Carswell Air Force base in Fort Worth, Texas. The runways form an asterisk pattern when seen from above. A plane is either taking off or landing on the runway in the center of the photo.
Date: April 27, 1953
Location: None
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Aerial View of Convair

Description: Aerial photograph of Convair (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation) in April 1953. Airplanes, runways, and the plant are seen below.
Date: April 27, 1953
Location: None
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Aerial View of Convair

Description: Aerial photograph of Convair (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation) in April 1953.
Date: April 27, 1953
Location: None
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Aerial View of Flood in Fort Worth in 1949

Description: Aerial photograph of flood waters in Fort Worth on May 17, 1949. The Montgomery Wards building is seen on the upper right. Many roads and buildings are under water.
Date: May 17, 1949
Location: None
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Aerial view of Liberator Village

Description: Photograph of Liberator Village from the air. Many houses are seen lining the streets in this housing tract.
Date: July 25, 1947
Location: None
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Aerial View of the Convair Administration Building

Description: Aerial view of a large building with the words, "CONVAIR, Fort Worth" across the front side of it. In front of the building is a large parking lot filled with automobiles, a flagpole, grass and trees. Behind the building are two water towers.
Date: unknown
Location: 32.773525 -97.444976
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[AF Flight-Test Crew]

Description: Four Air Force flight-test crew members standing near an airplane. Standing Left to Right: Captain C.R. Keogh, Captain R.C. Van Hellen, Captain, J.W. Brown, Captain C.W. Boyd
Date: August 18, 1958
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Air Force Acceptance of XC-99

Description: Photograph of an XC-99 airplane on a large tarmac with several men in white shirts below it.
Date: unknown
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Air force Flight Crew in Pressure Suits]

Description: An Air Force flight crew wearing pressure suits stands on a ladder next to a Convair airplane B-58 #2. Lettering on the plane says, "Air Force Flight Test Center."
Date: January 24, 1958
Location: 32.775544 -97.437427
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Aircraft Assembly Line]

Description: Image of an assembly line of employees working on the construction of an aircraft. The view is an overhead shot of the mating buck.
Date: unknown
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Aircraft Assembly Line]

Description: Image of a double assembly line for camouflaged planes. The photograph was taken inside of a large warehouse where several planes are positioned tightly next to each other.
Date: unknown
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Aircraft Assembly Line]

Description: Image of a double assembly line for camouflaged planes. The photograph was taken inside of a large warehouse where several planes are positioned tightly next to each other.
Date: unknown
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Aircraft Assembly Line]

Description: Image of an aircraft assembly line. The photograph was taken inside of a large warehouse where several planes are positioned tightly next to each other. The modification line can be seen on the far left hand side of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth
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